Letter From Iraqi
Foreign Minister to the U.N.
November 13, 2002
The following
letter was delivered to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi
Annan from the Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Saberi Ahmed.
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds.
But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear
(Alla)."
(Allah's is the Word of Truth)
His excellency
Mr. Kofi Annan,
The Secretary-General of the United Nations,
New York, N.Y.
Your Excellency
Assalamu Alaykum,
You may recall the huge clamour fabricated by the
President of the United States administration, in the biggest
and most wicked slander against Iraq, supported in malicious intent,
and spearheaded in word and malevolence, by his lackey Tony Blair,
when they disseminated the claim that Iraq had perhaps produced,
or was on its way to produce, nuclear weapons, during the time
when the United Nations inspectors had been absent from Iraq since
1998. Then they returned to stress that Iraq had in fact produced
chemical and biological weapons. They both know, as well as we
do, and so can other countries, that such fabrications are baseless.
But, does the knowledge of the truth constitute elements for interaction
in the politics of our day, which has witnessed the unleashing
of the American administration's evil to its fullest extent, dashing
away all hope in any good? Indeed, is there any good to be hoped
for, or expected, from the American administrations, now that
they have been transformed by their own greed, by Zionism as well
as by other known factors, into the tyrant of the age.
Let's go back to say that Iraq, having seen this
fabrication work perhaps with some countries and amongst public
opinion, while others maintained silence, confronted them with
its agreement to the return of the UN inspectors, having agreed
on this first with you, as UN chief, in New York on 16 September,
2002, and later in a press statement issued jointly in Vienna
following a meeting on 30th September-1st October between an Iraqi
technical delegation headed by Dr. Amer Al-Sa'di, Chief Inspector
Hans Blix and Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, the Director-General of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). But after Iraq's acceptance
of the return of the UN inspectors had become an established fact
including the agreement of 19 October, 2002, on the date of their
return, and only a few hours this agreement was reached, Collin
Powell, the US Secretary of Sate, declared that he would refuse
to accept the inspectors' return to Iraq. In the meantime, the
gang of evil returned to talking about adopting a new resolution,
or new resolutions, in order to create something for the world
to talk about, other than following the work of the inspectors
and then seeing the fact already stated by Iraq, which was that
Iraq neither had produced or was in possession of any weapons
of mass destruction, nuclear, chemical or biological, throughout
the time of the inspectors' absence from Iraq. However, representatives
at the United Nations and its agencies, especially those from
permanent member-states, instead of fellowship up on this and,
hence, expose those responsible for the dissemination of lies
and fabrications, were busy discussing the type and wording of
the new resolution. They were indulged in what word or letter
to add here or omit there, until they adopted a text under the
pretext that is would be better to take the kicks of a raging
bull in a small circle than to face its horns in an open space.
The text was adopted under the American Administration's pressure
and threat that is would leave UN, if it did not agree to what
America wanted, which is, to say the least, extremely evil and
shameful to every honest member of the United Nations who recalls
the provisions of its Charter, and sees that some people feel
ashamed on behalf of those who are shameless.
Mr. Secretary-General,
We have said to the member of the Security Council
whom we have contacted, or who have contacted us, when they told
us about the pretexts of the Americans and their threat to perpetrate
aggression against our country, whether unilaterally or with participated
from others, if the Council were not to allow them to have their
way, that we preferred, if it ever became necessary to see America
carry out its aggressions against us unilaterally, when we would
have to confront it relying on Allah, instead of seeing the American
government obtaining an international cover with which to camouflage
its falsehood, partially or completely, bringing it closer to
the truth, so that it may stab the truth with the dagger of evil
and confronted the United States before when it looked as it does
now, and this was one of the factors of its isolation in the human
environment on the globe at large.
The aggressionism of the United States of America
and its single-handed infliction of injustice and destruction
on those subjected to its inequity, in the forefront of whom are
the Muslims and Arab believers, is the basic reason why America
has withdrawn its ambassadors and other staff, close its embassies,
and restrict its interests in many parts of the world, while reaping
the hatred of the peoples of the world due to its policies and
aggressive objectives. This is a situation which no other country
in the world has experienced before, including the fathers of
old colonialism. The Security Council, however, or indeed those
who can basically play an influential role in it, have, instead
of leaving the American administration and its lackey reap the
result of their evil, saved wrong-doing rather than halted it.
We shall see when remorse will not do any good for those who bite
on their fingers.
