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Sat 11 Nov 2002Second-stage resolution may be necessaryUN: What happens if Iraq fails to co-operate with the UN inspectors? Patrick Smyth explains the UN charter mechanism for taking military action and how it would affect IrelandIn passing the Iraq weapons inspections resolution, the UN Security Council was acting under chapter VII of the charter of the United Nations, effectively the organisation's constitution.