Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

BAKU: Turkey Lobbies For "Muslim Veto" At United Nations

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • BAKU: Turkey Lobbies For "Muslim Veto" At United Nations

    TURKEY LOBBIES FOR "MUSLIM VETO" AT UNITED NATIONS

    Today
    http://www.today.az/news/turkey/616 50.html
    Feb 15 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Turkey has prepared an initiative for a Muslim country to have the
    veto right at the United Nations.

    According to the unclosed informants in Ankara, during the ruling
    AK Party's Parliamentary Group's closed session, the Organization
    of Islamic Conference Parliamentary Assembly President Irfan Gunduz
    informed the party members about the role of Turkey in the Islamic
    world.

    After his speech, AK Party Mus Deputy Seracettin Karagiz said,
    "the United Nations has more than 60 Muslim countries, but none
    have the right to veto" and asked if there is something to change
    this situation.

    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to Karayagiz's question,
    saying "it is important for Muslim world of one billion to find a
    better representation in the UN."

    "We are working on this issue. We talked about it during my last
    visit to Libya," Erdogan said. Sources said that Turkey started
    working behind the scenes about this issue after gaining a temporary
    UN Security Council membership.

    England, France, USA, Russia and China have veto powers in the United
    Nations. In recent years, Germany and Japan also try to be included
    in this group. In order to include a sixth country who will have the
    veto right, the UN Convention should be changed. Experts believe this
    effort requires diplomatic lobbying for a long time.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Working...
X