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White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater's Statement on 26 February 19911

         "Saddam Hussein's radio statement last night contained the same diatribe as previous comments, with no commitment to complying with the 12 United Nations resolutions. His speech changes nothing. It does not annul the annexation of Kuwait or meet any of the coalition's other terms. The war goes on."

         United Nations - Iraq formally told the UN Security Council early February 26 that it was willing to withdraw from Kuwait, but the majority of the 15 council members found the offer lacking the basic requirements to end the hostilities.

         At a closed formal council meeting, US Ambassador Thomas Pickering outlined the points made late February 25 by the White House, stressing the need for Iraq to accept all 12 council resolutions.

         The White House also announced that it wanted Iraq's response to come from President Saddam Hussein himself publicly.

         Iraqi Ambassador Abdul Amir Al-Anbari, just returned from the Moscow talks between Soviet officials and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, said that he informed the council "of Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwaiti territories" on instruction from the foreign minister, not President Saddam Hussein.

         Asked by journalists if Iraq was ready to accept all 12 council resolutions, Al-Anbari said "right now we are addressing ourselves to the basic fundamental of withdrawal and that's Resolution 660. "

         "All the resolutions were passed one after the other simply because 660 at the time was not implemented by Iraq," Al-Anbari said. "Now we are saying that we are fully committed and we are ready to implement that resolution."

          But council members and other nations cooperating with the government of Kuwait indicated it is critical that Iraq accept all 12 council resolutions. Those resolutions, beginning with Resolution 660, constitute a body of international requirements.

         After Resolution 660 - which demands that Iraq "withdraw immediately and unconditionally all its forces to the positions in which they were located on August 1, 1990" and calls on Iraq and Kuwait to begin immediate negotiations to resolve their differences - the council passed 11 more resolutions that declared Iraq must rescind its annexation of Kuwait, established economic and military sanctions and an air embargo, required Iraqi compliance with the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war and civilians,


1 A. G. Noorani, The Gulf Wars, Documents and Analysis, Konark Publishers PVT LTD, Delhi, 1991, pp. 335-337.

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