Speaking at the United Nations in New York, Iraqi Ambassador Mohammad Al-Douri, quoting from the letter of acceptance, said that Baghdad will accept Security Council resolution 1441 "despite its bad contents".
"We are prepared to receive the inspectors within the assigned timetable," he told reporters in New York. "We are eager to see them perform their duties in accordance with international law as soon as possible."
Iraq has nothing to fear from the arms inspectors because the country "has not and will not have" any weapons of mass destruction, the Ambassador said.
"We are always opting for the path of peace," he added. "We choose always the peaceful ways and means, and this is part of our policy, that is to protect our country, to protect our nation, to protect the region also from the threat of war, which is real."
A quotation from the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations should help clarify the purpose of the U.N.
"We are prepared to receive the inspectors within the assigned timetable," he told reporters in New York. "We are eager to see them perform their duties in accordance with international law as soon as possible."
Iraq has nothing to fear from the arms inspectors because the country "has not and will not have" any weapons of mass destruction, the Ambassador said.
"We are always opting for the path of peace," he added. "We choose always the peaceful ways and means, and this is part of our policy, that is to protect our country, to protect our nation, to protect the region also from the threat of war, which is real."
A quotation from the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations should help clarify the purpose of the U.N.