DATE=12/20/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243327
TITLE=ALBRIGHT / SANCTIONS (S)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SAYS IT IS UNLIKELY
SADDAM HUSSEIN WILL EVER COMPLY WITH U-N SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTIONS, AND SHE EXPECTS ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ TO
REMAIN IN PLACE. STATE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT KYLE KING
REPORTS.
TEXT: SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT SAYS HAVING U-N WEAPONS
INSPECTORS IN IRAQ IS THE BEST WAY TO GUARANTEE COMPLIANCE WITH
U-N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.
BUT SHE SAYS THE UNITED STATES HAS OTHER WAYS TO PREVENT IRAQ
FROM THREATENING ITS NEIGHBORS, AND WILL NOT GO ALONG WITH
LIFTING U-N SANCTIONS UNLESS IRAQ ALLOWS WEAPONS INSPECTORS BACK
IN.
// ALBRIGHT ACT //
THE TRUTH IS, IF THERE IS NO WAY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO MONITOR WHAT HE IS DOING THROUGH UNSCOM
THEN THE SANCTIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
// END ACT //
IRAQI OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT ALLOW THE WEAPONS
INSPECTORS BACK, AND MS. ALBRIGHT SAYS SHE CONSIDERS IT UNLIKELY
IRAQ WILL BEGIN COMPLYING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.
SHE SAYS THE PATH OF COOPERATION IS OPEN TO IRAQ, BUT THE UNITED
STATES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO USE MILITARY FORCE AGAIN IF
NECESSARY.
NEB/RAE
20-Dec-98 12:20 PM EST (1720 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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