Mr. Secretary-General,
The strength of influence of any internation organization
rests on the belief of the human environment in which the organization
exists and which places its trust in it, once the organization
declares that is has been founded to achieve goals important to
mankind. We fear the United Nations Organization may lose the
trust and attachment of peoples, that is if it has not fallen
to that place already. This is due to the exploitation of the
organization be powerful interests, whenever their greedy ambitions
converge at the expense of the interests of other peoples. It
may also be due to the expediency and compromise amongst those
interests in falsehood at the expense of truth. So the United
Nations Organization and its agencies will collapse in the same
way as did its predecessor, the league of Nations. Then the responsibility
for this will not rest with the American administrations alone,
but will also be due to the weakness of the timid who allow themselves
to work for American interests, under the threat, lure or promises
of the American administration.
He who remains silent in the defence of truth is
a dumb devil. Nothing seems more reprehensible than the silence
maintained by those who represented their nations in the security
Council, as they discussed the American draft resolution, in the
face of a question raised by the representative of Mexico regarding
the possibility of lifting the blockade imposed on Iraq. The Mexican
representative said, during consultations at the Security Council
over SCR 1441 on 8 November 2002, that he did not find convincing
the explanations presented by the American Permanent Representative,
regarding the absence of any reference to the lifting of sanctions
and the establishment in the Middle East region of a zone free
of weapons of mass destruction, and that he would convey this
to his government in order to receive instructions. The British
Representative responded by saying that he has listened to the
statements made by the delegations of Syria and Mexico regarding
the inclusion in the draft text of a paragraph on the lifting
of sanctions. He went on to say that Iraq had been provided with
the opportunity to dispose of its weapons of mass destruction,
but Iraq had ignored that opportunity and decided to keep possession
of those WMDs. Hence, he added, it would be inappropriate to include
a reference to the lifting of sanctions as long as Iraq remained
in possession of those weapons, even though an indirect reference
to that effect was being accommodated.
We ask here, why is it that none of the representatives
of SC member-states asked their British counterpart when, where
and how such an alleged decision was taken by Iraq to keep possession
of the weapons of mass destruction. They treated the claim made
by the British representative as if it were of no significance
to them: Or, rather, as it were of no concern to them to say the
truth. Does not this instance, along with other things and the
decline of this type of international organizations point to the
possibility of the collapse of this international organization
which was founded in order to preserve world peace and security,
but has now been transformed into a kitchen-house for big-power
bargaining, providing cover for war, destruction, blockades and
starvation to be inflicted upon peoples.
The future will be determined in the light of the
possibility for reform, or the inability to achieve reform. The
future of the United Nations is no exception to this. Hence, all
those who are truly concerned about the well-being of this organization,
in deeds not only in words, and about its work on the basis of
the UN Charter, so that stability, justice and fairness will prevail
in the world, providing a road-map for peace, freedom and cooperation
to flourish amongst peoples, are called upon to be careful and
to adhere to the UN Charter and international law, and not to
the whims and incontrolable instincts of those who threaten the
world with their evil schemes weaponry and those who seek to achieve
their interests narrow-mindedly by resorting to the bargaining
at the expense of truth, justice and fairness.
Mr. Secretary-General,
We know that those who pressed the Security Council
to adopt resolution No. 1441 have other objectives than making
sure that Iraq had not developed mass destruction weapons in the
absence of the inspectors since 1998. You are aware of how and
who stood behind their absence. We also know that there are no
true, just, or fair reasons behind the adoption of this resolution
in the name of the security council, after the well-known understanding
agreement between the representatives of Iraq and the UN Secretary-General
and the press statement issued jointly by Blix, ElBaradei, and
the Iraqi representatives. We hereby inform you that we will deal
with resolution 1441, despite its bad contents, if it is to be
implemented according to the premeditated evil of the parties
of ill- intent, the important thing in this is trying to spare
our people from any harm. But we will not forget, nor should others
do, that safeguarding our people's dignity, security, independence,
and protecting our country, its sovereignty and sublime values,
is as a sacred duty in our leadership's and government's agenda.
Therefore, and as we said in the foresaid agreement and press
statement, we are prepared to receive the inspectors, so that
they can carry out their duties, and make sure that Iraq had not
developed weapons of mass destruction, during their absence since
1998.
