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04 October 2002

Powell Says U.S. Offers "Fullest" Support for U.N. Inspection Efforts

(Secretary briefs after meeting with U.N.'s Hans Blix, Mohamed
ElBaradei) (200)
By Phillip Kurata
Washington File Staff Writer
Washington -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States
has offered its "fullest" support for the UN efforts to inspect Iraq
for weapons of mass destruction.
"[W]e think the best way to support their efforts is with a new U.N.
Security Council resolution setting out very tough standards and
conditions for the conduct of new inspections. I think we have an
agreement that such a resolution would be useful. And I think
increasingly the members of the council are coming to the conclusion
that such a resolution would be useful," Powell said in Washington
October 4.
He made the statement after meeting with Hans Blix, the chief of the
UN weapons inspection team for Iraq, and Mohamed ElBaradei, the
director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
ElBaradei said the common objective of the international community is
the complete disarmament of Iraq.
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)