11.   But according to U.N. resolutions the sanctions will only be lifted when U.N. arms monitors certify that Iraq has eliminated its long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction.

12.   But he also said that Iraq was responsible for the current crisis and urged Baghdad to rescind its decision to end cooperation with U.N. arms monitors.

13.   But U.N. resolutions stipulate that the sanctions will only be lifted when U.N. arms monitors certify that Iraq has eliminated its long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction.

14.   But U.N. arms monitors maintain that Iraq has not yet come clean on its chemical and biological weapons files.

15.   But U.N. arms monitors maintain that Iraq has not yet come clean on its chemical and biological weapons programs.

16.   Chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard Butler began talks with top Iraqi officials Saturday on steps that Baghdad must take to satisfy arms monitors.

17.   Council diplomats have said they will not consider lifting the sanctions until Iraq fully cooperates with the arms monitors.

18.   Diplomats have said they will not consider lifting the measures until Iraq fully cooperates with U.N. arms monitors.

19.   He also urged Iraq to cooperate with U.N. arms monitors working to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction.

20.   He is responsible for forming a team of diplomats to accompany arms monitors to palaces that Iraq once vowed would never be opened to U.N. inspections.