Baroness Ramsey of Cartvaleasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their position on Iraq following the presentation of the United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspection Committee's (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) updates 60 days after the resumption of weapons inspections. [HL1361]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanI have today placed in the Library copies of the statement made to the United Nations Security Council on 27 January by Dr Blix of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and Dr El Baradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Taken together, these statements are damning and disturbing. They show beyond doubt that the Iraqi regime is responding to Resolution 1441 not with active co-operation but with a consistent pattern of concealment and deceit.