The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said his inspectors have found no evidence prohibited nuclear activities in Iraq but urged Baghdad to co-operate fully and actively to speed up the inspection process.
"We have to date found no evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear or nuclear-related activities in Iraq," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Dr Mohamed ElBaradei said in a report to the UN Security Council on weapons inspections in Iraq.
Speaking after Dr Hans Blix he said: "However ... a number of issues are still under investigation."
Dr ElBaradei said the agency may never be able to reach a final conclusion on 32 tons of the high-explosive HMX, which Iraq said was for use in quarrying.
He also said documents on Iraq's post-1998 nuclear program which Iraqi officials handed over last week contained no new information that would help clarify inspectors' questions related to Iraqi nuclear weapons design.