DATE=1/12/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244104
TITLE=IRAQ / ALBRIGHT (S)(CQ)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS CHANGES TO
THE U-N WEAPONS INSPECTION MISSION IN IRAQ, BUT THEY SAY THE
INSPECTORS NEED TO FINISH THEIR WORK. FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT,
V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS.
TEXT: U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OF THE MAJOR
POWERS SUPPORT A LIFTING OF U-N SANCTIONS UNTIL SADDAM HUSSEIN
OBEYS U-N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.
NEVER-THE-LESS, SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT SAYS THE UNITED
STATES IS WILLING TO DISCUSS CHANGES TO UNSCOM.
/// ALBRIGHT ACT ///
WE BELIEVE THAT WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS HOW WE
PROCEED, IT IS [ALSO] IMPORTANT THAT UNSCOM NEEDS TO BE
ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE DISARMAMENT TASK IT WAS ASSIGNED.
/// END ACT ///
WITH IRAQ REFUSING TO ALLOW WEAPONS INSPECTORS TO DO THEIR WORK,
THERE ARE GROWING INDICATIONS THAT SOME CHANGES TO THE U-N
WEAPONS INSPECTION PROGRAM WILL BE NECESSARY.
FRANCE, RUSSIA AND CHINA, ALL SAY THE PROGRAM CAN NO LONGER
FUNCTION IN ITS PRESENT FORM. U-S OFFICIALS SAY THERE MUST BE
NO LIFTING OF SANCTIONS UNTIL WEAPONS INSPECTORS FINISH THEIR
JOB. (SIGNED)
NEB/KBK/PT/WTW
12-Jan-99 8:19 PM EST (0119 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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