Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday said his country wants troops from Arab and Islamic countries, particularly Egypt, to help protect the United Nations if the world body sends a new mission to Iraq.
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Allawi, though, wasn't pushing hard in the face of repeated rebuffs from Arab governments on the question of sending their troops into volatile Iraq.
Allawi's comments came a day after Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that the United Nations has not received a single firm commitment of troops, six weeks after the U.N. Security Council authorized a separate force to protect U.N. staff.
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Annan said at U.N. headquarters Wednesday that if the 191 U.N. member states want the United Nations to play a major role in helping Iraq prepare for elections, draft a constitution, and rebuild the country they must ensure adequate security for U.N. personnel.
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