Time for Bush to heed UN

Hans Blix told the UN Security Council yesterday that after a period of reluctance, Iraq has accelerated its co-operation with the arms inspection teams since the end of January.

Although he indicated that there is further room for improvement, he was quite upbeat in his assessment.

Dr Blix had already presented the council with a 167-page report but he emphasised that since it was drawn up more than a week earlier, there has been a further increase in the extent of co-operation.