UN-Iraq Talks

Talks continued among the permanent five members of the Security Council, but no agreement has been reached on final wording of a new arms-inspection pact with Baghdad. The United States and Britain are pushing China, France, and Russia to agree to a threat of swift and severe reprisal if Iraq again interferes with arms monitors.

Talks continued among the permanent five members of the Security Council, but no agreement has been reached on final wording of a new arms-inspection pact with Baghdad. The United States and Britain are pushing China, France, and Russia to agree to a threat of swift and severe reprisal if Iraq again interferes with arms monitors.