U.N. Has Secret Plan For Post-War Iraq
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 11:18 pm
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. has secretly drawn up a plan to establish a post-Saddam Hussein government in Iraq.
That's according to the London Times, which reports the 60-page plan was ordered by a Canadian deputy of Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The paper says the plan calls for the U.N. to step in about three months after successful U.S.-led military action to oust Saddam. The world body would steer Iraq toward self-government -- a scenario similar to what's going on in Afghanistan right now.
The plan reportedly resists British pressure to set up a full-scale U.N. administration. And it says the U.N. should avoid taking direct control of Iraqi oil or staging elections under U.S. military occupation.
Instead, it calls for a U.N. assistance mission to help Iraq establish a new regime. And it calls for the U.N. to immediately appoint a senior official as U.N. special representative in post-war Iraq.
That's according to the London Times, which reports the 60-page plan was ordered by a Canadian deputy of Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The paper says the plan calls for the U.N. to step in about three months after successful U.S.-led military action to oust Saddam. The world body would steer Iraq toward self-government -- a scenario similar to what's going on in Afghanistan right now.
The plan reportedly resists British pressure to set up a full-scale U.N. administration. And it says the U.N. should avoid taking direct control of Iraqi oil or staging elections under U.S. military occupation.
Instead, it calls for a U.N. assistance mission to help Iraq establish a new regime. And it calls for the U.N. to immediately appoint a senior official as U.N. special representative in post-war Iraq.
