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Boucher Calls French Flight to Iraq a "Blatant Violation" of Sanction

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 22, 2000
STATEMENT BY RICHARD BOUCHER, SPOKESMAN
FRENCH AIRFLIGHT INTO BAGHDAD
At a time when Iraq continues to defy the UN sanctions regime -- and
will not even allow a UN team to inspect the humanitarian conditions
in Iraq -- France, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has
allowed a flight to Iraq in blatant violation of UN sanctions
resolutions.
The flight was done in clear defiance of the UN and its established
procedures. We fail to understand why the French government, which has
discussed this at the United Nations for some time, could not wait 12
hours to gain sanctions committee approval of the flight. We are
raising this matter at the UN Security Council today.
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(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)