41. Iraq must fulfill United Nations resolutions on the arms inspections , the German leader said in a statement. 42. France wants to give Baghdad the chance to cooperate with U . N . arms inspections first. 43. He was referring to the chief of the U . N . arms inspection team for Iraq. 44. Despite mounting military threats, Iraq showed no sign of letting U . N . arms inspections resume. 45. The commission then stopped new arms inspections . 46. Iraq on Wednesday hardened its defiance of Security Council demands that it allow spot arms inspections to resume. 47. UNSCOM then stopped new arms inspections . 48. Iraq precipitated the standoff by expelling Americans on the U . N . arms inspection team in Iraq. 49. Since the spring of 1998, the United States has not pressed in the council for effective arms inspections . 50. U . N . officials list up to 63 sites where Iraq has barred or held up arms inspections .
