5 posts tagged “united nations”

While negotiations continue in Iran, with the Islamic Republic doing everything according to the law, the US Congress proceeded with illegal threats and sanctions against Iran because it's leaders choose to exercise the nation's legal right to enrich uranium. Even as the US Congress took this draconiun step, Elbaradei and his team resumed talks in Iran. The talks are a follow up to the negotiations which adjourned in August with the agreement between Tehran and the IAEA on a time table to resolve remaining issues of concern on a scientific and rational basis [document of understanding].

It would seem that even though the Iranian president extends peaceful hands to the US administration, she is still steered by her zionist bosses.

Extract from the Alalam report:

Last month, Iran and IAEA has agreed on a timetable for the Islamic Republic to answer the top questions over the nuclear program.

Tehran also allowed the IAEA inspectors to visit its sensitive Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, apparently in order to persuade the international community not to choose a third sanction against the country.

In accordance with Iran-IAEA agreement, negotiations on Iran's P1 and P2 centrifuges are scheduled to be finalized on September 24th and 25th to clarify all remaining ambiguities on the matter, after which this matter would be deleted from the two sides' negotiations agenda.

[Alalam Sept 25th 2007]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday the issue of his country's nuclear ambitions was "closed" and a matter to be handled by the U.N. watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Claudia Parson [REUTERS Sept 25th 2007]

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran - United Nations Press Conference Sept 25th 2007 - UN Video Archive

Q: In the light of the US Congress and pending French decisions concerning further sanctions against Iran, is the Nuclear Issue closed as a political issue?
A: The extended sanctions do not surprise us, but as far as we are concerned, the issue on a legal question, it is now an IAEA matter. In my opinion, my time here was not hard.

Q: Concerning academic freedoms, why is there so little academic freedom in Iran?
A: Open debate between Iranian president and students in Iran is common place. The academics mentioned in American media are still active in Iran and are not especially limited or restricted. For some legal issues common to all societies, some persons may appear before our independent judicial process in Iran.

Q: Concerning the president's comments about the IAEA as the only relevant agency, what about the Security Council
A: The sanctions by some global powers are completely illegal and their power is projected on others via the Security Council and by their veto rights within the Security Council. What is right for us to do is to cooperate with the IAEA and to resist.

Q: Nuclear facility in Syria attacked by Israel. What would Iran do if it were attacked
A: Next question please.

Q: What is Iran doing to curb climate change
A: We can reduce the consumption of fuel. All countries must commit to uphold the necessary standards to reduce harm to the environment.

Q: Iran's neighbours are concerned and the US has claimed that there is an Iranian military dissident, apparently a former defense minister who has evidence as to secret nuclear experiments in Iran.
A: These are propaganda games that are obsolete. We don;t have a defense minister who has left our country and neither are our neighbours concerned about the nuclear issue. The controversy is fabricated and illegal, even according to the IAEA report.

Q: Do you recognise Israel?
A: A usurpative illegal regime and the solution is based on humane concerns. We insist that the Palestinian nation must participate in a referendum to decide on their own fate. Palestinians, whether Muslims, Jewish or Christians, should decide without interference from others. As to the continued existence of Israel, let me ask how the Soviet Union is no more today?  The people themselves voted the Union out of existence.

Q: Concerning Iraq
A: Iran and Iraq have a long history of cooperation. Those others who have made mistakes are seeking to blame others for their own failures. The solution is to respect Iraqis and to engage that nation with respect.

Q: Concerning Columbia University and the long line of support for your comments at the General Assembly
A: The debate at the University meeting speaks for itself. The meeting was welcomed widely by students. We must all practice the capacity to listen to things we do not like.

Related:
60 Minutes Interview - CBS Video Archive

President of the Islamic republic of Iran - United Nations [General Assembly] Address - CSpan - Video Archive
The Challenges facing the nations

1. Lewdness, violence and breaking the boundaries of chastity and decency threaten the Family and social coherance.
2. Some  global powers are a power unto themselves. Human rights violated by secret trials and breaches of privacy and by prosecuting scientists.
3. Invasion of states and then use conditions created as a pretext for continued occupation. Palestine and Iraq mentioned as a prime example of this strategy employing depravation and coercion and propaganda and threats.
4. Aggressions against indigenous powers and their values. Singled out monotheistic cultures that are ridiculed and profaned in order to question the existence of God and to promote blind consumerism in its stead.
5. Global poverty and depravation. Tragic situation dominating economic international
6. Ignoring human values including honesty purity and trust. Proporgate instead mistrust.
   
7. Violations of international laws. Contravention of charters and treaties.
8. Escalation of threats and the arms race.
9. There are few protections by International forums

The Roots and Causes of these challenges

1. The outcome of the world war sixty years ago. Some pwers still regard themselves as the victors and the others as the vanquished. Regretably, the UN Security Council is ineffectual. Perpetrators are also the Judges and Jury in international affairs.
2. Disregard of morals, divine values, teachings of prophets, and the rule of the incompetant. Human dignity is no longer respected by impious powers. Disregard of ethics and the rule of the selfish.

