Why Diplomacy Failed in the Iraq Crisis

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On the eighth of November 2002, the United Nations security council, consisting of the five permanent members – The United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China and France - and the rotating member states of Bulgaria, Cameroon, Colombia, Guinea, Ireland, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, Singapore and Syria passed a resolution mandate, entitled 1441, unanimously and without any nations abstaining from vote.

The resolution recalled all the previous resolutions concerning Iraq and importantly, recognised the threat of Iraq's non-compliance with UN directives and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and long range weapons posed to international peace and security and deplored the facts that Iraq had not made a accurate, complete and final disclosure on all programs to develop weapons of mass destruction and the vehicles to implement said weaponry and that Iraq had repeatedly obst...