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USA - Kofi Annan meets Richard Butler
(10 Feb 1998) T/I 11:40:08
UN Seretary General Kofi Annan met Tuesday with chief arms
inspector Richard Butler at the United Nations to discuss the
Iraq crisis.
SHOWS:
UNITED NATIONS USA 10/2
Richard Butler enters Seretary General's office suite with
aide,
WS photo-op with Kofi Annan;
SOT Annan:"I prefer not to say we are at an impasse. I would
say we are at a very critical stage. We should continue.
(reporter question about whether Butler should resign) SOT
CONTINUES: "I have not received the letter from Mr. Mubarak. I
think I have made a statement on Mr. Butler's competence and
contributions. I have also indicated to the press that he has
done a good job but has worked under tremendous pressure on a
very sensitive assignment. And in those kinds of situations,...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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USA: UNSCOM CHIEF RICHARD BUTLER PRESS CONFERENCE
(4 Feb 1999) English/Nat
Richard Butler on Thursday said it is not likely that he will seek an extension of his mandate as Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).
Although his term expires in June of this year, he would still like to be involved at the policy level, when the Security Council reaches that point in its deliberations.
Butler also said that two things were essential to moving forward on Iraqi disarmament: consensus by the Security Council and cooperation from Iraq.
The UNSCOM chairman ended by stating that he disagreed with the media's obsession with whether or not he would continue to be the Chairman of UNSCOM, instead of focusing on the real issue of Iraqi disarmament.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I want my organisation to make its contribu...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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USA: CHIEF UN WEAPONS INSPECTOR RICHARD BUTLER INTERVIEW
(19 Mar 1998) English/Nat
The chief U-N arms inspector Richard Butler on Wednesday said weapons experts could finish their job in Iraq within a year.
In an interview with Associated Press Television, Butler urged Baghdad to honour last month's agreement and allow weapons inspectors unhindered access to presidential palaces and other sites.
He travels to the Iraqi capital on Sunday where he will hold talks with Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz.
Speaking in New York on Wednesday, U-N weapons chief Richard Butler was hopeful that his team of weapons experts may be finally able to go about their work unhindered.
In the past, he said every effort had been made by the Iraqis to cloud the basic issue -- Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Iraq - Richard Butler arrives
(19 Jan 1998) T/I: 10:21:44
UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday (19/1) in a bid to solve the escalating crisis over weapons inspections.
Butler, the chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) on disarming Iraq, is due to hold talks with Deputy Premier Tareq Aziz who is in charge of Iraq's relations with the United Nations.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Saturday threatened to give UN arms inspectors a six-month ultimatum to complete their mission and then leave. Iraq has also complained that the teams were dominated by US and British nationals.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 19/1:
GV of palm trees,
convoy of cars arriving at al-Rasheed hotel;
GV convoy of cars arrive at al-Rasheed Hotel,
MS security,
MS Butler o...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Austria - Richard Butler addresses presser
(20 Mar 1998) T/I: 10:52:44
UNSCOM chief Richard Butler said on Friday (20/3) that his disarmament work in Iraq could be finished in less than a year, if his team gets full co-operation from Baghdad. Speaking in Vienna, where he was meeting with UN and Iraqi officials en-route to Baghdad, Butler said the speed of the weapons inspections would depend on Iraq keeping commitments made in a deal with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan three weeks ago.
SHOWS:
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - 20/03
WS Vienna International Centre where UN Conference is being held;
MS of UN members state flags;
VS of Richard Butler, UNSCOM inspections team chief, arriving at the press conference;
SOT (in English) with Richard Butler, saying Iraq could have stopped inspections years ago if it has given up material o...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Penn State International Affairs Professor Richard Butler on the Syrian Peace Agreement
Penn State University International Affairs Professor, Distinguished Scholar of International Peace and Security,and former Australian Ambassador to the United Nations, reviewed the agreement on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons soon after it was reached and provides his insights on the agreement and possible outcomes.
Ambassador Butler has a deep expertise in the disarmament of nuclear and chemical weapons. In 1997, Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed Ambassador Butler Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission to disarm Iraq. You can read more about Ambassador Butler here: http://sia.psu.edu/faculty/butler
published: 20 Sep 2013
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: HEAD OF UN SPECIAL COMMISSION RICHARD BUTLER VISIT
(22 Jul 1997) English/Nat
Australian Richard Butler, the new head of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) arrived in Baghdad on Monday in an effort to speed up the UN mission.
In recent months the mission in Iraq has been plagued by friction between Baghdad and Butler's predecessor, Rolf Ekeus who complained of Iraqi non-cooperation.
Iraq in turn has accused Ekeus of being biased and bowing to pressure from the United States.
