[Peace-discuss] Fwd: wilpf-news Non-aligned nations request open Security Council debate on Iraq

[manni at snafu.de]

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> From: Merav Datan <datan at igc.org>
> Subject: wilpf-news Non-aligned nations request open Security Council debate 
on Iraq
> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:20:20 -0400
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> Non-aligned nations request open Security Council debate on Iraq
> 
> 11 October - A group of non-aligned nations has requested an emergency open
> debate on Iraq in the United Nations Security Council, saying that it was
> imperative the 15-member body hear the views of the wider UN membership
> before it adopted any proposed resolution.
> 
> In a letter on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement addressed to the President
> of the Council, Ambassador Dumisani S. Kumalo of South Africa says the group
> notes that consultations are currently under way, particularly among the
> Council's five permanent members, on a possible new resolution on Iraq.
> 
> "We believe that the proposed elements of such a resolution include issues
> that are of importance to the entire membership of the United Nations and
> the future role of the United Nations in the maintenance of international
> peace and security," the letter states.
> 
> "All States Members and Permanent Observes of the United Nations should be
> afforded an opportunity to express their views on these important
> developments that directly affect the purposes and principles of the Charter
> of the United Nations," it adds.
> 
> Meanwhile, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked to see the Council
> President for the month of October, Ambassador Martin Belinga-Eboutou of
> Cameroon, and a number of other representatives "to take the pulse" on where
> things stand with Security Council action on Iraq before he leaves tomorrow
> for China, a UN spokesman said.
> 
> for more information:
> http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=5010&Cr=iraq&Cr1=
> 
> **********
> Merav Datan
> Director, UN Office
> Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
> 777 UN Plaza, 6th floor, New York, NY 10017 USA
> Tel: 1-212-682-1265, Fax: 1-212-286-8211
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