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Aldouri

lines on the record: 226
first: 2001-08-20
most recent: 2003-03-27
sittings or episodes: 19
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“Thirdly, have the inspectors found weapons of mass destruction? The replies of Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei confirmed that inspection activities have not found any weapons of mass destruction or programmes to produce such weapons. They confirmed that Iraq declared recently its missile programme unilaterally and that Iraq, under the supervision of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), is destroying Al Samoud 2 missiles, which UNMOVIC deemed to be proscribed. Fourthly, were the United States and the United Kingdom able to demonstrate the existence of proscribed weapons or programmes through the intelligence data and documents presented by them? A negative response to that question was given by Mr. Blix and ElBaradei.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“Scott Ritter, a United States citizen and the senior inspector at the time, to admit that Iraq no longer possessed weapons of mass destruction. Today, following the return of the inspectors - who were withdrawn from Iraq in 1998 by Mr. Butler, upon the orders of the United States of America - Mr. Blix, in his briefing of 7 March 2003, stated that Iraq is proactively cooperating, and he referred in detail to the scope and nature of that cooperation. Secondly, do the inspectors encounter any problems in reaching the sites to be inspected? Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei answered that Iraq opened all doors and sites to inspectors, that there were no obstacles, that the inspections currently under way are serious, effective and immediate and that inspectors can reach any site they wish to inspect with ease and without any notable problems.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“My statement will concentrate on replying to some of the questions that are being pondered by the representatives of many States, particularly after the confusion of facts and falsehoods and untrue allegations propagated by the United States and the United Kingdom with respect to Iraq's compliance and implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions. First, has Iraq complied, and is Iraq complying with the relevant Security Council resolutions on disarmament? Iraq cooperated with the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) during a period of eight years. Hence, 95 per cent of the disarmament tasks were fulfilled, between 1991 and 1994. That was confirmed by Mr. Ekeus. Cooperation continued until 1998, which led former inspector Mr.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aldouri (Iraq) (spoke in Arabic): My delegation would like to extend its gratitude to you, Sir, for the convening of this open meeting. We would also like to extend our thanks to the delegation of Malaysia, Chairman of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, for requesting this meeting, given the need to hear the opinion of the international community, in a spirit of transparency and collective responsibility, on a serious problem and on the threat of aggression against a member State of the Movement.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“Let me repeat to them that Iraq will not waver in its continuing proactive and rapid cooperation with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency. We call upon the Security Council to shoulder its historical responsibility, especially today, by thwarting aggression against Iraq and preventing a new crime from being committed in its name - a crime whose impact would far surpass that of any crime of the past century. In conclusion, let me add that war against Iraq will wreak destruction, but it will not unearth any weapons of mass destruction, for one very simple reason: there are no such weapons, except in the imagination of some. All those who assist in the commission of such a war, without a direct interest in it, will be sorry indeed.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“It is the implementation of what is being called a new Sikes-Pico plan for the Middle East - the redrawing of the region once more. When Iraq accepted Security Council resolutions it was hoping for justice from the Council, and it continues to do so. The introduction of the new draft resolution and the most recent amendment do not relate to disarmament. The aim is to drag the Security Council into taking actions that will have detrimental consequences, not only for Iraq, but for the very credibility of this international Organization. I should like at this point to express Iraq's gratitude to all those who oppose the draft resolution.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“At the most recent meeting, they concentrated on the need to destroy Al Samoud 2 missiles. The discussion then moved on to the claim that Iraq is destroying such missiles on the one hand and manufacturing new ones on the other. Talk then began about an alleged link with terrorism and about regime change. Finally, here we are hearing that Iraq is a threat to the national security of the United States - that is the claim made by President Bush - although earlier we had heard that Iraq was a threat to its neighbours. This is an attempt to confuse the issue. It is an attempt to mask the real agenda of the United States of America and the United Kingdom with regard to Iraq. It is a very simple agenda. The objective is the complete takeover of Iraq's oil and the political and economic domination of the entire Arab region.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“The statements of the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as those of some other speakers today, show that there is a state of confusion. Officials in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as those standing at their side, are unable to provide any evidence proving the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Furthermore, they have been unable to conceal their own private agenda in the region and the rest of the world. This all started with the issue of Iraq's possession and development of weapons of mass destruction. Then they demanded that Iraq accept the return of inspectors. They then moved on to the issue of proactive cooperation with the inspectors, followed by demands for the submission of evidence proving that Iraq was free from weapons of mass destruction.