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War in Iraq shows international law needs strengthening
Medford (Massachusetts), May 19: The war in Iraq should serve as warning to the world community that the rule of international law needs strengthening, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has said.
Medford (Massachusetts), May 19: The war in Iraq should serve as warning to the world community that the rule of international law needs strengthening, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has said.
Mohamed Elbaradei, who headed UN nuclear inspections teams in Iraq before the war, also said yesterday he had been "frustrated" by the US government's lack of response to his
demands to let the teams return.
Washington argued bitterly with Elbaradei and chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix over whether Iraq has chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, and has sent its own weapons teams to Iraq instead. "The war in Iraq is a wake-up call that we need to stick together ... And we need to move forward and build a better society," Elbaradei said before speaking at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and diplomacy.
"We need to continue to see and learn that we are best served by solving our problems through dialogue and interaction. I don't think that resorting to war every time we have a dispute is going to solve our problems." Elbaradei, who had said before the conflict there was no evidence of an ongoing nuclear weapons programme in Iraq, insisted UN inspectors would be able to add legitimacy to an investigation of Iraq's nuclear capabilities.
"The longer that file remains open, the longer that file remains with a question mark in the world for everyone," he said.
Bureau Report
Washington argued bitterly with Elbaradei and chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix over whether Iraq has chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, and has sent its own weapons teams to Iraq instead. "The war in Iraq is a wake-up call that we need to stick together ... And we need to move forward and build a better society," Elbaradei said before speaking at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and diplomacy.
"We need to continue to see and learn that we are best served by solving our problems through dialogue and interaction. I don't think that resorting to war every time we have a dispute is going to solve our problems." Elbaradei, who had said before the conflict there was no evidence of an ongoing nuclear weapons programme in Iraq, insisted UN inspectors would be able to add legitimacy to an investigation of Iraq's nuclear capabilities.
"The longer that file remains open, the longer that file remains with a question mark in the world for everyone," he said.
Bureau Report