U.N. Sets Consultations on Iraq on Monday

reuters ^ | 3/16/03

[knak]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will hold consultations on Monday on a call by France, Russia and Germany for emergency U.N. talks this week on the Iraq crisis.

France, Russia and Germany issued a joint statement on Saturday in which they rejected the war option and proposed emergency talks among foreign ministers from the 15 U.N. Security Council countries in the wake of a report on arms inspection work set for Tuesday.

The U.N. consultations, which are regarded as routine under U.N. procedures, will be held at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT), a spokesman said on Sunday..

The consultations were announced as a crisis summit between President Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, was being held in the Azores.

Russia and France have the power to veto any further U.N. resolution allowing for war to start, and say they would use it. Germany is also a member of the Security Council but not one of the five permanent members with veto rights.

[knak]

what exactly do they hope to accomplish?

[LisaAnne]

What they have always accomplished, Nothing.

[snooker]

<<<Russia and France have the power to veto any further U.N. resolution allowing for war to start,

Looks like a small and short meeting.

snooker

[ErnBatavia]

Well, there's no need for the attendance of members of the Coalition of the Willing.

[goldstategop]

They hope the declaration from the Four at Azores is just for the TV cameras and is not serious. The UN is the last place where people are in a hurry to act on threats to the peace of the world. Which is just as well when you consider the quintessential definition of a diplomat is someone paid to put off decisions...

[Blue Collar Christian]

And this concerns whom?

[knak]

I thought it was funny!!!

[guitfiddlist]

(Sorry for the length of this post - but it is so apropos)

Scene 23: The People's Front Engage in Frantic Discourse

REG: Right. Now, uh, item four: attainment of world supremacy within the next five years. Uh, Francis, you've been doing some work on this.

FRANCIS: Yeah. Thank you, Reg. Well, quite frankly, siblings, I think five years is optimistic, unless we can smash the Roman empire within the next twelve months.

REG: Twelve months?

FRANCIS: Yeah, twelve months. And, let's face it. As empires go, this is the big one, so we've got to get up off our arses and stop just talking about it!

COMMANDOS: Hear! Hear!

LORETTA: I agree. It's action that counts, not words, and we need action now.

COMMANDOS: Hear! Hear!

REG: You're right. We could sit around here all day talking, passing resolutions, making clever speeches. It's not going to shift one Roman soldier!

FRANCIS: So, let's just stop gabbing on about it. It's completely pointless and it's getting us nowhere!

COMMANDOS: Right!

LORETTA: I agree. This is a complete waste of time.

bam

JUDITH: They've arrested Brian!

REG: What?

COMMANDOS: What?

JUDITH: They've dragged him off! They're going to crucify him!

REG: Right! This calls for immediate discussion!

COMMANDO #1: Yeah.

JUDITH: What?!

COMMANDO #2: Immediate.

COMMANDO #1: Right.

LORETTA: New motion?

REG: Completely new motion, eh, that, ah-- that there be, ah, immediate action--

FRANCIS: Ah, once the vote has been taken.

REG: Well, obviously once the vote's been taken. You can't act another resolution till you've voted on it...

JUDITH: Reg, for God's sake, let's go now!

REG: Yeah. Yeah.

JUDITH: Please!

REG: Right. Right.

FRANCIS: Fine.

REG: In the-- in the light of fresh information from, ahh, sibling Judith--

LORETTA: Ah, not so fast, Reg.

JUDITH: Reg, for God's sake, it's perfectly simple. All you've got to do is to go out of that door now, and try to stop the Romans' nailing him up! It's happening, Reg! Something's actually happening, Reg! Can't you understand?! Ohhh!

slam

REG: Hm. Hm.

FRANCIS: Oh, dear.

REG: Hello. Another little ego trip for the feminists.

LORETTA: What?

FRANCIS: whistling

REG: Oh, sorry, Loretta. Ahh, oh, read that back, would you?

[Judith Anne]

It's outside the 24 hour limit President Bush just gave, q.e.d. it's irrelevant. ;-D

[Blue Collar Christian]

Me too. Thanx. BCC

[dinok]

The France, Russia, Iraq camp are acting like todays conferance did not hapen. 3:00pm New York time places their meeting 1 hour after the 2:00pm deadline set byt he Azores 4.

The Frecnh and their buddies have started a new Cold War over Iraq. I hope they are happy with themselfes.

[RightWhale]

. . . emergency talks . . . regarded as routine under U.N. procedures . . .

Keystone Cops

[Texas Eagle]

May a curse be on all their moustaches.

[swaimh]

UN "authorization" for war with Iraq:

United Nations Security Council Resolution #678 authorizes UN Member States "to use all necessary means to uphold and implement resolution 660 and all subsequent relevant resolutions and to restore international peace and security in the area."

sounds to me like we have the UN "authority" with us already.

*resolution 660 dealt with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

[WSGilcrest]

Deniece Williams

Guess it’s over, call it a day
Sorry that it had to end this way
No reason to pretend
We knew it had to end someday
This way

Guess it’s over, the kids are gone
What’s the use of trying to hang on
Somewhere we lost the key
So little left for you and me
And it’s clear to see

Too much, too little, too late to lie again with you
Too much, too little, too late to try again with you
We’re in the middle of ending something that we knew
Was over {Oh, it was over}

Too much, too little, too late to ever try again
Too much, too little, too late, let’s end at being friends
Too much, too little, too late, we knew it had to end
And it’s over (It’s over)

Guess it’s over, the chips are down (Whoa, babe)
Pity all our bridges tumbled down
Whatever chance we try, let’s face it widened eye
It’s over {It’s over}, it’s over {Oh...ho...}

Too much, too little, too late to ever try again
Too much, too little, too late, let’s end at being friends
Too much, too little, too late, we knew it had to end
And it’s over {And it’s over}, it’s over {And it’s over}

Too much, too little, too late to ever try again
Too much, too little, too late, let’s end at being friends
Too much, too little, too late, we knew it had to end

[LayoutGuru2]

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[demlosers]

It starts the 18th.