There were a lot of open questions at the end of 1998, which were registered by UNSCOM [the U.N. Special Commission] and also by the air-marine report. ... And these have not been answered by evidence in the new declaration. And this we are pointing out. We would need -- the absence of that evidence means, of course, that one cannot have confidence that there do not remain weapons of mass destruction.  -   Hans Blix     Quotes
There were a lot of open questions at the end of 1998, which were registered by UNSCOM [the U.N. Special Commission] and also by the air-marine report. ... And these have not been answered by evidence in the new declaration. And this we are pointing out. We would need -- the absence of that evidence means, of course, that one cannot have confidence that there do not remain weapons of mass destruction. Hans Blix