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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Following is the text of the operative provisions of a draft resolution circulated to members of the U.N. Security Council on Friday. The preambular provisions have been omitted for reasons of length. THE SECURITY COUNCIL, ... Determining that the situation in Lebanon constitutes a threat to international peace and security; 1. Calls for a full cessation of hostilities based upon, in particular, the immediate cessation by Hizbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations; 2. Upon full cessation of hostilities, calls upon the government of Lebanon...

UN sources report that in unofficial discussions Russia agrees to support US-French version of ceasefire in Lebanon. Resolution expected to pass Tuesday. Washington outraged at Siniora, who withdrew his support under pressure from Iranians and Syrians WASHINGTON - The French-American resolution for a cessation of hostile activities in Lebanon overcame a significant hurdle Monday. In unofficial discussions that were held between the ambassadors of the five Security Council members, each of whom has veto power, Russia agreed to support the proposal. The practical implication of this is that, together with the Chinese and the British, there will be no veto....

BEIRUT, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Lebanon rejects a draft UN Security Council resolution which aims to brings about a ceasefire with Israel, and wants the text to be amended, a government source told AFP on Saturday. "The Lebanese government is opposed to the Franco-American draft and has sent Lebanon's representative to the UN, Acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri, an amended text which includes Lebanon's demands," the source said.-AFP UN resolution calls for 'full cessation of hostilities' in Lebanon UNITED NATIONS, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - The United States and France reached agreement Saturday on a draft resolution for Lebanon...

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — President Bush has signed off on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending fighting in the Mideast and is "happy with the progress being made," his spokesman said Saturday. But the president knows there could be a long road before violence stops, White House press secretary Tony Snow said. "I don't think he has any delusions about what lies ahead," said Snow, accompanying Bush on his vacation to his private ranch. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley arrived at the ranch Saturday to consult with Bush as the full...

The following is the text of the U.N. draft resolution on North Korea: July 2006 The Security Council, Pp1. Recalling its resolutions 825 (1993) of 11 May 1993 and 1540 (2004) of 28 April 2004; Pp2.Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security; Pp3. Deploring that the DPRK is the world's leading proliferator of ballistic missiles and related technology; Pp4. Registering profound concern that the missile launch on 5 July 2006 of ballistic missiles developed under a military programme violated the DPRK's pledge to...

U.S. Seems Assured of U.N.'s Approval on Plans for Iraq UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 14 — The Bush administration is virtually assured of gaining Security Council approval of a revised United Nations resolution on Iraq's future, diplomats here said Tuesday, but it remains unclear whether the measure will be adopted overwhelmingly or in a less convincing, abstention-riddled vote. The resolution, however it passes, will mark an important step in the administration's attempt to gain broader international backing both for the occupation forces in Iraq and the reconstruction of the country. A week after it had flirted with abandoning the resolution in...

<p>Russia intends to suggest amendments to the U.S. draft of a U.N. Security Council resolution on Iraq, a senior Russian official said Tuesday, according to the Interfax news agency.</p> <p>Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov, Russia's diplomatic point man on Iraq, said Moscow plans to suggest "a series of additional but very important amendments" to the most recent draft resolution, Interfax reported.</p>

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A new U.S. draft resolution, obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, gives Iraq's Governing Council until Dec. 15 to develop a timetable for elections and a new constitution.The draft resolution was given to other members of the U.N. Security Council over the weekend and the United States will seek a vote on it this week, diplomats said.The draft is the latest version of a resolution seeking international troops and money to help the U.S.-led effort to rebuild Iraq. Earlier drafts came under criticism from some European nations seeking a stronger role for the United Nations...

Fri September 5, 2003 06:42 AM ET TASHKENT (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on Friday a U.S.-backed draft resolution seeking broader international help in postwar Iraq "still needs further, very serious work." Ivanov, speaking at a regional cooperation meeting in the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan, said the U.S. proposal went some way to re-establishing the central role of the United Nations in solving Iraq's problems. "The U.S. draft resolution shows some movement toward these principles," he told a news conference. "But, naturally, for them to be reflected fully, this document still needs further, very serious work."...

<p>WASHINGTON — As U.N. Security Council (search) members met informally Friday to discuss a U.S. draft resolution to get more international forces in Iraq, President Bush's top foreign policy adviser said the president has "a vision" for creating the coalitions needed to bring countries into the "civilized world."</p>

Washington has abandoned plans to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for what it says are breaches of U.N. nuclear rules, despite worries that Tehran is secretly developing nuclear weapons, diplomats said on Friday. Diplomats told Reuters on Thursday that Washington had circulated a draft resolution among members of the governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agencydeclaring Iran in ``non-compliance'' with U.N. nuclear obligations. Diplomats said Washington realized there was little support for its draft resolution, as the case for declaring Iran in breach is far from clear-cut. If the resolution had found favor and been approved by...

