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Bush, Brown Back UN Iraq Force

Security Council resolution could mark beginning of exit strategy

Posted Aug 3, 2007 8:09 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The US and UK have circulated a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that would greatly increase the UN's role in Iraq, writes the Times of London. The resolution follows Bush and Brown's meeting at Camp David and is seen as a step towards an exit strategy from Iraq for the two countries.

The UN, long sidelined in Iraq, would gain new responsibilities ranging from fostering reconciliation among political opponents to settling border disputes. Britain has supported greater UN involvement for years, and American ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has recognized that only the UN has the "unmatched convening power" to bring factions together.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown answers questions from the press after addressing a meeting in the Dag Hammarskjold Library of the United Nations, at U.N. headquarters Tuesday morning July 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown answers questions from the press after addressing a meeting in the Dag Hammarskjold Library of the United Nations, at U.N. headquarters Tuesday morning July 31, 2007....   (Associated Press)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, shakes hands with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an early morning meeting at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, July 31, 2007 (AP Photo/David Karp)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, shakes hands with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an early morning meeting at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, July 31, 2007 (AP Photo/David Karp)   (Associated Press)
A french Blue Helmet watches as Part of the 170 French soldiers and equipment, the first wave of some 2,000 pledged by France, arrive at United Nations Interim Force in Naqoura in southern Lebanon as part of the new international force dubbed UNIFIL II.
A french Blue Helmet watches as Part of the 170 French soldiers and equipment, the first wave of some 2,000 pledged by France, arrive at United Nations Interim Force in Naqoura in southern Lebanon as...   (United Nations)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown answers questions from the press after addressing a meeting in the Dag Hammarskjold Library of the United Nations, at U.N. headquarters Tuesday morning July 31, 2007. (AP Photo/David Karp)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown answers questions from the press after addressing a meeting in the Dag Hammarskjold Library of the United Nations, at U.N. headquarters Tuesday morning July 31, 2007....   (Associated Press)
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