The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
•
Stated that
documents relating to the reports of possible acquisition of
uranium
from Niger
were not authentic, but the IAEA would continue to follow up
any
additional evidence.
425.
Dr ElBaradei
concluded that there was no indication:
•
“of resumed
nuclear activities” in buildings identified as new or
reconstructed
since
1998;
•
“of
nuclear-related prohibited activities at any inspected
sites”;
•
“that Iraq
has attempted to import uranium since 1990”;
•
“that Iraq
has attempted to import aluminium tubes for use in
centrifuge
enrichment”;
or
•
“to date
that Iraq imported magnets to use in a centrifuge
enrichment
programme”.
426.
Dr ElBaradei
stated that Iraq’s procurement efforts, including those in relation
to
magnets and
aluminium tubes, had been conducted “in contravention of the
sanctions
controls”
imposed by the Security Council. The IAEA would continue to
scrutinise and
investigate
those issues and hoped “to continue to receive from States
actionable
information
relevant to our mandate”.
427.
Mr Aldouri
emphasised that Iraq had taken the strategic decision to
disarm
in 1991.
428.
Mr Aldouri
underlined Iraq’s “pledge to continue pro-active co-operation”
with
UNMOVIC and
the IAEA. He also stated that Iraq had taken “the strategic
decision to rid
itself of
weapons of mass destruction” in 1991. He added:
“All
weapons that have been proscribed fall into one of two categories:
they have
been either
declared or unilaterally destroyed by Iraq. All the declarations
that Iraq
has been
repeatedly asked to present concerned the details and verification
of that
unilateral
destruction and nothing … else. It is for the accusers to prove
otherwise, if
they
possess any evidence.”
429.
Mr Aldouri
stated that Iraq had no VX programme.
430.
Mr Aldouri
stated that the issues of concern identified by the US and UK were
“an
attempt to
confuse the issue” and mask their real agenda to take over Iraq’s
oil and the
political
and economic domination of the region. Iraq continued to hope for
justice from
the
Security Council and called on the Council to thwart aggression and
prevent “a crime
whose
impact would far surpass that of any crime of the past century”. He
concluded:
“… war
against Iraq will wreak destruction, but it will not unearth any
weapons of
mass
destruction, for one very simple reason: there are no such weapons,
except in
the
imagination of some …”
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