"It will be a resolution that summarizes the situation ... as it exists. Shows that Iraq is not in compliance. I think the resolution will point out that lack of cooperation," Powell told BBC Television's Newsnight program.
"This next resolution need not say `military action' to provide the authority for the use of force."
Diplomats say the draft may simply say Iraq -- which denies maintaining banned weapons programs -- is in "further material breach" of UN disarmament resolutions, which Washington and London argue is sufficient justification for war.
Russia's Ivanov did not rule out vetoing a new UN resolution which endorsed the use of force against Iraq, but said Moscow had no objections to examining a new resolution if it was aimed at helping the inspection process.
Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix on Monday plans to deliver a list of some 30 unresolved questions about Iraqi disarmament to his advisory board, which some nations want to turn into an ultimatum for Iraq.
The list is in preparation for a report to the 15-member UN Security Council that Blix will submit in writing on Feb. 28 or on March 3 followed by an oral presentation tentatively scheduled for March 7, diplomats said.
The US and Britain are not expected to push he new resolution to a vote before hearing the report from Blix, which is interpreted as a sign that despite Rumsfeld's warning, no military action is planned for early March.
The compilation of the questions has been organized by Blix's UN Monitoring, Inspection and Verification Commission (UNMOVIC) over several years and amounts to some 300 pages.
A condensed version is expected to be presented in "clusters" to UNMOVIC's advisory group, composed of technical experts and government officials from 16 countries, who meet at the UN on Monday and Tuesday.
Some Security Council members, such as Germany, have suggested the list be used as an ultimatum to Iraq in an effort to bridge differences between US plans to go to war and those who want inspections to continue for an unspecified time.
Meanwhile in Malaysia, developing countries as far apart as Afghanistan and Zimbabwe threw their weight against war in Iraq. But they refused Baghdad's request that they bar US troops from using their territory as a launchpad for an attack.
The issue of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and North Korea dominated preparatory talks before next week's summit of the 114-member Non-Aligned Movement in Kuala Lumpur.
The 114 nations said in a draft resolution that the use of force against Iraq would run contrary to the global consensus that "categorically rejects the current threat of war".
"We express our support and solidarity with Iraq vis-a-vis the possible aggression against it and (are) committed to exert all possible means to achieve a peaceful solution," it said.
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