Butler held a press conference at the al-Canal Hotel in Baghdad on arrival and underlined the urgency of completing the disarmament process.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It's only four weeks since I started the job of Executive Chairman of UNSCOM and that is a short time, but it has been a very long time since this process mandated by the security coun...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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USA: RICHARD BUTLER BOOK LAUNCH
(1 Jun 2000) English/Nat
Controversial diplomat Richard Butler has written an account of his dealings with Saddam Hussein's Iraq whilst head of the United Nations weapons inspection team, UNSCOM.
Butler resigned the post in 1999 after becoming frustrated by lack of U-N action over policies to destroy arms stockpiles in Iraq.
In his latest book launched Wednesday, Richard Butler continues his campaign to rid Saddam Hussein's Iraq of weapons of mass destruction.
The former head of the United Nation's weapons inspection team, UNSCOM, resigned his post in controversial circumstances in 1999.
Frustrated with what he saw as a lack of international will to deal with a dangerous dictator, he lays blame with both the United Nations Security Council and with Secretary General Kofi Ann...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Iraq - Richard Butler addresses presser
(12 Dec 1997) T/I: 11:03:24
UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in Baghdad Friday (12/12) hoping to convince Iraq to allow inspections of its presidential sites.
Butler, the Australian chairman of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) on disarming Iraq, arrived from Bahrain for his first visit since Iraq triggered a crisis over weapons inspections and sanctions when it decided in late October to expel US members of UNSCOM as spies.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 12/12
EXT UN base;
CU sign UN outside;
Richard Butler entering press room;
SOT UN disarmament chief Richard Butler (in English) "There had been difficulties in our achieving the access and I think there is a good base for conversation between the two sides... and see we do not get into crisis again...guarantee the acc...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Iraq - Arrival UN weapons chief Richard Butler
(22 Mar 1998) T/I 10:16:46
UN weapons chief Richard Butler arrived in Iraq on Sunday
(22/03) on his first visit since the Iraqi-UN accord on
inspections of presidential sites.
The chairman of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) in charge
of disarming Iraq flew in to Habbaniya airport, west of Baghdad,
on a UN plane from Bahrain, where the Special Commission has a
support base.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 22/03
WS UN plane on tarmac;
WS plane;
MS plane door opening;
MS UN weapons chief Richard Butler out;
VS people greeting;
MS Butler chatting;
MS luggage out of cargo door;
Butler past camera;
CU Chinese diplomat;
SOT Richard Butler (in English): "I'm very pleased to be
here - since Kofi Annan's agreement with Iraq there is a new
spirit, a new cooperation - I'm lo...
published: 21 Jul 2015
1:35
USA - Kofi Annan meets Richard Butler
(10 Feb 1998) T/I 11:40:08
UN Seretary General Kofi Annan met Tuesday with chief arms
inspector Richard Butler at the United Nations to discuss the
Iraq ...
(10 Feb 1998) T/I 11:40:08
UN Seretary General Kofi Annan met Tuesday with chief arms
inspector Richard Butler at the United Nations to discuss the
Iraq crisis.
SHOWS:
UNITED NATIONS USA 10/2
Richard Butler enters Seretary General's office suite with
aide,
WS photo-op with Kofi Annan;
SOT Annan:"I prefer not to say we are at an impasse. I would
say we are at a very critical stage. We should continue.
(reporter question about whether Butler should resign) SOT
CONTINUES: "I have not received the letter from Mr. Mubarak. I
think I have made a statement on Mr. Butler's competence and
contributions. I have also indicated to the press that he has
done a good job but has worked under tremendous pressure on a
very sensitive assignment. And in those kinds of situations, one
may slip up once or twice, but that doesn't negate all the good
that one has done";
WS photo-opportunity;
RUNS: 1.35
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https://wn.com/USA_Kofi_Annan_Meets_Richard_Butler
(10 Feb 1998) T/I 11:40:08
UN Seretary General Kofi Annan met Tuesday with chief arms
inspector Richard Butler at the United Nations to discuss the
Iraq crisis.
SHOWS:
UNITED NATIONS USA 10/2
Richard Butler enters Seretary General's office suite with
aide,
WS photo-op with Kofi Annan;
SOT Annan:"I prefer not to say we are at an impasse. I would
say we are at a very critical stage. We should continue.
(reporter question about whether Butler should resign) SOT
CONTINUES: "I have not received the letter from Mr. Mubarak. I
think I have made a statement on Mr. Butler's competence and
contributions. I have also indicated to the press that he has
done a good job but has worked under tremendous pressure on a
very sensitive assignment. And in those kinds of situations, one
may slip up once or twice, but that doesn't negate all the good
that one has done";
WS photo-opportunity;
RUNS: 1.35
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2:03
USA: UNSCOM CHIEF RICHARD BUTLER PRESS CONFERENCE
(4 Feb 1999) English/Nat
Richard Butler on Thursday said it is not likely that he will seek an extension of his mandate as Chairman of the United Nations Sp...
