21.   Intrusive arms inspections inside Iraq are the most effective approach yet discovered for detecting and thwarting illegal Iraqi weapons programs.

22.   Iraq has made little secret that it wants these talks to also resolve a wide range of issues, not just arms inspections.

23.   Iraq on Wednesday hardened its defiance of Security Council demands that it allow spot arms inspections to resume.

24.   It has been two years since any arms inspections have taken place in Iraq, except for a routine International Atomic Energy Agency check.

25.   Iraqis charge that the United States wants to keep sanctions indefinitely, not only to cripple the country economically but also to use arms inspections for intelligence purposes.

26.   Neither did the resumption of air strikes against Iraq for failing to cooperate with U.N.-mandated arms inspections.

27.   No arms inspections have taken place in Iraq since early December, and the program will remain frozen until there is a compromise.

28.   Saddam made good on threats to expel American members of the U.N. arms inspection teams after a two-week standoff produced no diplomatic solution.

29.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said on Tuesday that the United States would not use force to make Iraq allow the resumption of international arms inspections.

30.   Several council members said that it is important to have Russian support for the plan to demonstrate to Iraq that the council is firmly committed to resuming arms inspections.