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18 December 1998

TEXT: NATO SECRETARY GENERAL SOLANA STATEMENT ON IRAQ

(Says Saddam is responsible for "grave situation") (190)
Brussels -- NATO Secretary General Javier Solana said December 17 that
Saddam Hussein "alone is responsible for the grave situation and for
the consequences that his defiance of the will of the international
community has entailed."
Following is the text of Solana's statement:
(Begin text)
NATO Press Release (98)153
17 Dec. 1998
STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF NATO, DR. JAVIER SOLANA, ON IRAQ
Despite all the efforts by the United Nations over several months,
diplomacy has not been successful in persuading Iraq to comply with
the demands of the international community. Saddam Hussein has
continued to violate the UN Security Council Resolutions and has
broken his commitments to resume his co-operation with UNSCOM. He
alone is responsible for the grave situation and for the consequences
that his defiance of the will of the international community has
entailed. Iraq must co-operate with the United Nations and take
immediate and concrete steps to comply fully with all its obligations.
(End text)