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DATE: SATURDAY, November 27, 1993                   TAG: 9311270138
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: UNITED NATIONS                                LENGTH: Short

IRAQ FORMALLY ACCEPTS U.N. MONITORING

Iraq accepted long-term U.N. monitoring of its weapons programs Friday, eliminating a major obstacle to the lifting of trade sanctions imposed after Baghdad's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

Allowing long-term monitoring was one of the key requirements in the 1991 Persian Gulf War cease-fire agreements, which also called for elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

The United States and other Security Council members have blocked any lifting of the punishing trade sanctions until Iraq complies fully with the cease-fire terms.

- Associated Press 


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