Solution
For enduring stability and security. A forum of nations should be established for promoting justice and democracy  based on monotheism, and affection of nations

Nuclear Issue
Iran has been deprived and prevented in attempts to prevent Iran from gaining access to the energy cycle and its scientific progress. Iran has sufferred illegal threats and sanctions. Nevertheless, Iran has progressed. The nuclear [political] issue of Iran has now closed and has turned into an ordinary IAEA matter.

Thanks and Invitations to Peace
Thanks to the nations who have supported Iran for standing by the international law. Iran is willing to offer its help to all nations, under educational programs. A statement and an invitation to arrogant powers to return from the path of following satan and to return to compassion to others an respect for human dignity, or else they will be punished as other arrogant nations before them.

Declaration
The end of the era of darkness, materialism and selfishness is overdue. A new age of compassion, dignity, and justice is the key to unity and constructive interaction. This is the promise of God, therefore it will become reality.

It isn't surprising that efforts on the part of Iran have been met with narrow minded responses by US government officials.

On the positive side, the United Nations has received a gift from Iran (hand-woven carpet) with appreciation.

I am sure that many people haven't had the opportunity to see these videos, so I am posting them here for you. The most important one I will post separately as the President has been misquoted so many times about that.

The first is the press conference at the UN last year. The entire video is available at the UN Video archive. In Iranian manner, similar to African culture, it takes some time for the speaker to get to the main points. We tend to set the mood first, so viewers are advised to watch the entire clip to understand his intentions.

This next video is part 1 of 4 parts. Those who have little time can scan the shortened speech I have typed out below.

Text extract of speech
It is evident that the behaviors of some powers constitutes the greatest challenge before the security council, the entire organization, and its affiliated agencies. The present structure and working methods of the security council, which are legacies of the second world war, are not responsive to the expectations of the current generation and the contemporary needs of humanity. Today, it is undeniable that the security council, most critically and urgently, needs legitimacy, and effectiveness. It must be acknowledged that as long as the council is unable to act on behalf of the entire international community, in a transparent, just and democratic manner, it will neither be legitimate, nor effective. Furthermore, the direct relation between the abuse of veto, and the erosion of the legitimacy and effectiveness of the council, has now been clearly and undeniably established.
We cannot and should not expect the eradication or even containment of injustice, imposition, and oppression without reforming the structure and working methods of the council. Is it appropriate to expect this generation to submit to the decisions and arrangements established over half a century ago? Doesn't this generation or future generations have the right to decide themselves about the world in which they want to live?
Justice and democracy dictate that the role of the General Assembly, as the highest organ of the United Nations, must be respected. The General Assembly can then, through appropriate mechanisms, take on the task of reforming the organization, and particularly rescue the security council from it's current state. In the interim, the Non-aligned Movement, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and the African Continent, should each have a representative, as a permanent member of the security council, with veto powers. The resulting balance will hopefully prevent further trampling of the rights of nations.

It is essential that spirituality and ethics find their rightful place in international relations. Without ethics and spirituality contained in the light of the teachings of the divine prophets, justice, freedom and human rights cannot be guaranteed. Resolution of contemporary human crises lies in observing ethics and spirituality and the governance of righteous people of high competence and piety. Should respect for the rights of human beings become the predominant objective, then injustice, ill-temperament, aggression and war will fade away. Human beings are all God's creatures, and are all endowed with dignity and respect. No one has superiority over others. No individual or states can arrogate for themselves special privileges. Nor can they disregard the rights of others, and through influence and pressure, position themselves as "the international community".
All nations and states are entitled to peace, progress and security. We are all members of the international community and we are all entitled to insist on the creation of a climate of compassion, love and justice.


Peoples, driven by their divine nature, intrinsically seek good, virtue, perfection and beauty. Relying on our people's, we can take giant steps towards reform, and pave the road for human perfection. Whether we like it or not, justice, peace and virtue will sooner or later prevail in the world, with the will of the almighty God. It is imperative and also desirable, that we too should lead to the promotion of justice and virtue. The almighty and merciful God, who is the creator of the universe, is also it's Lord and Ruler. Justice is His command. He commands His creatures to support one another in good, virtue, and piety; and not in decadence and corruption. He commands His creatures to enjoin one another to righteousness and virtue; and not to sin and transgression.

All divine prophets, from the prophet Adam (peace be upon him) to the prophet Moses, to the prophet Jesus Christ, to the prophet Mohammed, have all called humanity to monotheism, justice, brotherhood, love and compassion. Is it not possible to build a better world based on monotheism, justice, love and respect for the rights of human beings; and thereby transform animosities into friendship? I emphatically declare that today's world, more than ever before, longs for just and righteous people with love for all humanity; and above all, longs for the perfect, righteous human being, and the real saviour who has been promised to all peoples and who will establish justice, peace and brotherhood on the planet.

