Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations Security Council
On February 5, 2003, the Secretary of State of the United States Colin Powell gave a PowerPoint presentation to the United Nations Security Council asserting that Iraq was in violation of UN Security Resolution 1441 and was in the process of producing chemical weapons of mass destruction. Powell stated that Iraq had repeatedly refused to work with inspectors from UNMOVIC and IAEA and citing U.S. intelligence reports, was producing WMD's and was involved with terrorism, all in violation of Resolution 1441.