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Thu 04 Apr 2003Blair will not be drawn on post-war role of UN
British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair has again refused to define the point at which the UN might assume responsibility for the interim administration of a post-conflict Iraq. And 10 Downing Street continues to reject suggestions that Britain's desire for United Nations endorsement of the post-war arrangements is at odds with the position of the United States.
At the same time, Mr Blair and his Foreign Secretary, Mr Jack Straw, have moved to reassure Arab and British Labour Party opinion by seeming to distance themselves from recent US warnings to Syria and Iran.
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