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To: calgal who wrote (227)	12/20/2003 12:56:08 AM
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U.N. Presses U.S. to Meet on Iraq Role By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan tried Friday to persuade President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell to send a delegation from the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq to a meeting aimed at clarifying the U.N. role in helping rebuild the country. Annan called for the Jan. 15 meeting to get specific answers about what the Iraqi Governing Council or the U.S.-led coalition expect from the United Nations before a provisional government takes power in Iraq in June. The Bush administration has repeatedly said it wants the world body to play "a vital role" in Iraq, but the November agreement between the coalition and the council on the timetable for a provisional government and elections by the end of 2005 does not mention the United Nations. Annan has said he is certain the Governing Council would attend the Jan. 15 meeting to discuss the specifics of the U.N. role, but preliminary consultations with the coalition have just started. Annan spoke with Bush and Powell on Friday and neither the president nor the secretary of state committed to sending a coalition delegation, U.N. and diplomats sources said on condition of anonymity. AP VIDEO Saddam family demands international trial instead of tribunal AP VIDEO Troops fire on pro-Saddam demonstrators AP VIDEO Saddam Hussein captured alive Interactives The Final Hideout Tribes of Iraq Bio of Saddam Hussein Photo Gallery: After the Capture Shoulder Fired Missiles Reconstruction of Iraq Coalition Casualties Understanding Islam Recent Stories U.N. Presses U.S. to Meet on Iraq Role A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Bremer Says He Was Unhurt in Iraq Ambush Baker Plans More Iraq Debt Relief Trips Why Did the West Lend So Much to Iraq? Iraq Rations Gasoline to Offset Shortage Iraqi Wants Local Judges to Try Saddam Russia Links Iraq Debt Relief, Companies AP Poll Finds Majority Back War in Iraq Reserve Unit Awaits OK to Use Steel Armor Ex-Atty. General Would Aid Saddam Defense Ex-Nicaragua Leader Voices Saddam Support Saddam's Daughter Cried at Dad's Capture U.S. Says Catching Bin Laden Difficult Saddam's Arrest Brings Humiliation Debate State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said a decision has not been made. "We're in discussions with officials at the U.N. and the secretary-general to get a better idea of what specifically they have in mind and how specifically that could contribute to the goals that we all share," Ereli said. The United States views the U.N. role in Iraq as an issue between the United Nations and the Governing Council - not the coalition. "We certainly welcome a dialogue between the U.N. and the Iraqis that would lead to a closer on-the-ground working relationship in Iraq itself," Ereli said. "And we would certainly be willing to play a supportive role in that process." But Annan insists it must be "a three-way conversation," and it is unclear whether he would accept the coalition in a supporting role. The Bush administration has been pressing for a quick return of the U.N.'s international staff to Baghdad, and has made clear it wants to hand over administration of the country to Iraqis as quickly as possible. The secretary-general pulled all U.N. international staff out of Iraq in October after two bombings at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad and a series of attacks on humanitarian organizations. Annan considers the security situation in the country too dangerous for their return but believes the United Nations can do a lot from outside Iraq. Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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