UN Security Council Seeks to Send Strong, Unanimous Message to Iraq

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UN Security Council Seeks to Send Strong, Unanimous Message to Iraq

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The UN Security Council is working to send a "strong and unanimous" message to Baghdad regarding the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq after a nearly four-year absence, the President of the 15-member body said in the United Nations Wednesday.

Speaking to the press after closed-door consultations on a US draft seeking tougher inspection regime in Iraq, UN Security Council President Martin Eboutou said the members had proposed "wording that will lead us to a consensual text."

"The council remains determined to achieve the disarmament of Iraq," he stressed, adding that the council wishes the prompt return of the inspectors.

He said that the council "wishes to give a mandate which is clear and precise to the inspectors."

Meanwhile, the date for a vote on the US draft is still unset. In his answer to the question about the possibility of a vote within this week, Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom, co-composer of the draft, told Xinhua that it is "possible but not probable."

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