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

32.   Hjelm-Wallen urged Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to comply with U.N. resolutions calling on Iraq to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction.

33.   However, India has said it advocates nuclear disarmament and would be willing to do so if other countries agreed to eliminate weapons of mass destruction.

34.   However, the U.S. government has said the sanctions should remain in place until Iraq eliminates its weapons of mass destruction, as required by U.N. resolutions.

35.   Iraq claims to have eliminated such weapons, but U.N. arms monitors have repeatedly accused it of withholding relevant information.

36.   Iraq has long said it eliminated the weapons, but U.N. weapons inspectors question whether Iraq still has warheads armed with chemical agents.

37.   Iraq says it has eliminated such weapons.

38.   Iraq agreed to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction as part of the cease-fire that ended the Gulf War.

39.   Iraq has to prove it has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction before the U.N. Security Council will lift the sweeping sanctions imposed after the invasion of Kuwait.

40.   It has said they will only be removed only after U.N. weapons inspectors certify that Baghdad has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction.