The Iraqis have been putting themselves in a position to rejuvenate their weapons-of-mass-destruction programs.
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What has not worked is for the Iraqi side either to present prohibited items for destruction or present evidence that they are finished. We hope that at this late hour they will come and give a positive response. If they do not do that, then our report to the Security Council on Friday February 14 will not be what we'd like it to be.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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I think we have to learn what did they have. They say that they will adhere to the Non-Proliferation Treaty for nuclear weapons. They are already party to that treaty, and they have had inspections for years.
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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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