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“When asked whether Iraq represents a threat now, he replied that all agree that Iraq possesses very limited military capacities in comparison with 1991, and that Iraq is being very closely monitored by the inspectors. On the issue of interviews, Mr. Blix stated that his experts have made it clear that those interviews are yielding important and beneficial results in terms of data. In this regard, he pointed out the importance of Iraq's submitting the names of those who had participated in the destruction of proscribed programmes, which would surely facilitate the verification of such destruction. He added that he did not agree with those who say that resolution 1441 (2002) is a disarmament resolution and not an inspection resolution.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Powell should not jump to hasty conclusions as he has done in the past on the issue of the aluminium tubes and with his claims of uranium imports. Today the Council heard exactly the opposite directly from Mr. ElBaradei. With respect to the statements on Iraq's cooperation that I heard this morning from many members of the Council, allow me to refer to the statement by Mr. Blix, not today but two days ago in a press conference. At that press conference, Mr. Blix stated that Iraq is cooperating proactively - I stress that he used the word "proactively". He stated that real disarmament is taking place on the ground. He stated that the efforts being undertaken by Iraq and the inspectors represent steps towards the actual verification of Iraq's unilateral destruction of its previous proscribed programmes.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Those are the basic facts of the matter. Since then, nothing that contradicts those facts has been unearthed. All weapons that have been proscribed fall into one of two categories: they have been either declared or unilaterally destroyed by Iraq. All the declarations that Iraq has been repeatedly asked to present concerned the details and verification of that unilateral destruction and nothing - nothing - else. It is for the accusers to prove otherwise, if they possess any evidence. With respect to what Secretary of State Powell stated about Iraq's VX programme, the fact is that Iraq had no VX weapons to declare. No VX agent remained for Iraq to declare. Iraq has never produced stable VX and has never weaponized VX. No one has any evidence to prove the contrary. Mr.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“The inspectors have proven that there are no such weapons and that such allegations are false. Secretary of State Powell spoke of the lack of a strategic political decision by Iraq to demonstrate its commitment to complying with the resolutions of international legitimacy and to ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. Let me affirm that in 1991 Iraq did indeed take the strategic decision to rid itself of weapons of mass destruction. Accordingly, the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) worked in Iraq for eight years. Iraq handed over many of those weapons to UNSCOM. for destruction in the period from 1991 to 1994. UNSCOM. did in fact undertake the destruction of those weapons. That was in addition to the weapons unilaterally destroyed by Iraq in the summer of 1991, which included proscribed biological material.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I should like also to express my appreciation for the efforts being made by churches throughout the world in stressing the importance of peace, in particular the efforts being made by His Holiness Pope John Paul II in advocating peace and denouncing war, which he considers to be lacking any moral basis or legitimacy. On behalf of the people of Iraq, I salute all peoples of the world, in particular the peoples of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Spain, who took to the streets by the millions to express their devotion to peace and their rejection of war. The United States Administration, together with that of the United Kingdom, continues to fabricate "facts" and "evidence" suggesting Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction. However, they have not managed to convince the international community.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“The latest summit of the 116-member Non- Aligned Movement, held in Kuala Lumpur, condemned the use or threat of military action, considering it to be aggression and a flagrant violation of the principle of non-interference. The heads of State and Government and other representatives of 57 Islamic countries, who recently met at the Doha Summit, also declared their absolute rejection of any aggression against Iraq, considering it to be a threat to the security of all Islamic States. Here, I would like to recall the position of the African Union, which has clearly and categorically rejected war and called for a peaceful solution.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“The French, German, Russian and Chinese position makes it clear that there is no need for a second resolution to be adopted by the Security Council. It demands that the work of the inspectors continue and that they be given enough time to complete their tasks by peaceful means. The position of the Arab countries is also clear, particularly the position taken at the latest Arab Summit, which unanimously rejected an attack on Iraq as a threat to Arab national security. The Summit called for a peaceful resolution of the Iraqi crisis within the framework of international legitimacy. The Summit affirmed the Security Council's responsibility to preserve the independence, security and territorial integrity of Iraq. The Summit also declared that it is time to lift the sanctions imposed on Iraq.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Iraq's actions are based on a deep sense of responsibility and on a clear vision of the nature of the very difficult international situation, which is inauspicious not only for Iraq and its people but for the region and the entire world, including the United Nations. The entire world, with the exception of a few States, wishes to see the United Nations continue to fulfil the tasks entrusted to it in the area of international peace and security. It seems that a possible war of aggression against Iraq has become imminent, regardless of any decision by the Security Council and despite the fact that official and public international opinion strongly rejects aggression and war and demands a peaceful solution.