IRAQ: UN ENVOY ROLF EKEUS ARRIVES IN BAGHDAD FOR TALKS ON A LONG-TERM ARMAMENTS MONITORING SYSTEM

Record ID: 646438

  • Title: IRAQ: UN ENVOY ROLF EKEUS ARRIVES IN BAGHDAD FOR TALKS ON A LONG-TERM ARMAMENTS MONITORING SYSTEM
  • Date: 3rd October 1994
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 3, 1994) REUTERS TELEVISION: AVAILABLE ALL 1. GV/LV CARS ARRIVING AT AL-RASHID HOTEL AND PARKING (2 SHOTS) 0.17 2. SV UNITED NATIONS ENVOY ROLF EKEUS WALKING WITH WITH OTHER OFFICIALS 0.21 3. MS EKEUS SAYING HIS PURPOSE IN BAGHDAD IS TO TRY AND SPEED UP THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION (ENGLISH) 0.57 4. SV TRACKS EKEUS A GETTING INTO LIFT SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS 1.05 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 18th October 1994 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
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  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA7DNQG4TWD7KZ90MVR5IC2VGMA
  • Story Text: Iraq said on Tuesday (October 4) it would not cooperate with a visiting United Nations envoy unless it received guarantees that sanctions against Baghdad would be eased.

    The government newspaper al-Jumhouriya declared that envoy Rolf Ekeus was no longer trustworthy.

    The newspaper said he had reneged on promises to ease sanctions in return for Baghdad's cooperation in eliminating its arsenal of weapons prohibited by Gulf War ceasefire terms.

    Ekeus arrived in Baghdad on Monday (October 3) for talks on a long-term armaments monitoring system, whose satisfactory operation could indicate when the U.N. might ease or lift sanctions imposed on Iraq for invading Kuwait in 1990.

    Ekeus, a Swedish diplomat who heads the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq, is due to report to the Security Council in mid-October.

    On arrival at the al-Rashid hotel in Baghdad, Ekeus said his aim was to speed up the implementation of the United Nations resolution "I will have talks with the Iraqi officials. That is the most important task," Ekeus said.

    He said he saw no basic differences among the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: "There are different views but my feeling is the Security Council is fundamentally united on this issue." He declined to say wether Iraq will be under a probation period once the long term monitoring is applied: "This matter I don't want to discuss now," he said.


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