VOL. XXXVII

NO. 42

18 JULY 1994

Iraq

Ekeus Expects Test Period To Start Next September

Mr. Rolf Ekeus, head of the UN Special Commission overseeing the Iraqi armscontrol, told the Security Council on 13 July that he expects to be ready forthe test period for the long-term monitoring program in September and that hewould need a period of six months to verify the technical aspects of theprogram. He told reporters in New York that once the monitoring system has beenfunctioning for six months, "I am...