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2000-04-17

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2000-04-17

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1. “Whoever of you does so will absolve himself of the responsibility of having a hand in the genocide of an entire people. You will thus help in maintaining the credibility of the United Nations in accordance with the Charter. This may also help the United States to become fully aware of its crimes, take the correct road in international relations and respect the United Nations Charter. Nations and States throughout the world have begun to heed our appeal, as reflected in a recent letter by Russian parliamentarians addressed to the President of the Security Council. Moreover, members of the European Parliament have called for the immediate lifting of the sanctions imposed against Iraq. I do not believe that anyone in the world can today justify their immoral silence in the face of this crime by claiming that they see no evil or hear no evil.”

   2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source

2. “The sanctions and the organized destruction undertaken by the United States and the United Kingdom against Iraqi civilian establishments through continuing acts of aggression and no-fly-zones and the environmental and health catastrophe resulting from the use of depleted uranium against Iraq during the Gulf War are all elements of the gravest crime against mankind in the modern times. This crime must cease immediately. Let me take this opportunity to make an appeal to all the countries of the world. Sanctions against Iraq were imposed by members, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 24 of the Charter, through which you authorized the Security Council to act on your behalf. You have a legal and moral duty to take this authority away from the Security Council because it has used its authority to perpetrate a crime of genocide.”

   2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source

3. “Mr. Ritter added: "We should reformulate that mandate to qualitative disarmament. Does Iraq have chemical weapons today? No. Does Iraq today have long-range ballistic missiles today? No. Nuclear? No. Biological? No. Is Iraq qualitatively disarmed? Yes." That testimony by a senior UNSCOM. inspector who undertook both inspection and espionage in Iraq, a person fully knowledgeable about the ethos of former Iraqi programmes, is sufficient to make clear to Security Council members and the international community that what ought to be looked into now is lifting the sanctions imposed on Iraq, not to replace or suspend them with unjust conditions. Sanctions kill 7,000 Iraqi children a month. Sanctions are destroying the fabric of an entire society.”

   2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source