Bush Asks U.N. to Act Quickly on Resolution on Iraq
How the United Nations deals with the problem of Iraq "will help determine" its fate, President Bush told reporters as he sat down early September 13 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York for a meeting with Central African Leaders.
A New Approach: Coercive Inspections
Jessica Mathews of the Carnegie Foundation makes a great case for a new inspection regime in Iraq. She offers more details than you might have found in other more mainstream media reports on sending weapons inspectors back to Iraq.
Bush Addresses the United Nations
In a major speech to the UN, President Bush made his case for coordinated international action against Iraq. The State Department report can be found
here. The White House transcript of the President's remarks can be found
here. In his speech, the President enumerated the UN resolutions Iraq has ignored and challenged the international body to demand Iraqi compliance or risk becoming irrelevant. The speech has been
well received by allies and
dismissed by Iraq, which was probably to be expected. The real test will come when the Security Council either approves a new resolution calling for Iraq to abide by previous resolutions or fails to do so. The Council is far from unanimous on the matter, with both Russia and China voicing strong reservations on the use of military force against Iraq.
Though we are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Ulysses
9-11, In Memoriam
President's Remarks to the Nation
White House Transcript of Ellis Island Speech.
Bush Continues to Discuss Iraq with World Leaders
The State Department reports that "President Bush, in advance of September 11 ceremonies commemorating the terrorist attacks on the United States, and his September 12 speech to the U.N. General Assembly, is continuing to consult with world leaders about the threat posed by Iraq's Saddam Hussein."
Remarks by the President and Prime Minister Chretien on U.S. - Canada Smart Borders - Detroit, MI
This is a White House transcript of remarks from the meeting today between President Bush and Prime Minister Chretien.
Bush Calls World Leaders to Discuss Iraq
This State Department report details President Bush's continued phone diplomacy ahead of his September 12 speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
Bush, Blair Say International Community Must Act on Iraq
"President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, emphasized that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction pose a threat to the entire international community." This State Department report includes a transcript of remarks by the President and Prime Minister Blair to the press at Camp David. The White House transcript can be found
here.
Leaders Agree to Hear Bush Arguments
In a flurry of telephone diplomacy, President Bush lobbied fellow Security Council members France, Russia and China today, seeking support for action against Iraq. In personal phone calls to the leaders of those countries, Bush gave them a preview of the case he will make at the UN next Thursday. It was this kind of personal diplomacy that G. H. Bush used to assemble the original Gulf War coalition in 1991.
