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Bla, Bla then Boom Boom
There is more than half of the Bush
administration who want a resolution the members of the Security Council can
accept - and if accepted will not work - Colin Powell has a very hard job
negotiating between his government and foreign governments with a policy that is
unclear and unpopular with critical actors in many quarters. (Sect. Rumsfeld
does not shut up)
Decides that false
statements or omissions in the declaration submitted by Iraq to the Council and
the failure by Iraq at any time to comply and cooperate fully in accordance with
the provisions laid out in this resolution, shall constitute a further material
breach of Iraq’s obligations, and that such breach authorizes member states to
use all necessary means to restore international peace and security in the
area;
Decides that in order to begin to comply with its disarmament obligations,
the government of Iraq shall provide to the Security Council prior to the
beginning of inspections and not later than 30 days from the date of this
resolution an acceptable and currently accurate, full and complete declaration
of all aspects of its programs to develop chemical, biological and nuclear
weapons, ballistic missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles, including all
holdings and precise locations of such weapons, components, sub-components,
stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of
its research, development and production facilities, as well as all other
chemical, biological and nuclear programs, including any which it claims are for
purposes not related to weapons production or material.
Decides that Iraq shall provide UNMOVIC and IAEA immediate, unconditional, and unrestricted access to any and all areas, facilities, buildings, equipment, records, and means of transport which they wish to inspect, as well as immediate, unimpeded, unrestricted and private access to all officials and other persons whom UNMOVIC or IAEA wish to interview pursuant to any aspects of their mandates; further decides that UNMOVIC and the IAEA may at their discretion conduct interviews inside or outside of Iraq, facilitate the travel of those interviewed and family members outside of Iraq, and that such interviews shall occur without the presence of observers from the Iraqi government, and instructs UNMOVIC and requests the IAEA to resume inspections by ( ); To that end, demands that Iraq immediately comply with its obligations: decides that Iraq shall submit to UNMOVIC all outstanding biannual declarations, and decides that any permanent member of the Security Council may recommend to UNMOVIC and IAEA sites to be inspected, persons to be interviewed, the conditions of such interviews, and data to be collected and receive a report on the results: Decides that, in view of the prolonged interruption by Iraq of the presence of UNMOVIC and IAEA and in order for them to accomplish the tasks set forth in paragraph 3 above, the Security Council hereby establishes the following revised procedures, notwithstanding prior understandings, to facilitate their work in Iraq: UNMOVIC and IAEA shall determine the personnel on their inspection teams, except that any permanent member of the Security Council may request to be represented on any inspection team with the same rights and protections accorded other members of the team, shall have unrestricted, and immediate movement to and from inspection sites, and the right to inspect any sites and buildings, including unrestricted access to presidential sites notwithstanding the provisions of resolution 1154 (1998), shall be provided regional bases and operating bases throughout Iraq, including offices for inspections teams in regions outside Baghdad; shall have the right to names of all personnel associated with Iraq’s chemical, biological, nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and the associated research, development and production facilities, teams shall be accompanied at their bases by sufficient U.N. security forces to protect them, shall have the right to declare for the purpose of this resolution no-fly/no-drive zones, exclusion zones, and/or ground and air transit corridors, (which shall be enforced by U.N. security forces or by member states;) shall have the free and unrestricted use and landing of fixed and rotary winged aircraft, including unmanned reconnaissance vehicles; shall have the right at their sole discretion verifiably to remove, destroy or render harmless all prohibited weapons, subsystems, components, records, materials, and other related items, and the right to impound or close any facilities or equipment for the production thereof; shall have the right to unrestricted voice and data communications, including encrypted communications; shall have the right to free import and use of equipment or materials for inspection and to seize and export any equipment, materials, documents taken during inspections and shall have the access to any information that any member is willing to provide; further decides that these procedures shall be binding on Iraq: Decides further that Iraq shall immediately cease, and shall not take or threaten hostile acts directed against any representative or personnel of the United Nations or of any member states taking action pursuant to any Security Council Resolution: Requests the Secretary General immediately to notify Iraq of the foregoing steps in paragraph 5 and decides that within seven days following such notification, Iraq shall state its acceptance of these steps and the provisions of paragraph 2,3,4 and 6 above; Requests all Member States to give full support to UNMOVIC and the IAEA in the discharge of their mandates, including by providing any information on Iraqi attempts, including since 1998, to acquire prohibited items; Directs the Executive Director of UNMOVIC and the Director General of the IAEA to report immediately to the Council any interference with or problems with respect the execution of their mission; Decides that false statements or omissions in the declaration submitted by Iraq to the Council and the failure by Iraq at any time to comply and cooperate fully in accordance with the provisions laid out in this resolution, shall constitute a further material breach of Iraq’s obligations, and that such breach authorizes member states to use all necessary means to restore international peace and security in the area; Decides to remain seized of the matter. |
Text of U.S. draft of U.N. resolution.url
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