Blair backs US plans for post-war Iraq
The UK and US are in no mood of "rushing" back to the UN, after the lack of consensus with France and Russia.
The EU's plans to mend its relations with the US are threatened once again after the UK agreed that the US should administer a post-Saddam Iraq before handing the country over to the United Nations.
The EU hoped that its member states could at least arrive at a common position over the humanitarian aid to Iraq after the divided opinion between EU over the legitimacy of the US-led war on Iraq.
Whilst the UK and Spain gave their support, France and Germany fiercely opposed the bases of this war.
Moreover, France, Russia and Syria seem ready to block the United States and Britain from administering the humanitarian programs, when restarted after the war.
Working dinner in Camp David
At a working dinner at the US President's Camp David retreat on Wednesday, UK's Premier Tony Blair backed Washington's plans to install General Jay Garner as civil governor for the country in the short term, the Independent reported.
Mr Blair and US President Bush agreed that a new UN Security Council resolution would be needed to authorise an interim UN administration and release funds for reconstruction - but only after the military situation stabilised.
"The point is that we are in there in a military situation", Tony Blair said. "This is why this argument about the UN is premature. We are not at the point of discussing the details of this", the Telegraph said.
The US appears adamant of going its own way in the management of post-Saddam Iraq, even if for a short period.
US not to give UN total control over Iraq
"We and our allies have not taken over this burden so that in the end we will not be able to have consistent dominant control over the [Iraq] future", US secretary of State Colin Powell said before the Bush-Blair meeting. "We will not give over the total control of Iraq to the UN".
Invoking "the terrifying impact" of war on Iraq, grief for the dead and anguish for the living, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed on Wednesday to a divided Security Council to unite on a common purpose, and to the international community to respond swiftly and generously to a new "flash appeal" for humanitarian aid for the Iraqi people.
"All of us must regret that our intense efforts to achieve a peaceful solution, through this Council, did not succeed", Mr Annan told the 15-member body.
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