Key dates in UN resolution

Published November 9, 2002

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8: The UN security council’s resolution adopted on Friday gives Iraq one last chance to disarm and sets into motion the following timetable:

Nov 15: Iraq must have accepted the terms of the new resolution and promised to comply.

Nov 15-18: Chief UN weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohammed ElBaradei intend to travel to Baghdad with about two dozen technicians to set up communications, transport, offices and laboratories.

Nov 25: Advance team of about a dozen weapons inspectors expected to arrive to prepare for work and make some spot inspections.

Dec 8: Iraq must have issued to the Security Council “a full, accurate and complete” declaration of all its programs to develop and deliver weapons of mass destruction as well as civilian materials that could have military applications.

Dec 23: Weapons inspectors must have restarted their work by then. Some 80 to 100 inspectors and support staff expected to have arrived in Iraq.

Feb 21, 2003: The latest date for the inspectors to give a report to the Security Council.—Reuters

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