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aldouri (Iraq) (spoke in Arabic): My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that your African wisdom will be the best guarantor of the success of the Council's work under these difficult circumstances. I should also like to thank Germany for its presidency of the Security Council last month and for all its efforts towards the success of the Council's deliberations. I would like to thank Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for their efforts and for their briefings. Let me underline our pledge to continue proactive cooperation with them.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“The inspectors have merely to carry out their work in a targeted and objective manner, away from the pressures that are being brought to bear upon them through the media and directly the United States and the United Kingdom.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We are confident that no one will find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, because there are none. Yet. some wish to exploit these disarmament issues. I call upon those who have stood side by side with the United States and have supported the use of military force to consider and examine the reports of the United Nations so as to ascertain what the outstanding issues are. They do not relate to weapons of mass destruction; they relate to evidence and documents. That is precisely what Iraq is working to provide. We arc doing our utmost in that regard. Iraq has therefore permitted everything that has been described by the great majority of those who have spoken here on behalf of the international community. Iraq has opened every door and has allowed everything it possibly can allow.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Secondly, Iraq will continue to cooperate constructively and productively with the inspections and will make every necessary effort in that regard. Let me also reassure those who have called on Iraq to cooperate that Iraq is determined to do so, both on substance and on process, in order to cut off at the knees any allegation to the effect that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction. Let me also say that there are no real. serious problems in our relations with the inspectors. However. there are outstanding issues concerning disarmament. What is required of Iraq is not that it hand over weapons of mass destruction; Iraq is to hand over documents and other evidence attesting to its being free of weapons of mass destruction. In fact, that is what Iraq is doing.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“I would merely like to call upon them to consider this issue carefully and to avoid taking hasty decisions in the future. Issues of war and peace imply a grave moral and historical responsibility. Careful consideration entails understanding what Iraq is doing and what the international inspectors are doing. Simultaneously, it also means accurately ascertaining the true position of the United States and the United Kingdom. But, what I fail to understand is the kind of language employed by some speakers - truly debased language that is not customarily heard in the Council, which I shall not go into in any detail. Nevertheless, allow me to point out the following. First of all, there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aldouri (Iraq) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me, through you, Mr. President, to express our gratitude to all those delegations - that is to say, the vast majority of delegations - that have expressed their concern over the Iraqi crisis and that have advocated peace and opposition to war. In advocating peace they are emphasizing the fact that they value the noble principles upon which the Organization and the Security Council were founded: saving the world from the scourge of war and maintaining international peace and security through peaceful means. At the same time, I also understand the positions of States that sided with the extreme stance of the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Their reasons for doing so are known to us and to them.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Such an attack would undermine the credibility of the Security Council. In conclusion, we would like to reaffirm Iraq's commitment to continuing full and active cooperation with UNMOVIC and the IAEA. In that regard, the two organizations have responded well in implementing Security Council resolutions in a professional and honest manner, in accordance with the Charter and unaffected by political influence and pressure from the United States and the United Kingdom. We would like to reiterate to the world community that if an aggression against Iraq takes place, Iraq's people, famous for their struggle against the British occupation in the 1920s, will defend their country and will allow no encroachment upon Iraq's sovereignty and independence.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“We warn against the serious consequences of a war in a region that has suffered the agony of many wars, a region that is still suffering from the continuation of the policy of occupation and destruction by Israel against the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights. We also demand respect for Iraq's sovereignty, territorial integrity and political choice expressed by the Iraqi people during the general popular referendum to reaffirm Iraq's political leader and leadership. The launching of an attack by the United States and the United Kingdom against Iraq would be proof of the failure of the entire international system. That system must rely on the Charter of the United Nations as its indispensable point of reference for the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“Therefore, from this rostrum, we call upon all Member States to shoulder their responsibilities, in particular the member States of the Security Council, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, which emphasizes peaceful solution. We call upon them to put an end to the unjust embargo imposed on Iraq and to eliminate the no-fly zones unilaterally imposed by the United States and the United Kingdom. We call upon all countries in the world to heed the call of millions of people the world over, who during the last few days rejected the idea of any aggression or threat of war or war against Iraq. These millions of people condemned the troops amassed as a military threat to Iraq and the region and alerted the world community to the dangers of military aggression against Iraq, its people and its territorial integrity.