November 9, 2005
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UN renews mandate for U.S.-led Iraq force (Warren Hoge, NOVEMBER 9, 2005, The New York Times)
The Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a one-year renewal of the United Nations mandate for the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq.
The resolution, sponsored by Britain, Denmark, Japan, Romania and the United States, extends the mandate until Dec. 31, 2006, but calls for a review of the decision by June 15, 2006, and allows for the termination of the mandate at any point if Iraq requests it.
The review clause was added as a compromise with the demands of France and Russia, which initially asked that the term be extended only six months, rather than a year.
The drawing-up of the measure was remarkably free of disputes on an issue that two years ago deeply divided the Security Council and threw relations between the United Nations and United States into turmoil.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 9, 2005 2:14 PM
Comments
Anyone think awareness of such a resolution exceeds 5% of the general population?
Posted by: Rick T. at November 9, 2005 2:27 PMThe US involvement in Iraq is now part of the status quo. There are no dogs left in the hunt to oppose it. Everyone is conserving their strengths for the fights ahead concerning the Assad regime in Syria and Iran's nuclear program.
Posted by: Chris Durnell at November 9, 2005 4:06 PMSince when do we need a United Nations mandate to do something?
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at November 9, 2005 6:02 PM
jd:
We didn't, did we? The point is that once we demonstrated we didn't they had to give it.
Posted by: oj at November 9, 2005 6:03 PMJune 15, 2006 - in time for the '06 elections. So if the UN says get out and the US does that help or hurt Bush/GOP in the '06 elections?
Posted by: AWW at November 9, 2005 11:27 PM