DATE=9/7/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=IRAQ / KUWAIT (L-O)
NUMBER=2-266235
BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: At the United Nations today (Thursday),
Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheik Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-
Jaber Al-Sabah made a strong plea for the return of
more than 600 persons who Kuwait says disappeared
following Iraq's 1991 invasion and subsequent retreat.
Correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports from New York
TEXT: Addressing the U-N Millennium summit, Mr. Sabah
said there is no justification for any form of human
slavery or denial of human rights.
The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said the United Nations
must remain the primary vehicle for the resolution of
international disputes and its rulings should be
respected by all its members.
Speaking through an interpreter, Mr. Sabah said
Kuwaitis hold the international community accountable
for the release of the missing Kuwaitis.
//// SABAH ACT ////
Within this context, we cannot tolerate the abduction
of innocent hostages by a totalitarian regime which
continues to hold them for political bargaining. The
families of those detainees continue to anguish over
the plight of their relatives while the hostages
themselves languish in pain.
/// END ACT ///
Iraq denies it is holding any Kuwaitis and
countercharges that Kuwait has Iraqi prisoners of war.
Iraq's deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, did not
respond directly to the charge in his U-N address.
Instead, he took the occasion to condemn the sanctions
the United Nations imposed against Iraq after its
invasion of Kuwait. Mr. Aziz said the global
organization has failed to represent all of its
members because it is dominated by a handful of
powerful states.
/// AZIZ ACT ////
This situation was aggravated during the 1990s as a
result of the United States hegemony and domination
over the international organization for the benefit of
its imperialist objectives.
//// END ACT ////
Mr. Aziz suggested the U-N decision-making process
should be reformed, starting with a restructuring of
the Security Council to reflect the will of all member
states. (Signed)
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