Press Briefing
PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN OF SPECIAL COMMISSION ON IRAQI DISARMAMENT
19971113
The Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission set up under Security Council resolution 687 (1991) to monitor the disposal of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (UNSCOM), Richard Butler, told correspondents at today's noon briefing that he had decided to withdraw most UNSCOM personnel from Iraq and leave only a skeleton staff at its Baghdad Centre.