"The United States and Britain circulated a revised resolution on post-occupation Iraq on Tuesday that would end the mandate for the multinational force by January 2006 at the latest and give the new interim government control over the Iraqi army and police. The new draft was introduced at a council meeting just hours after the full composition of the interim government was announced in Baghdad. Russia, France, Germany and other council countries have said they want to see whether this government is acceptable to the more than 20 million Iraqis before they adopt a resolution. Many council members also want to consult with the new leadership on the text, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari was heading to New York to press the council for full sovereignty for the country. The new draft states clearly that the interim government will be "fully sovereign" and reaffirms the right of the Iraqi people to freely determine their political future, control their natural resources and co-ordinate international assistance. While the draft notes "that the presence of the multinational force in Iraq is at the request of the incoming interim government," it doesn't specifically give the new leaders the right to ask the force to leave. Instead, it anticipates that the incoming government will make a formal request "to retain the presence of the multinational force" and leaves room for the date of that letter to be included in the resolution. The new interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, said Tuesday the multinational force will be asked to stay on and promised that Iraq's security forces will be a "pivotal partner" with U.S. and other coalition troops in the fight to restore security to Iraq. The new draft does put an expiration date on the mandate for the multinational force -- the installation of a constitutionally elected government, which isn't expected until December 2005 or January 2006.