In January the Africa minister, Mark Simmonds, told parliament the UK was "active" on the ultimately ineffectual security council discussion on the CAR.
In New York, the UN security council discussed Annan's plan.
27 February: Security council members open discussion of the US-British-Spanish draft that lays the groundwork for war.
As for the UN, although after much discussion the security council has authorised the use of force by Ecowas to re-establish Mali's territorial integrity, the organisation's secretary general seems to be running, as ever, on empty.
"North Korea's notice of the plan to launch a long-range missile, coming at a time when there is a discussion for security council sanctions on its fourth nuclear test, is a direct challenge to the international community," the presidential Blue House in Seoul said in a statement.
"The next step for us is to take our discussions into the security council.
The report comes amid discussions among UN security council members for fresh sanctions against the North after it conducted its fourth nuclear test on 6 January.
All 1441 required, he wrote, was "discussion by the security council of the Iraq's failures".
"It's a fait accompli, the security council," said a diplomat familiar with the discussions.
Joseph Cocker Leominster, Herefordshire By offhandedly referring to "Gallic vetoes" in her review of the BBC's Iraq war documentary (G2, 30 May), Lucy Mangan gives credence to the dishonest narrative Tony Blair peddled about the discussions at the UN security council in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq.
"It is the subject of discussion between various UN security council members".
