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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s son Uday called on the parliament Tuesday to accept a new U.N. resolution calling on the country to disarm.

"What is required from us as a national assembly, is to take clear decisions. We should, as a national assembly, accept the U.N. resolution which is under debate in these sessions," Uday said in a working paper sent to parliament.

Parliament resumed debate Tuesday ahead of a vote on a motion to reject the latest U.N. resolution on disarming but the assembly speaker said deputies would leave the final decision to Saddam.

Deputies began their emergency session shortly after 10 a.m. amid calls by some leading deputies to reject the U.N. Security Council resolution demanding Baghdad disarm or face serious consequences.

The 250-seat parliament met for three hours Monday to debate the resolution, adopted unanimously by the 15-member U.N. Security Council last Friday.

The United States has said it was a last chance for Baghdad to let U.N. arms inspectors, who pulled out of Iraq in 1998, back into the country or face military action.

House Speaker Saadoun Hammadi denounced the U.N. text on Monday and said he proposed reject it and leave Saddam to "take any appropriate measure" saying parliament would respect the leadership's decision.

He did not say if voting would take place Tuesday but the final decision rests with the Revolutionary Command Council, Iraq's highest authority, which is led by Saddam.

Iraq has until Friday to accept the terms of the resolution demanding Baghdad allow U.N. arms experts unhindered access to any site suspected of producing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2002

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Iraq's Parliament Recommends Rejection of UN Disarmament Resolution VOA News

12 Nov 2002, 10:19 UTC

Iraqi parliament has voted unanimously to recommend rejection of the new U.N. resolution that demands Baghdad disarm or face consequences. But the 250-member National Assembly left the final decision on the matter to a council headed by President Saddam Hussein.

Hours before the vote, President Saddam's eldest son, Uday, urged approval of the resolution. In a document submitted to the chamber during a second day of debate on the issue, Uday Hussein said approval should come under what he called "an Arab umbrella" and that U.N. disarmament teams should include Arab experts.

The Iraqi parliament opened an emergency session Monday to consider the U.N. resolution, which many deputies denounced and Speaker Saadoun Hammadi dismissed as a preamble for war. Iraq has until Friday to accept or reject the resolution, which was approved unanimously last week by the U.N. Security Council.

The Security Council is demanding that Baghdad give inspectors searching for banned weapons of mass destruction access to any location in Iraq at any time. Top officials of the U.N. inspection team say they are prepared to travel to Baghdad next Monday for initial work.

President Bush Monday vowed to use the full force of the U.S. military against Iraq if President Saddam refuses to disarm.

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2002