The United Nations plan to station hundreds of blue helmets throughout Iraq in order to enhance the security of the Iraqi people and to deter any repressive actions by the Iraqi Government. military. or secret police. While the U.N. personnel will not perform the functions of security police. they will provide a tripwire system that can alert the international community to abuses by Saddam and his forces. Such a system will reassure the returning refugees and the Iraqi people that the international community intends to stay engaged in the struggle for human rights and democracy. Stability in Iraq will not be possible until security and democracy is established throughout the country. The administration should lend its full weight to the ongoing negotiations between the Kurdish leadership and the Iraqi Government until a satisfactory agreement is in place. It must also press the Iraqi Government to provide adequate protection to populatitns outside tne zone of current negotiations in ordir to permit the return of the refugee population from Iran and Saudi Arab.a and to ensure longterm stability in Iraq. U.S. Government policy toward democracy in Iraq remains unclear.
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