UNITED NATIONS ( CNN ) -- The United Nations may expand its role in Iraq , according to a new draft resolution the U.N. Security Council is considering . Damage is evident at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad in September 2003 , a month after a deadly bombing . The resolution would expand the U.N. mandate in Iraq to include fostering `` regional dialogue '' on matters such as border security , energy and refugees . The United Nations also would work with the Iraqi government to `` resolve disputed internal boundaries '' and on `` planning , funding and implementing reintegration programs for former combatants . '' A copy of the draft , which CNN obtained Thursday , calls for the extension of the mandate for another year after the current one expires next week , on August 10 . U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey had no comment on the draft . The U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq has had a limited role in the country since 2003 , when it greatly scaled down activities after two bombings at its Baghdad headquarters . Currently , the mandate calls for the mission to `` play a leading role '' in helping the government with its electoral machinery and constitutional development . It is also mandated to advise on promoting human rights , working toward national reconciliation , developing civil and social services , coordinating development and aid , and planning on a `` comprehensive census . '' The draft calls for these roles to continue , but would expand the mandate to include other activities . It calls on the mission to promote a `` national dialogue and political reconciliation '' process that would be `` inclusive . '' The U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq also would be charged with promoting `` the development of effective civil and social services '' and implementing programs `` to improve Iraq 's capacity to provide essential services for its people . '' The resolution also mandates `` active donor coordination of critical reconstruction and assistance programs through the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq , '' an agency created by the World Bank and the United Nations . The draft resolution calls for the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq to help the government with the `` safe , orderly and voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons , including coordinating and delivering humanitarian assistance in Iraq and coordinating with agencies providing assistance in states hosting Iraqi refugees . '' It calls for a partnership between Iraq and the international community that would help the country foster `` peace , sound governance and economic reconstruction . '' The draft says `` security is essential '' for U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq to perform its duties . The top U.N. envoy to Iraq , Sergio Vieira de Mello , and 21 others were killed in an August 2003 bombing at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad . After a second bombing that year and attacks against humanitarian workers , then-U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan removed all U.N. international staff from Iraq . A year later , a small U.N. contingent returned to Baghdad . E-mail to a friend .
U.N. resolution would expand Draft Security Council role in Iraq . U.N. role much reduced in a month after 21 bombings at its Baghdad headquarters . New resolution calls for U.N. to help resolve `` disputed internal boundaries '' Also mandated : helping government bring back refugees , improve services .