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March 6, 2003: Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, and Russia Oppose UN Resolution

2003-03-06

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Russia issue a joint declaration which says that in light of “encouraging results” from the renewed UN weapons inspections in Iraq, they cannot approve of a UN “resolution that would authorize the use of force.” [Unger, 2007, pp. 292]