(24 Feb 2003)
1. Media waiting for European foreign ministers to arrive at European Council
2. Jack Straw arrives and greets press
3. Cutaway to camera
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary:
"Early this week we shall be tabling a second resolution in respect of Iraq and that will spell out that we are now approaching the end of the final opportunity that Saddam Hussein was given in 1441 on the 8th of November to completely disarm in substance as well as in process. It's been 15 weeks since 1441, it's been 12 years since Saddam invaded Kuwait and it was 12 years ago that Saddam was found guilty of possessing weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological weapons and at the time nuclear weapons, by the international community. It is not for us to prove Saddam's guilt that has already been proved, it's for Saddam to prove his innocence. And you don't need to treat him like a child, he is not a child, he doesn't need to be provided with a list of things. He knows what he's got to do in any event. He knows what he has to do, it's all spelt out in the previous inspectors' reports."
5. Cutaway of media with Straw
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary:
"The French, along with the other 14 members of the Security Council, signed up fully to 1441, 1441 spelt out that Iraq has been and remains in material breach, spelt out that Iraq was been given a final opportunity and it spelt out that if that final opportunity was not taken serious consequences would follow. And I'm very glad to note, and I applaud him for this, that President Chirac himself acknowledged in his interview in Time Magazine, that it is only as a result of a build up of forces from the United States and the United kingdom, that we've even got the cooperation we've got so far from Saddam Hussein."
7. Cutaway to media
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary:
"Because we want an international consensus and we want the cooperation of Iraq, fully and completely to comply in substance as well as process, we will be allowing a good period of up to two weeks maybe a little more, before we ask for a decision. It is still not too late for there to be complete and substantive compliance by Iraq, but they're not going to achieve that by playing games or by trying to split the international community."
9. Wide of press waiting outside building
10. SOUNDBITE: (German) Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister:
"I think the most important thing now is to improve the work of the inspectors. Also all the demands presented in a letter by Mr Blix should be fulfilled immediately. We have our European position and that is still valid. This position focuses on the inspections and the inspectors.'
11. Cutaway to reporter writing in a pad
12. SOUNDBITE: (German) Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister:
"As far as the time to be given to the inspectors, I think that the guidelines and mechanisms presented by Blix and ElBaradei must be maintained as well as the timeline given by Mr Blix. And this is exactly what should enable us to implement resolutions 1441 and 1284 and avoid any military action.'
13. Wide of media outside European Council building
STORYLINE:
The US and UK will wait at least two weeks before seeking a vote on a new UN resolution on Iraq to allow time to build support, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Monday.
The US and UK are to submit a new resolution to the Security Council in New York "early this week," Straw said upon arriving for the EU foreign ministers monthly meeting.
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