    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [March 2, 1998]
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    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on the United Nations Security Council Vote on Iraq
    March 2, 1998

        Tonight's unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council
    sends the clearest possible message: Iraq must make good on its
    commitment to give the international weapons inspectors immediate,
    unconditional, and unrestricted access to any suspect site, any place,
    any time. All of the members of the Council agree that failure to do so
    will result in the severest consequences for Iraq.
        In the days and weeks ahead, the inspectors will renew their mission
    to find and destroy Iraq's chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons
    capacity and the missiles to deliver them. Iraq now has the
    responsibility to turn the commitment it has made into full compliance.