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U.S. Begins Discussions on Ending UNMOVIC
The United States has begun proposing ending the work of the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, which conducted weapons inspections in Iraq prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Associated Press reported Saturday (see GSN, Feb. 3). “This is a very important issue and one that we have been discussing for quite some time with the Iraqis and now with key members of the [U.N.] Security Council,” Richard Grenell, spokesman for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, said Friday. “Those discussions continue.” Chief U.N. weapons inspector Demetrius Perricos confirmed that the United States had “started informal consultations” on the inspection commission. “It’s not only the Americans, there are a lot of different delegations that are interested,” he said. “It’s what was expected. Some day they have to start. But we don’t know the contents. It’s still kept at a low-key level.” While the United States supports closing down the commission, France wants to maintain a body of trained WMD and missile inspectors, diplomats said. They added that the Security Council could decide what to do with the commission in May (Edith Lederer, Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Feb. 26).
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