DATE=9/3/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-238137
TITLE=U-N / IRAQ SANCTIONS (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN TODAY (THURSDAY) PROPOSED A
RESOLUTION TO THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL THAT WOULD SUSPEND COUNCIL
REVIEWS OF IRAQI SANCTIONS UNTIL IRAQ RESUMES COOPERATION WITH
U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS. V-O-A'S MAX RUSTON REPORTS FROM THE
UNITED NATIONS.
TEXT: IF APPROVED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL, THE RESOLUTION WOULD
IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND THE REVIEW PROCESS COVERING SANCTIONS IMPOSED
ON IRAQ AFTER THE GULF WAR. IT WOULD REMOVE ANY POSSIBILITY OF
HAVING SANCTIONS LIFTED UNTIL IRAQ MEETS REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN
THE RESOLUTION.
THOSE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE IRAQ'S RESUMPTION OF COOPERATION WITH
THE U-N WEAPONS INSPECTION COMMISSION, UNSCOM, AND THE
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, THE I-A-E-A. IRAQ SUSPENDED
COOPERATION WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS LAST MONTH.
U-S DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS PETER BURLEIGH SPOKE
ABOUT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION AFTER FORMALLY INTRODUCING IT IN THE
SECURITY COUNCIL.
/// BURLEIGH ACT ///
IT WOULD CANCEL THE OCTOBER SANCTIONS REVIEW AND SUSPEND
FUTURE REVIEWS UNTIL IRAQ COMES BACK INTO COOPERATION
WITH BOTH THE I-A-E-A AND UNSCOM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO
ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A REVIEW OF IRAQI COMPLIANCE
TO ALL RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS AS SOON AS IRAQ RESCINDS ITS
AUGUST FIFTH STATEMENT AND DEMONSTRATES ON THE GROUND
THAT IT IS COOPERATING WITH THE I-A-E-A AND UNSCOM, AND
WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS A FULL RANGE OF COOPERATION,
INCLUDING INSPECTIONS.
/// END ACT ///
MR. BURLEIGH SAYS HE EXPECTS THE RESOLUTION TO BE APPROVED BY THE
SECURITY COUNCIL EARLY NEXT WEEK.
IRAQ SUSPENDED COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM AND THE I-A-E-A TO PROTEST
WHAT IT SEES AS THEIR INTENTIONAL PROLONGING OF THE INSPECTION
PROCESS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE SANCTIONS CAN BE LIFTED.
UNSCOM INSPECTORS REJECT THAT CHARGE AND SAY IRAQ SUSPENDED
COOPERATION TO PREVENT THEM FROM DISCOVERING NEW EVIDENCE OF
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
UNSCOM CHAIRMAN RICHARD BUTLER BRIEFED THE SECURITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY ON THE WORKING CONDITIONS FACED BY HIS TEAMS IN IRAQ.
HE SAID IRAQ IS ALLOWING INSPECTORS TO MONITOR SOME PREVIOUSLY
INSPECTED SITES BUT IS NOT COOPERATING IN OTHER DISARMAMENT
AREAS, INCLUDING THE INSPECTION OF NEW SITES. HE SAID IRAQ IS
GRADUALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SITES TO WHICH INSPECTORS ARE
PERMITTED TO RETURN.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DESCRIBED IRAQ'S SUSPENSION OF
COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM AND THE I-A-E-A AS UNACCEPTABLE BUT HAS,
SO FAR, STOPPED SHORT OF IMPOSING PUNITIVE MEASURES. (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/LSF/WDC/WFR
03-Sep-98 3:19 PM EDT (1919 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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