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  Iraq - UN Security Council Resolution 1441 - Second resolution necessary - rejected
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of requiring the support of the UN Security Council and the support of a vote of MPs in the House of Commons before the commitment of UK forces to military action in Iraq. 
  @ MP voted no against requiring the support of the UN Security Council and the support of a vote of MPs in the House of Commons before the commitment of UK forces to military action in Iraq. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against adding the conditions:[1]
  
  ** This House
  * ''believes'' that any decision that Iraq is in material breach of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1441 Resolution 1441] is for the UN Security Council as a whole to determine and that no military action to enforce Resolution 1441 should be taken against Iraq without a mandate from the UN Security Council; and
  * ''further believes'' that no British forces should be committed to any such military action against Iraq without a debate in this House and a substantive motion in favour.
  
  to the end of the motion for debate, which read:[2]
  
  ** This House - 
  * ''supports'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1441 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441] as unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council; 
  * ''agrees'' that the Government of Iraq must comply fully with all provisions of the Resolution; and 
  * ''agrees'' that, if it fails to do so, the Security Council should meet in order to consider the situation and the need for full compliance.
  
  As it turned out, the second extra condition requiring a further debate in the House was satisfied,[3] while the first concerning a Security Council mandate was not.
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2002-11-25.47.0#g73.1 Michael Moore MP speech], House of Commons, 25 November 2002
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2002-11-25.47.0 Jack Straw MP speech], House of Commons, 25 November 2002
  * [3] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2003-03-18&number=118 Iraq - Mandate for invasion], House of Commons Division, 18 March 2003
  
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