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Security Council Position on War

According to the BBC today, here's how the U.N. Security Council stands on War with Iraq:

For military action: US*, UK*, Spain and Bulgaria

Sceptics or opposed: France*, Russia*, China*, Germany and Syria

In doubt: Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Guinea, Mexico and Pakistan

Nine votes and no veto required to pass a resolution

*veto-wielding countries

The BBC reports that U.N. Chief Kofi Annan is requesting that the U.S. "allow the UN to decide collectively whether to launch a war on Iraq. Mr Annan said military action should only be taken when all other means of disarming Iraq had failed," and "The UN is most successful to all its members, including the US, when it is united and works as a source of collective action."

Also, Germany is challenging the Bush Administration's war plans.
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has directly challenged the United States over the justifications for possible military action against Iraq.
"I am not convinced... I cannot go to the public and say these are the reasons because I don't believe in them," he told a European defence conference in Munich.
More than 10,000 protesters took to the streets in Munich outside the conference.

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