The United States was threatening to attack unless unfettered inspections could resume.
The Council is now unified in responding that this cannot happen until unfettered inspections resume.
The United Nations said it would not consider any action on lifting sanctions until the inspections resumed.
The aim is to find someone able to ensure that inspections resume.
The number of inspectors, 17 when the inspections resumed two months ago, has now reached 112.
When and if inspections resume, the nuclear portfolio should be turned over to Unscom.
But if inspections don't resume, or are watered down, the Iraqis can reconstitute their efforts to build a nuclear bomb.
In that case, once Saddam agreed to let the inspections resume, the truly resolute course was to accept the offer and call off the attack.
Clinton's principle is that the inspections must resume.
Would he attack Iraq and demand that inspections resume?