DATE=2/26/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-227336
TITLE=IRAQ/BRITISH RESOLUTION (S) (CQ)
BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: BRITAIN IS CIRCULATING A DRAFT RESOLUTION IN THE UNITED
NATIONS SECURITY COUNICL WARNING IRAQ OF THE "SEVEREST
CONSEQUENCES" IF IT DOES NOT LIVE UP TO THE AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH
U-N SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN EARLIER THIS WEEK.
TEXT: BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS JOHN WESTON SAYS
THE DRAFT RESOLUTION HAS THREE OBJECTIVES.
/// WESTON ACT ///
IT ASSOCIATES THE COUNCIL FORMALLY WITH THE SECRETARY
GENERAL'S INITIATIVE AND THE M-O-U (MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING). IT SENDS TWO CLEAR SIGNALS. ONE ABOUT
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND THE OTHER A REMINDER
THAT THIS AGREEMENT HAS TO BE MADE TO WORK.
/// END ACT ///
"LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL" IS A PHRASE USED BY U-N MEMBERS
TO MEAN AN EASING OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ.
AMBASSADOR WESTON SAYS HE SENSES VERY LITTLE RESISTANCE TO THE
DRAFT RESOLUTION BY OTHER SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/BJS/LSF/KL
26-Feb-98 12:51 PM EST (1751 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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