Rolf Ekéus
Rolf Ekéus | |
|---|---|
 Ekéus in 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1935 Kristinehamn, Sweden |
Carl Rolf Ekéus (born 7 July 1935) is a Swedish diplomat. From 1978 to 1983, he was a representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and he has worked on various other disarmament committees and commissions.
Between 1991 and 1997 he was director of the
United Nations Special Commission on Iraq, the United Nations disarmament observers in Iraq after the Gulf War. In late July 2002 he reportedly said in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper that during his time in this position he attempted to resist attempts by the United States to use the commission to perform espionage. His successor as director was Richard Butler
.
The journalist
weapons of mass destruction. Despite Ekéus' belief that Iraq was nearly certifiable as being free of such weapons, US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced that United Nations sanctions would not be lifted until such time as Hussein was no longer in power.[1]
Ekéus later became Sweden's ambassador to the United States and the chairman of the board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
According to the journalist
bribe of a million and a half dollars to change his inspection report. That was going on throughout the entire process. Rolf wouldn't, of course, agree to take it, but if they were asking him, it means they were asking everybody."[2] The story has also been covered by The Telegraph.[3]
In January 2000, Ekéus was nominated to head the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspections Commission (
was appointed instead.Ekéus was
non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
, materials and delivery vehicles.
References
- ^ "Iraq's WMD myth: why Clinton is culpable".
- ^ "Interview with Christopher Hitchens". The Hugh Hewitt Show. 21 June 2006.
- ^ Harris, Francis. "Saddam's $2m offer to WMD inspector". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 March 2005.
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
