国こく際さい連れん合ごう大たい量りょう破は壊かい兵へい器き廃はい棄き特とく別べつ委い員いん会かい

noun

United Nations Special Commission; UNSCOM

Refers specifically to the UN body established after the Gulf War to oversee the elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The full Japanese name is rarely used in everyday conversation; the abbreviation UNSCOM or the shorter 国連大量破壊兵器廃棄特別委員会 may be encountered.

• 国こく際さい連れん合ごう大たい量りょう破は壊かい兵へい器き廃はい棄き特とく別べつ委い員いん会かいは、イラクの大たい量りょう破は壊かい兵へい器きの査さ察さつを行おこなった。

  The United Nations Special Commission conducted inspections of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.