Word: breach
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...Multilateral," says an aide.) The President is expected to remind the assembled leaders of their solemn duty to see that Iraq is forced to comply with U.N. resolutions passed in the aftermath of the Gulf War in 1991; Iraq, say the British, is presently in breach of 23 out of 27 obligations. But there will be a subtext. Bush's bottom line, says a senior Administration official, will be "if [the U.N] doesn't do something, we will." Diplomacy, where what is said in public is merely a useful guide to private conviction, has a curious logic. In essence, Washington...
...practice, both American and foreign diplomats are working on the assumption that now that debate has shifted to the U.N., a new resolution will indeed be drafted. Whatever its precise words, its purpose will be to require that Iraq grant unfettered access to weapons inspectors or be declared in breach of its post-Gulf War obligations and face the military consequences. The trick will be to make such a resolution so tough that the American Administration does not think Saddam can wriggle out of its terms, while not making the whole exercise appear a cynical sham...
...something" was likely to be done soon. But here's one more thing about diplomacy: it's slow. The Security Council may not start thinking about Iraq until October. On the reasonable assumption that Saddam won't roll over, it may be months before Iraq is declared in breach of its obligations, hence opening the way for war. "The timeline," says a senior British official, "is significantly longer than most people think." President Bush is not normally thought of as a patient man. But his dad was (it was nearly six months from the invasion of Kuwait to the start...
...some of the provisions of the Act might have undesirable extraterritorial consequences or they might create unnecessary difficulties for European companies." Among his concerns: a new U.S. body that will oversee auditing firms will regulate non-U.S. auditors and have access to internal audit documents. This would likely breach national professional-secrecy laws in Europe and "constitute a wholly unnecessary and burdensome second layer of public oversight for E.U. audit firms," Bolkestein wrote. The sec has in the past been willing to treat listed foreign companies more flexibly than American ones, acknowledging that there are differences. As a result...
...practice, both American and foreign diplomats are working on the assumption that now that debate has shifted to the U.N., a new resolution will indeed be drafted. Whatever its precise words, its purpose will be to require that Iraq grant unfettered access to weapons inspectors or be declared in breach of its post-Gulf War obligations and face the military consequences. The trick will be to make such a resolution so tough that the American Administration does not think Saddam can wriggle out of its terms, while not making the whole exercise appear a cynical sham...