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President of Venezuela Calls on UN Secretary General to Condemn Aggression Against Iraq
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez called on the UN Secretary General to condemn the aggression against Iraq.
Pravda.RU:World:More in detail
12:21 2003-03-24
President of Venezuela Calls on UN Secretary General to Condemn Aggression Against Iraq
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez called on the UN Secretary General to condemn the aggression against Iraq.
Chavez made a traditional TV and radio address on Sunday in Guanar, Venezuela.
According to Chavez, "it is necessary to tell those who hold the highest power that we do not want new wars." He also asked the UN to fulfil its role on the planet Earth, for the organisation exists for some purposes, he said.
Chavez stressed that Venezuela joins the majority of the world's countries, including Russia, which demand that the UN Charter, human rights, sovereignty of the peoples and their laws as well as God's laws be respected.
Pointing to the photograph of an Iraqi child with a burnt face, the president declared that "this cannot be justified."
© RIAN
12:21 2003-03-24
President of Venezuela Calls on UN Secretary General to Condemn Aggression Against Iraq
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez called on the UN Secretary General to condemn the aggression against Iraq.
Chavez made a traditional TV and radio address on Sunday in Guanar, Venezuela.
According to Chavez, "it is necessary to tell those who hold the highest power that we do not want new wars." He also asked the UN to fulfil its role on the planet Earth, for the organisation exists for some purposes, he said.
Chavez stressed that Venezuela joins the majority of the world's countries, including Russia, which demand that the UN Charter, human rights, sovereignty of the peoples and their laws as well as God's laws be respected.
Pointing to the photograph of an Iraqi child with a burnt face, the president declared that "this cannot be justified."
© RIAN
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http://english.pravda.ru/world/2003/03/24/...
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The vice-president of Venezuela, Jose Vicente Rangel, has accused the United States and Britain of using the war against Iraq as a way of pressuring the oil producers' organisation, Opec.
Mr Rangel said the war posed a threat to the interests of Opec, which includes Venezuela - its only Latin American member nation.
He said that if the US and Britain won the war, they would seek to exploit Iraq's vast oil reserves - the second largest in the world.
Mr Rangel said the war against Iraq contravened international law and was a blow to the authority of the United Nations.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
Mr Rangel said the war posed a threat to the interests of Opec, which includes Venezuela - its only Latin American member nation.
He said that if the US and Britain won the war, they would seek to exploit Iraq's vast oil reserves - the second largest in the world.
Mr Rangel said the war against Iraq contravened international law and was a blow to the authority of the United Nations.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
For more information:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/287742...
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