UN set to extend Iraq assistance mission

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UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council is expected on Thursday to prolong by one year the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, diplomatic sources said.

The mandate of the mission, created on August 14, 2003, expires Friday.

A diplomatic source said the resolution to extend would be co-sponsored by all 15 Security Council members, suggesting a unanimous vote.

The council's current president, Russian Ambassador Andrei Denissov, said the vote will take place early Thursday.

The resolution needs a minimum of nine votes to pass. Any of the five permanent council members, the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China, could veto it.

The proposed resolution, obtained by AFP, states that the Security Council is "reaffirming that the United Nations (news - web sites) should play a leading role in assisting the Iraqi people and government in the formation of institutions for representative government."

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[acmavm]

1. Why don't they just that the US and Britain will be forced to play the

ONLY role in assisting the Iraqi people. Because that's exactly how it's gonna be (until the British kick Blair out of their government for dragging the into this shit).

This is sort of a sick joke in a way.