1. Any calls for a new U.N. resolution are largely political posturing. 2. American officials say they do not need any new resolution to take military action against Iraq, even unilaterally. 3. Bolting it down means taking up a suggestion by the French government that the Annan-Iraq deal be codified in a new resolution by the UN Security Council. 4. A new resolution is needed to extend the agreement. 5. A new resolution is calling on Secretary-General Kofi Annan to enforce the December vote. 6. Albright also asserted the United States can take military action without the U.N. Security Council passing a new resolution authorizing the use of force. 7. Calls for a new resolution applying to the airfields in Serbian-held Croatia came after the attack on Bihac on Friday. 8. Creating a weapons exclusion zone that would stretch over Croatian territory would require a new Security Council resolution, U.N. officials here said. 9. Depending on how it goes, Republicans may introduce a new continuing resolution to reopen government. 10. For those reasons, Hussein strongly opposes the new resolution. |
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