In Focus :: IAEA and Iraq
IAEA and Iraq: The Next Steps
Dr. ElBaradei and Dr. Blix, who head the IAEA and
UN Iraq Inspection
teams. (Credit: D. Calma)
News Reports & Features
- IAEA
Director General Addresses Iraq, North Korea Inspections, CNN Interview
(27 April 2003) - Charm & Disarm:
IAEA Director General Interview, New York Times Magazine
(2 March 2003) - Crisis
Manager, Newsweek Interview with Mohamed ElBaradei
(27 February 2003) - Director
General on CNN: More Needed from Iraq
(28 January 2003) - Press
Briefing, Head of Iraq National Monitoring Directorate, CNN
(23 January 2003) - Director
General "Guardedly Optimistic" on Iraq, ABC News
(20 January 2003) - ElBaradei,
Blix Ready for Iraq Talks, CNN
(18 January 2003) - Press
Briefing by Dr. ElBaradei and Dr. Blix at UN Security Council
(9 January 2003) - IAEA
Chief CNN Interview
(7 January 2003) - Director General on the "Nuclear Challenge", PBS in USA (6 January 2003)
- IAEA:
Bigger Profile, Bigger Demands, New York Times
(6 January 2003) - IAEA
Moving into 'Investigative" Phase
(24 December 2002) - Profile
of IAEA Director General on BBC
(21 December 2002) - CNN
Interview with IAEA Director General ElBaradei
(13 December 2002) - Inspectors
Back in Iraq
(25 November) - Arms
Inspectors Set to Begin
(25 November) - Profile
of IAEA Director General
(21 November) - Iraq
Pledges Cooperation
(20 November) - IAEA,
UN Chiefs Conclude Talks
(20 November) - Inspectors
Demand Proof
(20 November) - Tense
Start in Iraq
(19 November) - Experts
Prepare Logistics
(19 November) - IAEA
Chief Urges Cooperation
(19 November) - Inspectors
Ready to Go
(13 November) - Iraq
Responds, Sends UN Letter
(13 November) - Iraq
Letter to UN
(13 November) - IAEA
Director General Urges Iraq Cooperation
(12 November 2002) - IAEA
Iraq Team Head, Jacques Baute, Interview
(12 November 2002) - IAEA
Chief on Iraq Inspections
(11 November 2002) - Tactful
Iraq Inspections Foreseen
(11 November 2002) - Security Council
Press Release
(8 November) - IAEA,
UN Inspectors Set to Return Under New Resolution
(8 November 2002) - Final
Resolution
(8 November 2002) - Revised
Text of Iraq Resolution
(6 November 2002) - Iraq
would consider new UN resolution
(4 November 2002) - UN
Council may reach Iraq deal soon says ElBaradei
(1 November 2002) - Bush
MeetsTop U.N. Inspector on Iraq
(31 October 2002) - UN
Agency Wants to Pick Inspectors
(31 October 2002) - Bush
Meets U.N. Weapons Inspector
(30 October 2002) - Inspectors
Want Clear Iraq Mandate
(28 October 2002) - Text
of UN Draft Iraq Resolution
(25 October 2002) - UN
Studies Draft Iraq Resolution
(23 October 2002) - UN's
Blix says Iraq war can be avoided
(23 October 2002) - UN
Draft demands called impractical
(23 October 2002) - Key
is Disarming Iraq
(21 October 2002) - US
Ready on Iraq Resolution
(20 October 2002) - Security
Council Wraps Up Debate
(18 October 2002) - US
Compromises on Iraq Resolution
(17 October 2002) - Iraq
Debate Center Stage at UN
(16 October 2002) - UN
Inspectors Await Word
(16 October 2002) - US
and France: Different Views on Iraq
(15 October 2002) - Next
Round of UN Inspections Build on Earlier Efforts
(15 October 2002) - Iraq
Holds Elections as UN Debate Continues
(15 October 2002) - UN
Pressed on Iraq Action
(14 October 2002) - Iraq
Sends Letters to Weapons Inspectors
(12 October 2002) - US
Congress Passes Iraq Resolution
(11 October 2002) - Iraq
Opens Former Sites to Foreign Journalists
(9 October 2002) - UN
Debate on Iraq Stalled
(9 October 2002) - CNN Interview with IAEA Director General ElBaradei (9 October
2002, Download the video clip
[34.5 mb MPEG-2]) - CNN
Interview with IAEA Director General ElBaradei
(8 October 2002, unofficial transcript)
Letters & Communication [pdf]
- Iraq's letter to UN (24 November 2002, Excerpts)
- Iraqi reply
(12 October 2002, translated from Arabic) - Iraqi reply
(10 October 2002, translated from Arabic) - Joint Letter from IAEA and UNMOVIC
to Iraq
(8 October 2002)
Background & Updates
- NewsHour
Interview with IAEA Director General ElBaradei
(22 November 2002) - BBC "Hardtalk" Interview
with IAEA Director General
(21 October 2002) - "Inspections
are the key"
(Essay by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei published in the Washington Post, 21 October 2002) - UN & IAEA Arms Inspections in Iraq: Latest UN News
- United Nations Weapons Inspectorates for Iraq: The IAEA and UNMOVIC
- IAEA Videos on Outcome of Vienna Talks (2 October 2002, Download the full video clip [34 mb MPEG-2])
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