Israel Calls for Expelling Iran from UN
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has expressed “dismay” over the Iranian president’s comments urging the destruction of Israel. His comments?
Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran’s fundamentalist president, yesterday declared that Israel “must be wiped off the map” and warned Arab countries against developing economic ties with Israel in response to its withdrawal from Gaza.
“As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map,” Mr Ahmadi-Nejad said, citing the founder of Iran’s Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Kofi Annan, in a statement issued Thursday, reminded “all member states that Israel is a long-standing member of the United Nations with the same rights and obligations as every other member.”
It added that “under the United Nations Charter, all members have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.”
Israel today called for Iran to be expelled from the United Nations. The behaviour by Iran’s President is only likely to force a showdown over their nuclear program, which many nations are concerned about, and this belligerent and aggressive rhetoric isn’t going to win them any friends or soothe anyone.
Source: CNN.
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