Ambassador Rolf Ekeus: Leaving behind the UNSCOM legacy in Iraq

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Six-year executive chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) and now Sweden's ambassador to the United States, Rolf Ekeus is interviewed regarding the commission's past and present activities. He discusses the progress of preventive programs against Iraq's rebuilding of its nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. He describes the effectivity of UNSCOM's system for arms export-import control in Iraq, the destruction of Iraq's weapons and its means of production, the financial and material support for UNSCOM, the degree of secrecy and the future of these monitoring programs.

Interview, Ekeus, Rolf

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UNSCOM faces entirely new verification challenge in Iraq

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UN Security Council Resolutions 687, 707,and 715, passed on 3 April 1991, 15 August 1991, and 11 October 1991 respectively, allows the UN Special Commission to inspect and destroy Iraq's chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons and weapon manufacturing implements. But Iraq, contrary to the terms of the Gulf War treaty, has impeded the UNSCOM's progress through false declarations of nuclear programs, protests over the use of aircraft and airfields, and harassment of UNSCOM officials. To stop continued suspicion of its nuclear programs, Iraq needs to cooperate with the UNSCOM.

Weapons systems, United Nations. Security Council, Legislative resolutions

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The UNSCOM experience: implications for U.S. arms control policy

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The United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) was established to eliminate weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery in Iraq, and is the first step towards international arms control. The lessons learnt by the US, which has been directly involved in the UNSCOM process, will be incorporated in US efforts to halt proliferation of weaponry. UNSCOM has employed on-site inspections and aerial overflights, along with ground sensors and scrutinization of documentation. However, monitoring needs to include the people also.

United States, Reports, International aspects, Military aspects, United Nations

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