The cwc also provides for so-called challengeinspections of undeclared sites--but how can we direct challengeinspections if we cannot detect violations by other means?
The treaty's challenge inspection provisions are full of holes and, in any event, one cannot use challengeinspections to spot-check a country the size of Iraq, let alone Russia.
Doing that requires a consensus among the nations to cooperate with trade restrictions or to interdict illegal shipments, or to be able to carry out challengeinspections of what's going on.
But while the text of the letter sparked speculation that Iraq might later challenge the legality of the inspections, world leaders said Saddam Hussein's regime had to do all it could to work with the team.
The two biggest teachers' unions are gathering for their annual conferences, where they will challenge the government over pay, Ofsted inspections and England's academy schools.