Very interested to hear the Foreign Secretary's evidence at the Iraq Inquiry today. David Miliband has described the UN as 'feeble' in not enforcing earlier resolutions against Saddam Hussein and his Iraqi regime.
I, like a lot of people in this country, whilst on the one hand, not sorry that the US and Britain took the decision to invade Iraq, would have much preferred there to have been a second UN resolution backing the use of force against Saddam Hussein.
The Foreign Secretary's comments are very significant. He has questioned why the UN did not more effectively ensure that earlier resolutions on Iraq were enforced. Had the UN done its job properly and seen that Saddam complied with these, the US and Britain might not have seen fit to go over their heads and invade the country without the backing of much of the international community.
The invasion of Iraq in 2003 certainly brought the relevance of the UN in solving international conflicts into very sharp focus.
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