DATE=6/14/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233880
TITLE=IRAQ / U-N SUNDAY (S)
BYLINE=SCOTT BOBB
DATELINE=CAIRO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS CHIEF WEAPONS INSPECTOR, RICHARD
BUTLER, HELD A SECOND DAY OF TALKS IN IRAQ TODAY (EDS: SUNDAY)
AIMED AT ESTABLISHING STEPS WHICH U-N OFFICIALS SAY ARE NECESSARY
TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT HAS DESTROYED ITS
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. CORRESPONDENT SCOTT BOBB REPORTS
FROM OUR MIDDLE EAST BUREAU IN CAIRO THAT U-N OFFICIALS INITIALLY
ARE EXPRESSING SATISFACTION WITH THE IRAQI RESPONSE.
TEXT: MR. BUTLER SUNDAY BEGAN HIS SECOND DAY OF TALKS WITH IRAQI
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ SAYING THE PROCESS WAS IN GOOD
SHAPE.
AND U-N SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ PRAKASH SHAH TOLD
REPORTERS THAT IF THE SPIRIT CONTINUES IN WHICH THE TALKS BEGAN,
THEN HE BELIEVES THE NEXT REPORT BY THE U-N INSPECTORS WILL BE
DIFFERENT.
IRAQ, MEANWHILE, CONTINUES TO COMPLAIN THAT THE INSPECTIONS ARE
BEING PROLONGED FOR POLITICAL REASONS AND CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR
A LIFTING OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS THAT ARE CRIPPLING THE IRAQI
ECONOMY. THE IRAQI POSITION RECEIVED A BOOST OVER THE WEEKEND
WHEN AN ENVOY OF POPE JOHN PAUL ON A VISIT TO BAGHDAD CALLED FOR
AN END TO THE SANCTIONS, WHICH HE SAID ARE DESTROYING THE SPIRIT
OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. (SIGNED)
NEB/SB/DW/WFR
14-Jun-98 8:29 AM EDT (1229 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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