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UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT on Iraq
15-NOV-98
   "Members of the council noted the statements contained in the letter 
of November 14 to the secretary-general from the deputy prime minister 
of Iraq as clarified by the subsequent letters of November 14 to the 
president of the council from the ambassador of Iraq that Iraq has 
decided, clearly and unconditionally, to cooperate fully with the 
Special Commission and the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), 
that this decision constitutes a rescinding of the decisions of August 5 
and October 31, and that Iraq's cooperation with the Special Commission 
and the IAEA will allow the return of inspectors to resume all their 
activities on an immediate, unconditional and unrestricted basis, in 
accordance with the relevant resolutions and with the MOU (memorandum of 
understanding with Secretary-General Kofi Annan) of February 23, 1998. 
   Council members expressed their profound appreciation to the 
secretary-general for his efforts, which have been fully supported by 
the statements and actions of the Security Council and of member states. 
Taking note of past experience with Iraq, council members underlined 
that their confidence in Iraq's intentions needs to be established by 
unconditional and sustained cooperation with the Special Commission and 
the IAEA in exercising the full range of their activities provided for 
in their mandates in accordance with the relevant resolutions and the 
MOU of February 23, 1998. 
Council members expressed support for a full, immediate and effective 
implementation of the humanitarian programme in Iraq. 
   Council members reaffirmed their readiness to proceed with a 
comprehensive review, once the secretary-general has confirmed, on the 
basis of reports from the Special Commission and the IAEA, that Iraq has 
returned to full cooperation, on the basis of resolution 1194 (1998) and 
the council president's letter of October 30 to the secretary-general. 
   The Security Council remains actively seized of the matter.