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Dunne: Polarised UN needs middle way
Dunne: Polarised UN needs middle way
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says the United Nations Security Council is not being offered realistic options for settling the Iraq crisis.
"Neither the proposed USA/UK resolution nor the latest Franco/German/Russian plan offer a credible way forward to resolve the situation," he said.
"The USA/UK resolution is too blunt to be likely to gain the support of the Security Council, while the 5-month deadline proposed in the Franco/German/Russian plan is simply too long to be any form of disincentive for Iraq to heed the UN resolutions.
"What is needed," said Mr Dunne, "is a
resolution that spells out clearly the view that Iraq is in
material breach of Security Council resolution 1441 and that
it can expect the UN to mandate the use of force against
Iraq to disarm, unless it complies with the provisions of
resolution 1441 within 28 days."
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