Weapons inspector resigns

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UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) on Iraq chief inspector William S Ritter, Jr. resigned on Aug 26, 1998. In a letter to UNSCOM executive chmn Richard Butler, Ritter said that the Security Council failed to implement its resolutions against Iraq and that UN Sec Gen Kofi Annan allowed himself to be a 'sounding board' for Iraqi grievances. Ritter also accused Sec of State Madeleine Albright of trying to prevent his inspections into Iraq's ballistic missiles. Butler, however, said that Ritter's version of the events was incorrect but did not provide additional details.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Inspection, United Nations. Special Commission on Iraq, Weapons systems, Ritter, William S., Jr.

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The IAEA: neutralizing Iraq's nuclear weapons potential

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The UN Security Council Resolution 687, taken on 3 April 1991, is aimed at negating Iraq's clandestine nuclear weapons program and its chemical and biological warfare methods. With the help of UNSCOM (UN Special Commission on Iraq), the IAEA undertook 52 inspections in Iraq and destroyed materials with atomic energy potential that were not bombed during the Gulf war. While the agency is trying to correct inherent weaknesses in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it needs the help of member countries in political and intelligence domains.

United Nations. Security Council, Legislative resolutions

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UNSCOM future uncertain after strikes on Iraq

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The US and Britain have carried out air strikes against Iraq in a move that has surprised many governments and led to stresses in the unity of the Security Council of the United Nations (UN). Some members of the Security Council, such as France and Russia, are seeking a more conciliatory approach to Iraq. The UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) was prevented from carrying out its monitoring work by Iraq, and the bombing that followed has led to questions about the role of UNSCOM in Iraq.

Arms control

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