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Nation & World News Bush drafts third resolution for U.N. assistance in Iraq I he administration hopes the latest draft will satisfy critics in several countries who have held approval By Jonathan S. Landay Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) WASHINGTON — The Bush ad ministration has launched a new bid at the United Nations to boost inter national reconstruction aid and peacekeeping troops for Iraq. The United States over the weekend circulated to the U.N. Security Council's 15 members a new draft resolution that would give the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council until Dec. 15 to de velop a timetable for writing a new con stitution and holding elections. But the resolution stopped short of setting a date for the restoration of Iraqi sovereignty and did not meet other countries' demands that the United Nations be given a central role in developing a new constitution or organizing polls. The text of the draft resolution, the third put forward by the United States since August, was posted Mon day on the Web site of Xinhua, the state-run Chinese news agency. Britain and Spain were expected to co-sponsor the resolution. U.S. officials confirmed the con tents of the draft resolution, but de clined to release a copy. They said the document could be formally intro duced as early as Tuesday. The draft represents a fresh attempt by the Bush administration to satisfy the concerns of France, Russia, China and other countries that have held up Security Council approval of a resolu tion on a peacekeeping force and re construction assistance to Iraq. A senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that over the weekend, Secretary of State Colin Powell held telephone consul tations with the foreign ministers of about halfthe 15 ll.N. Security Coun cil members in an effort to daim up support for the draft resolution. Chinese, French and Russian offi cials said that while the new draft res olution was an improvement over ear lier versions, it didn't contain a clear-cut plan to end the U S. occupa tion or guarantee the United Nations a prime role in the country's political rehabilitation. The three countries are permanent members of the Security Council and have veto power. Unless further changes are made, "it will be very difficult to reach a consen sus stand on these issues," said Sergei Trepelkoz, a spokesman for the Russ ian mission to the United Nations. "It's better wording, but the same approach," said a French official, who asked not to be identified. "We think there is too little room for the U.N. There is no mention of an in terim (Iraqi) government given re sponsibility." The Chinese government's unusual decision to make the draft resolution public before Washington might have been a move to nudge the United States and its critics toward a faster res olution of their differences. The resolution says the Iraqi Govern ing Council and its ministers would be "the principal bodies of the Iraqi inter im administration, which will embody the sovereignty of the state of Iraq dur ing transitional period." A second U.S. official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the new language was designed to as suage demands for a concrete date for the restoration of sovereignty. "We cannot predict the future," he said. "We are trying to make some progress." ButTrepelkoz said, "It is not a mat ter of a timetable." Russia, France and other countries are seeking the creation of a provi sional Iraqi government within months, but the Bush administration insists that an orderly transfer of pow er will take much more time. Countries such as Pakistan and India say that without a U.N. resolution, they cannot contribute the sizable contin gents of peacekeeping troops that the Bush administration is seeking. Twenty countries are now provid ing some 24,000 soldiers to help 130,000 American troops and more than 50,000 Iraqis maintain order amid guerrilla attacks by loyalists of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, Is lamic extremists and criminals. But President Bush must have many more international peacekeep ers to ease a shortage of US. troops. With few other counties stepping forward, Bush has been forced to mo bilize thousands of U.S. National Guard and reserves for up to 18 months of active duty, an unpopular move as he faces re-election. Bush's proposal to spend $20 bil lion on Iraqi reconstruction, a multi year project that could cost more than double that amount, is under fire in Congress from Democrats and Re publicans concerned about a shortage of funds for domestic programs. The new resolution, like its predeces sors, authorizes the creation of a multi national peacekeeping force. It also re quires a review of die force's mission no later than one year after approval of the resolution. That provision apparently was intended as an assurance that the foreign forces would leave Iraq when their job was done. (c) 2003, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. William Douglas in Washington contributed to this report. PARKING continued from page 1 exist at any given time on campus, but the meters are checked approxi mately once a week, Stamm said. He added that one of the main rea sons parking meters jam is because people intentionally jam them with everything from a misshapen quarter to a twig to super glue. Stamm said that when DPS officers are informed of a broken parking meter they fix it as soon as possible. "What we like to do is keep them running," he said. "We work really hard to keep them functioning." 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