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作者：Anonymous 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
Security Panel Talks on Iraq End Bitterly
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By DAFNA LINZER, Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS - A Security Council meeting on Iraq ended in bitter disagreement Thursday with council members unable to agree on basic issues such as a timetable for weapons inspectors to report next to the council.
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Diplomats described a terrible atmosphere within the council, which met behind closed doors for four hours Thursday.
The council is split between those who are supporting the Bush administration's calls for the use of force to disarm Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), and others, led by the French, who want to continue weapons inspections.
At the end of the session, French Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said the majority of the council still opposed a U.S.-backed draft resolution and he pushed the French proposal for additional time for inspections.
U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte didn't speak with reporters though Washington's quest for support on its resolution appeared to be picking up steam with several undecided council members.
Still, ambassadors who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Americans seemed unwilling to compromise in order to achieve council unity on Iraq.
"This was one of the most depressing meetings I've seen," said one ambassador.
Another described the atmosphere as "bitter and unpleasant."
Ambassadors said there was little actual discussion about the merits of the U.S. resolution, which is backed by Britain and Spain, or the French proposal. And they couldn't agree on when the chief inspectors should next report to the council or how they should proceed with their work in the meantime.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites)'s office was reviewing a 17-page report from chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix detailing the work of his staff in Iraq over the past three months.
Blix said Wednesday that Iraq still hasn't committed to disarming but he appeared to push for continued weapons inspections as a peaceful way to disarm Saddam Hussein.
Russia has been pushing for a diplomatic solution to the crisis but in a telephone call Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) and President Bush (news - web sites) pledged to continue consultations on Iraq, the Kremlin said.
"Both sides expressed the intention to increase work in the U.N. Security Council with the purpose of developing a plan of action that would guarantee the interests of the entire world community," the Kremlin press service said in a statement.
Bush said Wednesday that while the Iraqi regime still has time to avoid war, U.S. troops are ready for battle. He called on allies for their support.
"The danger posed by Saddam Hussein and his weapons cannot be ignored or wished away," Bush said in Washington.
The U.S. draft resolution authorizing war was presented earlier this week by the United States, Britain and Spain.
There was some evidence that Bush was gaining ground for military action, including signals that Mexico had changed its strong anti-war stance and was now preparing to back the U.S.-driven resolution.
Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca was in Pakistan on Thursday to lobby for its vote.
Islamabad has not revealed whether it would support the U.S. resolution, although Pakistani diplomats had said privately they would likely abstain in any vote. There's almost no possibility that Pakistan would vote against the United States, and some within President Pervez Musharaff's administration say Islamabad is considered voting with Washington.
But some undecided council countries, such as Chile, pushed for a Canadian plan aimed at reconciling bitter differences between the U.S. resolution and the French-led proposal. Chile's ambassador said Mexico also was interested in finding a middle ground within the council.
The Bush administration on Wednesday rejected the Canadian ideas, which were aimed at giving Iraq until the end of March to complete a list of disarmament tasks that inspectors are compiling.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the proposal "only procrastinates on a decision we all should be prepared to take."
Meanwhile, State Department officials continued to press Bush's case in world capitals, and some U.S. officials said intense negotiations to stave off a veto from Russia yielded some results.
The administration may have won new ammunition for its position from Blix. He said Wednesday, shortly before submitting a quarterly update on his team's work, that Baghdad has not taken "a fundamental decision" to disarm.
Blix welcomed recent Iraqi letters that contained new information about its weapons programs but said they did not represent "full cooperation or a breakthrough."
Nonetheless, he noted that inspections resumed only in November after a four-year break and asked: "Is it the right time to close the door?"
Blix's latest report will be distributed to the council Friday.
"It's a chronology of what we've been up to for the last three months," said Blix's spokesman, Ewen Buchanan.
The report, submitted Wednesday, includes sections on staffing, training, ground inspections and aerial inspections conducted with American made U-2 spy planes and French Mirage jets.
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