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Most Security Council Members Favor Giving Inspectors More Time

Most member states of the United Nations Security Council favor giving weapons inspectors in Iraq more time, Council President Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said Wednesday.

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Most member states of the United Nations Security Council favor giving weapons inspectors in Iraq more time, Council President Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said Wednesday.

A majority of the council members are "in favor of disarming Iraq through peaceful means" and "giving inspectors more time," French Ambassador to the UN La Sabliere told reporters after the council ended the morning session of closed-door consultations on Iraq.

"It is obvious that the inspection work, which started just twomonths ago, need time," La Sabliere said, citing the remaining issues specified by chief weapons inspector Hans Blix in his Monday report.

To disarm Iraq peacefully is the common goal of the Security Council and the goal of the key council resolution 1441, he stressed, adding that there is no time limit on inspection work inthe resolution.

La Sabliere also called on the Iraqi government to cooperate actively with inspectors in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1441.

"The current level of Iraq's cooperation is not enough," he said. "It is essential for Iraq to do more. Iraq must intensify cooperation to facilitate the work of inspectors."

The 15-nation council welcomed the American decision to disclose information on Iraq's banned weapons programs to the council on Feb. 5, La Sabliere said.

The council will continue to discuss in detail Wednesday afternoon the reports presented Monday by Blix and Mohammed ElBaradei, head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Iraq's compliance with its obligations of disarmament.

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