[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 119 (Thursday, September 19, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H6408]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       U.N. MUST PASS RESOLUTION

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, recently Iraq agreed to allow U.N. 
inspectors back into their country without conditions. After hearing 
that news, all I can say is we have been down this road before.
  After a decade of deception by Iraq, the United Nations must show 
some real backbone if it wants to be a meaningful organization in the 
21st century. Let us not forget that from 1991 to 1998, in spite of 13 
different U.N. resolutions mandating unconditional access, Iraq never 
allowed that to happen. Saddam always had his conditions. Inspectors 
were kept from presidential palaces, mosques, and military 
installations, just to name a few places where we know he hides 
weapons.
  The U.N. must pass a resolution that not only mandates unconditional 
weapons inspections, but also outlines the serious consequences for 
Saddam's Iraq if the U.N. inspectors do not get complete and unimpeded 
access and support.
  The U.N. must take control and mandate unfettered inspections, and 
Saddam Hussein must comply. It is time for the U.N., and not Saddam 
Hussein, to be in the driver's seat.

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