Many U.N. Council Members Want to Hear From New Iraqi Leaders, Still Want

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Many U.N. Council Members Want to Hear From New Iraqi Leaders, Still Want Changes in Resolution

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Key Security Council members said Wednesday they still were not satisfied with a revised U.N. resolution on Iraq and want more changes and ideas from its interim leaders and U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

Russia and Germany added their concerns to those expressed earlier by China, France, Algeria and Chile.

The United States and Britain circulated the revised blueprint Tuesday on the end of their occupation and hand over sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government June 30, addressing two issues raised by council members.

It would give the new government control of the Iraqi army and police, and would end the mandate for a multinational force by January 2006. The original draft did not address the issue of control of Iraqi security forces or include an end to the force's mandate. snip

China, Algeria, Chile, France and others said the relationship between the multinational force and the interim government isn't spelled out clearly enough in the revised draft.


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