HB: Yes, there were some questions raised about destruction and we both answered that. The guidelines are given in Resolution 687 of 1991, and the instruction is - we are ordered to ensure destruction of items which were weapons of mass destruction or related to them, or missiles of a range of more than 150 kilometres. Now, we know of course that Iraq imports things outside the oil-for-food programme, and these are then in violation of the resolutions, but they not subject to this rule from 1991, about destruction. Sometimes it can be difficult to decide whether an item falls within one category or the other, and that is something we are pondering in some current cases. Next question.
Q: Do you have to go back to the Security Council after the 27th of January to be able to follow up on your work and give assessments?
HB: We are certainly here, under 1284, and they [the IAEA] are there since the sixties.
Q: What are the Iraqis telling you? Are they telling you that they have unilaterally destroyed a lot of these old documents, or old weapons? Also, the U.S., in the Desert Fox campaign, "a successful campaign" as the U.S. called it, were successful in destroying these documents or these weapons programmes. What are they telling you, and what do you think of what they are telling you?
Q: Do you have to go back to the Security Council after the 27th of January to be able to follow up on your work and give assessments?
HB: We are certainly here, under 1284, and they [the IAEA] are there since the sixties.
Q: What are the Iraqis telling you? Are they telling you that they have unilaterally destroyed a lot of these old documents, or old weapons? Also, the U.S., in the Desert Fox campaign, "a successful campaign" as the U.S. called it, were successful in destroying these documents or these weapons programmes. What are they telling you, and what do you think of what they are telling you?