“I naturally feel sadness that three and a half months of work carried out in Iraq have not brought the assurances needed about the absence of weapons of mass destruction or other proscribed items in Iraq, that no more time is available for our inspections and that armed action now seems imminent.” Chief Inspector Hans Blix addressed the U.N. Security Council, this evening, after presenting a Draft Work Programme for for the U.N. Inspection Team in Iraq, in spite of the fact that they were ordered to withdaw, due to the threat of a U.S.-led invasion.
Hans Blix UNMOVIC Executive Chairman and Gustavo Zlauvinen, a representative for Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have delivered their report to the U.N. Security Council.
Hans Blix UNMOVIC Executive Chairman and Gustavo Zlauvinen, a representative for Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have delivered their report to the U.N. Security Council.
He also noted: “UNMOVIC is a subsidiary organ of the Security Council. Until the Council takes a new decision regarding the role and functions of the Commission, the previous resolutions remain valid to the extent this is practicable. It is evidently for the Council to consider the next steps.”
Mr. Blix also reminded the Security Council that the U.N. Inspectors are the ones who are best qualified to determine Iraq’s compliance or non-compliance.
Mr. Blix also reminded the Security Council that the U.N. Inspectors are the ones who are best qualified to determine Iraq’s compliance or non-compliance.