"...Responding to a request by the Iraqi Prime Minister [Maliki], the Security Council today extended the mandate of the multinational force in Iraq until the end of next year, deciding that it should be reviewed at the request of that country's Government or no later than 15 June 2007. The Council also declared that it would terminate the mandate earlier if requested by the Government of Iraq..."


http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sc8879.doc.htm