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Security Council Members Call For More Inspections
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 1:00 pm | United Nations
Two powerful UN Security Council members, China and France have called for more weapons inspections in Iraq and that a diplomatic solution be found to the USA's resolve to occupy Iraq. More >>
Iraq Refutes US Charges - Reaffirms to Inspections
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 11:17 am | United Nations
The Iraqi representative to the United Nations today refuted the US charges and reaffirmed his country’s readiness to continue to fully cooperate with UN inspectors, stating the USA's claims that Iraq has WMAs is: "utterly unrelated to the truth." More >>
Initial Security Council Reactions to US Address
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 10:23 am | United Nations
Blix: No Signs of Mobile Labs Detected - Also: China Calls for a Political Settlement - Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix told reporters that his inspectors had not detected any mobile labs moving weapons of mass destruction. More >>
China Calls for a Political Settlement
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 10:17 am | United Nations
The Chinese Foreign Minister says it is the desire of the international community to see a political settlement to the issue of Iraq. All members of the Council will make statements later before Iraq is allowed to respond. More >>
USA Wont Allow Saddam To Possess "Weapons"
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 9:55 am | United Nations
Video and Text Coverage: Powell - The USA "will not - we cannot - run that risk to the American people. Leaving Saddam Hussein in possession of weapons of mass destruction for a few more months or years is not an option. Not in a post-September 11th world." More >>
Blix:Iraq should provide evidence of 'substance,'
Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 6:28 pm | United Nations
On the eve of the USA Secretary of State's address to the United Nations security council, Chief weapons Inspector Hans Blix says Iraq must produce evidence that weapons it had were destroyed. More >>
US Iraq briefing key issue for Security Council
Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 10:21 am | United Nations
US Secretary of State Colin Powell's briefing to the UN Security Council will be the first big event on the Security Council's calendar for the month of February, the President of the 15-nation body said today. More >>
Afghanistan Needs Help to Overcome Opium Economy
Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 10:08 am | United Nations
In order to secure lasting recovery in Afghanistan, global actors must work with the new Government to help the people of the country gain an advantage over the decades old "economy of opium," the top United Nations anti-drug official said today in New ... More >>
Int Atomic Energy Agency To Discuss North Korea
Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 9:09 am | United Nations
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that its Board of Governors will meet next week to discuss the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). More >>
UN Seeks Donor Support for North Korea Aid
Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 8:50 am | United Nations
Following a report from his Personal Envoy, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to seek additional donor support to ensure the continuation of humanitarian aid for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the next ... More >>
UN conducts first aerial inspections of Iraq
Saturday, 1 February 2003, 4:56 pm | United Nations
For the first time, United Nations monitors in Iraq today conducted aerial inspections over a number of sites, including several biological and agricultural research facilities. More >>
2 Added To Security Council List Of Al-Qaida
Thursday, 30 January 2003, 1:00 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council committee monitoring sanctions imposed against the Taliban has added two more individuals to its list of persons and entities subject to the sanctions because of their links to the group or other terrorist operatives. More >>
Full Security Council Briefing: Blix
Tuesday, 28 January 2003, 8:12 am | United Nations
The Security Council this morning heard formal briefings by the heads of the weapons inspections regime in Iraq, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, on the first 60 days of their work, fulfilling a requirement of resolution 1441 (2002), on which the current ... More >>
Iraq cooperating but more on 'substance' needed
Tuesday, 28 January 2003, 8:05 am | United Nations
While Iraq has cooperated in allowing United Nations inspectors into various sites, the top UN arms expert, Hans Blix, told the Security Council today that Baghdad should be more forthcoming with information and allow greater access to key personnel with ... More >>
Annan, President Chávez discuss Venezuela crisis
Friday, 17 January 2003, 5:45 pm | United Nations
16 January – With Venezuela handing over chairmanship of the Group of 77 developing countries today at United Nations Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General Kofi Annan took the occasion to meet with President Hugo Chávez to discuss several issues ... More >>
Inspectors report finding empty chemical warheads
Friday, 17 January 2003, 9:41 am | United Nations
16 January – United Nations inspectors today found empty chemical warheads at a storage area in Iraq, according to a spokesman for the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) in Baghdad. More >>
UN Secretary-General's press conference - 14 Jan
Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 1:01 pm | United Nations
We start the year with anxiety – anxiety over the prospect of war in Iraq, over nuclear proliferation in the Korean peninsula, and over what seems like violence without end in the Middle East. Even Côte d'Ivoire, which used to be one of the most stable ... More >>
Annan optimistic Iraq can be disarmed peacefully
Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 1:00 pm | United Nations
14 January – Stressing that United Nations inspectors in Iraq were only now getting up to full speed, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he believed it was premature to talk about war before the monitors report to the Security Council again later ... More >>
Importance of London talks on Palestinian reform
Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 12:59 am | United Nations
14 January – Attending the London conference on Palestinian reform today, the senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed Larsen, described the talks as an "invaluable" meeting that helps to move the process forward. More >>
Annan voices extreme concern at Mid East violence
Tuesday, 14 January 2003, 11:54 pm | United Nations
Following a weekend that saw further bloodshed in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced his extreme concern at the level of violence and growing number of casualties in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More >>
