Better, theyargued, to toughen up the rulesquicklywithinthe existingtreatiestoallowmoreintrusive monitoringoffiscalpoliciesandimposeharsherpenaltiesontransgressors.
During earlier inspections in the mid-1990s, trust had broken down badly in the council when first Russia and China, then France, tiring of mounting Iraqi intransigence, argued for a switch to less intrusivemonitoring and an easing of sanctions so that trade could resume.