HB: This is entirely in the hands of the Security Council. The history of inspections and disarmament in Iraq did not begin with Resolution 1441, nor does it necessarily end on the 27th of January. It is for the members of the Council to decide where they will go. We were set up on Resolution 1284 of 1999 and that has a timetable of its own, and our next regular quarterly report will be on the first of March.
Q: On that question, they would defer to you, i.e. how long you need before non proactivity is considered a breach.
HB: No. I don't think that it refers to us. I think that it is for the Council to decide what patience they have.
MElB: We report to the Council. We give them a full account of where we are. The political evaluation of whether that's enough and what needs to be done next is really the prerogative of the Security Council.
Q: Do you have any information from Council members regarding the Iraq's mass destruction programme?
Q: On that question, they would defer to you, i.e. how long you need before non proactivity is considered a breach.
HB: No. I don't think that it refers to us. I think that it is for the Council to decide what patience they have.
MElB: We report to the Council. We give them a full account of where we are. The political evaluation of whether that's enough and what needs to be done next is really the prerogative of the Security Council.
Q: Do you have any information from Council members regarding the Iraq's mass destruction programme?