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| The US and the UK have circulated a new draft resolution to United Nations Security Council members proposing a bigger role for the UN in Iraq. | The US and the UK have circulated a new draft resolution to United Nations Security Council members proposing a bigger role for the UN in Iraq. |
| Under the plan, the UN would get a wider mandate, to help promote political reconciliation in Iraq. | Under the plan, the UN would get a wider mandate, to help promote political reconciliation in Iraq. |
| The UN has had a low-key presence in Iraq since a truck bomb devastated its headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003. | |
| Diplomats say a vote on any resolution will happen by 10 August, when the UN's existing mandate in Iraq expires. | |
| This draft resolution comes days after meetings in Washington between President George W Bush and the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. | This draft resolution comes days after meetings in Washington between President George W Bush and the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. |
| Wider mandate | Wider mandate |
| The resolution, if adopted, would give the United Nations a much more powerful advisory role in Iraq, authorising it to advise in the review of the Iraqi constitution and help settle disputed internal boundaries | The resolution, if adopted, would give the United Nations a much more powerful advisory role in Iraq, authorising it to advise in the review of the Iraqi constitution and help settle disputed internal boundaries |
| The UN mission would also be asked to promote human rights and judicial and legal reforms and to assist the Iraqi government in planning for a national census. | The UN mission would also be asked to promote human rights and judicial and legal reforms and to assist the Iraqi government in planning for a national census. |
| The draft resolution calls for more UN involvement in helping refugees to return and managing humanitarian aid and helping the entire national reconstruction effort. | The draft resolution calls for more UN involvement in helping refugees to return and managing humanitarian aid and helping the entire national reconstruction effort. |
| It also points out the importance of armed protection by mainly US forces for any enhanced UN team on the ground. | It also points out the importance of armed protection by mainly US forces for any enhanced UN team on the ground. |
| Former Secretary General Kofi Annan pulled all UN international staff out of Iraq after the top UN envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and 21 other people died in a huge explosion at the UN headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003. | Former Secretary General Kofi Annan pulled all UN international staff out of Iraq after the top UN envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and 21 other people died in a huge explosion at the UN headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003. |