Iran President UN 2006 Part 4

President Ahmadinejad has been asked by the Columbia State  University to address an audience there. The president of the senate of the university is quoted by the Associated Press (Sept 23rd):

President Lee Bollinger has resisted calls to cancel the event, but promised to introduce the talk himself with a series of tough questions on topics including Ahmadinejad's views on the Holocaust, his call for the destruction of the state of Israel and his government's alleged support of terrorism.

The university "is committed to confronting ideas — to understand the world as it is and as it might be," Bollinger said in a statement, emphasizing the invitation implied no endorsement of Ahmadinejad's opinions.

I am sure you hope along with me, for an uninterrupted listening to this person's response to such interesting questions. I have little doubt that the media in the most undemocratic nations will misquote him so many times that his real words will end up being unheard anyway. One of Hitler's side kicks is famous for saying that if a lie is repeated often enough it will become the truth. It's sickening when psychopaths are so correct in their observations that I have to agree. I am sure I will one day be quoted as in agreement with the Nazzis. Anyone who believes I am a nazzi will also say I am an anti-semite. To be frank, those who know, know. And those who don't, don't.

The debate began Aug 23rd when a blogger posted an  interesting item entitled Score one, ... for who actually? The item dealt with illegal immigrants in the USA. My sentiments were that the statements were xenophobic. I have since been proven totally wrong in my initial argument, at least as far as the comments left on Scio's blog may be considered. The debate has somehow taken a turn since the mention of "criminal immigration" and my response thereto. I was making  the point that the term "criminal" should be used with caution.

The debate has now turned to the criminality or otherwise of the war in Iraq.

Scio is a catholic voxer of some note, a confessed conservative, and in my opinion, a lot of other potentially significant things. But, I guess people in glass houses like myself shouldn't throw stones.

Which brings me to another point, to repeat the now cliched term made famous by the British TV series, Monty Python's Flying Circus:

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!

I have been considering of late, how terribly BOXED in one starts to feel at VOX. Perhaps it's my location in the far east, where the word "vox" is pronounced as "box"? Or perhaps it's merely my psychotic tendency to form loose associations between essentially unrelated issues? On a serious note, i should be careful for in the event some intelligent life form out there is also in profound disagreement with me, with a tendency to act with aggression, i may be in serious trouble. For my associations may be a dead give away to those who would really give it some thought. But then again, perhaps the producers of those great American TV shows like CSI are nothing more than figments of some writer's imagination, bearing no resemblance at all to personages in reality, drawing profiles and following leads as they do.

Enough about CSI then, what am i on about here? Well, paranoid-driven, i have set about trying desperately to think outside the BOX. Feeling claustrophobed by the complimentary comments, the conservative one hand washing the other, the liberals scratching one back and getting a complimentary scratch in return. I have an issue with adding friends to one's VOX who agree with me. I tend to seek out those who disagree and invite them instead, as a way of ensuring I don't become stale in my blogging efforts. The groups so often have this sort of claustrophobic feel to them as well. "If you aren't gay, don't come in". The group managers are bouncers ready to bounce your head on out there as soon as you post something they define as "outside the VOX". "If you don't always make the sign of the cross, then don't dig or del.ico.us.irise Gregorian chants". Blogs and groups become i scratch your back, you scratch mine affairs.  In this respect, i somehow see the logic of Aput's blog mentality of "sitting on the fence". The danger in this of course is that one viewpoint becomes superimposed over another. One voice being silenced into submission. One voice howling the conservative view, the other seeking acceptance at all costs. If this is the end result, then damn that route. Either VOXers are too polite, or we vox in a time of self-imposed censorship? I maintain of someone voxes something, he is seeking comment. If they were private thoughts that were not seeking comment, then they would have been hidden, unblogged, not voxed. For me, voxed is the antithesis of boxed.

I am interested to find out other's views on this matter. Be that as it may be, i am blogging at several other sites, just to get out of the Vox-Box so to speak. Trying to employ the causes and groups at Facebook, though this seldom seems to work, as social networking tools in this ilk, are often merely glamourised and modernised popularity runs, to see who get's the most friends before the pyramid falls flat. My other reason for being so many different monkeys with AK (a keyboard), is once again my paranoia that this blog will be shut down. My constant hope is that I will be that famous one day. Truly, it would be an honor to be shut down for more than merely exposing my more private aspects.

To end off, i will give readers a definition of blogging that i read in a comment on an Azanian blog, made in reference to the Thought Leaders blogging forum (an initiative of the Mail & Guardian). The person referred to blogging as "wanking with an audience". My Catholic persona rejects wanking as a total waste of time and good DNA. My other personae (one of me does a daily roll call) rejects the notion that all blogs fall into that category, just as all of us are not wankers. Some of us seek to utilize our DNA for what it was intended.