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January 16, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/16/international/middleeast/16PREX.html

U.S. Resisting Calls for Second UN Vote on War with Iraq

(New York Times)U.S. Resisting Calls for Second UN Vote on War with Iraq The Bush administration resisted calls by other nations Wednesday that it secure the explicit blessing of the UN Security Council before going to war with Iraq. In Moscow, the Russian foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, said that "a unilateral military operation against Baghdad that is not sanctioned by the UN Security Council is capable only of worsening the already difficult situation in the region." Faced with criticism from within his own Labour Party over joining the U.S. in a war without a new UN resolution, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, "Of course we all want a second UN resolution. I believe we will get one."

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