Iranian Parliament speaker Calls for Ending Veto Privilege
EU Double Standards Exposed
Iran Daily
TEHRAN, Oct. 8--Majlis(Iranian Parliament) Speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel said in Geneva on Monday that the veto right of the United Nations Security Council permanent members is contrary to the democratic principles and the UN member-states must put an end to this privilege.
He said in his address to the 117th Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Committee on United Nations Affairs that as long as such a privilege is available for members of the Security Council, the body will not be successful in establishing peace and security in the world, IRNA reported.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran calls for limiting the use of veto right and supporting an end to the veto right,“ he said.
The Iranian Parliament speaker made it clear that the structure, composition and performance of the Security Council run counter to the elementary criteria and democratic values.
Haddad noted that the UN Security Council is required to adopt democratic, transparent and up-to-date measures in fulfilling its responsibility.
“The US and several of its allies have referred the Iranian dispute with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Security Council that has passed several resolutions against Iran, which are both unfair and illegal as they amount to extortion and intimidation.
“This is while the Islamic Republic of Iran is making efforts for confidence-building with the IAEA and have proved its goodwill to resolve the outstanding issues with the UN agency and part of the dispute has been resolved,“ he said.
Secretary-General of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Andreas B. Johnson, conferred with Haddad at his residence in Geneva on Sunday.
Haddad told Johnson that what happened in Strasbourg is an example of many mistakes committed by the European Union such that the banned Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO) became a source of information for the Council of Europe.
“What we cannot understand is that the EU creates this situation for a group (MKO) that even the EU itself, France and the US that are regarded as Iran’s enemies brand it as terrorist and MKO members are being prosecuted by the Interpol,“ he said.
Meanwhile, secretary-general of Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) who attended the French meeting said the reason for lack of participation of Haddad was a meeting held between APA officials with MKO agents concurrent with the arrival of the Iranian delegation in France.
Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian said that when the Iranian delegation asked the Europeans whether they will talk with Al-Qaeda, they said they won’t, which showed their double standards.
