failed to break the impasse over France's insistence that Iraq's transition to self-rule be overseen by the United Nations
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France is seeking the immediate establishment of an Iraqi interim government that would report to the Security Council, not to the occupation authority, and it also wants the Security Council to oversee a process of writing a constitution by the end of this year and holding elections next spring.
Mr. Powell said the American proposal to have the 25-member Iraqi Governing Council report back to the Security Council on its own timetable for self-government had "received positive responses from everyone."
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Mr. Annan called the meeting today and said it had been constructive.
He characterized the session as "a very good meeting" that would lead eventually to a unified approach on Iraq. He said it was not a matter of getting the United Nations to exercise sovereignty in Iraq but of the United Nations helping Iraq exercise its own sovereignty.
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Mr. Pachachi, in an interview, said after meeting with Mr. Powell that the differences among Security Council members could be bridged. But he said the French demand that an Iraqi interim government take over sovereignty in a month "is a little too optimistic."
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Diplomats involved in the negotiations today said there might be some way of bridging the difference between France and the United States. They said that, in contrast to the dispute before the war in Iraq, Germany and Russia were trying to serve as mediators.
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...there was an emerging consensus that France's demand for a complete United Nations takeover was unrealistic ? in part because the United Nations was not eager to assume the job.
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Quite an interesting read on what it's going to take to get the UN, US, and France to agree. There are more articles out there on this "summit" type meeting but this one painted a good overall picture(IMO).
CkG
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France is seeking the immediate establishment of an Iraqi interim government that would report to the Security Council, not to the occupation authority, and it also wants the Security Council to oversee a process of writing a constitution by the end of this year and holding elections next spring.
Mr. Powell said the American proposal to have the 25-member Iraqi Governing Council report back to the Security Council on its own timetable for self-government had "received positive responses from everyone."
...
Mr. Annan called the meeting today and said it had been constructive.
He characterized the session as "a very good meeting" that would lead eventually to a unified approach on Iraq. He said it was not a matter of getting the United Nations to exercise sovereignty in Iraq but of the United Nations helping Iraq exercise its own sovereignty.
...
Mr. Pachachi, in an interview, said after meeting with Mr. Powell that the differences among Security Council members could be bridged. But he said the French demand that an Iraqi interim government take over sovereignty in a month "is a little too optimistic."
...
Diplomats involved in the negotiations today said there might be some way of bridging the difference between France and the United States. They said that, in contrast to the dispute before the war in Iraq, Germany and Russia were trying to serve as mediators.
...
...there was an emerging consensus that France's demand for a complete United Nations takeover was unrealistic ? in part because the United Nations was not eager to assume the job.
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Quite an interesting read on what it's going to take to get the UN, US, and France to agree. There are more articles out there on this "summit" type meeting but this one painted a good overall picture(IMO).
CkG
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