EU Leaders Want New U.N. Iraq Resolution

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EU Leaders Want New U.N. Iraq Resolution



Mar 26, 4:16 PM (ET)

By PAUL GEITNER

(AP) Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, left, talks to his Spanish counterpart Jose-Maria Aznar during a...
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - European Union leaders pushed Friday for a new U.N. Security Council resolution to expand the United Nations' role in Iraq ahead of the U.S. handover of sovereignty, but they left the details vague.

The "Big Three" leaders of Germany, Britain and France, meanwhile, revealed they would hold their own get-together on homeland security after the adoption of new EU anti-terrorism measures.

The Iraq declaration adopted at the end of a two-day summit did not directly link a new U.N. resolution to a willingness to supply peacekeepers for the Iraq mission.

It stated that EU leaders "look forward to the U.N. playing a vital and growing role endorsed by the U.N. Security Council in the run-up to transition and beyond."

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