(4 Feb 1999) English/Nat
Richard Butler on Thursday said it is not likely that he will seek an extension of his mandate as Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).
Although his term expires in June of this year, he would still like to be involved at the policy level, when the Security Council reaches that point in its deliberations.
Butler also said that two things were essential to moving forward on Iraqi disarmament: consensus by the Security Council and cooperation from Iraq.
The UNSCOM chairman ended by stating that he disagreed with the media's obsession with whether or not he would continue to be the Chairman of UNSCOM, instead of focusing on the real issue of Iraqi disarmament.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I want my organisation to make its contribution to reformulating where we go next. To getting the U-N back into Iraq to do the disarmament and monitoring job that's required. I've also said I'm well aware of when my contract ends and that quite frankly I won't be seeking a re-extension of it."
SUPERCAPTION: Richard Butler, Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"These I see as essentially technical panels, and I would want our technical leadership the chief missile, chemical and biological person to be there, plus some commissioners. I did say to the Ambassador of Brazil and to the Secretary General that when this all comes to the policy point, that is after the panels have made their recommendations and the council is considering policy, that would be the appropriate level, it would be normal for me to be in the council at that time. And both of them took note of that."
SUPERCAPTION: Richard Butler, Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"There are two things essential here, one is the unity of the council and the other is cooperation by Iraq. And that latter cooperation is required under the law. And we all earnestly hope that we can create a situation where that cooperation will resume again soon."
SUPERCAPTION: Richard Butler, Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Get off the case. Because you're swallowing something that is not right. That somehow, this is about personalities. Read the document we tabled in the security council. 260 pages about weapons and policies of deploying them and making them and concealing them from UNSCOM. Come on, that's a very serious subject. Vastly more serious than when my contract happens to end. So keep your eye on the main subject."
SUPERCAPTION: Richard Butler, Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
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https://wn.com/USA_Unscom_Chief_Richard_Butler_Press_Conference
(4 Feb 1999) English/Nat
Richard Butler on Thursday said it is not likely that he will seek an extension of his mandate as Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).
Although his term expires in June of this year, he would still like to be involved at the policy level, when the Security Council reaches that point in its deliberations.
Butler also said that two things were essential to moving forward on Iraqi disarmament: consensus by the Security Council and cooperation from Iraq.
The UNSCOM chairman ended by stating that he disagreed with the media's obsession with whether or not he would continue to be the Chairman of UNSCOM, instead of focusing on the real issue of Iraqi disarmament.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I want my organisation to make its contribution to reformulating where we go next. To getting the U-N back into Iraq to do the disarmament and monitoring job that's required. I've also said I'm well aware of when my contract ends and that quite frankly I won't be seeking a re-extension of it."
SUPERCAPTION: Richard Butler, Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"These I see as essentially technical panels, and I would want our technical leadership the chief missile, chemical and biological person to be there, plus some commissioners. I did say to the Ambassador of Brazil and to the Secretary General that when this all comes to the policy point, that is after the panels have made their recommendations and the council is considering policy, that would be the appropriate level, it would be normal for me to be in the council at that time. And both of them took note of that."
SUPERCAPTION: Richard Butler, Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"There are two things essential here, one is the unity of the council and the other is cooperation by Iraq. And that latter cooperation is required under the law. And we all earnestly hope that we can create a situation where that cooperation will resume again soon."
SUPERCAPTION: Richard Butler, Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Get off the case. Because you're swallowing something that is not right. That somehow, this is about personalities. Read the document we tabled in the security council. 260 pages about weapons and policies of deploying them and making them and concealing them from UNSCOM. Come on, that's a very serious subject. Vastly more serious than when my contract happens to end. So keep your eye on the main subject."
SUPERCAPTION: Richard Butler, Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
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3:10
USA: CHIEF UN WEAPONS INSPECTOR RICHARD BUTLER INTERVIEW
(19 Mar 1998) English/Nat
The chief U-N arms inspector Richard Butler on Wednesday said weapons experts could finish their job in Iraq within a year.
In a...
(19 Mar 1998) English/Nat
The chief U-N arms inspector Richard Butler on Wednesday said weapons experts could finish their job in Iraq within a year.
In an interview with Associated Press Television, Butler urged Baghdad to honour last month's agreement and allow weapons inspectors unhindered access to presidential palaces and other sites.
He travels to the Iraqi capital on Sunday where he will hold talks with Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz.
Speaking in New York on Wednesday, U-N weapons chief Richard Butler was hopeful that his team of weapons experts may be finally able to go about their work unhindered.
