DATE=11/23/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-242063
TITLE=U-N / IRAQ / ARMS (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SAY THEY
ARE DISAPOINTED WITH IRAQ'S REFUSAL TO HAND OVER DOCUMENTS
REQUESTED BY THE U-N WEAPONS INSPECTION COMMISSION, UNSCOM.
V-O-A'S MAX RUSTON REPORTS FROM OUR U-N BUREAU.
TEXT: BRITISH AMBASSADOR JEREMY GREENSTOCK DESCRIBED THE
SITUATION CONCERNING IRAQ AS DISAPPOINTING AND DISCOURAGING. HE
SAID A SERIES OF WEEKEND MESSAGES FROM BAGHDAD, IN WHICH IRAQ
REFUSED TO HAND OVER LETTERS CONCERNING ITS MISSILES AND CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, IS NOT A VERY ENCOURAGING START,
FOLLOWING IRAQ'S RECENT PROMISE OF UNCONDITIONAL COOPERATION WITH
UNSCOM. HE SAID IRAQ NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE BETTER COOPERATION IF
IT WANTS THE COUNCIL TO CARRY OUT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE WEAPONS INSPECTION PROCESS AND
SANCTIONS.
/// GREENSTOCK ACT ///
WE ARE NOT GETTING THE PATTERN OF COOPERATION WE WANT IN
ORDER TO GET INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW TO MOVE THIS
POSITIVELY FORWARD.
/// END ACT ///
U-S AMBASSADOR PETER BURLEIGH ECHOED MR. GREENSTOCK'S REMARKS,
SAYING IRAQ'S RESPONSE DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE THE KIND OF
COOPERATION HE HAD HOPED FOR.
IRAQ ORIGINALLY REQUESTED THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AS A MEANS FOR
INVESTIGATING ITS CHARGES THAT UNSCOM IS UNFAIRLY PROLONGING THE
INSPECTION PROCESS ... A CHARGE UNSCOM DENIES. THE SECURITY
COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO THE PROPOSAL, IF IRAQ FIRST DEMONSTRATES
FULL COOPERATION WITH THE WEAPONS INSPECTORS.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON THE
ISSUED ON TUESDAY.
IF THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN DECIDE TO VIEW IRAQ'S LATEST
ACTIONS AS AN ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT THE INSPECTION PROCESS, THAT
COULD LEAD TO NEW THREATS OF MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST BAGHDAD.
(SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/PT
23-Nov-98 7:21 PM EST (0021 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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