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2003-03-27

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2003-03-27

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1. “My Government is appalled by news of prisoners of war being mistreated, and it calls on the Iraqi regime to adhere to the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and to honour all obligations therein, especially that of giving the International Committee of the Red Cross immediate and unconditional access and refraining from any inhumane or degrading treatment. Addressing the situation in Iraq, my Government, in a recent declaration, stated: "The United Nations Organization must be and must remain the keystone of international cooperation as we proceed into the century of globalization. It would amount to a tragedy for mankind if that Organization were to fail now to be worthy of the challenge so clearly before it." Clearly, the Security Council must not fail to address the issue of rebuilding Iraq.”

   2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source

2. “Unhappy that it had to come to military action, we believe that the present course of action will result in a safer and better world for all humankind, especially for the people of the region itself. We are greatly concerned with the humanitarian situation in Iraq, for which the Iraqi regime is fully responsible. It is imperative that supplies be able to enter in a safe manner and be distributed unimpeded. While supplies will be brought in initially by coalition forces, we hope that the various United Nations programmes will be able to resume their respective roles as soon as possible. Furthermore, the United Nations has to play a key role in rebuilding Iraq, not just from the current war but also from the suffering of the last 20-some years. We urge all Governments that can to contribute to this effort.”

   2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source

3. “We have gathered here in the wake of the terrible events unfolding in Iraq. Only one week ago a war started that nobody wanted - neither the coalition fighting in Iraq nor the Iraqi people, nor certainly my own country. But the Iraqi regime missed the chance given by Security Council resolution 1441 (2002) and continued to ignore the will of the international community at the expense of its own people. We have joined the coalition, under the authority of a number of Security Council resolutions, most notably resolutions 678 (1990) and 1441 (2002), because it was the only way left to disarm the Iraqi regime and fully rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction.”

   2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source