In the past, he said every effort had been made by the Iraqis to cloud the basic issue -- Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The real issue is Iraq's weapons. There has been an attempt to divert attentions from that to questions like, whether we are a good and capable organisation. The issue of Iraq's national dignity, sovereignty and security, I view as straight forward, every country has those rights under the charter of the U.N. We will be able to do our work in a fully professional way and show respect for those considerations of dignity etc."
SUPER CAPTION: Chief U.N weapons inspector Richard Butler
But following the deal struck between the Iraqis and U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan in Baghdad last month, Butler said he was more optimistic.
He will hold talks with Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz on Sunday and Monday.
Talks he hopes will reflect the new, cooperation between the Iraqi leadership and the United Nations.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I hope my talks in Baghdad next week will chart further ways in which in this new spirit we can make progress. You know, after all, what is at issue here is Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. If this were a four lap race, we have already run three laps, we are in the fourth lap now, maybe it is proving to be the hardest one, but really with not much more effort, especially on the Iraqi side, we could move quite quickly to verify what is left, destroy it and then declare all of this over. And that's important because only when we can do that can sanctions be lifted."
SUPER CAPTION: Chief U.N weapons inspector Richard Butler
After Butler's visit, his experts will begin inspecting eight presidential compounds that Iraq agreed to open under the Kofi Annan deal.
Those were the sites Iraq had placed off limits, prompting the United States and Britain to assemble a huge military force in the Gulf and threaten air strikes.
Butler said if inspectors were able to finish their job unhindered, they could be done within a year, paving the way for U-N imposed sanctions to be lifted.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Question: If you do get reasonable cooperation from the Iraqis in this field, are we talking about months, or weeks or years before you can (lift sanctions)
"Well, certainly not years. I want to make that very clear. This last lap of the race doesn't have to take very long, especially not with cooperation from the Iraqis. It certainly doesn't have to take a further number of years. I can't be exactly precise because we don't know the full scope of the job, for example what is exactly at issue in biology (biological weapons) but my perception is, and on the basis of our information, we can get it done within a year or so, maybe slightly less, who knows, it depends of the degree of cooperation we are offered."
SUPER CAPTION: Chief U.N weapons inspector Richard Butler
Butler's last trip to Baghdad in January of this year was anything but harmonious.
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https://wn.com/USA_Chief_Un_Weapons_Inspector_Richard_Butler_Interview
(19 Mar 1998) English/Nat
The chief U-N arms inspector Richard Butler on Wednesday said weapons experts could finish their job in Iraq within a year.
In an interview with Associated Press Television, Butler urged Baghdad to honour last month's agreement and allow weapons inspectors unhindered access to presidential palaces and other sites.
He travels to the Iraqi capital on Sunday where he will hold talks with Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz.
Speaking in New York on Wednesday, U-N weapons chief Richard Butler was hopeful that his team of weapons experts may be finally able to go about their work unhindered.
In the past, he said every effort had been made by the Iraqis to cloud the basic issue -- Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The real issue is Iraq's weapons. There has been an attempt to divert attentions from that to questions like, whether we are a good and capable organisation. The issue of Iraq's national dignity, sovereignty and security, I view as straight forward, every country has those rights under the charter of the U.N. We will be able to do our work in a fully professional way and show respect for those considerations of dignity etc."
SUPER CAPTION: Chief U.N weapons inspector Richard Butler
But following the deal struck between the Iraqis and U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan in Baghdad last month, Butler said he was more optimistic.
He will hold talks with Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz on Sunday and Monday.
Talks he hopes will reflect the new, cooperation between the Iraqi leadership and the United Nations.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I hope my talks in Baghdad next week will chart further ways in which in this new spirit we can make progress. You know, after all, what is at issue here is Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. If this were a four lap race, we have already run three laps, we are in the fourth lap now, maybe it is proving to be the hardest one, but really with not much more effort, especially on the Iraqi side, we could move quite quickly to verify what is left, destroy it and then declare all of this over. And that's important because only when we can do that can sanctions be lifted."
SUPER CAPTION: Chief U.N weapons inspector Richard Butler
After Butler's visit, his experts will begin inspecting eight presidential compounds that Iraq agreed to open under the Kofi Annan deal.
Those were the sites Iraq had placed off limits, prompting the United States and Britain to assemble a huge military force in the Gulf and threaten air strikes.