We hereby ask you to inform the Security Council
that we are prepared to receive the inspectors within the assigned
timetable. The parties concerned should bear in mind that we are
in our holy month of Ramadan which means that the people are fasting,
and this holy month will be followed by the Muslum's Eid. Nevertheless,
we will cooperate with the concerned UN bodies and officials on
the background of all this, and of the tripartite, French-Russia-China,
statement. Dealing with the inspectors, the government of Iraq
will, also, take into consideration, their way of conduct, the
intentions of those who are ill-intentioned amongst them and their
improper approach in showing respect to the people's national
dignity, their independence and security, and their country's
security, independence and sovereignty. We are eager to see them
perform their duties in accordance with the international law
as soon as possible. If they do so, professionally and lawfully,
without any premeditated intentions, the lairs' lies will be exposed
to public opinion, and the declared objective of the Security
Council will be achieved. It will then become the lawful duty
of the Security Council to lift the blockade and all the other
unjust sanctions on Iraq. If it does not, all the peoples of good
will in the world, in addition to Iraq, will tell it to do so.
The SC will be compelled before the public opinion and the law
to activate paragraph 14 of its resolution No. 687, by applying
it to the Zionist entity (Israel), and then, to all the Middle
East region, to make it a region void of mass destruction weapons.
The number of just people will, then, increase in the world, and
Iraq's possibility to drive away the cawing of the crows of evil
that daily raid its land, and kill Iraqis and destroy their property
by their bombs. This will help the stability of the region and
the world, if it is accompanied by a resolution that will not
be based on double standards, to put an end to the Zionist occupation
of Palestine, and other occupied Arab territories, and if the
warmongers stop their aggressions on the Muslums and the world.
Therefore, through you, we reiterate the same words
to the Security Council: Send your inspectors to Iraq to make
sure of this, and everyone will be sure, if their way of conduct
is supervised so that it becomes legal and professional, that
Iraq has not developed weapons of mass destruction, whether nuclear,
chemical, or biological, as claimed by evil people. The lies and
manipulations of the American administration and British government
will be exposed, while the world will see how truthful and adequate
are the Iraqis in what they say and do. But if the whims of the
American administration, the Zionist desires, their followers,
intelligence services, threats, and foul temptation, were given
the chance to play and tamper with the inspection teams or some
of their members, the colors would be then confused and the resulting
commotion will distort the facts and push the situation into dangerous
directions which is something fair-minded people do not wish for,
as well as the people who, including my government, want to bring
forward the facts as they are. The fieldwork and the implementation
will be the decisive factors that will reveal whether the intentions
were really for the Security Council to make sure that Iraq is
void of those alleged weapons, or whether the whole thing was
nothing but an evil cover by those who were behind the resolution
who have no scruples to utter debased slander and to tell lies
to the public opinion including to their own peoples.
So, let the inspectors come to Baghdad to carry
out their duties in accordance with the law, and then we will
hear and see along with those who want to hear, see and move according
to each one's responsibility and rights. The final word and reference
will still be resolution No.687 with its obligations on both the
Secretary general and Iraq, along will the code of conduct agreed
upon in the agreement signed by thee Secretary-General in New
York on 16th September, 2002, and the press statement of Hans
Blix and ElBaradei in Vienna in 30/9- 1/10/2002.
Mr. Secretary-General,
Please assume your responsibilities, by saying
and advising the unfair people that their unfairness to Muslims,
faithful Arabs, and to all, will be of dire consequences, and
that God, the Almighty is capable of doing everything. Tell them
that the proud Iraqi people are faithful and Mujahid and who had
fought the old colonialism, imperialism and aggression, including
the tyrant's aggression, for years and years. The price this courageous
people paid to safeguard their independence, dignity, sublime
principles was rivers of blood, with a lot of deprivation and
loss of their riches, along with their eternal achievements and
record of which they are proud. Therefore, we hope, that you will,
Mr. Secretary General, advise the ignorants not to push things
to the precipice, in the implementation, because the people of
Iraq will not choose to live at the price of their dignity, country,
freedom or sanctities, and they would rather make their lives
the price if that was the only way before them to safeguard what
they must safeguard.
I wish to inform your Excellency before I conclude
this letter, that I intend to forward another letter to you on
a later date, in which I shall state our observations the measures
and procedures, contained in SCR 1441 that are contrary to international
law, UN Charter, the facts already established and the measures
contained in previous relevant resolutions of the Security Council.
"Do ye secure He Who is in Heaven will not
cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes"
(Allah's is the Word of Truth)
Allah is the Greatest.
Naji Saberi Ahmed
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Iraq
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