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Blix Briefing Notes To UN Security Council
Friday, 10 January 2003, 3:58 pm | United Nations
I now turn to the role and results of our current inspections. Evidently if we had found any 'smoking gun' we would have reported it to the Council. Similarly, if we had met a denial of access or other impediment to our inspections we would have reported ... More >>
Security Council Fully Backs UN Arms Inspectors
Friday, 10 January 2003, 3:50 pm | United Nations
After hearing a briefing from the chief United Nations weapons inspectors on the international probe into evidence of Iraq’s weapons programme, Security Council members today voiced their full support for the work of the arms experts. More >>
Iraqi arms declaration flawed but no 'smoking gun'
Friday, 10 January 2003, 3:48 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations weapons inspectors today said there were still many unanswered questions in Iraq's arms declaration although investigations on the ground so far have not uncovered any "smoking guns." More >>
Security Council to be Briefed: Iraq inspections
Thursday, 9 January 2003, 6:29 pm | United Nations
Top UN arms experts set to brief Security Council on Iraq inspections - Just a little more than one month after Iraq handed over a 12,000-page dossier on its weapons programme, the top United Nations arms inspectors are preparing to give the Security Council ... More >>
Save A Child: Give Peace a Chance
Tuesday, 31 December 2002, 1:20 pm | United Nations
The Year in Review: Good News, Bad News - They returned by foot, on horseback, jammed in pickups, motor scooters, buses. Families surrounded by donkeys, suitcases, satellite dishes and wooden beams from their old homes, perched precariously atop trucks. More >>
Annan urges North Korea to work with UN
Tuesday, 31 December 2002, 12:18 am | United Nations
Reacting to recent developments in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the country's Government to cooperate with the United Nations nuclear energy agency. More >>
Edited version of Iraq's weapons declaration
Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 12:30 am | United Nations
17 December – United Nations officials today prepared to distribute to all 15 members of the Security Council copies of an edited version of the declaration by Iraq on its weapons programme. More >>
Senior UN and Iraqi officials resolve problems
Monday, 16 December 2002, 10:02 am | United Nations
United Nations inspections teams continued their work in Iraq on Friday, with officials from both the UN and Baghdad working to resolve a problem at the Communicable Diseases Control Centre. More >>
Iraq Communicable Diseases Centre Inspected
Monday, 16 December 2002, 10:00 am | United Nations
Iraq: UN experts return to inspect Communicable Diseases Control Centre . Experts from the United Nations Monitoring, Inspection and Verification Mission (UNMOVIC) today completed an inspection of Iraq's Communicable Diseases Control Centre. More >>
UN arms experts probe missile & tank parts factory
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 2:32 pm | United Nations
United Nations weapons inspectors today visited a site on the outskirts of Baghdad, a factory that mainly produces mechanical parts for the guidance and control system of missiles as well as certain aspects of T-72 tanks. More >>
More UN inspectors arrive in Iraq
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 3:36 pm | United Nations
10 December – Today was the busiest day yet for United Nations weapons inspectors resuming their work in Iraq, with new experts arriving to bolster their ranks, a UN spokesman reported. More >>
UNSC decides to release Iraqi declaration to some
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 3:35 pm | United Nations
9 December – With Iraq’s 12,000-page declaration on its arms programme having arrived at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Security Council Presidency has decided to release the document to those members with the expertise to assess the risks of ... More >>
In BBC address, Annan says Iraq must fully comply
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 3:33 pm | United Nations
10 December – In a direct appeal to the people of Iraq over the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on Baghdad to fully disarm in order to avoid war. More >>
Initial analysis of Iraqi declaration next week
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 3:31 pm | United Nations
10 December – The chief United Nations weapons inspector today predicted that an initial assessment by UN experts currently examining Iraq's declaration on its arms programme would be presented to the Security Council early next week. More >>
Iraqi weapons declaration, due this weekend
Saturday, 7 December 2002, 1:04 pm | United Nations
6 December – The Iraqi declaration on its weapons programme, due on 8 December, will be transmitted as soon as possible to the United Nations Security Council, according to a UN spokesman. More >>
UN experts to review Iraqi Decl. before sharing it
Saturday, 7 December 2002, 1:03 pm | United Nations
6 December – The Security Council today requested that United Nations experts review Iraq's weapons Declaration - due this weekend - before transmitting it to the 15-member body in order to allay concerns that the document itself could potentially foster ... More >>
Annan urges Israel Government to restrain military
Saturday, 7 December 2002, 1:01 pm | United Nations
6 December – Reacting to Israel’s deadly raid in Gaza today which left ten people dead, including two United Nations aid workers, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged that country’s Government to restrain its military and act in accord with international ... More >>
2 UN workers among 10 killed in Israeli raid
Saturday, 7 December 2002, 12:59 am | United Nations
6 December – Ten people were killed, including two staff of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), during an Israeli military assault today which drew immediate condemnation from UN officials. More >>
Police called in to quell deadly melee in E. Timor
Thursday, 5 December 2002, 4:27 pm | United Nations
4 December – United Nations peacekeepers and police were called in to restore order in Dili, Timor-Leste, today following a violent demonstration involving more than 600 people that left one student dead and a Timorese parliamentarian injured. More >>
UN weapons inspectors visit presidential site
Thursday, 5 December 2002, 4:24 pm | United Nations
3 December – Teams from the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today conducted an unannounced joint inspection of one of the eight Presidential sites in Iraq. More >>
