U.N. charges Iraq violates cease-fire provisions

[UPI]

UNITED NATIONS (UPI) -- The Security Council charged Friday that Iraq
has refused to allow a video monitoring of its nuclear test sites and to
transport chemical weapons-related equipment to a U.N.-designated site
for destruction.
The complaint against the Iraqi government for failing to abide by U.
N. resolutions was made by the chairman of the Special Commission
(UNSCOM) who is responsible for the destruction of Iraq's weapons of
mass destruction.
The chairman, Swedish Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, said the refusal by Iraq
was a violation of U.N. resolutions subsequent to Iraq's defeat in the
Gulf war. Iraq denied the charge, saying that it was ``far from the
truth.''
``Iraq must accept installation by UNSCOM of monitoring devices at
the rocket test sites in question and transport the chemical weapons-
related equipment concerned to a designated site for destruction,'' the
council said in a statement read in a public meeting.
The council said the refusal constituted a ``material and
unacceptable breach'' of the resolutions.
Iraq has said that it would not carry out some provisions in the
resolutions until the council lifts the economic and military sanctions
that have severely crippled its economy.
A statement issued by the Iraqi mission to the United Nations said,
``It is not fair to ask Iraq to give everything and get nothing in
return.''
The sanctions were imposed in Aug. 6, 1990, four days after Iraqi
invaded Kuwait. Iraqi troops were driven out of Kuwait in February,
1991, by a coalition of governments under U.S. command.
Conditions included in the cease-fire following the war demanded that
Iraq destroy its chemical, biological weapons, missiles and nuclear-
grade weapons. That country must also submit itself to long-term
monitoring of its weapons program by the United Nations.
Diplomats said an Iraqi tehnical delegation is scheduled to arrive in
New York next month to discuss the monitoring of weapons.