VOL. XLIV

No. 22

28-May-2001

IRAQ

UK Resolution Aims To Enhance Iraqi Containment By Rallying Neighbors Support

The UK draft resolution on Iraq, presented to the Security Council on 22 May, recognizes implicitly that the overthrow of the Iraqi regime is not possible, that its rehabilitation is not viable and that the continued erosion of economic sanctions will render containment useless. Accordingly, the resolution proposes to strengthen restrictions on Iraq by rallying its neighbors around...