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| | Majority of Iraqis Want New Caretaker Government Led by Prime Minister, Special Adviser Says in Briefing to Security ... |
 | | On 17 March, the Iraqi Governing Council and the Coalition Provisional Authority had requested the assistance of the United Nations in forming an interim Iraqi Government, to which sovereignty would be transferred on 30 June. |
 | | The caretaker government, by definition, must be short-lived, as its sole purpose would be to attend to the countrys day-to-day administration until a democratically elected government could be put in place, he said. |
 | | The caretaker government needed to be mindful of the fact that it had not been democratically elected, and should, therefore, refrain from entering into long-term commitments. |
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