Butler said if inspectors were able to finish their job unhindered, they could be done within a year, paving the way for U-N imposed sanctions to be lifted.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Question: If you do get reasonable cooperation from the Iraqis in this field, are we talking about months, or weeks or years before you can (lift sanctions)
"Well, certainly not years. I want to make that very clear. This last lap of the race doesn't have to take very long, especially not with cooperation from the Iraqis. It certainly doesn't have to take a further number of years. I can't be exactly precise because we don't know the full scope of the job, for example what is exactly at issue in biology (biological weapons) but my perception is, and on the basis of our information, we can get it done within a year or so, maybe slightly less, who knows, it depends of the degree of cooperation we are offered."
SUPER CAPTION: Chief U.N weapons inspector Richard Butler
Butler's last trip to Baghdad in January of this year was anything but harmonious.
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1:21
Iraq - Richard Butler arrives
(19 Jan 1998) T/I: 10:21:44
UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday (19/1) in a bid to solve the escalating cr...
(19 Jan 1998) T/I: 10:21:44
UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday (19/1) in a bid to solve the escalating crisis over weapons inspections.
Butler, the chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) on disarming Iraq, is due to hold talks with Deputy Premier Tareq Aziz who is in charge of Iraq's relations with the United Nations.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Saturday threatened to give UN arms inspectors a six-month ultimatum to complete their mission and then leave. Iraq has also complained that the teams were dominated by US and British nationals.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 19/1:
GV of palm trees,
convoy of cars arriving at al-Rasheed hotel;
GV convoy of cars arrive at al-Rasheed Hotel,
MS security,
MS Butler out of car walking towards hotel surrounded by people,
WS Butler walking into hotel;
MS British UN special investigator (with moustache) into lift, with Chinese UN special investigator;
MS Russian UN special investigator (with beard) into lift;
Exterior of hotel;
1.20
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(19 Jan 1998) T/I: 10:21:44
UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday (19/1) in a bid to solve the escalating crisis over weapons inspections.
Butler, the chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) on disarming Iraq, is due to hold talks with Deputy Premier Tareq Aziz who is in charge of Iraq's relations with the United Nations.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Saturday threatened to give UN arms inspectors a six-month ultimatum to complete their mission and then leave. Iraq has also complained that the teams were dominated by US and British nationals.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 19/1:
GV of palm trees,
convoy of cars arriving at al-Rasheed hotel;
GV convoy of cars arrive at al-Rasheed Hotel,
MS security,
MS Butler out of car walking towards hotel surrounded by people,
WS Butler walking into hotel;
MS British UN special investigator (with moustache) into lift, with Chinese UN special investigator;
MS Russian UN special investigator (with beard) into lift;
Exterior of hotel;
1.20
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1:50
Austria - Richard Butler addresses presser
(20 Mar 1998) T/I: 10:52:44
UNSCOM chief Richard Butler said on Friday (20/3) that his disarmament work in Iraq could be finished in less than a year, if...
(20 Mar 1998) T/I: 10:52:44
UNSCOM chief Richard Butler said on Friday (20/3) that his disarmament work in Iraq could be finished in less than a year, if his team gets full co-operation from Baghdad. Speaking in Vienna, where he was meeting with UN and Iraqi officials en-route to Baghdad, Butler said the speed of the weapons inspections would depend on Iraq keeping commitments made in a deal with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan three weeks ago.
SHOWS:
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - 20/03
WS Vienna International Centre where UN Conference is being held;
MS of UN members state flags;
VS of Richard Butler, UNSCOM inspections team chief, arriving at the press conference;
SOT (in English) with Richard Butler, saying Iraq could have stopped inspections years ago if it has given up material on weapons freely. There is a new spirit following Kofi Annan's agreement. Iraq has the opportunity to make good on that agreement and end this;
WS building.
1.50
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(20 Mar 1998) T/I: 10:52:44
UNSCOM chief Richard Butler said on Friday (20/3) that his disarmament work in Iraq could be finished in less than a year, if his team gets full co-operation from Baghdad. Speaking in Vienna, where he was meeting with UN and Iraqi officials en-route to Baghdad, Butler said the speed of the weapons inspections would depend on Iraq keeping commitments made in a deal with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan three weeks ago.
SHOWS:
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - 20/03
WS Vienna International Centre where UN Conference is being held;
MS of UN members state flags;
VS of Richard Butler, UNSCOM inspections team chief, arriving at the press conference;
SOT (in English) with Richard Butler, saying Iraq could have stopped inspections years ago if it has given up material on weapons freely. There is a new spirit following Kofi Annan's agreement. Iraq has the opportunity to make good on that agreement and end this;
WS building.
1.50
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Penn State International Affairs Professor Richard Butler on the Syrian Peace Agreement
Penn State University International Affairs Professor, Distinguished Scholar of International Peace and Security,and former Australian Ambassador to the United ...
Penn State University International Affairs Professor, Distinguished Scholar of International Peace and Security,and former Australian Ambassador to the United Nations, reviewed the agreement on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons soon after it was reached and provides his insights on the agreement and possible outcomes.
