1.   Aziz claimed the draft resolution envisages the permanent separation of the Kurdish-controlled region in the north from the rest of Iraq.

2.   The resolution envisages in this event the UN troops having to be withdrawn.

3.   The resolution envisages the UN troops having to be withdrawn in the event of such a move.

4.   The UN resolution envisaged a referendum on the future of Kashmir, something that would be acceptable to Pakistan.