31.   The current crisis began when Saddam sought to evict Americans who are assigned to the international weapons inspection teams.

32.   The envoys are in Baghdad to persuade the country against ejecting U.S. members of the U.N. weapons team.

33.   The Iraqis have been threatening to challenge U.S. reconnaissance flights and eject U.S. members of a U.N.-led weapons inspection team.

34.   The plan aims to end a dispute that began earlier this month when Iraq expelled U.S. members of a U.N. weapons inspection team.

35.   The standoff began three weeks ago when Iraqi authorities prevented U.N. weapons inspections teams that included Americans from visiting suspected weapons sites.

36.   The six Americans members of the weapons inspection team traveled by road to Jordan, Agence France Presse reported.

37.   The United Nations Security Council today voted unanimously to impose travel restrictions on Iraqi officials for failing to comply with U.N. weapons inspection teams.

38.   The U.N. envoys are in Baghdad to persuade the country against ejecting U.S. members of the U.N. weapons team.

39.   The U.N. Special Commission on Iraq said it protested to Iraq about several incidents in which members of weapons inspection teams were denied access to suspected Iraqi arms sites.

40.   The U.N. weapons inspection team called UNSCOM, or U.N. Special Commission, has been stymied for the last year, the officials said.