Ambassador Butler has a deep expertise in the disarmament of nuclear and chemical weapons. In 1997, Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed Ambassador Butler Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission to disarm Iraq. You can read more about Ambassador Butler here: http://sia.psu.edu/faculty/butler
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Penn State University International Affairs Professor, Distinguished Scholar of International Peace and Security,and former Australian Ambassador to the United Nations, reviewed the agreement on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons soon after it was reached and provides his insights on the agreement and possible outcomes.
Ambassador Butler has a deep expertise in the disarmament of nuclear and chemical weapons. In 1997, Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed Ambassador Butler Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission to disarm Iraq. You can read more about Ambassador Butler here: http://sia.psu.edu/faculty/butler
- published: 20 Sep 2013
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: HEAD OF UN SPECIAL COMMISSION RICHARD BUTLER VISIT
(22 Jul 1997) English/Nat
Australian Richard Butler, the new head of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) arrived in Baghdad on Monday in an effort to speed u...
(22 Jul 1997) English/Nat
Australian Richard Butler, the new head of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) arrived in Baghdad on Monday in an effort to speed up the UN mission.
In recent months the mission in Iraq has been plagued by friction between Baghdad and Butler's predecessor, Rolf Ekeus who complained of Iraqi non-cooperation.
Iraq in turn has accused Ekeus of being biased and bowing to pressure from the United States.
Butler held a press conference at the al-Canal Hotel in Baghdad on arrival and underlined the urgency of completing the disarmament process.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It's only four weeks since I started the job of Executive Chairman of UNSCOM and that is a short time, but it has been a very long time since this process mandated by the security council to work with Iraq to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction started, that was almost six years ago. In my definite view that time has been too long, and we must find a way to complete the job that the security council has legally mandated, and that is the approach that I will be taking when I meet Tariq Azziz, the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq on Wednesday morning. "
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler, new head of the UN Special Commission
Under sanctions imposed upon Iraq, Baghdad is required to destroy all its chemical and biological weapons and long range missiles.
In June, the Security Council adopted a new resolution that gave Iraq until October to co- operate with weapons inspectors or face stronger measures.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We will be starting a new phase in this work and with a new determination to get through it all, so I am not looking for, or predicting, conflict and I hope to prove to be right about that."
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler, new head of the UN Special Commission
Butler hopes to avoid any of the conflicts which have stalled that process in the past.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Iraq has had baskets in which there have been chemical weapons, biological weapons and missiles. I won't speak about nuclear as that is for the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), now whether those weapons were fully fabricated or planned again I won't go into that detail now, my job is to empty the baskets."
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler, new head of the UN Special Commission
Iraq previously accused Ekeus of being biased and bowing to pressure from the United States.
Butler said he was a free agent.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Because of my congenitally based habits and because it is the law, I will be fair and I will be instructed by no one.
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler, new head of the UN Special Commission
Butler is accompanied on the trip by his deputy Charles Duelfer, Russian Missile expert Nikita Smidovich, Head of chemical teams expert Horst Reeps and Richard Spretzel, head of biological investigation.
Butler is scheduled to leave Baghdad on Friday.
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(22 Jul 1997) English/Nat
Australian Richard Butler, the new head of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) arrived in Baghdad on Monday in an effort to speed up the UN mission.
In recent months the mission in Iraq has been plagued by friction between Baghdad and Butler's predecessor, Rolf Ekeus who complained of Iraqi non-cooperation.
Iraq in turn has accused Ekeus of being biased and bowing to pressure from the United States.
Butler held a press conference at the al-Canal Hotel in Baghdad on arrival and underlined the urgency of completing the disarmament process.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It's only four weeks since I started the job of Executive Chairman of UNSCOM and that is a short time, but it has been a very long time since this process mandated by the security council to work with Iraq to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction started, that was almost six years ago. In my definite view that time has been too long, and we must find a way to complete the job that the security council has legally mandated, and that is the approach that I will be taking when I meet Tariq Azziz, the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq on Wednesday morning. "
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler, new head of the UN Special Commission
Under sanctions imposed upon Iraq, Baghdad is required to destroy all its chemical and biological weapons and long range missiles.
In June, the Security Council adopted a new resolution that gave Iraq until October to co- operate with weapons inspectors or face stronger measures.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We will be starting a new phase in this work and with a new determination to get through it all, so I am not looking for, or predicting, conflict and I hope to prove to be right about that."
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler, new head of the UN Special Commission
Butler hopes to avoid any of the conflicts which have stalled that process in the past.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Iraq has had baskets in which there have been chemical weapons, biological weapons and missiles. I won't speak about nuclear as that is for the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), now whether those weapons were fully fabricated or planned again I won't go into that detail now, my job is to empty the baskets."
