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Un acknowledges council for iraq { August 14 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059479026457 http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059479026457 UN acknowledges council for Iraq By Jonathan Birchall at the United Nations in New York and Christopher Adams in London Published: August 14 2003 20:55 | Last Updated: August 14 2003 20:55 The United Nations Security Council on Thursday grudgingly recognised US and British efforts to re-establish a government in Iraq, in a resolution welcoming their appointment last month of a 25-member Iraqi governing council. US and British officials welcomed the move, which marks the first time the UN has formally acknowledged the existence of the governing council. The resolution, backed by 14 votes - with Syria alone abstaining - fell short of a full diplomatic endorsement of the body, while calling it "an important first step" towards the form ation of an internationally-recognised government in Iraq. The US-drafted measure also gives a 12-month mandate to a new UN Assistance Mission for Iraq to co-ordinate UN agencies' work in the country. Michel Duclos, France's deputy ambassador at the UN, said that while France had voted in favour of the resolution, it still believed that the UN should play a "primary role" in the ad ministration of Iraq. It believed that a formal timetable should be set up for the process of political transition in the country. US ambassador John Negroponte said he believed the resolution "hastened the day when the people of Iraq are in full command of their own affairs, a condition they have not known for some three decades". Diplomats said its adoption could also help ease the way for some countries, such as Turkey and India, which had been looking for UN endorsement before meeting US requests to send pe acekeeping troops. A Foreign Office official in London said Britain believed that previous resolutions gave "a full and important role" to the UN. "Other countries said they want some more UN cover part icipating and I'm sure we'll continue to discuss with them exactly what they have in mind. At the moment, there are no moves in New York to do that," the official said. But he added: "It is certainly the case we will want as broad an international coalition as possible in Iraq. We have to recognise that others want a broader UN role." The resolution also authorised the creation of a 300-strong UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) whose work is focused on humanitarian issues.

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