The legal right to determine how to enforce its own resolutions lies with the Security Council alone (UN Charter Articles 39–42), not with individual nations. On November 8th, 2002, immediately after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1441, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and France issued a joint statement declaring that Council Resolution 1441 did not authorize any "automaticity" in the use of force against Iraq, and that a further Council resolution was needed were force to be used.
The UN Charter gives the Security Council exclusive power to implement its decisions, overriding national control (Articles 39-42). Following the adoption of Resolution 1441 on November 8th, 2002, Russia, China, and France issued a joint statement arguing that this resolution did not permit automatic military action against Iraq, necessitating a subsequent Council decision for force to be used.