SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF PERMANENT MEMBERS OF SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNING IRAQ

11 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6463

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF PERMANENT MEMBERS OF SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNING IRAQ

19980211 Participants Agree All Efforts Must Continue To Achieve Diplomatic Solution Aimed at Full Implementation by Iraq of Council Resolutions

The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I met this afternoon with Permanent Representatives of the permanent members of the Security Council as part of my continuing attempts to resolve the current crisis relating to United Nations inspections in Iraq. We discussed the principal problems that have arisen and the possible next steps that could be taken. A number of aspects were considered and participants undertook to consult their capitals with a view to resuming discussions later this week.

The participants in the meeting agreed that all efforts must continue to achieve a diplomatic solution aimed at full implementation by the Government of Iraq of the resolutions of the Council.

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