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“Reason and wisdom make it incumbent upon us to ask if there is any justification for the United States and the United Kingdom to launch war against Iraq under the pretext of their concern about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction. Even at a time when Iraq is under an ongoing monitoring and verification system, is it to be rewarded with yet another attack by the United States, which is threatening to use weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons? Through its journey of compliance with the international Organization's resolutions over the last 12 years, Iraq has paid a dear price and has made sacrifices. It has lost close to two million of its people. It is now facing another threat of destruction and killing.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“This can be done through measuring the dissolved quantities of VX and anthrax in the unilateral destruction sites, using chemical and physiological analyses. Iraq submitted documents proving the validity of this process, as well as the results it has reached in conducting searches regarding other issues. This active cooperation resulted in refuting all the allegations emanating from the United States and the United Kingdom. Those allegations started with the statement delivered by the United States President at the General Assembly. This was followed by reports issued by the United States and the United Kingdom Administrations, the last case being the presentation by Mr. Powell before the Security Council on 5 February.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“Seventh, Iraq provided inspectors with logistical support to overcome any obstacles that they may encounter in their inspections, and this includes the opening of regional offices for the inspectors throughout Iraq, thus facilitating their use of technical and scientific means for the immediate and effective completion of their task. We would like to reiterate here - in particular with regard to the controversy surrounding the issue of VX and anthrax, which were unilaterally destroyed by Iraq - that Iraq submitted practical suggestions during the recent technical talks with Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei in Baghdad on 8 and 9 February, with the objective of clearing up what the former Special Commission saw as remaining issues and vague points.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“The U-2 planes have started their work in the last two days. Fifthly, Iraq's cooperation is demonstrated by facilitating interviews with scientists and persons the inspectors may wish to see. Those persons were encouraged to accept private interviews with the inspectors, and this is precisely what is taking place now. Sixthly, new methods were suggested to dispel any doubts regarding remaining disarmament issues. Any suggestions submitted by UNMOVIC to solve these issues are welcome. It is only natural that the proposals made by countries will also be equally welcome.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“Secondly, inspectors were granted immediate and unconditional access to all sites they wished to visit, without exempting private homes or the presidential sites, which are a symbol of Iraq's sovereignty. Inspection teams have conducted over 700 inspections to date, covering 400 sites. The cooperation was not limited to opening the doors; it also extended to answering all the questions posed by the inspectors by providing the requested documents, plans and explanations. Thirdly, Iraq established two specialized commissions to search for documents or materials related to previous proscribed programmes in order to expedite the work of the inspectors. Fourthly, Iraq has allowed inspectors to use helicopters and aerial surveillance in their work, including U-2, Mirage and Antonov planes.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“Blix. However, be repeated that the inspections would have to start first, for two months, and then a work programme would be prepared, followed by consultation with Iraq on the remaining issues. The United States has exploited this ambiguity to transform the issue from a technical and scientific one into a political one. It requested Iraq to prove that it is free of the alleged weapons of mass destruction, although what was originally requested was active cooperation with the inspectors. Nevertheless, Iraq has provided all sorts of active and full cooperation, as follows. First, in record time, Iraq submitted a full and comprehensive declaration of its previous programmes of weapons of mass destruction, in addition to submitting new documents covering the period from 1998 to 2002.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“The second dealt with the necessity of respecting Iraq's sovereignty and independence. From what we see today, these two issues are still awaiting implementation by the Security Council. During its three rounds of talks with the Secretary-General last year, Iraq requested that no threats be made to its sovereignty and security. It also requested the initiation of technical talks with Mr. Blix in order to agree on a mechanism to identify the most important remaining issues and ways of solving them. At that time, Mr. Blix said that identifying remaining issues would be decided by the Security Council after the submission of a work programme to the Council two months after the start of work in Iraq. After Iraq agreed to the return of the inspectors and its subsequent agreement to resolution 1441 (2002), Iraq again put the matter before Mr.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“Paragraph 2 of the resolution entrusted the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) with the establishment and operation of a reinforced monitoring system that would resolve the remaining disarmament issues. In its planning and organizational structure, UNMOVIC has taken into account the concept of integrating disarmament issues with ongoing monitoring, as described in paragraph 13 of document S/2000/292. In November of last year, Iraq agreed to the return of the inspectors. The Secretary-General conveyed Iraq's agreement in a letter to the Security Council. The letter included two basic issues. The first considered the return of inspectors as a step towards a comprehensive review of the issue of Iraq, with a view to lifting the embargo imposed on it.