UNSCOM: CHRONOLOGY OF MAIN EVENTS

27 Mar 1996 Security Council resolution 1051(1996), approves the export/import monitoring mechanism for Iraq and demands that Iraq meet unconditionally all its obligations under the mechanism and cooperate fully with the Special Commission and the Director-General of the IAEA.

May-Jun 1996 UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main facility for the production of biological warfare agents.

Jun 1996        Iraq denies UNSCOM teams access to sites under investigation for their involvement in the "concealment mechanism" for proscribed items.