Foreword
After several weeks of intensive negotiations, the UN Security Council, on October 16, 2003, unanimously adopted a resolution outlining the roles of the United Nations, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, and the interim Iraqi Governing Council in international efforts to bring peace and stability to Iraq. [For background, see "The Iraqi Crisis," International Debates 1, no. 1 (January 2003).] Resolution 1511 — proposed by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom, Spain, and Cameroon — preserves U.S. military and political control over Iraq until an internationally recognized government is sworn in. It sets a December 15, 2003,…
