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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 MPs in the House of Commons to vote in favour of any military action against Iraq before forces are committed to such action. 
  @ MP voted no against requiring MPs in the House of Commons to vote in favour of any military action against Iraq before forces are committed to such action. 
  
  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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