ABSTRACT
The issue of destruction of dual use items was not only a source of anger for the Iraqi scientists, but also of tensions between UNSCOM and IAEA. When Perricos reported that he had delivered a letter to the Iraqis telling them ‘that all IAEA seals had to be respected and no items be removed or seal cut without notice to the Agency and agreement of the Agency’ pending the decision of what should happen to the sealed items, he was advised by Ekeus that Resolution 707, that UNSCOM had to be informed and consulted before such decisions were taken. Action on notifications in the nuclear area would be coordinated between the Special Commission and IAEA, as agreed, but it would be ‘regrettable if the Iraqis were to conclude that their obligations were satisfied by notification solely to IAEA’.
