The spokesperson added: "Britain led the drafting of a UN security council resolution to secure international support for verifying the ceasefire, and the UK has given practical advice based on our peace-building experience in Northern Ireland".
In London, the spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain said discussions were under way at the United Nations among the United States, France and Britain over a resolution to secure Syria's chemical weapons, and that the text would later be circulated among Russia and China, the other two permanent members of the Security Council.
But some other countries were unconvinced, and the new resolution, passed after much tinkering, opaquely states that the Security Council will "remain actively seized of the matter, in order to ensure implementation of this resolution, and to secure peace and security in the area .Mr Clinton's domestic critics are dismayed.
· OP12 provides that the Council will convene immediately on receipt of a report in accordance with paragraphs 4 or 11 "in order to consider the situation and the need for compliance with all of the relevant Council resolutions in order to secure international peace and security".
According to this official's account, Rice was the "only cabinet member arguing for what we ended up doing in Libya" — a military intervention, backed by a strong U.N. resolution Rice managed to secure, that saved Benghazi and ended with the ousting of Muammar el-Qaddafi.
The War Powers Resolution requires Obama to secure a new Congressional authorization for his war within 60 days of launching "hostilities," or he must withdraw US forces within 30 days.
The government just says there must be an attempt to secure a security council resolution. 5. Length of military operation.
A previous effort to secure a security council resolution late last year fell when it failed to acquire a sufficient majority and amid threats of a US veto.
The move is significant because it comes amid a diplomatic push by Palestinians at the UN to secure a security council resolution setting a two-year deadline for Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and East Jerusalem by November 2016.
The Swedish announcement and the Commons vote came against the background of unilateral moves by Palestinians at the UN security council to secure a resolution that would call for the end of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories by November 2016.
