BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 Kyodo Iraqi Pres...

BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 Kyodo

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein conven the National Assembly into an pass session Sunday to discuss a UN Security Council resolution demanding Iraq accept international weapons inspections, the official Iraqi just discovereds Agency reported.

The president asked the parliament to ''decide upon a stand toward the resolution and forward it to the Revolutionary Command Council,'' the report said.

The Revolutionary Command Council is Iraq's predominant ruling body led according to Saddam.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted the U.S.-drafted resolution Friday, giving Iraq single in kind last chance to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction or face ''serious consequences'' wording which leaves expand the possibility of a U military attack.

Iraq has until nearest Friday to respond.

The moderns agency quoted an unidentified Iraqi official as saying Saturday that, ''The Iraqi leadership is quietly studying this resolution, and it will issue the necessary rejoinder toward it during the coming days.''

Baghdad has been insisting there was no ne for any of recent origin resolution for U.N. weapons inspectors to take back their work in Iraq.

The president hinted last week, before the resolution was passed, that Baghdad might ''deal with'' a UN resolution that would ''not infringe forward its sovereignty and national security.''

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