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“I would like to point out here that the United States Government confirmed then, in 1998, that Operation Desert Fox had destroyed all the weapons of mass destruction that Iraq possessed. After the aggression, the Security Council formed a panel headed by Ambassador Amorim. The panel recommended that the remaining disarmament questions could be dealt with in the reinforced ongoing monitoring and verification. Ambassador Amorim based his recommendations on the former UNSCOM. report of 1997, which stated that there no longer remained much more unknown about Iraq's remaining military capabilities. Security Council resolution 1284 (1999) adopted the recommendations of the Amorim panel.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“When the Security Council decided to conduct a comprehensive review of Iraq's compliance with Council resolutions in order to lift the embargo imposed on it after the Secretary-General's visit to Iraq in 1998, the United States ordered Richard Butler, the former Executive Chairman of UNSCOM, to withdraw the inspectors in preparation for its aggression in December 1998, dubbed "Operation Desert Fox". During that operation, Iraq was bombed by hundreds of missiles that killed thousands of Iraqis, and Iraq's infrastructure was destroyed, having been rebuilt after 1991. The whole world condemned that act of aggression. The United Nations Secretary-General considered it to be a dark day in United Nations history.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“During 1991 and 1992, Iraq, along with the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), destroyed all the sites, facilities and materials related to its previous programmes of weapons of mass destruction. From 1992 to 1998, Iraq cooperated with UNSCOM. and the IAEA to ascertain that Iraq was free of any proscribed programmes. Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, the former Chairman of UNSCOM, stated on 13 January 1993 that Iraq had met 95 per cent of its disarmament obligations. He also repeated that statement in an interview with Swedish radio on 7 September 2002.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“The United States of America and Britain are continuing their feverish efforts to launch an aggressive war against my country, which has been the subject of an unjust comprehensive embargo for over 12 years. Their aim is to change the national Government of Iraq and to impose American hegemony over the region and its resources, as a first step towards world domination through the use of force. This is a dangerous precedent in international relations that threatens the credibility of the United Nations and exposes international and regional peace and security to grave dangers. Iraq's record of compliance with Security Council resolutions is unprecedented in this international Organization and in the history of international relations.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aldouri (Iraq) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to express my thanks to you, Mr. President, and to the members of the Security Council for acceding to the request made by the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement to convene this open meeting. I also have the pleasure of conveying my gratitude to the delegation of South Africa for having requested the convening of this meeting to hear the views of the Member States of the United Nations as a whole, and of the members of the Movement in particular, within the framework of increased transparency and ideas and views that may contribute to managing and peaceably resolving the current crisis.”
2003-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709 (2003) · source
“We also seriously call upon the Security Council to consider lifting the unjust embargo imposed on Iraq and to rise to its commitments by respecting Iraq's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. We call upon the Council to continue to work towards the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction in the entire Middle East, in implementation of paragraph 14 of resolution 687 (1991).”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“We have opted for solutions that would satisfy the international community. We are prepared to provide all means to assist in making clear the true picture, in order to avoid the objections of those who are ill- intentioned, who wish to start a war in Iraq and the region, and whose clear political and economic objectives would result in incalculable consequences. We hope that the Security Council will heed the desire of the vast majority of States Members of the United Nations, and allow the inspectors to fulfil their role and carry out their tasks through dialogue and proactive cooperation. That will certainly lead to peace and not war.”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“Iraq has suggested that one could ascertain the amount of VX and anthrax that has been destroyed by measuring the dissolved quantities of VX and anthrax at sites where unilateral destruction took place at the beginning of 1991, and that it is possible to extrapolate the quantity destroyed by scientific investigation and by comparing the result with Iraq's declaration. The issue, therefore, needs strenuous effort and persistence, because this is a difficult subject. At a time when voices worldwide are calling on the United States and the United Kingdom to listen to reason and respect international legitimacy and peace, the United States of America and the United Kingdom continue to mass forces against Iraq and to threaten war in disregard of international law and human rights. We stress that Iraq has chosen the path of peace.”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“It is therefore illogical to accuse Iraq of having gone beyond the permitted range, as long as Iraq is addressing the issue in a completely transparent manner and as long as its installations and test sites are open and subject to monitoring. In this regard, Iraq would suggest that test firings could be undertaken of a random choice of missiles, in order to ascertain the range. There is ample opportunity for open dialogue between technical parties in Iraq and in UNMOVIC in order to reach a satisfactory solution to this issue. With regard to the subject of VX and anthrax, which were also mentioned, Iraq has put forward practical proposals to resolve these issues, among other outstanding issues related to VX, anthrax and certain chemical precursors, as well as to information on growth media.”