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...Kofi Annan received a hero's welcome from United Nations employees Tuesday, the agreement he signed is not entirely pretty reading for Washington. The two-page memo gives the Secretary General carte blanche to pick and choose members of the "special group" that will inspect the eight disputed Presidential Palaces. For Annan, "it's a masterful piece of diplomacy," says TIME's U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "He came back and he's in charge...
Fortunately, an agreement brokered this weekend by Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, may avert armed conflict for the time being, pending U.S. agreement. The deal would allow U.N. weapons inspectors into Iraqi sites for an undetermined time--a key concession by Iraq. It appears to be a deal Clinton can and should accept...
BAGHDAD: It?s already being called the Baghdad Accord, but there?s no word yet on whether the deal inked Monday by Kofi Annan and Tariq Aziz will bring closure to the standoff over weapons inspectors. Has the secretary general averted war? ?I hope so. I think I have,? Annan told CNN. The devil is in the details, of course, and we won?t see those until Tuesday?s Security Council meeting. But all signs point to a deal that brings Iraq in line with U.N. resolutions. ?It is in conformity in terms of spirit and in terms of intent...
...Naturally, the U.S. remains skeptical. National Security Advisor Sandy Berger had just three words: ?Wait and see.? But Annan, a wily diplomat who was Washington?s pick for the top job, is unlikely to disappoint. He knows a deal that ties UNSCOM?s hands is not worth coming back to New York with. His spokesman Fred Eckhard indicated that one of the major hurdles in previous Iraqi offers -- time limits on weapons inspections -- was not present in this deal. So how did Annan do it? The so-called ?white glove? solution, diplomats accompanying inspectors, is one possibility, but that...
...Peace Mission: Impossible The U.N. secretary general is heading to Baghdad to try and avert a conflagration. But even if Kofi Annan can reach an agreement with Saddam on weapons inspections, he'll still have to sell it to an equally tough-minded customer ? the United States...