1. But within hours, Hoss asserted that Lebanese specialists accompanying the inspectors had witnessed Israeli encroachments. 2. Diplomats would accompany the inspectors. 3. That fig leaf, a French idea, was that officials from Security Council member nations be permitted to accompany UN inspectors to the locations Iraq has called sensitive. 4. The five permanent members agreed instead that diplomats and other experts could accompany the inspectors to residences in the presidential compounds, but only as observers and not participants. 5. The new procedures provide for diplomats to accompany inspectors at eight presidential sites in coming weeks. 6. A team of diplomats would accompany inspectors to eight so-called presidential sites that Baghdad had previously declared off-limits, sparking the crisis. 7. A team of diplomats would accompany inspectors to eight presidential sites that Baghdad had declared off-limits, sparking the crisis. 8. A widely discussed compromise calls for diplomats from Security Council member nations to accompany U.N. inspectors to off-limits sites. 9. A widely discussed compromise calls for diplomats from Security Council members to accompany U.N. inspectors to off-limits sites. 10. According to Security Council resolutions, U.N. inspectors must be accompanied by Iraqi escorts when they carry out inspections. |