U.S., Russia at Odds Over Iraq Sanctions
The U.S. dismissed Russia’s proposals to lift sanctions against Iraq, but also said it had problems with a more amenable and detailed British-Dutch draft resolution concerning U.N. policy toward Baghdad. Britain and the Netherlands distributed a draft that would abolish the U.N. Special Commission in charge of Iraqi disarmament and replace it. In contrast, Russia’s shorter resolution would leave the future of the commission to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and lift all economic sanctions in stages, except an arms embargo.
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