USA/IRAQ: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC AGENCY DIRECTOR MOHAMED EL BARADEI SAYS IRAQ MUST BE DISARMED AND THEN MONITORED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS

Record ID: 647246

  • Title: USA/IRAQ: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC AGENCY DIRECTOR MOHAMED EL BARADEI SAYS IRAQ MUST BE DISARMED AND THEN MONITORED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
  • Date: 14th November 2002
  • Summary: (U6) WASHINGTON D.C. UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 14, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE VIEW/ZOOM IN OF MOHAMED EL BARADEI WALKING TO PODIUM 0.12 2. WS: CROWD LISTENING 0.18 3. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOHAMED EL BARADEI, DIRECTOR GENERAL, INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY ASSOCIATION SAYING: "Iraq is a very generous case. Because of its stark violation of its obligations under the MPT, the Security Council realized we need much broader power than under the current safeguard agreement authority. And I think that's going to continue for some time. We need to first make sure that Iraq is disarmed. We need to continue to monitor Iraq for a number of years." 0.45 (U6) IRAQ (FILE) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 4. WS/SLV: INSPECTORS INSIDE FACILITY (2 SHOTS) 0.59 (U6) WASHINGTON D.C. UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 14, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOHAMED EL BARADEI, DIRECTOR GENERAL, INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY ASSOCIATION SAYING: "We need to go back, look what we see on the ground, use common sense. Han Blix and I have been saying we are going to use a common sense approach. We have to look at the declaration. If there is a minor omission and this is clearly not intentional, we're not rushing it to the Security Council and saying this is a material breach. If we see a pattern of lack of cooperation then we obviously have to report to the Security Couincil and the Security Council will decide that is a material breach." 1.26 (U6) IRAQ (FILE) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 6. VARIOUS OF INSPECTORS INSIDE FACILITY (4 SHOTS) 1.50 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th November 2002 12:00
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  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES AND IRAQ
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA4HKYJVEJ3ZP637I0N4ZCYKZIZ
  • Story Text: The head of the United Nations' effort to uncover
    Iraq's nuclear weapons programme has said that Iraq must be
    disarmed and then monitored for a number of years.


    Mohamed El Baradei, the director of the International
    Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday (November 14) that
    because of its "stark violations," concealing its nuclear
    weapons development programme, Iraq must be disarmed. He
    added that the country would need to be monitored for a number
    of years.

    El Baradei was speaking at the Carnegie International
    Non-Proliferation Conference. As a result of the resolution
    that passed unanimously by the United Nations Security Council
    last Friday, Iraq has until December 8 to provide a "complete
    declaration" of its weapons programmes, and no later than 15
    days after that inspections must start - under the leadership
    of Mohamed El Baradei and the United Nations Chief Insepector
    Hans Blix.

    El Baradei said that he and Blix would use a "common
    sense" approach to determine if Iraq was in compliance.

    "We need to go back, look what we see on the ground, use
    common sense. Han Blix and I have been saying we are going to
    use a common sense approach. We have to look at the
    declaration. If there is a minor omission and this is clearly
    not intentional, we're not rushing it to the Security Council
    and saying this is a material breach. If we see a pattern of
    lack of cooperation then we obviously have to report to the
    Security Couincil and the Security Council will decide that is
    a material breach," El Baradei said.


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