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“Government] have undermined the inspectors." With regard to the issue of missiles that has been referred to by many speakers today, I would like to note, for those who are unaware of it, that Iraq declared those missiles in its biennial declaration as well as in its full declaration to the Security Council. The missiles were not discovered by the inspectors. Iraq continues to stress that these missiles, delivered to our armed forces, do not have a range exceeding 150 kilometres. The issue was recently discussed with UNMOVIC experts. Iraq believes that this issue can be resolved with a technical solution.”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“If it means that Iraq must show weapons of mass destruction, we would respond with the Arabic proverb that an empty hand has nothing to give. You cannot give what you do not have. If we do not possess such weapons, how can we disarm ourselves? How can such weapons be dismantled when they do not exist? We agree with those who believe that the best way to resolve these issues is through continuing proactive cooperation with the inspectors. We do not stand with those who want the inspections to fail. I refer to an article The Washington Post quoting members of the United States Senate as saying that "We [the US.”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“Two commissions of high-ranking Iraqi officials and scientists have been created to consider these issues and provide the information, as requested by Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei on more than one occasion. After all that, we hear allegations by some not only that has Iraq not cooperated, but that it is in material breach of resolution 1441 (2002). Our question is, where is this material breach? Does it lie in the allegations made by the United States of America at the previous meeting - with which many States worldwide did not agree - or is the matter related to the notion of the proactive cooperation required of Iraq? Many in this forum have called for proactive cooperation. What is proactive cooperation?”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“With respect to other issues, UNMOVIC, following its establishment, adopted a process that includes assimilating outstanding disarmament issues into the reinforced monitoring system; this was referred to in the organizational plan it submitted to the Security Council in document S/2000/292. However, in order to facilitate UNMOVIC's mission to identify and resolve these issues, Iraq, in its full, comprehensive and updated declaration of 7 December 2002, provided full, important details on these outstanding issues and on the means to resolve them. Nevertheless, Iraq has begun to cooperate proactively with UNMOVIC, which has recently agreed to discuss these issues with Iraq; we have provided 24 documents concerning many of the outstanding issues.”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“While these aircraft are undergoing their missions, it is logical and reasonable for British and United States aeroplanes to cease air strikes because these would affect the security of those missions. Thus, inspectors have six levels of aerial surveillance: satellites, high-altitude U-2 surveillance aircraft, medium-level Mirage aircraft, low-level Antonov 11 aircraft, and helicopters and other means of aerial surveillance. With respect to the Iraqi legislation that some have considered to be among the important elements of Iraq's cooperation, Iraq did not take a negative stance in this regard. We had technical and legislative considerations. At any rate, the decree was enacted today in order to put an end to the controversy surrounding this matter. I was surprised to hear some say that the decree was unimportant or late in coming.”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“The inspectors have found no evidence contradicting Iraq's declarations or confirming the allegations made by the United States and the United Kingdom on the presence of proscribed weapons programmes or of the weapons whose presence was alleged by the representative of the United Kingdom this morning. Thirdly, with respect to the interviews with Iraqi scientists, the Government continues to encourage scientists to agree to interviews. Lists of the names of additional scientists have been submitted at the request of Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei. Other lists are on the way, as they know. Fourthly, Iraq has agreed to overflights by U-2, Mirage and Antonov 11 aircraft in Iraqi airspace for surveillance purposes.”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source
“We should like the file to be reconsidered in its entirety. Secondly, Iraq opened its doors to the inspection teams without imposing restrictions or conditions. The entire world was surprised at that unprecedented level of cooperation. We know that some States were not very happy about that cooperation. In fact, some would have wished that Iraq had obstructed inspections or locked some doors. However, that did not and will not happen because Iraq has genuinely decided to prove that it is free of weapons of mass destruction and to dispel all doubts in that regard. Let me recall what Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei stated this morning. So far, 675 inspections have taken place within Iraq in this short period of time.”
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“Following three rounds of technical negotiations with the United Nations and the return of inspectors to Iraq, Iraq provided everything that might fall within the concept of proactive Iraqi cooperation. I should like to note that Iraq submitted the declaration required under paragraph 3 of resolution 1441 (2002) in record time. The declaration contained many documents on previous Iraqi programmes in the nuclear, chemical, biological and ballistic fields. We continue to believe that those documents require in- depth study by the relevant authorities because they contain updated information responding to many questions. We have the right to wonder whether the declaration has been studied with due diligence and thoroughness, or should the declaration be reconsidered as a whole by the relevant parties?”
2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source