¡¡¡¡UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said Wednesday that Baghdad could still do more to divulge additional information on weapons of mass destruction.

¡¡¡¡"If you ask are they proactive? I say no, I don't think they have come to that stage yet," Hans Blix, executive chairman of theUN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), told reporters upon his return to the UN headquarters in New York.

¡¡¡¡"But they have been prompt in opening practically all the siteswe wanted to come to," he added, although inspectors have found other things that are less satisfactory, including lack of access for private interviews with Iraqi scientists.

¡¡¡¡Earlier this week, Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), spent two days in Baghdad for discussions on the inspection process so far and to clarify a number of other issues.

¡¡¡¡On the recent discovery of undeclared empty chemical warheads, the chief UN inspector said Iraq has appointed a commission of inquiry to look into other weapons stores that may not have been included in the arms declaration that was turned over to the UN onDec. 7.

¡¡¡¡"The warheads should have been declared, and of course, as I have said, are these just pieces of ice that have been broken up or pieces of an iceberg," Blix said.

¡¡¡¡"If we have the proactive cooperation, if they really make an effort, we do not need so much time as in 1991. If you do not havethat cooperation, it can drag out," he said, responding to a question about the length of time needed for the inspections.

¡¡¡¡The chief inspectors are due to fill a formal report to the UN Security Council on Monday on inspection activities on the ground.Enditem

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