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UNSC Resolution on New Iraq Policy




Text of UN Council Resolution on New Iraq Policy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Following is the full text
of the operative sections of a resolution on Iraq
adopted by the Security Council on Friday. 

The SECURITY COUNCIL, 

ACTING under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United
Nations, and taking into account that operative
provisions of this resolution relate to previous
resolutions adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter, 

A. 

1. DECIDES to establish, as a subsidiary body of the
Council, the United Nations Monitoring, Verification
and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) replaces the
Special Commission established pursuant to paragraph 9
(b) of resolution 687 (1991); 

2. DECIDES ALSO that UNMOVIC will undertake the
responsibilities mandated to the Special Commission by
the Council with regard to the verification of
compliance by Iraq with its obligations under
paragraphs 8, 9 and 10 of resolution 687 (1991) and
other related resolutions, that UNMOVIC will establish
and operate, as was recommended by the panel on
disarmament and current and future ongoing monitoring
and verification issues, a reinforced system of
ongoing monitoring and verification, which will
implement the plan approved by the Council in
resolution 715 (1991) and address unresolved
disarmament issues, and that UNMOVIC will identify, as
necessary in accordance with its mandate, additional
sites in Iraq to be covered by the reinforced system
of ongoing monitoring and verification; 

3. REAFFIRMS the provisions of the relevant
resolutions with regard to the role of the IAEA in
addressing compliance by Iraq with paragraphs 12 and
13 of resolution 687 (1991) and other related
resolutions, and REQUESTS the Director General of the
IAEA to maintain this role with the assistance and
cooperation of UNMOVIC; 

4. REAFFIRMS its resolutions 687 (1991), 699 (1991),
707 (1991), 715 (1991), 1051 (1996), 1154 (1998) and
all other relevant resolutions and statements of its
President, which establish the criteria for Iraqi
compliance, AFFIRMS that the obligations of Iraq
referred to in those resolutions and statements with
regard to cooperation with the Special Commission,
unrestricted access and provision of information will
apply in respect of UNMOVIC, and DECIDES in particular
that Iraq shall allow UNMOVIC teams immediate,
unconditional and unrestricted access to any and all
areas, facilities, equipment, records and means of
transport which they wish to inspect in accordance
with the mandate of UNMOVIC as well as to all
officials and persons under the authority of the Iraqi
Government whom UNMOVIC wishes interview so that
UNMOVIC may fully discharge its mandate; 

5. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, within 30 days of
the adoption of this resolution, to appoint,
after-consultation with and subject to the approval of
the Council, an Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC who will
take up his his mandated tasks as soon as possible,
and, in consultation with the Executive Chairman and
the Council members, to appoint suitably qualified
experts as a College of Commissioners for UNMOVIC
which will meet regularly to review the implementation
of this and other relevant resolutions and provide
professional advice and guidance to the Executive
Chairman, including on significant policy decisions
and on written reports to be submitted to the Council
through the Secretary-General; 

6. REQUESTS the Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, within
45 days of his appointment, to submit to the Council,
in consultation with and through the
Secretary-General, for its approval an organizational
plan for UNMOVIC, including its structure, staffing
requirements, management guidelines, recruitment and
training procedures, incorporating as appropriate the
recommendations of the panel on disarmament and
current and future ongoing monitoring and verification
issues, and recognizing in particular the need for an
effective, cooperative management structure for the
new organization, for staffing with suitably qualified
and experienced personnel, who would be regarded as
international civil servants subject to Article 100 of
the Charter of the United Nations, drawn from the
broadest possible geographical base, including as he
deems necessary from international arms control
organizations, and for the provision of high quality
technical and cultural training; 

7. DECIDES that UNMOVIC and the IAEA, not later than
60 days after they have both started work in Iraq,
will each draw up, for approval by the Council, a work
program for the discharge of their mandates, which
will include both the implementation of the reinforced
system of ongoing monitoring and verification, and the
key remaining disarmament tasks to be completed by
Iraq, pursuant to its obligations to comply with the
disarmament requirements of resolution 687 (1991) and
other related resolutions, which constitute the
governing standard of Iraqi compliance, and FURTHER
DECIDES that what is required of Iraq for the
implementation of each task shall be clearly defined
and precise; 

8. REQUESTS the Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC and the
Director General of the IAEA, drawing on the expertise
of other international organizations as appropriate,
to establish a unit which will have the
responsibilities of the joint unit constituted by the
Special Commission and the Director General of the
IAEA under paragraph 16 of the export/import mechanism
approved by resolution 1051 (1996), and ALSO REQUESTS
the Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, in consultation
with the Director General of the IAEA, to resume the
revision and updating of the lists of items and
technology to which the mechanism applies; 

9. DECIDES that the Government of Iraq shall be liable
for the full costs of UNMOVIC and the IAEA in relation
to their work under this and other related resolutions
on Iraq; 

10. REQUESTS Member States to give full cooperation to
UNMOVIC and the IAEA in the discharge of their
mandates. 

11. DECIDES that UNMOVIC shall take over all assets,
liabilities and archives of the Special Commission,
and that it shall assume the Special Commission's part
in agreements existing between the Special Commission
and Iraq and between the United Nations and Iraq, and
AFFIRMS that the Executive Chairman, the Commissioners
and the personnel serving with UNMOVIC shall have the
rights, privileges, facilities and immunities of the
Special Commission; 

12. REQUESTS the Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC to
report, through the Secretary-General, to the Council,
following consultation with the Commissioners, every
three months on the work of UNMOVIC, pending
submission of the first reports referred to in
paragraph 33 below, and to report immediately when the
reinforced system of ongoing monitoring and
verification is fully operational in Iraq; 

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