Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq

UNMOVIC/IAEA

January 22, 2003

- An UNMOVIC team of missile experts traveled 38 km southwest of Baghdad to inspect the Bader State Establishment. This is a tool, die and moulds factory that produces small components for the Al Fatah and Al Samoud missiles.

An UNMOVIC biological team inspected the Baghdad Institute of Technology in Zaafaraniyah, about 10 km southeast of Baghdad, to verify the declaration on the site.

A Mosul-based multidisciplinary team inspected the Qayyarah Petroleum Refinery, located 80 km south of Mosul.

One IAEA team held a meeting and performed an inspection at the Iraq Geological Survey Headquarters in Baghdad. Another IAEA team performed a motorized radiation survey of areas to the north of Baghdad.

One UNMOVIC multidisciplinary team was in Basra today.