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Powell Working to Put Teeth in U.N. Iraq Resolution
Monday, September 16, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

The United Nations should not negotiate with Iraq, Powell said. "The Iraqi regime, Saddam Hussein, knows what he has to do," he said. "It's been out there for years. So we don't need to give them a lot of time, because we are not entering into a negotiation."

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have said time and again that the war on terrorism will be fought on many fronts. Now, it is diplomacy's chance to lead the charge.

Secretary of State Colin Powell is in New York negotiating with U.N. Security Council partners for a U.N. resolution condemning Iraq for failing to live up to agreements and setting a timetable for compliance.

Powell, a retired Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said any security resolution must have three elements. The first is "a clear recognition that Saddam Hussein is in material breach of all the obligations that he entered into as a result of these many U.N. resolutions," he said Sept. 15 on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The second element of any resolution has to be what action Iraq must take to mend this breach. Third, the United Nations must spell out what it will do if Saddam Hussein does not comply.
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