Following negotiations, Saddam Hussein agreed to allow uninterrupted resumption of United Nations weapons inspections.

They were twinned in a sentence warning Saddam Hussein that the nation was united in demanding that he comply with United Nations weapons inspections.

Mr. Annan's actions lent his authority to efforts to prevent a new crisis over United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq from getting out of control.

Secretary Powell met in New York today with Hans Blix, the head of the United Nations weapons inspections team.

Mr. Mubarak has repeatedly called on Mr. Hussein to cooperate with the United Nations weapons inspections, saying only that could avert a war.

But Iraq now seems to want, more than anything, to have some form of schedule or assurance that United Nations weapons inspections within its borders will end soon.

The declaration welcomed Iraq's first steps to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspections while calling on Mr. Hussein's government to increase that cooperation.

And 67 percent of Pakistanis polled said they would oppose an American military attack on Iraq, even if it blocked United Nations weapons inspections.

But Al Dawrah became a focal point of the earlier round of United Nations weapons inspections.

In hindsight, it is now clear just how dependent American intelligence agencies were on the United Nations weapons inspections process.

Following negotiations, Saddam Hussein agreed to allow uninterrupted resumption of United Nations weapons inspections.

They were twinned in a sentence warning Saddam Hussein that the nation was united in demanding that he comply with United Nations weapons inspections.

Mr. Annan's actions lent his authority to efforts to prevent a new crisis over United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq from getting out of control.

Secretary Powell met in New York today with Hans Blix, the head of the United Nations weapons inspections team.

Mr. Mubarak has repeatedly called on Mr. Hussein to cooperate with the United Nations weapons inspections, saying only that could avert a war.

But Iraq now seems to want, more than anything, to have some form of schedule or assurance that United Nations weapons inspections within its borders will end soon.

The declaration welcomed Iraq's first steps to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspections while calling on Mr. Hussein's government to increase that cooperation.

And 67 percent of Pakistanis polled said they would oppose an American military attack on Iraq, even if it blocked United Nations weapons inspections.

But Al Dawrah became a focal point of the earlier round of United Nations weapons inspections.

In hindsight, it is now clear just how dependent American intelligence agencies were on the United Nations weapons inspections process.