Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in an address to the Iraqi National Assembly Tuesday, called on the U.N. Security Council to extend Resolution 1546, their resolution “authorizing” U.S. troops to remain in Iraq.

“It is true that (the multinational forces) are not Iraqi forces but their task is to secure the country under the Iraqi will and Iraqi timetable,” al-Jaafari said after the assembly session. “So if Iraqis choose, through their elected government, that they need extension (of Resolution 1546) in order to improve the security situation, the decision will be Iraqi.”

And Iraqi decision, not a U.S. decision, Jaafari said. And Iraqi decision, not a U.N. decision, Jaafari said between the lines. This is the U.N.’s chance to be on the right side of history or become further irrelevant. And this one should not be tough.