page_title: United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War
caption_attribution_description: English: At the UN, Colin Powell holds a model vial of anthrax, while arguing that Iraq is likely to possess WMDs.
context_page_description: In March 2003 the United States government announced that "diplomacy has failed" and that it would proceed with a "coalition of the willing" to rid Iraq under Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction the US and UK insisted it possessed. The 2003 invasion of Iraq began a few days later.
  Prior to this decision, there had been much diplomacy and debate amongst the members of the United Nations Security Council over how to deal with the situation.
context_section_description: In March 2003 the United States government announced that "diplomacy has failed" and that it would proceed with a "coalition of the willing" to rid Iraq under Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction the US and UK insisted it possessed. The 2003 invasion of Iraq began a few days later.
  Prior to this decision, there had been much diplomacy and debate amongst the members of the United Nations Security Council over how to deal with the situation. This article examines the positions of these states as they changed during 2002–2003.
caption: Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax while giving a presentation to the United Nations Security Council.
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