As for American concerns about the Security Council, they look ill-founded: the Dayton accords were signed even though all the leaders involved in the Bosnian conflict were explicitly denied immunity from prosecution for war crimes (by the Americans themselves).
Well I think apart from we don't know exactly what the Committee actually does cos again it's not been spelt out, what we would like to do is, is something which certainly takes its inspiration from the American model of a National Security Council.
One idea is that France should set up a National Defence and Security Council, loosely modelled on the American version, to co-ordinate domestic and foreign security.
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In the run-up to the war, Aznar and Bush lobbied two Latin American countries with seats on the Security Council -- Mexico and Chile -- to support a resolution calling for enforcement of U.N. demands that Iraq disarm, which was co-sponsored by the United States, Spain and Britain.
For good reasons: the Central American country has gained international weight and recognition after benefiting from widespread Latin American mistrust against Venezuelan representation in the United Nation Security Council.
Just before Mr Blix addressed the Security Council this week, he accused American officials of trying to discredit his team in an attempt to win support for the war.
When they try to raise such matters at the Security Council, they say, they face an American veto.
The FBI raised concerns with Homeland Security officials in March after discovering that Gill had failed to list on security clearance documents his work in 2001 with the American Muslim Council, the officials said.
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" Ms. Jacoby cites unnamed officials as saying the temporary removal occurred when "the FBI raised concerns with Homeland Security officials...after discovering that Gill had failed to list on security clearance documents his work in 2001 with the American Muslim Council.
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If American persuasion and evidence can wring the desired authority out of the Security Council, so much the better.
The trip, by American envoy, Christopher Hill, follows a decision by the UN Security Council to delay voting on a resolution calling for sanctions against Pyongyang.
Last week, American officials circulated a draft United Nations resolution to members of the Security Council urging other countries to commit money, troops and other support towards the rebuilding of Iraq.
Despite French and German opposition, the UN Security Council is expected to vote Thursday to extend exemption of American forces from ICC prosecutions.
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With his mandate bolstered by the Republicans' success in American mid-term elections and now by a unanimous vote in the Security Council, America's efforts to find international support to force Iraq to disarm have been greatly boosted.
Were other members of the Security Council to vote against the resolution, or use their vetoes, American officials have argued that the credibility of the UN would be greatly reduced, and that the organisation could expect to be bypassed when future crises erupt.
Participants in those talks say Dan Restrepo, senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council, let slip that the U.S. interest had to do with American politics.
To make matters worse, Mr Axworthy's remarks in the Security Council about multilateral diplomacy and defining human security in more than military terms have not pleased American strategists.
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