[Gllug] BBC Open Source

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 22:38 +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> On Thursday 14 Jul 2005 20:30, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > > And it didn't have much to do with the Dutch government.
> >
> > So little to do with it that the whole government felt compelled to
> > resign over this very issue?
> 
> They resigned because they were forced into an untenable position.  The UN 
> prevented their making a decision - unlike Blair and Shrub, most other 
> governments wait for a UN mandate before engagement.  The necessary mandate 
> wasn't forthcoming....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1933144.stm


There is nothing in international law which suggests that a UN Security
Council resolution is higher law than the UN charter

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