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24 February 1998

• TEXT: MOU BETWEEN THE UN AND IRAQ ON INSPECTIONS
• US AMBASSADOR RICHARDSON CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE UN/IRAQ PACT By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent -- Praising Secretary General Kofi Annan's efforts in Baghdad, U.S. Ambassador Bill Richardson February 24 gave qualified support to the agreement the U.N. leader negotiated with Iraq, but suggested that it should be quickly tested.
• ANNAN OPTIMISTIC IRAQI AGREEMENT WILL WORK By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent -- Calling it "a good agreement, an agreement that I will defend anywhere," Secretary General Kofi Annan February 24 outlined for the Security Council the details of his compact with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein allowing U.N. inspectors access to any suspected weapons sites in the country.
• RICHARDSON BRIEFS TOP US OFFICIALS ON UNSC MEETING ON IRAQ 24 February 1998 By Wendy S. Ross USIA White House Correspondent -- US Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson briefed President Clinton's national security team at the White House February 24 on the weapons inspection agreement signed in Baghdad a day earlier by Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
• KOFI ANNAN REMARKS AFTER UNSC BRIEFING 24 February 1998 -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says he has "a general sense of approval" from the membership of the UN Security Council for the weapons inspection agreement he negotiated with Iraq, at a February 24 press conference following his briefing of the Security Council on the UN-IRAQ accord.
• U-S MUSLIMS ON IRAQ Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- AT A PRESS BRIEFING IN WASHINGTON (TUES. FEB. 24)), REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVERAL AMERICAN MUSLIM GROUPS AGREED FORCE SHOULD NOT BE USED AGAINST IRAQ AND SANCTIONS SHOULD BE LIFTED.
• ALBRIGHT/IRAQ Voice of America 24 February 1998 --THE AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN U-N SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS BEEN RECEIVED WITH SKEPTICISM BY THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
• ANNAN/ IRAQ PREVIEW Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAS EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL WILL ACCEPT THE AGREEMENT HE NEGOTIATED WITH IRAQ.
• BLAIR / IRAQ Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR HAS WELCOMED THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND IRAQ OVER WEAPONS INSPECTIONS.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ Voice of America 24 February 1998 --ONE FORMER U-N WEAPONS INSPECTOR IS VERY LEERY ABOUT IRAQI COMPLIANCE WITH ANY AGREEMENT.
• IRAQ-GULF-OIL Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF IRAQ'S AGREEMENT TO ALLOW FULL UNITED NATIONS INSPECTION OF ITS SUSPECTED WEAPONS SITES WAS A SHARP DROP IN THE PRICE OF OIL FUTURES.
• SECURITY COUNCIL/ IRAQ Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- ANNAN SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS DISCUSSING THE AGREEMENT HE SIGNED IN BAGHDAD WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL. AFTERWARDS HE TOLD REPORTERS HE BELIEVES THE SECURITY COUNCIL WILL UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT THE AGREEMENT ONCE IT IS EXPLAINED IN DETAILS.
• SENATE-IRAQ REACT Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- SKEPTICISM IS STILL RUNNING HIGH ON CAPITOL HILL. THE LAWMAKERS COMPLAIN THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THE FINE PRINT OF THE PACT AND ARE WORRIED ABOUT ITS AMBIGUITIES.
• U-S OPINION ROUNDUP - THE BAGHDAD AGREEMENT Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- THE EDITORIAL COLUMNS OF THE NATION'S NEWSPAPERS ARE SKEPTICAL THAT IRAQ, WHICH HAS BROKEN MANY PROMISES AND AGREEMENTS IN THE PAST REGARDING ITS WEAPONS STORES AND DEVELOPMENT, WILL HONOR THIS ONE -- BUT MOST ARE RELIEVED THAT MILITARY CONFLICT HAS BEEN AVOIDED.
• Crisis in Iraq Questions and answers released by the Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State February 24, 1998
• CLINTON / IRAQ ONITER Voice of America 24 February 1998 - U-N SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN FORMALLY BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL LATER TODAY (TUESDAY) ON THE AGREEMENT HE REACHED WITH IRAQI OFFICIALS.
• MANDELA IRAQ Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA HAS WELCOMED THE AGREEMENT REACHED BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN WITH IRAQ ON U-N WEAPONS INSPECTIONS.
• IRAQ / ARAB REACT Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FAVORABLE COMMENTS ABOUT THE U-N AGREEMENT WITH BAGHDAD HAS HELPED REDUCE TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BUT HIS WARNINGS OF SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF THE ACCORD IS NOT RESPECTED TEMPERS ANY DECLARATIONS OF VICTORY COMING FROM BAGHDAD.
• IRAQ AGREEMENT REACTION Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- PEOPLE IN THE IRAQI CAPITAL, BAGHDAD ARE EXPRESSING RELIEF TODAY AND AMID SIGNS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS NO LONGER PLANNING AN IMMEDIATE MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST THE COUNTRY.
• IRAQ / ARAB REACT Voice of America 24 February 1998 -- MR. CLINTON'S WARNINGS OF SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF THE ACCORD IS NOT RESPECTED HAVE TEMPERED ANY DECLARATIONS OF VICTORY COMING FROM BAGHDAD.
• Clinton Says Iraq Is Promising Unconditional Access to Sites The New York Times 24 February 1998
• Analysis: For Clinton, a Decision With Uncertain Outcome The New York Times 24 February 1998
• American Troops Still Arriving in Kuwait The New York Times 24 February 1998
• Off the Record, Kuwaitis Disappointed That Saddam Survives The New York Times 24 February 1998
• Analysis: For Clinton, a Decision With Uncertain Outcome The New York Times 24 February 1998
• Europeans Offer Praise for Accord With Iraq The New York Times 24 February 1998
• Annan, Aziz Bombarded With Accord Questions at News Conference The New York Times24 February 1998
• Transcript of Clinton's News Conference The New York Times 24 February 1998

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