in one breath bush scolds iraq for violations that are debatable...in
the next breath, he openly shows his disdain for UN resolutions
eric stewart wrote:
> copied from
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2429347.stm
>
> Russia - which is also opposed to US military intervention in Iraq -
> said the resolution had "averted a real war threat and opened the way
> for further political-diplomatic efforts to settle the Iraqi situation".
>
the following snip is taken from the article which follows:
The resolution outlines a program of work for the weapons inspector
teams, but the US President George Bush still declares that Iraq could
face the "severest consequences" of a US-led military strike if
authorities there fail to completely comply with the demands of the
resolution. He warned overnight that the US would not be constrained by
the language of the resolution.
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Subject: [globenet] Press Release re UN Iraq Resolution
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:10:03 +1000
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FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE
OZPEACE
Friends of the Earth Australia, The Australian Peace Committee, the
Medical
Association for the prevention of War, and Ozpeace today called for
all
United Nations countries to declare their weapons of mass destruction
capability and to make a commitment to totally disarm such weapons in a
show of leadership to Iraq.
Security Council Resolution 1441, which calls on Iraq to provide open
and
unfettered access to UN weapons inspectors, was passed overnight after
agreement was reached between all five permanent members of the UN
Security
Council, USA, UK, Russia, China and France. The resolution requires Iraq
to
have issued by early December, "a full, accurate and complete"
declaration
of all its programs to develop and deliver weapons of mass destruction,
as
well as civilian materials that could have military applications.
"The Permanent Five (P5) members of the Security Council have between
them
somewhere in the vicinity of 35,000 nuclear weapons and unknown
arsenals
of chemical and biological weapons," said Dimity Hawkins, FoEA
spokesperson
this morning. "We ask that the P5 lead by example and declare to the
world
in full, accurate and complete terms all programs existing within their
nations which rely on weapons of mass destruction."
In the wake of the adoption of Resolution 1441, peace groups both in
Australia and internationally express concern that this will be a
precursor
to war against the Iraqi nation, and would lead to military strikes in
line
with the US agenda for a "regime change" in Iraq.
The resolution outlines a program of work for the weapons inspector
teams,
but the US President George Bush still declares that Iraq could face the
"severest consequences" of a US-led military strike if authorities there
fail to completely comply with the demands of the resolution. He warned
overnight that the US would not be constrained by the language of the
resolution.
"The last US-led war against Iraq sanctioned by the United Nations saw
massive Iraqi casualties, many of whom were civilians," said Ron Gray of
the Australian Peace Committee. According to Friends of the Earth
Australia nuclear weapons spokesperson, John Hallam: "We must seek world
wide disarmament of weapons of mass destruction through diplomacy and
agreement. War against any one nation is not an answer to the problem of
chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. If we are talking about weapons
of
mass destruction we should start with those whom we know for certain
actually have vast WMD arsenals - The US, Russia, France, the UK, China,
India Pakistan and Israel "
Peace groups around Australia are organising towards a national weekend
of
action to call for no war against Iraq on the 30 November - 1 December
2002. Public rallies are planned in all capital cities. In Sydney there
will be a 'Walk Against War' commencing at 12 noon Saturday Nov 30 at
Sydney Town Hall, which will be adressed by John Pilger, Sharan Burrows,
Christian and Moslem religious leaders and celebrities.
For comment, please call:
Dimity Hawkins, FoEA 0425-786-301, 08-8298-5326
John Hallam, FoEA 02-9567-7533, 02-9810-2598
Ron Gray Australian Peace Committee 08-8364-2291
Giji Gya MAPWA, 0413-594-717
Jacob Grech Ozpeace 0402-246-491
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