Jacko, UN resolutions have authorised action, and never been rescinded. They have no time limit. They are the authorisation used for the past, and continuing, attacks in the no fly-zones
A UNSC 1982 resolution stated that Israel is in posession of land taken illegally by force and that it should hand them back over to there orginial owners. Has any of that happened? Orac you forgot to mention that the UN has no army no troops and it is up to the individual member states of the UN to enforce UNSC resolutions. If no member state acts then these resolutions have all the substance of hot-air and I must point out at this point that in any year dozens of resolutions are passed to stop conflict happening around the world yet very few are ever acted upon.
In the specific UN resolution 1441 by which it stated that Iraq was in material breach of prior dis-arnement resolutions it also stated that Iraq would be given a final chance to disarm...
On 8 November, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 1441 (2002), by which it held Iraq in "material breach" of its obligations under previous resolutions, and decided to afford it a "final opportunity to comply" with its disarmament obligations, while setting up an enhanced inspection regime. The Council also decided it would convene immediately upon the receipt of any reports from inspection authorities that Iraq was interfering with their activities and recalled repeated warnings by the Council that Iraq would face "serious consequences" as a result of continued violations. The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would have "immediate, unimpeded, unconditional and unrestricted access" to any sites in Iraq, including presidential sites
The UN inspectors have reported back to the UNSC and have stated that Iraq is assisting the UN inspectors (although not wholely) yet and this is the most important thing. They have not yet decied that Iraqi dis-arnement is impossible.
Nowhere in this resolution does it give justification to a war.
Nowhere in this resolution does it state that the United States of America and Britian can do whatever they want.
The very idea that it does is so inconceivable that only a desperate man would even suggest it.
2002 Iraq-1441
http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf...=S/RES/1441%20(2002)&Lang=E&Area=UNDOC
1982 Israel
http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf...S=S/RES/515%20(1982)&