1.   A series of crises in the region might be avoided if, and only if, UN inspectors can certify that Hussein has stopped making biological and chemical weapons.

2.   But the United Nations has final say on all contracts, and the border inspectors certify that the goods have arrived before the suppliers are paid.

3.   Coast Guard safety inspectors must certify the ship as seaworthy before it can sail.

4.   The United Nations has insisted the sanctions remain in effect until the inspectors certify that Iraq has destroyed its missiles and chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

5.   The United States wants those sanctions kept in force until the weapons inspectors certify that Iraq has been effectively disarmed.

6.   The United States insists that sanctions cannot end until the inspectors certify that Iraq is rid of weapons of mass destruction.

7.   According to Security Council resolutions, the sanctions can be lifted only after U.N. weapons inspectors certify that Iraq had destroyed its weapons of mass destruction programs.

8.   After a U.S.-led coalition drove the Iraqis from Kuwait, the Security Council agreed to maintain sanctions until inspectors certified Iraq had destroyed illegal weapons.

9.   Arms inspectors say the sanctions will not be lifted until inspectors can certify that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction.

10.   Before that can happen, the U.N. inspectors must certify that Iraq has destroyed its weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles.