Arab officials are making it clear they want Iraq to comply fully with the resolution, agreed on Friday, in order to avert a US-led attack.
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The Arabs see the UN resolution as a last chance to avert war, says the BBC correspondent in Cairo, Heba Saleh.

They have repeatedly warned that a US-led war would destabilise the region - unleashing popular unrest and exacerbating existing tensions
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Syria - the only Arab country currently represented on the UN Security Council - is expected to explain its unexpected decision to vote in favour of the resolution.

Before the vote, Syria publicly opposed the resolution as a pretext to launch a war against Iraq.

But in the end Syria capitulated under pressure from the both the Americans and the French.

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