51. Last month, Iraq expelled American members of a U.N. weapons inspection team monitoring compliance with resolutions requiring Iraq to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction. 52. Part of the campaign against terrorism includes eliminating weapons, especially, nuclear ones, he said. 53. Rolf Ekeus, chairman of the U.N. weapons commission, has said Iraq has not yet eliminated its weapons of mass destruction. 54. Ramadan said all the proposals under consideration by the Security Council do not make clear the fact that Iraq has already eliminated its weapons of mass destruction. 55. Security Council diplomats say sanctions will not be lifted until Iraq has satisfied U.N. arms inspectors that it has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction. 56. Rotblat then devoted himself to eliminating the weapons. 57. Russia is far behind schedule in eliminating the weapons, and has appealed repeatedly for foreign funds to speed up the effort. 58. Russia was instrumental in resolving the last high-tension standoff between Iraq and the United Nations weapons inspectors trying to assess whether Iraq is eliminating its weapons of mass destruction. 59. Sanctions cannot be lifted until U.N. inspectors report that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction. 60. Ten months after the United States joined a global treaty to eliminate chemical weapons, it stands in technical violation. |