Security Council to meet on Iraq's rebuff of U.N. inspectors

[UPI]

UNITED NATIONS (UPI) -- Iraq's refusal to cooperate with U.N. weapons
inspectors set the stage for a new confrontation Monday between Iraqi
leader Saddam Hussein and the U.N. Security Council, which was
considering new measures against the the Baghdad regime.
U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright and the envoys from three other
permanent members of the Security Council met with the chief of the
weapons inspectors to discuss the development. The Security Council was
scheduled to meet late Monday for consultations on Iraq's latest rebuff.
A three-member team of U.N. ballistic experts left Baghdad Sunday
after Iraq refused to allow them to place seals at the al Rafa and al
Jawn missile testing sites south of Baghdad. They had planned to place
seals on stands for testing rocket motors as well as on protective
housing.
The inspectors decided to place the seals as a temporary measure
after Iraq prevented them from setting up remote-controlled cameras to
ensure that the equipment will not be used without U.N. authorization.
The camera surveillance is part of a long-term monitoring program of
Iraq's weapon production program. The government of President Saddam
Hussein accepted the program as part of the conditions for ending the
Gulf war, but has balked at its implementation.
The chief of the U.N. weapons inspectors, Swedish Ambassador Rolf
Ekeus, met with Albright and the ambassadors from France, Britain and
Russia to report on the failure to seal the equipment.