Iran has also put itself squarely behind the United Nations, demanding that Iraq adhere to Security Council resolutions that require unrestricted inspections of its military installations.
The International Atomic Energy Association or some other inter-national body, should be given control of these substances, which could be stored at national facilities and subject to unrestricted inspection by the association's scientists.
In a surprise announcement from Moscow, the Soviet foreign minister stated that Valentina Tereshkova would be opened to unrestricted international inspection immediately following the November 7 celebrations.
Iraqi diplomats have indicated privately that they are unlikely to accept unrestricted inspections.
He said that only unrestricted inspections would be acceptable if it was necessary to deal with the issue of inspections at all.
President Hussein has refused to open Iraq to unrestricted inspections.
"Only the deputy chairman of the committee was permitted unrestricted inspection of these documents."
Addressing the British Labor Party annual conference, which gave him a rapturous welcome, Mr. Clinton said: "We need a strong resolution calling for unrestricted inspections.
His bottom line: unrestricted inspections, often headed by American experts.
We hope the Secretary General's current negotiations can prevent the conflict, so that UNSCOM can resume unrestricted and effective inspections in accordance with those resolutions.