UN Team Carries out Inspections Aimed at Eliminating Iraq's Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Weapons Capacity

On 3 April 1991, the Security Council adopted a nine-part resolution which provided for a formal cease-fire only after Iraq agreed to be bound by all its provisions. Under the terms of Resolution 687 (1991), Iraq is required to cooperate in the UN-supervised identification and destruction of its nuclear, biological and chemical weapons capabilities. To oversee this work, a Special Commission (UNSCOM) was established, headed by Executive Chairman Rolf Ekeus. Joint inspection teams of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Special Commission have been charged with investigating Iraq's nuclear capacity.
UN nuclear specialists inspecting an Iraqi truck. Nothing of a suspicious nature was found on this vehicle, part of a convoy which the team had originally sought to inspect at the Fallujah Military Compound several days earlier.