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler, new head of the UN Special Commission
Iraq previously accused Ekeus of being biased and bowing to pressure from the United States.
Butler said he was a free agent.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Because of my congenitally based habits and because it is the law, I will be fair and I will be instructed by no one.
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler, new head of the UN Special Commission
Butler is accompanied on the trip by his deputy Charles Duelfer, Russian Missile expert Nikita Smidovich, Head of chemical teams expert Horst Reeps and Richard Spretzel, head of biological investigation.
Butler is scheduled to leave Baghdad on Friday.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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USA: RICHARD BUTLER BOOK LAUNCH
(1 Jun 2000) English/Nat
Controversial diplomat Richard Butler has written an account of his dealings with Saddam Hussein's Iraq whilst head of the United Na...
(1 Jun 2000) English/Nat
Controversial diplomat Richard Butler has written an account of his dealings with Saddam Hussein's Iraq whilst head of the United Nations weapons inspection team, UNSCOM.
Butler resigned the post in 1999 after becoming frustrated by lack of U-N action over policies to destroy arms stockpiles in Iraq.
In his latest book launched Wednesday, Richard Butler continues his campaign to rid Saddam Hussein's Iraq of weapons of mass destruction.
The former head of the United Nation's weapons inspection team, UNSCOM, resigned his post in controversial circumstances in 1999.
Frustrated with what he saw as a lack of international will to deal with a dangerous dictator, he lays blame with both the United Nations Security Council and with Secretary General Kofi Annan, who he derides as behaving naively.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"And what my story about my dealings with Saddam Hussein's Iraq comes to is an illustration of the threat that these weapons continue to pose to human society and the threat that is posed by the failure of the international community to deal with this particular rogue, this homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction. "
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler
Kofi Annan, he said, conceded to Hussein's demands in the name of diplomacy but the effect was the undermining of UNSCOM's authority.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"If we let this man and his addiction to those weapons succeed in facing down civilisation, in breaking up the treaties and arrangements that we have to control weapons of mass destruction. If we let this man successfully deride and reject the authority of the Security Council then we will find that we have on our hands a serious crisis in the management of global security."
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler
A decade has now passed since the Persian Gulf War ended and the U-N Security Council required Iraq to submit to weapons inspections by UNSCOM.
From the start Hussein sought to defeat the inspection process, and in late 1998 the inspections ceased.
Butler said since then Hussein has been able to renew his weapons of mass destruction capabilities, placing the security of the world at risk.
Butler is now Diplomat in Residence at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
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(1 Jun 2000) English/Nat
Controversial diplomat Richard Butler has written an account of his dealings with Saddam Hussein's Iraq whilst head of the United Nations weapons inspection team, UNSCOM.
Butler resigned the post in 1999 after becoming frustrated by lack of U-N action over policies to destroy arms stockpiles in Iraq.
In his latest book launched Wednesday, Richard Butler continues his campaign to rid Saddam Hussein's Iraq of weapons of mass destruction.
The former head of the United Nation's weapons inspection team, UNSCOM, resigned his post in controversial circumstances in 1999.
Frustrated with what he saw as a lack of international will to deal with a dangerous dictator, he lays blame with both the United Nations Security Council and with Secretary General Kofi Annan, who he derides as behaving naively.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"And what my story about my dealings with Saddam Hussein's Iraq comes to is an illustration of the threat that these weapons continue to pose to human society and the threat that is posed by the failure of the international community to deal with this particular rogue, this homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction. "
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler
Kofi Annan, he said, conceded to Hussein's demands in the name of diplomacy but the effect was the undermining of UNSCOM's authority.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"If we let this man and his addiction to those weapons succeed in facing down civilisation, in breaking up the treaties and arrangements that we have to control weapons of mass destruction. If we let this man successfully deride and reject the authority of the Security Council then we will find that we have on our hands a serious crisis in the management of global security."
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Butler
A decade has now passed since the Persian Gulf War ended and the U-N Security Council required Iraq to submit to weapons inspections by UNSCOM.
From the start Hussein sought to defeat the inspection process, and in late 1998 the inspections ceased.
Butler said since then Hussein has been able to renew his weapons of mass destruction capabilities, placing the security of the world at risk.
Butler is now Diplomat in Residence at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
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Iraq - Richard Butler addresses presser
(12 Dec 1997) T/I: 11:03:24
UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in Baghdad Friday (12/12) hoping to convince Iraq to allow inspections of its pre...
(12 Dec 1997) T/I: 11:03:24
UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in Baghdad Friday (12/12) hoping to convince Iraq to allow inspections of its presidential sites.
