Any reference to a dispute resolution mechanism could delay a final answer for years.

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The final word and reference will still be resolution No. 687 with its obligations on both the Secretary General and Iraq, along will the code of conduct agreed upon in the agreement signed by the Secretary-General in New York on 16th September 2002, and the press statement of Hans Blix and (Mohamed) ElBaradei in Vienna ...

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Russia tried to keep any reference to it out of the council's resolution endorsing the Kosovo peace deal.

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