DATE=2/24/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-227222
TITLE=BLAIR / IRAQ (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE=LONDON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR HAS WELCOMED THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND IRAQ OVER WEAPONS
INSPECTIONS. BUT AS V-O-A'S ANDRE DE NESNERA REPORTS FROM
LONDON, MR. BLAIR SAID IRAQ MUST NOW IMPLEMENT THE ACCORD.
TEXT: MR. BLAIR PAID TRIBUTE TO U-N SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN
FOR SECURING THE AGREEMENT. BUT HE TOLD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A
PIECE OF PAPER SIGNED BY IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN IS NOT
ENOUGH.
THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SAID THE NEW ACCORD MUST BE ENSHRINED
IN A NEW SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
/// BLAIR ACT ///
THIS MUST MAKE CLEAR THAT ANY FURTHER PREVARICATION OR
OBSTRUCTION BY SADDAM HUSSEIN OF THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF
THE INSPECTIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY ANY MEMBER OF
THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND WILL INESCAPABLY BE FOLLOWED BY
THE MOST SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE IRAQI REGIME.
/// END ACT ///
MR. BLAIR SAID BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES WILL REMAIN IN THE
GULF UNTIL IT IS CLEAR IRAQ COMPLIES WITH THE AGREEMENT IT SIGNED
GIVING U-N INSPECTORS FULL ACCESS TO SUSPECTED CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS SITES. (SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/JWH
24-Feb-98 11:52 AM EST (1652 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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