The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
on the
development of services and reconstruction, and promoting the
protection
of human
rights, reconciliation and judicial and legal reform;
•
welcomed
efforts by the incoming IGI to develop Iraqi security
forces;
•
noted that
the presence of the MNF in Iraq was at the request of the IGI and
so
reaffirmed
the authorisation for the MNF contained in resolution
1511;
•
decided
that the MNF should have the authority to take all necessary
measures
to
contribute to the maintenance of security and stability in Iraq,
including by
preventing
and deterring terrorism;
•
welcomed
the fact that arrangements were being put in place to establish
a
security
partnership between the IGI and MNF;
•
decided
that the mandate for the MNF should be reviewed at the request of
the
IGI or 12
months from the date of the resolution, and that the mandate
should
expire at
the completion of the political process;
•
requested
Member States and international and regional organisations
to
contribute
assistance to the MNF and to support the efforts of the UN
Assistance
Mission in
Iraq and to assist the IGI in building police and other services
to
combat
terrorism; and
•
made clear
that the Development Fund for Iraq could only be spent by
the
Government
of Iraq.
1086.
Annexed to the
resolution was a letter from Prime Minister Allawi to the
President
of the
Security Council asking for support in providing security and
stability against
forces
opposed to Iraq’s transition to peace and democracy, until Iraq was
able to
provide
security for itself.
1087.
Dr Allawi
proposed to establish the Ministerial Committee for National
Security,
to which
the Commander or Deputy Commander of the MNF would be invited
as
appropriate.
The Committee would discuss mechanisms for co-ordinating with the
MNF.
Dr Allawi
wrote that:
“We will be
working closely with the MNF leadership in the coming week to
ensure
we have
such an agreed strategic framework.”
1088.
A letter from
Secretary Powell to the President of the Security Council was
also
annexed. He
confirmed that the MNF was prepared to contribute to the
maintenance
of security
in Iraq, including by preventing and deterring terrorism and
protecting the
territory
of Iraq:
“The goal
of the MNF will be to help the Iraqi people to complete the
political
transition
and will permit the United Nations and the international community
to work
to
facilitate Iraq’s reconstruction.”
1089.
Secretary
Powell wrote that the MNF stood:
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