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| Intolerance behind Iran's losing UN seat |
| 2008-10-19 |
| Iran has identified intolerance of its independent positions by the West as the reason for its failure to win a seat on the UN Security Council. "Obviously the structure of the Security Council is such that it must be said in practice a few special countries make decisions there and impose ideas," Iranian Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaee told IRNA. Khazaee added, "It is natural that these countries are disinterested in independent ideas or the entry of states that believe in the necessity of re-examining its structure." Iran's UN ambassador reiterated that some do not have the tolerance to hear an independent voice in a structure incompatible with today's world's needs. In a vote on Friday for an Asian seat on the 15-seat Council, Tokyo secured 158 votes from the 192-member assembly for the seat at the Council for two years starting in January. Iran had 32 votes. The 10 non-permanent seats are filled by the General Assembly, with five countries elected each year to two-year non-renewable mandates. To secure a seat, a candidate nation has to win two-thirds of votes cast. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 perhaps if Iran weren't so intolerant. Just saying |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-19 04:11 |