![]() ![]() And for people who say we want to internationalize this, that means the United Nations, it means NATO, it means other international organizations.Īnd so I'm working closely with Kofi Annan, and we're working closely with Ambassador Brahimi, to see if we can do as good a job in Iraq as we did in Afghanistan, in putting in place a government that slowly gains credibility, slowly gains acceptance by its people, and then takes it to elections. We really need the UN, and we work with the UN. So let's not dismiss the UN that quickly. He did a brilliant job in working to put in place a new Afghan Government under the leadership of President Hamid Karzai. Ambassador Brahimi worked with us in Afghanistan. And, frankly, there is a pretty high coincidence of agreement with respect to the qualifications of the slate that we're looking at.īrahimi is not an unknown to us. SECRETARY POWELL: Well, we know who Ambassador Brahimi is looking at and we are discussing with him all the candidates. People like Amir Taheri, who is a very prominent journalist, and I think he's on point on a lot of issues, says that, look, the United Nations, all well and good on humanitarian issues, but on issues of leadership in Iraq, they're not the best way to go. INGRAHAM: Well, you know, especially, as you know, conservatives across the United States, a lot of folks that listen to talk radio, they hear the United Nations in Iraq and they get concerned. And I'm already working on a UN resolution that will endorse this arrangement and we're not even waiting for the announcement of names we've already started working on the resolution with my Security Council colleagues. It'll be presented to the international community. Then that will be presented to the United Nations. And I would hope that in the next week or two, Ambassador Brahimi will come forward with a slate of individuals for those positions. Those individuals are now being looked at now, candidates for those positions, by Ambassador Brahimi, the UN representative, and by our folks as well. In addition, we're going to put an executive group together: a president, two vice presidents and a prime minister. Some 13 of them are fully on their own and not even taking direction on a daily basis from Ambassador Bremer. It will consist of a cabinet of ministers, as you would find in any government, and most of those ministries are already up and working. SECRETARY POWELL: We're going to transfer power to what we're calling the Iraqi interim government. To whom are we transferring power in Iraq? The President and you have both said it's an absolutely firm deadline. Secretary, first of all, look, we have this June 30th deadline. I know we only have ten minutes, and we actually listen to the ten-minute cue, unlike some other journalists - (laughter) - and we're not going to complain about it, either. But it's an honor and a pleasure to have you on the show. I usually bump into you every now and then. How are you? I haven't seen you in a long time. Interview on Westwood One Radio Network with Laura Ingraham Secretary Colin L. ![]()
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