New resolution is UN's final test - Bush

US President George W Bush, declaring that Iraq has not disarmed and does not intend to, said the new resolution due to be submitted by the US to the Security Council next week will be the last chance for the UN to show its relevance.

The resolution, to be offered jointly with Britain and possibly Spain, will make its case in “clear and simple terms”, Mr Bush said yesterday. A spokesman for Downing Street said he expected the Security Council to vote on the new resolution by mid-March.