By the end of 2006, the Alliance was supposed to present an "action plan" for U.N. consideration, and wind down operations.

FORBES: Freedom's Edge

The countries the U.S. consulted on a U.N. resolution were "thinking through complicated issues that require very careful consideration, " the U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

WSJ: U.S. Tries to Line Up U.N. Rebuke