Iraq Calls On The Security Council To Exercise Its Role In Maintaining Int'l Peace And Security

Baghdad / NINA / -Iraq called on the UN Security Council to exercise its role in maintaining international peace and security, while warning against dragging the region into an all-out war.

The Iraqi representative to the United Nations Abbas Kazim Obaid, said in a speech at the emergency session of the Security Council: "The failure to deter the Zionist entity opens the door to more crimes and drags the region into broad conflicts."

He added: "The Security Council must issue immediate and binding resolutions to cease fire."/ End