Friday, September 25, 2009

President Talibani's Speech to the United Nations
















In his speech to the UN .. Talabani: the time has come to reconsider the decisions relating to Iraq

2009-09-25

Called Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the UN Security Council pass a resolution that comes out of Iraq subject to Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Talabani said in a speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations at its fifty-fourth and sixty: "We and the Iraqi people behind us and look forward to such a day when Iraq is not shackled restrictions of Chapter VII sanctions and we are working towards a settlement of issues relating to Iraq in the UN Security Council issues inherited from the former regime, and arranged on our commitments to work to meet them.

He stressed that Iraq will continue to work with relevant parties and stakeholders in the United Nations to reach a settlement satisfactory to all parties and without prejudice to our obligations under Security Council resolutions.

Talabani said that the situation in Iraq, and as a result of the major positive developments that occurred since the fall of the former regime and get rid of the dictatorship, it is fundamentally different from the situation which existed when the UN Security Council adopted resolution 661 in 1990.

He said that after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1859 in 2008, and the issuance of the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in response to the fifth paragraph of that resolution, the time has come for the Security Council acted in response to the report of the Secretary-General, under the mandate entrusted to it and its responsibility in the maintenance of international peace and security, to reconsider decisions relating to Iraq, which was passed by a Chapter VII resolution from 661 to 1990 and the form in which to return to the international status of Iraq was Itboowha before making those decisions.

Talabani stressed that Iraq, since the collapse of the former regime in 2003, was keen to respect international legitimacy and to deal with Security Council resolutions relevant to Iraq and the situation between Iraq and Kuwait brother highest degree of responsibility and respect.

On the other hand Talabani said that there is a real threat facing Iraq at the current stage as a result of this intervention in its internal affairs, which to the extent of committing the most atrocious crimes against innocent citizens and the various components of the Iraqi people, men, women and children and the elderly.

And that these criminal operations and the legacy of large numbers of the victims live up to the crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity, punishable under international law.

He noted that operations of this level of organization and complexity and magnitude can not be planned, funded and implemented without the support of the forces and external parties

The indications and preliminary investigations into the presence of third parties involved in these processes.

Talabani said that the Iraqi government found itself compelled to resort to the United Nations in order to protect its citizens and stop the bloodshed of the innocent Iraqi, adding that he looks forward to helping the international community and its support for Iraq's position in the formation of an independent international commission of inquiry to investigate the crimes of terrorism against the people of Iraq.

UN Secretary-General of the United Nations has designated the senior official level to assess the extent of foreign intervention, which threatens the safety and security of Iraq and terrorism crimes as war crimes, genocide and looking forward to better cooperation and coordination with neighboring countries and the relevant States to control the border and exchange information and coordinate efforts and to prevent groups that sponsor terrorism action against Iraq and under any guise whatsoever.

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