OFFICE, CHARLES BIRD, SAID THAT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 1284
IS "NOW BECOMING A REALITY."
IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KUNA, BIRD SAID THE APPOINTMENT
OF HANS
BLIX, A FORMER SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER, AS THE COORDINATOR
FOR UNMOVIC,
"IS A CLEAR SIGN TO IRAQ AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A
WHOLE THAT
THE SECURITY COUNCIL IS DETERMINED TO SEE RESOLUTION 1284 IS
IMPLEMENTED."
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1284 ISSUED ON 17 DECEMBER 1999
STATES THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF "A SUBSIDIARY BODY OF THE COUNCIL, THE UNITED
NATIONS
MONITORING, VERIFICATION AND INSPECTION COMMISSION (UNSCOM)."
RESOLUTION 1284 REQUESTS, "THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO REPORT TO
THE
COUNCIL EVERY FOUR MONTHS ON COMPLIANCE BY IRAQ WITH ITS
OBLIGATIONS
REGARDING THE REPATRIATION OR RETURN OF ALL KUWAITI AND THIRD
COUNTRY
NATIONALS OR THEIR REMAINS, TO REPORT EVERY SIX MONTHS ON THE
RETURN OF
ALL KUWAITI PROPERTY, INCLUDING ARCHIVES, SEIZED BY IRAQ AND
TO APPOINT
A HIGH-LEVEL COORDINATOR FOR THESE ISSUES." YURI
VORONTSOV, WHO WAS
ONCE THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.A. AND THE UNITED
NATIONS IS TO BE
THE COORDINATOR FOR THESE ISSUES.
THE RESOLUTION ALSO REITERATES THE OBLIGATION OF IRAQ,
"IN FURTHERANCE
OF ITS COMMITMENT TO FACILITATE THE REPATRIATION OF ALL
KUWAITI AND
THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS."
KUNA February 2000.
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