UNSC Must Sanction Israeli Instantly, Effectually: Iranian Diplomat
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian deputy foreign minister stressed the need for the United Nations Security Council to act immediately and impose effective sanctions against the Zionist regime in compliance with the Chapter 7 of the UN Charter for its war crimes in Palestine and Lebanon.
Kazem Gharibabadi, the deputy foreign minister of Iran for legal and international affairs, delivered a speech to the 29th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CSP-29) in The Hague on Monday.
He called on the Security Council to take “immediate” action towards deploying the punitive measures under Chapter VII of the charter, which obliges action against standing threats to peace.
“All governments should stop short of engaging in any economic, military, and arms cooperation with this regime,” Gharibabadi said, Press TV reported.
He strongly criticized the council’s failure in the face of the regime and its atrocities, citing the catastrophic situation across the Palestinian territories, which was worsening every moment.
“The Security Council has, due to the United States unconditioned support for the Israeli regime, failed to stop the Zionist regime’s war machine,” he added.
“Through its instances of untrammeled support, the US is complicit in the atrocities and, together with the regime, is responsible for its contravention of the international law and the losses of life that it has caused,” the Iranian diplomat noted.
He advised against indefinite self-restraint in the face of the regime’s provocations at a time, when it was expanding its aggression to Lebanon.
This inaction “leads the region towards irreversible tensions. Such provocations and savagery should not weaken our collective will to stop the regime,” Gharibabadi said.
He also called for re-establishment of the rule of law and administration of justice concerning the regime towards cessation of its genocidal attacks and occupation.
The Conference of the States Parties (CSP) is the principal and plenary organ of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), composed of the OPCW’s 193 Member States.
The weeklong annual meeting of the Conference brings together high-level officials from OPCW Member States, as well as representatives from international organizations, the chemical industry, and civil society. The CSP oversees the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), promotes the Convention’s objectives and reviews compliance with the treaty.