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DATE=6/5/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233438
TITLE=IRAQ / U-N SECURITY COUNCIL (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  IRAQ SAYS (FRIDAY) IT IS CONVINCED THE U-N SECURITY 
COUNCIL IS LOSING PATIENCE WITH THE U-N INSPECTION TEAM CHARGED 
WITH SEARCHING FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ.  V-O-A'S 
MAX RUSTON REPORTS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS.
TEXT:  IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMMED AL-SAHAF, RESTATED HIS 
GOVERNMENT'S STAND THAT IT HAS FULFILLED ALL SECURITY COUNCIL 
REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE ELIMINATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS 
DESTRUCTION.  SPEAKING TO REPORTERS, HE REJECTED A DOCUMENT 
DISCUSSED THURSDAY BY CHIEF U-N WEAPONS INSPECTOR RICHARD BUTLER 
THAT MR. BUTLER DESCRIBED AS A"ROAD MAP" FOR THE LIFTING OF 
SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ.
MR. AL-SAHAF DENOUNCED THE DOCUMENT AS A "NON-ROADMAP," SAYING IT
IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, INACCURATE AND TOO VAGUE TO BE OF ANY 
USE.
THE DOCUMENT, WHICH MR. BUTLER PRESENTED TO THE U-N SECURITY 
COUNCIL, LISTS 14 ITEMS, CONCERNING MISSILES, CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, ON WHICH IRAQ NEEDS TO PROVIDE MORE 
INFORMATION.
MR. AL-SAHAF SAID THE DOCUMENT -- PREPARED BY THE U-N SPECIAL 
COMMISSION ON WEAPONS INSPECTIONS, UNSCOM -- WAS NOT 
WELL-RECEIVED BY THE COUNCIL.
                      /// AL-SAHAF ACT ///
         I THINK WHAT WE HAVE WITNESSED IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL 
         IS THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL IS NOW SQUEEZING UNSCOM, 
         ASKING IT REAL QUESTIONS.  THEY WANT FACTS.  THEY DO NOT
         WANT TO HEAR TWISTED HISTORY.  ALL OF THEM, THEY SAID: 
         "ALL THIS WE HAVE BEEN READ AND WE HAVE HEARD SEVERAL 
         TIMES -- TELL US WHERE WE HAVE REACHED, WHAT ARE THE 
         REMAINING ISSUES, WHAT IS NEW?"
                         /// END ACT ///
MR. AL-SAHAF'S STATEMENT CONTRADICTS REMARKS FROM THE U-S AND 
BRITISH AMBASSADORS TO THE UNITED NATIONS, WHO SAID THE BRIEFING 
DEMONSTRATED CLEAR AND INTENTIONAL IRAQI VIOLATIONS OF SECURITY 
COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS SAY SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON IRAQ AFTER THE GULF 
WAR CANNOT BE LIFTED UNTIL UNSCOM HAS FULLY VERIFIED THAT IRAQ NO
LONGER HAS ANY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.  IRAQI OFFICIALS HAVE
WARNED THAT A NEW CRISIS COULD DEVELOP IN THE MIDDLE EAST IF 
STEPS ARE NOT TAKEN SOON TO LIFT THE SANCTIONS.  ON FRIDAY, MR. 
AL-SAHAF DESCRIBED THE SANCTIONS AS THE MOST SEVERE IN HUMAN 
HISTORY.  (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/LSF/RRM
05-Jun-98 3:31 PM EDT (1931 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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