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DATE=11/17/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241826
TITLE=IRAQ / KUWAITI PRISONERS (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  KUWAIT IS URGING THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO 
PRESS BAGHDAD TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING KUWAITI NATIONALS CAPTURED 
BY IRAQ DURING ITS OCCUPATION OF KUWAIT.  V-O-A'S UNITED NATIONS 
CORRESPONDENT MAX RUSTON REPORTS.
TEXT:  THE APPEAL WAS BROUGHT TO MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 
(TUESDAY) BY THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE KUWAIT NATIONAL COMMITTEE 
FOR MISSING PERSONS, IBRAHIM AL-SHAHINE [PRON: AH-SHAH-'HEEN].  
MR. AL-SHAHINE SAYS MORE THAN 600 KUWAITIS CAPTURED BY IRAQ HAVE 
NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.  HE SAYS HE WANTS THE U-N SECURITY 
COUNCIL TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON IRAQI AUTHORITIES TO ACCOUNT FOR 
ALL THOSE MISSING.
U-S AMBASSADOR PETER BURLEIGH SAYS THE ISSUE IS BEING GIVEN A 
HIGH PRIORITY BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL, AND WILL BE ONE OF MANY 
ISSUES COVERED IN A PLANNED REVIEW OF RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING 
IRAQ.  THAT REVIEW IS EXPECTED TO BE DOMINATED BY DISARMAMENT 
ISSUES.  
MR. BURLEIGH SAYS U-N RESOLUTIONS STATE CLEARLY THAT SANCTIONS 
IMPOSED ON IRAQ AFTER THE GULF WAR CAN  NOT  BE LIFTED UNTIL ALL 
REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.  HE SAYS THERE MUST BE VERIFICATION THAT 
IRAQ  NO  LONGER HAS THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE WEAPONS OF MASS 
DESTRUCTION, AND AN ACCOUNTING OF MISSING KUWAITI NATIONALS.
MR. AL-SHAHINE SAYS HIS COMMITTEE HAS WORKED WITH THE 
INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS IN MEETINGS WITH IRAQI AUTHORITIES ON THE
ISSUE OF MISSING PERSONS.  HE SAYS HE HAS PRESENTED IRAQ WITH 
DETAILED DOCUMENTS, SOME SIGNED BY IRAQI MILITARY OFFICERS, 
SHOWING WHO WAS CAPTURED.  HE SAYS MANY OF THOSE CAPTURED WERE 
TAKEN INTO IRAQ AND PUT IN PRISONS.  HE SAYS IT IS CRITICAL THAT 
PROGRESS BE MADE IN DETERMINING THEIR WHEREABOUTS SOON, AS IT IS 
UNCLEAR HOW THEY ARE BEING TREATED, OR IF THEY ARE RECEIVING 
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
MR. AL-SHAHINE SAYS IRAQ HAS REMAINED SILENT, DESPITE HIS APPEALS
FOR INFORMATION.   (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/WTW
17-Nov-98 8:15 PM EST (0115 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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