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Mottaki criticizes OPCW's silence in face of Gaza crimes
Tehran, Jan 18, IRNA - Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki sent a letter on Saturday to Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Rogelio Pfirter to condemn the extensive use of chemical weapons in Gaza.
It is terrifying that the Zionist regime is making use of such weapons
openly and even with the knowledge of OPCW which was created to deal
with such inhuman acts, he said.
According to the Information and Press Bureau of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the letter reads: "We are now witnessing one of the
most heinous crimes in the contemporary era which has claimed lives of
over one thousand defenseless civilians in Gaza.
It is extremely regrettable that the human community should be witness
to such miserable happenings, said the foreign minister in the letter.
The Zionists forces have made extensive use of prohibited poisonous
and white phosphorous which are very harmful and destructive for human
beings, he said.
These anti-human crimes are regarded as blatant violation of
international rights mainly human rights which proves that the Zionist
regime never respect the norms and principles of international laws,
said Mottaki in his letter.
The savage atrocities of the Zionists in the use of prohibited
chemical weapons are in violation of protocol 1925 of Geneva
Convention, he said.
As signatories to Geneva Convention, the Zionist regime has been
barred from making use of such weapons; he said adding that the regime
proved that it is not committed to its international pledges. Their
acts basically run counter to Geneva Convention 1949 on safeguarding
the rights of others in armed conflicts.
The global community expects that the OPCW to react and fulfill its
duties effectively, he said.
It is also expected that the OPCW and its director general to strongly
condemn the inhuman atrocities of the Zionists in Gaza to help relieve
the sufferings of victimized Palestinian people, said the minister in
the letter.
It is terrifying that the Zionist regime is making use of such weapons
openly and even with the knowledge of OPCW which was created to deal
with such inhuman acts, he said.
According to the Information and Press Bureau of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the letter reads: "We are now witnessing one of the
most heinous crimes in the contemporary era which has claimed lives of
over one thousand defenseless civilians in Gaza.
It is extremely regrettable that the human community should be witness
to such miserable happenings, said the foreign minister in the letter.
The Zionists forces have made extensive use of prohibited poisonous
and white phosphorous which are very harmful and destructive for human
beings, he said.
These anti-human crimes are regarded as blatant violation of
international rights mainly human rights which proves that the Zionist
regime never respect the norms and principles of international laws,
said Mottaki in his letter.
The savage atrocities of the Zionists in the use of prohibited
chemical weapons are in violation of protocol 1925 of Geneva
Convention, he said.
As signatories to Geneva Convention, the Zionist regime has been
barred from making use of such weapons; he said adding that the regime
proved that it is not committed to its international pledges. Their
acts basically run counter to Geneva Convention 1949 on safeguarding
the rights of others in armed conflicts.
The global community expects that the OPCW to react and fulfill its
duties effectively, he said.
It is also expected that the OPCW and its director general to strongly
condemn the inhuman atrocities of the Zionists in Gaza to help relieve
the sufferings of victimized Palestinian people, said the minister in
the letter.
