UN/IRAQ: HEAD OF NEW U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTION AGENCY HANS BLIX, RULES OUT ANY ATTEMPT BY HIS EXPERTS TO SPY ON IRAQ

Record ID: 981649

  • Title: UN/IRAQ: HEAD OF NEW U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTION AGENCY HANS BLIX, RULES OUT ANY ATTEMPT BY HIS EXPERTS TO SPY ON IRAQ
  • Date: 1st September 2000
  • Summary: UNITED NATIONS (RECENT) (POOL) 1. SLV FLAGS TILT UP EXTERIOR UNITED NATIONS/ SCU UNITED NATIONS FLAG FLYING (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. SCU HANS BLIX AT DESK (2 SHOTS) 0.22 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BLIX SAYING "We are fairly transparent, and they can see the organisation chart that we have set up - which is transparent. They can also see who we have recruited - they will also be able to see what are the operational procedures that we will apply. We have discussed them and we will lay them down on paper. We don't want to be a surprise to the Iraqis in the mood of operation. We want inspections to be a surprise, no notice - they should not know where we are going because the credibility of inspections is much greater if the recipient does not know where we are going. But otherwise we shall be transparent to them" 0.55 4. SCU /CU CHART SHOWING ORGANISATION (3 SHOTS) 1.13 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BLIX SAYING "As far as we are concerned that will be totally inappropriate. A spy I would judge somebody who is trying to obtain information in violation of the legislation of the country. We are not doing that, we are gong to acquire information on the basis of the agreements between the Security Council and Iraq. We will not go beyond that. I think we also will not go for electronic surveillance, I'm not sure whether that would fall into the Security Council's authorisation, but anyway I think its a technique that's too complicated for this kind of organisation" 1.50 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FILE) (UNTV) 6. SLV EXTERIOR UN COMPOUND;MV/SCU UNSCOM WEAPONS INSPECTOR WEARING GAS MASK IN CHEMICAL PLANT INSPECTING AND TESTING EQUIPMENT (4 SHOTS) 2.22 7. SLV INSPECTORS LOOKING AT AFTERMATH OF EXPLOSION 2.32 UNITED NATIONS (AUGUST 29, 2000) (POOL) 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BLIX SAYING "We are not hear to hypothesize. We are here to get access to Iraq and look if we seen any signs of that. We will look for every sign, we will use every means - satellite information, we'll use information from defectors and above all to be on the ground and go into lots of the installations" 2.51 UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, IRAQ (FILE) (UNTV) 9. SLV UNSCOM INSPECTORS AT WORK (2 SHOTS) 3.09 UNITED NATIONS (AUGUST 29, 2000) (POOL) 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BLIX SAYING "The sooner they can get back to a normal situation, the better. But that pre-supposes that they can give the world some reassurance that they are not moving on with weapons of mass destruction. Because proliferation of weapons of mass destruction clearly is a very great danger, and we should think of that just as much as the humanitarian side" 3.28 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FILE) (UNTV) 10. SLV STREET SCENES (4 SHOTS) 3.51 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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