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UN draft resolution falls short of expectations: Council
Baghdad, May 25: The President of the Iraqi Governing Council said today that a US-British blueprint for a post-occupation Iraq submitted to the UN Security Council falls short of Iraqi expectation.
Baghdad, May 25: The President of the Iraqi Governing Council said today that a US-British blueprint for a post-occupation Iraq submitted to the UN Security Council falls short of Iraqi expectation.
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer did not elaborate when he spoke to reporters after a meeting of the US-appointed body. He said the council welcomed President George W. Bush's
statement yesterday night at the army war college that the occupation will end on June 30 as expected.
Council members also discussed the draft proposal submitted to the Security Council by the United States and Britain yesterday.
"We found it less than our expectations," al-Yawer said.
He said he hoped that input from the Governing Council would be incorporated into the final version of the resolution.
In a statement, the Governing Council said it wanted to discuss full Iraqi control of "the activities of the Iraqi armed forces and security forces," as well as over oil reserves and the Iraqi development fund, established last year by the United States to use oil revenues to pay for reconstruction.
Council member Mahmoud Othman told that the Iraqis were frustrated by the absence of Iraqi input in the drafting of the joint UN resolution and that foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari would travel to New York to raise Iraqi concerns to Security Council ambassadors.
Bureau Report
Council members also discussed the draft proposal submitted to the Security Council by the United States and Britain yesterday.
"We found it less than our expectations," al-Yawer said.
He said he hoped that input from the Governing Council would be incorporated into the final version of the resolution.
In a statement, the Governing Council said it wanted to discuss full Iraqi control of "the activities of the Iraqi armed forces and security forces," as well as over oil reserves and the Iraqi development fund, established last year by the United States to use oil revenues to pay for reconstruction.
Council member Mahmoud Othman told that the Iraqis were frustrated by the absence of Iraqi input in the drafting of the joint UN resolution and that foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari would travel to New York to raise Iraqi concerns to Security Council ambassadors.
Bureau Report