The Council of the Socialist International, meeting in Geneva on 23-24 November 1998:
expresses its profound satisfaction that the latest crisis between the UN and Iraq provoked by the attitude of the Iraqi government, has been overcome peacefully;
urges the Iraqi government to cooperate constructively with the UNSCOM and IAEA representatives in the best and most expeditious manner so as to eliminate any danger of weapons of mass destruction, and
looks forward to the ending of sanctions and the reintegration of Iraq into the international community once it has fully complied with all relevant UN resolutions.