Iraqi delegation squabbles ahead of UN appearance

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UNITED NATIONS, July 21 (Reuters) - A delegation from Iraq's new Governing Council squabbled on Monday over who could address the U.N. Security Council during Tuesday's progress report on Iraqi reconstruction, council diplomats said.

Ahmed Chalabi, the head of the Iraqi National Congress and a divisive figure in Baghdad who enjoys the support of the Pentagon, decided to cancel his trip to New York after learning that only one member of the delegation would be able to address the Security Council, diplomats said.

Chalabi changed his mind after it was tentatively agreed that both he and former Foreign Minister Adnan Pachachi could speak, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

But a spokesman for Spanish Ambassador Inocencio Arias, the Security Council president for July, said only Pachachi would be able to speak, following U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Annan's special envoy for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

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[Nambe]

1. IMO this meeting with the UN tomorrow will be the single most...

important thing this council will be involved in. They had better find a voice fast.

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2. They have no voice at the UN Nambe

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Iraq's council not given seat in UN

UNITED NATIONS, July 18: The members of the Iraqi Governing Council would not be given Iraq's United Nations seat at the world body instead the representatives of the council would address the UN Security Council as individuals , diplomats here said on Thursday.

Under the UN charter the governing council members, who are expected to come to New York on Tuesday, do not represent a sovereign government and the would continue to be occupied by representatives of Saddam Hussein government.

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