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U N M A N D A T E D O E S N O T M
A K E W A R O N I R A Q R I G H
T ! By
Jorgen Johansen and Jan Oberg, TFF If
you think that the planned war is a violation of international law,
a UN mandate does not make it more legal. If you think that the war
is morally wrong or unfair, a mandate won't make it right or just.
Let's help the Secretary-General save the UN as a peace organisation.
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UN mandate does not turn war into peace. A mandate is no comfort; no UN mandate
is the better option. The planned war violates the Charter's words and spirit.
Since September 11, the UN has suffered even more blows. The Bush regime moves
from MAD to NUTS. Kidnapping Iraq's report and keeping U.S. involvement in
Iraq's military secret. Kofi Annan
should remember Article 99 and 100 and use them to save the UN. The U.S. tail
must not wag the UN dog... Read
the analysis here http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2002/PI168_No_UN_mandate.html
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