After a hiatus of approximately four years in the arms inspections, Iraq took the initiative of resuming dialogue with the Secretary-General with a view to resolving the outstanding issues that stood in the way of resumption of inspections and to completing the remaining tasks.
在武器视察中断四年之后，伊拉克主动恢复与秘书长的对话，以便解决恢复视察和完成剩余任务方面存在的未决问题。