One of the ways Al Jazeera creates problems is it will report news in a very skewed manner... basically telling the Arab world how to think about certain things. This time around it gave a more neutral report on the UN Iraq resolution. This could be very good for helping to stabilize Iraq.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5B6F8D34-6397-4485-B033-FF7B5E440692.htm
UN council okays Iraq resolution unanimously by
Tuesday 08 June 2004 9:24 PM GMT
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoghyar Zebari and UN boss Kofi Annan |
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously for a US-British resolution that formally ends the occupation of Iraq on June 30 and authorizes a US-led force to keep the peace.
"It means full sovereignty for Iraq. It means a new age in hopefully very pleasant Iraqi history," said Iraq's new interim president, Ghazi al-Yawar, who is visiting Washington.
The vote on Tuesday by the 15-nation council endorsed a "sovereign" interim Iraqi government and said the country's new leaders had the right to order the international troops to leave at any time.
The resolution makes clear the mandate of the multinational force commanded by the Americans would expire, in any case, by the end of January 2006.
"The significance of this resolution ... is to take away the concept of occupation, which I would say was the main reason for many of the difficulties that we have been going through since liberation," Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoghyar Zebari said in New York.
The resolution attempts to pave the way for democracy by giving a timetable for elections - not later than 31 January 2005.
It puts Iraq in charge of its oil proceeds and calls for the United Nations to help with elections, a constitution and many other tasks.
Contentious issue
Control of the 160,000 US-led troops was the most contentious issue in the resolution, which authorizes a multinational force under American command to "use all necessary measures" to prevent violence.
The United States pledged "partnership" and coordination with Iraq's leaders but did not agree to give Baghdad a virtual veto over major military offensives as France, Germany, Algeria and others had wanted.
However, the resolution gives the Iraqi interim government the right to order US troops to leave at any time and makes clear the mandate of the international force would expire by the end of January 2006.
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