FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER IN FRONT OF COVERED ARTWORK, 2003-02-05 (photo)

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin (L) speaks to reporters with Jean-Marc de la Sabliere (R), France's Ambassador to the United Nations, at his side at the United Nations in New York City February 5, 2003. The men are standing in front of a blue cloth and flags that were used to cover a tapestry of "Guernica" the celebrated Picasso anti-war masterpiece. The tapestry hangs outside the U.N. Security Council, where U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was presenting the U.S. case that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction and war may be needed to make sure it disarms. REUTERS/Brian Snyder BS/TRA