This meant providing missing details of prohibited weapons programs and accepting long-term industrial monitoring.

Mr. Zifferero said the Iraqis, who have not officially accepted long-term monitoring, have been cooperative in practical terms.

After an initial period of suspicion, the parties came to accept monitoring as routine.

It also requested that both parties accept independent monitoring of the flow of gas in the pipelines.

It refuses to accept monitoring or reveal its foreign suppliers.

It wanted economic sanctions eased before it would accept monitoring.

The economic sanctions imposed on Iraq have finally forced Saddam Hussein to accept international monitoring designed to keep Iraq from producing weapons of mass destruction.

The storm forced the department to accept federal monitoring of its traffic stops and led to the resignation of a superintendent, Carl A. Williams.

Verification issues could prove difficult, but both sides seem ready to accept extensive monitoring.

Iraq has blocked the commission from installing monitoring cameras at the sites and refuses to accept long-term monitoring of its military industries.