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...Mazen) and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have scheduled this watershed conference to discuss an action plan on the “Road Map to Peace” issued two weeks ago by the U.S. along with the other members of the so-called Quartet—Russia, the UN...
...approximately 49,000 U.S. troops in the Baghdad area right now hadn't planned on deploying them in the mundane day-to-day policing role that goes with being an occupier. And while the word "liberator" may be preferred for domestic consumption, Washington is in fact asking the UN Security Council recognition of the U.S. and Britain as "occupying powers" in Iraq, with all the attendant responsibilities under the Geneva Convention - including direct responsibility for maintaining security...
Friday the UN Security Council receives a draft resolution from the U.S. proposing an end to sanctions against Iraq. Although the proposal offers the UN various advisory roles, Iraq's day-to-day affairs and its immediate political future would be determined by the U.S.-led coalition. France and Russia are expected to hold out for a more direct UN role in overseeing the creation of an Iraqi government...
...current sanctions regime and the oil-for-food program make it illegal to sell (or buy) Iraqi oil on the open market, and UN legal control over the country's oil revenues is the only leverage left to Security Council members who opposed the war. Russian and French economic interests could also be jeopardized if the sanctions were lifted on terms that allowed the U.S. and its partners, or an Iraqi government of their creation, to award oil contracts. On the basis of current Security Council resolutions, the sanctions can only be lifted once UN arms inspectors certify that Iraq...
...very idea of a UN mandate for postwar Iraq may sound somewhat anachronistic in light of the military realities there, but it remains a significant goal not only because President Bush promised his European coalition partners before the war that the UN's blessing would be sought for postwar arrangements, but because it remains key to convincing other governments to share the economic and military load of getting Iraq back on its feet. Some 15 countries sent representatives to a meeting in London Thursday to discuss sending troops for an international stabilization force being initiated by Washington. But some...