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  • U.N. members want meeting on Iraq plan [Open session]

    10/11/2002 12:16:36 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 2 replies · 115+ views
    Associated Press | October 11, 2002 | EDITH M. LEDERER
    UNITED NATIONS - Some 130 nations pressing for a peaceful solution in Iraq asked the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to hold an emergency open meeting before it votes on a new resolution that could authorize military action against Saddam Hussein's government. The move by the Nonaligned Movement, whose members are mainly from developing countries, would put the U.S. and British demands for military authorization under a microscope by shifting what have been closed-door talks into a public format. Council members supported the request for an open meeting and council president Martin Belinga-Eboutou told members he would set a...