Iraq - Butler addresses press conference
(19 Jan 1998) T/I: 10:52:31 UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in Baghdad Monday (19/1) in a bid to ease the crisis over arms inspections. Butler is expected to deal with the issues of access, monitoring and the make-up of inspection teams. In a press conference shortly after his arrival, Butler said that the UN Security Council was not prepared to accept any deviation from full access and complete inspections. SHOWS: BAGHDAD, IRAQ 19/1: EXT al-Rasheed hotel, Ms Richard Butler in foyer, Butler walking out of building to car, getting into car, chinese special investigator, American investigator (moustache), convoy with police escort going to the UNSCOM headquarters; UNSCOM headquarters, Butler walking into presser and sitting; SOT (English) Butler: "Last week we had a further particular development which was Iraq's rejection of or opposition to UNSCOM 227, the mission number of the mission that began a week ago led by Scot Ritter. You all know what happened there. The Security Council took up a letter I wrote to them with respect to them that Iraq had announced and, against the Council, adopted a position that Iraq must co-operate unconditionally with the Commission with respect to access sites and indicated that once again it wanted me to come here as its representative to seek Iraq's agreement to comply with decisions of the Security Council. So, maybe you could say that I'm after one Security Council decision too many because there was to be a decision after our visit in December but now we have an additional one as a consequence of last week's action which I regret. But I don't regret in any way the content of those decisions. They are unambiguous and so tonight we'll start talks with the Iraqi side, continue them tomorrow and I'm due back in the Council on Friday which we'll leave on Wednesday, and, of course, we'll be taking up those issues"; GV of presser; 3.10 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