The United States called for a vote by late Saturday on a U.N. resolution authorizing a multinational force to help implement a cease-fire in war-ravaged Liberia. With West African leaders preparing to send the first contingent of Nigerian peacekeeping troops to Liberia on Monday, the United States said Friday it wants quick Security Council action on its resolution to establish an international force for a limited period. It makes no mention of U.S. troops participating. "We are introducing our Liberia resolution today and expect to vote within the next 24 hours," said Richard Grenell, spokesman for U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte....

State Department-AP -- The US has drafted a United Nations resolution that would authorize a peacekeeping force for Liberia. The State Department spokesman says the US is circulating this draft to other UN members today. Richard Boucher says no date has been set for a vote yet, but the US hopes action would be taken "rather quickly." He says the main point is to get the fighting to stop, have a cease-fire take effect and have peacekeepers move into Liberia. Boucher says the resolution refers to deployments from West African states. Six African countries have promised a total of...

Bad news for Turkey: The US to disarm everyone but the Kurds 24/05/2003 KurdishMedia.com London (KurdishMedia.com) 24 May 2003: According to the American daily New York Times, basing it on a draft directive, the US will allow the Kurds in south Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan} to keep their assault rifles and heavy weapons. The New York Times wrote today that the plan drawn criticism by Shiite leaders involved in negotiations with American and British officials. Under the draft order, obtained by the New York Times, "militias that assisted coalition forces who remain under the supervision of coalition forces" will be authorized...

After turning the United Nations into a diplomatic smackdown against the U.S., the Security Council has now unanimously approved an American-British resolution to lift trade and economic sanctions against Iraq. That's right, even the Gang of Three - France, Germany and Russia - voted for it. Maybe there is hope for them and for the UN. It's a political victory for the Bush administration, though the real winners are the long-suffering Iraqi people. First, they were liberated from the iron grip of Saddam Hussein. Now, they will finally reap the rewards of their nation's abundant oil supply. The resolution ends...

MOSCOW, May 22, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Russia has perhaps more to lose than any other country from the U.N. Security Council's decision Thursday to end 13 years of Iraqi sanctions, a period in which Russian companies saw a financial bonanza from deals with Baghdad. Under the oil-for-food program, which allowed Baghdad to sell oil and buy food and other imports under the U.N. sanctions, Russian companies got preferential terms for contracts to supply products ranging from rice to refinery equipment. In exchange for the contracts, which often saw Russian companies charge premium prices, Moscow used its...

WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- After weeks of argument that at one point threatened to revive the bitter trans-Atlantic rows that set the United States and France at odds before the Iraq war, the U.N. Security Council has voted 14-0 to end all non-military crippling sanctions on Iraq and to give the United Nations a major role in rebuilding the battered country.President George W. Bush can now head to the Group of Eight summit later this month in France in the comforting knowledge the main outstanding dispute between the Anglo-Americans and the French and Russians is settled.But the fallout from...

May 22— UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria, the U.N. Security Council's only Arab member and a neighbor of Iraq, left its seat empty on Thursday as the council overwhelmingly adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution ending sanctions on Iraq. It was the second time Syria sat out a vote since beginning a two-year term on the council in January 2002.The 15-nation council, which gave Iraq war victors the United States and Britain broad powers to run Iraq and sell its oil to fund reconstruction, was approved 14-0.Council members typically are given 24 hours to consult their capitals before being called on to...

UNITED NATIONS - In a victory for the United States, the U.N. Security Council overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday giving the United Nations' backing to the U.S.-led administration of Iraq and lifting economic sanctions. The resolution passed by a 14-0 vote, with Syria - the only Arab nation on the council - absent. John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador, said that after more than a decade of being frozen out of the world economy by sanctions against Saddam Hussein's regime, "it is time for the Iraqi people to benefit from their natural resources," a reference to the country's vast oil wealth....

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (UPI) -- The United States late Tuesday began rewriting its U.N. Security Council resolution on lifting sanctions and rebuilding Iraq -- it will be version No. 4 -- after four-hours of closed consultations generally described as "constructive."U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said he will table the revised measure Wednesday morning and expects a vote on the measure Thursday. On Monday, he expected a vote on revision No. 3 Wednesday. The first draft was tabled May 9."We had a discussion about voting the resolution," he told reporters. "We initially talked about voting it tomorrow, but in light of...