Annan appeals to Iraq to disarm and cooperate, says war not inevitable
In a speech to the key18161 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, delivered by Lakhdar Brahimi, his Special Representative in Afghanistan, the Secretary-General also warned that the key18165 legitimacy of, and support for, action in Iraq would be seriously impaired if taken without the authority of the Security Council.
“Iraq must disarm,” said Mr. Annan, currently visiting Europe. “For the sake of its own people, and for the sake of world security and world order key18162 – I urge the Iraqi leadership to choose full transparency and key18155 cooperation with the inspectors to help avoid conflict.”
The key18154 Secretary-General also stressed that if the Security key18157 Council manages this crisis effectively and successfully, its credibility and influence will be key18164 considerably enhanced. “States and peoples around the world attach fundamental importance to such legitimacy, and to the international rule of law,” he said.
Thanking the NAM for its help key18153 in efforts to find a peaceful solution in Iraq, Mr. Annan warned of the potentially very serious humanitarian implications of the crisis. “Already, the humanitarian situation in Iraq is of great concern. The population is key18156 highly vulnerable, with one million children under
https://www.redbullvape.com/ five chronically malnourished, key18158 and five million Iraqis lacking access to safe water and sanitation.”
Turning to the Middle East, Mr. Annan said the road map drawn up by the diplomatic Quartet – United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia – for a key18163 two-state solution provided the best hope for key18159 ending the crisis. “The human and material losses sustained by the Palestinian people in the last two years have been nothing short of catastrophic,” he said. “Hundreds of lives have been lost, mostly among Palestinians, but also among Israelis. Tragically, key18160 and unacceptably, many of the victims have been children.”
In Africa, the Secretary-General called on all Ivoirians to support the recent multi-party agreement signed in France to end the fighting. He said the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remained of deep concern but that in Sudan prospects for peace seemed brighter today than at key18152 any time in the past three decades.
Finally he appealed to all to be guided by key18151 the “noble aims” of the Millennium Summit of 2000 not only in eradicating poverty, protecting the environment, fighting terrorism and AIDS, and providing education for children, but also in upholding human rights, promoting democracy, the rule of law and good governance.