Hans Blix
Hans Blix
Hans Martin Blix; born 28 June 1928) is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairsand later became the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. As such, Blix was the first Western representative to inspect the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union on site, and led the agency response to them. Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth28 June 1928
CountrySweden
You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that.
Denying us access would then be like smoke. It's not finding a smoking gun, but finding the smoke. And that would be a very serious matter. If they deny us access we'll report it to the Security Council,
This does not necessarily mean that such items could not exist. They might. There remain a long list of items unaccounted for, ... But it is not justified to jump to the conclusion that something exists just because it was unaccounted for.
There are very many of these missiles and a lot of items that pertain to them, which we had enumerated in our letter. It is a very significant piece of real disarmament.
We know exactly who is going to be there, and the advance team that I am going to lead,
We have not seen a serious effort on the Iraqi side ... or evidence that would clear up the question marks.
In the course of these inspections, we have not found any smoking gun.
Inspection is not a game of catch as catch can. Regrettably, the 12,000-page declaration, most of which is a reprint of earlier documents, does not seem to contain any new evidence that will eliminate the questions.
If there are any obstructions or problems, we will report them,
I hope I have seen ... a beginning of taking these remaining disarmament issues more seriously,
In the Middle Ages when people were convinced there were witches they certainly found them. This is a bit risky,
I don't think there would have been any inspection but for outside pressure, including U.S. forces,
how fast one can proceed with the key remaining disarmament tasks.
there are people in this administration who say they don't care if the UN sinks under the East river, and other crude things...