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turkish daily news- Feb-ruary 3. 1994
United Nations envoy faces criticism in Iraq
Ekeus' visit follows trips to Baghdad by anlls expelts striving to work out a baseline for the start of UN monitoring
procedures
Reutm Commission can report to the Securit~ Councilthat
BAGHDAD- Senior U.N. envoy Rolf Ekeus Iraq's obli$!ations have been fulfilled:
arrived in Ba$!hdad on Wednesday and said he He also ~said he would broaden the discussion to
intended to taCkle political issues as well as ques- include political issues: . .
tions related to U.N. efforts to di sarm Iraq under "If Iraq is $!rossly VIOlating the cease-fire In gen-
1991 Gulf War cease-fire terms. eral, I $!uess ihat the council members willtake that
''We intend to touch upon a number of political into account..:' he said.
and some technical questIOns relating to pUlling in Iraq is barred from freely exporting its oil pendplace
the monitoring and verificatil()n arrangements in$! U.N. certification that it has complied with
Included in Resolution 715," Ekeus told reporters on cease-fire requirements. The U.N. Secunty. Council
arrival.
said at the end of the Gulf War that once It agreed
U.N. Resolution 715 calls for (Dotrol and moni- Iraq had complied on weapons the oil embargo
toring of B~ghdad's arms industry ill the fut~re. Iraq would be lifted. But Ekeus, who maintained this
accepted it In November last year after stallIng on It position was accurate, indicated before arriving in
for two years, saying it mounted to;a violation of its Iraq that non-weapons issues could come into play.
sovereignty.. .. While Iraq has already been declared to be In par-
Ekeus is head of the U.N. Specnal CommIssIon tial compliance on the weapons issues and appears
(UNSCOM) disarming Iraq under l.errns that ended to be making significant progress towards total comthe
1991 Gulf War over Kuwait. pliance, leadino Security Council members deplore
Ekeus' visit follows trips to Ba~hdad by many Its record on other issues. The United States has led
arms experts striving to work out a Daseline for the criticism of Iraqi refusalto recognize Kuwait's borstart
of U.N. monitoring and verifications proce-ders and says it is violatin~ Security Council decidures.
sions in its treatment of its ~hiite and Kurdish popu-
His deputy, Charles Duelfer, l1eld preparatory lation.
talks with the Iraqis last week. A missifes team left Ekeus plans to stay in I~aq until Sunday morning,
Iraq on Saturday, a chemical weap(rns team arrived and then goes on to Kuwall.
on Tuesday and a team from t~e Internati.onal
Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) IS due on Fn,day. Iraq to rely on Aqaba
Iraq' s government newspaper al-Jumhounyah port after sanctions
accu