Butler, the Australian chairman of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) on disarming Iraq, arrived from Bahrain for his first visit since Iraq triggered a crisis over weapons inspections and sanctions when it decided in late October to expel US members of UNSCOM as spies.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 12/12
EXT UN base;
CU sign UN outside;
Richard Butler entering press room;
SOT UN disarmament chief Richard Butler (in English) "There had been difficulties in our achieving the access and I think there is a good base for conversation between the two sides... and see we do not get into crisis again...guarantee the access to UNSCOM...";
CA press;
SOT Butler continues (in English): " you will never find in the UNSC resolutions any references to the word residential site ..emerged in recent times from the Iraqi sides. We guide to the places where we have evidence. We simply know it is a given place where we have to go.. clarification we need to seek... no one is saying that because iraq is facing this regime.. no one is saying that Iraq does not have to defend itself, of course it has but UNSC is saying not weapons of mass destruction .. there has been reports by Iraq in the past..serious propaganda mistake";
CA press;
WS WS presser;
2.29
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(12 Dec 1997) T/I: 11:03:24
UN disarmament chief Richard Butler arrived in Baghdad Friday (12/12) hoping to convince Iraq to allow inspections of its presidential sites.
Butler, the Australian chairman of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) on disarming Iraq, arrived from Bahrain for his first visit since Iraq triggered a crisis over weapons inspections and sanctions when it decided in late October to expel US members of UNSCOM as spies.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 12/12
EXT UN base;
CU sign UN outside;
Richard Butler entering press room;
SOT UN disarmament chief Richard Butler (in English) "There had been difficulties in our achieving the access and I think there is a good base for conversation between the two sides... and see we do not get into crisis again...guarantee the access to UNSCOM...";
CA press;
SOT Butler continues (in English): " you will never find in the UNSC resolutions any references to the word residential site ..emerged in recent times from the Iraqi sides. We guide to the places where we have evidence. We simply know it is a given place where we have to go.. clarification we need to seek... no one is saying that because iraq is facing this regime.. no one is saying that Iraq does not have to defend itself, of course it has but UNSC is saying not weapons of mass destruction .. there has been reports by Iraq in the past..serious propaganda mistake";
CA press;
WS WS presser;
2.29
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Iraq - Arrival UN weapons chief Richard Butler
(22 Mar 1998) T/I 10:16:46
UN weapons chief Richard Butler arrived in Iraq on Sunday
(22/03) on his first visit since the Iraqi-UN accord on
inspections ...
(22 Mar 1998) T/I 10:16:46
UN weapons chief Richard Butler arrived in Iraq on Sunday
(22/03) on his first visit since the Iraqi-UN accord on
inspections of presidential sites.
The chairman of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) in charge
of disarming Iraq flew in to Habbaniya airport, west of Baghdad,
on a UN plane from Bahrain, where the Special Commission has a
support base.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 22/03
WS UN plane on tarmac;
WS plane;
MS plane door opening;
MS UN weapons chief Richard Butler out;
VS people greeting;
MS Butler chatting;
MS luggage out of cargo door;
Butler past camera;
CU Chinese diplomat;
SOT Richard Butler (in English): "I'm very pleased to be
here - since Kofi Annan's agreement with Iraq there is a new
spirit, a new cooperation - I'm looking forward to the talks and
seeing if the cooperation can grow - we start our meetings
tomorrow with the Iraqi officials - I feel very confident Thank
you";
CU Chinese diplomat;
MS Butler walks away;
WS Butler arrives at al-Rashid Hotel, up steps into hotel
declines comment.
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(22 Mar 1998) T/I 10:16:46
UN weapons chief Richard Butler arrived in Iraq on Sunday
(22/03) on his first visit since the Iraqi-UN accord on
inspections of presidential sites.
The chairman of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) in charge
of disarming Iraq flew in to Habbaniya airport, west of Baghdad,
on a UN plane from Bahrain, where the Special Commission has a
support base.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 22/03
WS UN plane on tarmac;
WS plane;
MS plane door opening;
MS UN weapons chief Richard Butler out;
VS people greeting;
MS Butler chatting;
MS luggage out of cargo door;
Butler past camera;
CU Chinese diplomat;
SOT Richard Butler (in English): "I'm very pleased to be
here - since Kofi Annan's agreement with Iraq there is a new
spirit, a new cooperation - I'm looking forward to the talks and
seeing if the cooperation can grow - we start our meetings
tomorrow with the Iraqi officials - I feel very confident Thank
you";
CU Chinese diplomat;
MS Butler walks away;
WS Butler arrives at al-Rashid Hotel, up steps into hotel
declines comment.
Runs 2.30
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