KOFI ANNAN HA IMPIEGATO APPENA ... 18 MESI PER DIRE CHE LA GUERRA IN
IRAQ E' STATA "ILLEGALE"


Da: w.schulz
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Von: Lawyers Against The War
Gesendet: Montag, 4. Oktober 2004 16:46
Betreff: Kofi Annan: 18 months delay in saying "illegal"

Kofi Annan:

"I do not think Washington has taken any decision yet as to what to do
about Iraq. But ... any attack on Iraq at this stage would be unwise."

Mr Annan, after talks in London with the prime minister:25 February
2002. (An aggressive unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation is merely
“unwise.”)

On 17 March 2003, Annan was asked point blank by a reporter: "Should
the United States go ahead, and its allies, and use military action
against Iraq without UN Security Council authorisation, would that be
in violation of international law, according to you?"
Annan's less than clear answer was:
"I have made it very clear that in my judgment, if the Council were to
be able to manage this process successfully and muster the collective
will to handle this operation, its own reputation and credibility would
have been enhanced. And I have also said if the action is to take place
without the support of the council, its legitimacy will be questioned
and the support for it will be diminished."

"Yes, if you wish. I have indicated it was not in conformity with the
UN charter from our point of view, from the charter point of view, it
was illegal."
September 2004, BBC interview in which he was pressed on whether the
attack on Iraq was illegal.

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Assistant Secretary General of the UN Dennis Halliday resigns from his
34 year UN Career.
"Sanctions are starving to death 6,000 Iraqi infants each month,
ignoring human rights of ordinary Iraqis, and turning a whole
generation against the West... I no longer want to be a part of that"
(NYT, 18October, 1998, p.4).