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Libyan Invasion of Chad
Topic Started: Jun 8 2016, 04:38 AM (370 Views)
merlins
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Mustafa Khalil
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt


The Non-Aligned Movement is risking losing relevance if it is to continue a policy of disinterest in global matters. We would like to point out on the stalemate in regard to Libya’s invasion of Chad. An unprovoked aggression.

It is matters like these that require the immediate reaction of the Non-Aligned Movement to ensure that the principles of the United Nations Charter are being upheld and that our members do not become trapped in great power struggles.
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merlins
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Mustafa Khalil
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt


We recognize that the conflict between Iran and Iraq is a serious matter, but we would also like to point out that there are other issues to be discussed as well. With that said, we do not want to diminish the grave importance of the situation between Iraq and Iran, especially, in the light of ongoing peace initiatives, but linking several discussions on several topics undermines the efficiency of this body.

With all due respect towards the Iraqi and Iranian delegates, the proposed resolutions are insufficient and one-sided. Furthermore, it is not yet clear whether media reports on the usage of chemical weapons are indeed true. This would require and impartial-fact finding mission once hostilities would have ended.

Therefore, the Government of Egypt proposes a more moderate and even-handed resolution that would urge both Iran and Iraq to exercise restraint in the ongoing hostilities and express support to ongoing international efforts to find a peaceful resolution. The fact-finding element to determine whether chemical weapons had been used could be included.

As for votes of suspension. We consider these to be non-efficient and very counterproductive. Egypt will not support them.
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Eryk
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Ali Akbar Velayati
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Islamic Republic of Iran

By attempting to bargain an "even-handed" resolution that is not "one-sided" the Egyptian position is, in fact, one sided. Without a direct and unequivocal condemnation of Iraqi chemical weapons use, the issue is obfuscated and rewards the Iraqi regime for its use of weapons of mass destruction by allowing for the implication of Iranian use as well.

The use of chemical weapons is not merely a media report, but a fact confirmed by military analysts, United Nations staff, and thousands of Iranian casualties.

Frankly, under the Egyptian proposal, we would rather have no resolution at all. It would reward Iraqi aggression and illegal use of weapons of mass destruction by lumping Iran in the same category, implying that it is again Iran that also needs to "exercise restraint" despite being illegally attacked and invaded, and that a "fact finding" mission is necessary to determine which side used chemical weapons, despite it being abundantly clear that only Iraq has utilized chemical weapons. Iran does not possess a chemical weapons stockpile; the same phantom artillery that bombarded Basrah must have morphed into phantom Iranian nerve agents.

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merlins
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Mustafa Khalil
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt


We are aware of the fact that in this conflict there are two undisputable truths based on facts. If one reads into the outline of the position of Iraq – Iran is the aggressor. If one reads into the outline of the position of Iran – Iraq is the aggressor.

The task of this organization – despite the doubts of the Iranian representative – is to uphold international standards and an even-handed approach. Without undisputable facts, determined by a fact-finding mission, the international community and the members of this organization are forced to choose either the Iraqi elaboration of the situation or the Iranian one. You are well aware that this is not how these issues are handled by serious international bodies.

If this approach does not satisfy the Iranian representative, then we agree – perhaps the organization should refrain from any statements on this matter at all.

Also, let us remind everyone, this discussion was and still is meant to discuss the Libyan aggression against Chad.
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Papa Andrayo

As my government has stated time and time again we want peace we call on Chad to enter peace talks stop bombing us let us end this conflict not prolong it. Would this mighty organization support peace
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merlins
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Mustafa Khalil
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt


There are no indications that support Libya’s claim of any provocative actions by the Government of Chad. Neither have we had any information on any military action taken against Libya by any foreign power.

All we have heard from the Government of Libya are plans for elections to determine the status of the currently occupied territories of Chad. Your plans do not even propose to have any real alternative – its either continue to be part of Chad (which seems to be the most logical solution) or a “simple” incorporation of these territories into Libya.
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Eryk
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Ali Akbar Velayati
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The standard procedure for international bodies is to accept the information as provided to them. The information is quite clear in establishing a pattern of Iraqi guilt, even by Baghdad's own admission. There can be no validation of Iraqi claims given the circumstances. A war launched in self-defense would not have caused the massing of hundreds of thousands of troops, include widespread bombing attempts on non-military targets, and the use of weapons of mass destruction. Even if you are unsatisfied with obvious fabrications used by the Iraqi regime to inform you of why Baghdad should be condemned, the circumstantial evidence is unequivocal. We will not accept any resolution which implies equivalency between Iran or Iraq, or indeed that Iran is to blame for this conflict or use of weapons of mass destruction.

As for the situation with Libya, we have clearly laid out our position on the matter: Libya can reap what it has sowed. It is time that repeated Arab aggression stops going unchecked. We are amused at the panic in Tripoli over French involvement in liberating Chadian territory. This organization should endorse the international police action undertaken by the French Republic to eliminate the Libyan forces in Chad, and should reaffirm Chadian territorial integrity and sovereignty.
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Mustafa Khalil
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt


If international organizations indeed accepted the information they are provided by parties involved in conflicts we would face parallel worlds and realities. All parties in a conflict always consider themselves to be the right. It is therefore for impartial bodies to determine who is indeed right and who is wrong.
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We agree with Egypt's proposal and present the following unbiased resolution on Iran-Iraq so that we can move on to the Chadian issue.

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The NAM,

United in the pursuit of peace,

Determined to see an end to the Iran-Iraq war,

Concerned by developments of the humanitarian situation,

1. Condemns the general use of chemical weapons in the war, stated to be "critical to success" of various operations,

2. Condemns human rights violations,

3. Urges both combatants to exercise combat restraint in the coming years of the conflict,

4. Demands both reach an immediate and compatible ceasefire agreement
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Eryk
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Ali Akbar Velayati
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Islamic Republic of Iran

In principle, we would take no issue with Egyptian proposals for investigation. Its greatest problem is that it implies the possibility of Iranian guilt where there is none, without providing a reliable timetable for an independent investigation to validate Iranian innocence. The result would be a resolution satisfactory only to Baghdad; one that cannot possibly independently confirm Iraqi guilt, while at the same time implying that at least some of Iraqi claims are true.

Providing equal weight to an aggressor is unacceptable in all circumstances. The benefit of the doubt was not extended to the fascistic dictatorship of Adolf Hitler when he claimed Polish aggression in 1939; it should similarly not be extended to the fascistic and deluded Saddam Hussein forty years later.

We oppose any 'unbiased' resolutions as these are inherently bias in Iraqi favor.
Edited by Eryk, Jun 13 2016, 07:20 AM.
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P.M. Nawaz Sharif
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Feroz Syed Khan
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With due respect, Mr. Khalil, the Iranian delegate's understanding of "impartial" is that which aligns with his viewpoint entirely. No position, other than total submission to Khomeni's whim, is reasonable, just, or legitimate in Mr. Velyati's eyes.
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