From “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary” ordered by the UK House of Commons to be printed on July 6, 2016: “29. After prolonged discussion about the way ahead, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1284 in December 1999, although China, France and Russia abstained.
30. The resolution established:
• a new inspectorate, the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) (which Dr Hans Blix was subsequently appointed to lead);
• a timetable to identify and agree a work programme; and
• the principle that, if the inspectors reported co-operation in key areas, that would lead to the suspension of economic sanctions.
31. Resolution 1284 described Iraq’s obligations to comply with the disarmament standards of resolution 687 and other related resolutions as the ‘governing standard of Iraqi compliance’; and provided that the Security Council would decide what was required of Iraq for the implementation of each task and that it should be ‘clearly defined and precise’.”
– Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, Dec. 17, 1999 dated from UN.org