The United States will submit a new resolution to the UN Security Council next week seeking authorisation for military forceagainst Iraq. The draft resolution is expected to be simple, stating Iraq was in "further material breach" of the November 8 Security Council resolution giving Baghdad one last opportunity to disarm or face serious consequences. Diplomats at the United Nations were cited by Deutsche Welle as saying that the Bush administration was not likely to push the resolution to a vote until well into the first week of March after another report from UN weapons inspectors.