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Annan: Broader U.N. role possible
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) –In a veiled reference to the role of the U.S. occupation in Iraq, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said a resolution for a broader multi-national role under a U.N. mandate is possible, but only if decision-making is shared among the countries that commit their resources.
“If that doesn’t happen,” Annan told reporters, “I think it’s going to be very difficult” to get a resolution that will “satisfy everybody.”
Other countries on the Security Council have been calling for the United States and Britain to make power-sharing concessions. But U.S. administration sources told CNN that the White House, which favors a widening of responsibility in Iraq for other countries, intends to maintain its primary military or political control of the post-war transition.
More at:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/22/sprj.irq.annan.straw
