1.   A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman in Paris reiterated the U.S. call for full compliance with the U.N. disarmament resolutions.

2.   Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said any deal had to be consistent with U.N. disarmament resolutions and allow weapons inspections to continue without interference.

3.   But Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov said Moscow had always insisted that Iraq first comply with disarmament resolutions.

4.   Faced with an embarrassing setback, Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov said Moscow had always insisted that Iraq first comply with disarmament resolutions.

5.   France has been less inclined than the United States to support the use of force in order to force Iraq to comply with U.N. disarmament resolutions.

6.   Iraqi leaders say they have complied with disarmament resolutions, and blame Washington for using inspections to raise trivial issues to maintain sanctions.

7.   Iraq has long maintained it has complied with U.N. disarmament resolutions.

8.   Iraq maintains it has fulfilled U.N. disarmament resolutions and accuses Washington of blocking efforts to get the sanctions lifted.

9.   Iraqi sympathizers Russia, France and China argue that Baghdad has largely complied with disarmament resolutions and should be granted relief from the embargo.

10.   Now he is portraying Iraq as the victim of misguided U.N. Security Council disarmament resolutions with which, he says, it will be impossible for Baghdad to comply.