Aninternationaltreatybanningexisting cluster munitionsandrequiring the destructionofexistingstockpilesineightyears was adopted May30 by 111 countries, includingusAllies.
It is noteworthy, for example, that the Soviets have expressed no interest in seeking a fundamental change in the character of the Iraqi regime, let alone the destructionof its stockpilesof weapons of mass destruction two goals increasingly viewed by Washington as essential direct or indirect consequences of any satisfactory resolution of this crisis.
It is noteworthy, for example, that the Soviets have expressed no interest in seeking a fundamental change in the character of the Iraqi regime, let alone the destructionof its stockpilesof weapons of mass destruction -- two goals increasingly viewed by Washington as essential direct or indirect consequences of any satisfactory resolution of this crisis.
He said "the most meaningful conclusion of" the report "is the failure of our intelligence services and the intelligence services of other western countries" to determine that Iraq had no stockpilesof weapons of mass destruction nor means to build them.