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| Iran demands more UNSC seats for Muslim states |
| 2010-09-27 |
| [Iran Press TV] Iran's foreign minister has stressed the necessity of allocating more permanent and non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council to Islamic countries. "Yeah! We should be in charge!" "In the past two decades the UN has faced important challenges and has lost its efficiency to effectively respond to the needs of the modern world," Manouchehr Mottaki said at the Organization of the Islamic Conferences (OIC) Foreign Ministers Annual Coordination Meeting at the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society Headquarters in New York on Sunday. The OIC, which was established in 1969, is the second-largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations and has 57 member states spread over four continents. "Therefore, continuing the process of revising the structure of this organization (the UNSC) with the aim of strengthening its capabilities and enhancing its capacities... is an unavoidable necessity," IRNA quoted Mottaki as saying. The Iranian foreign minister added that the UN decision-making process should be more democratized and its activities more clear. Mottaki referred to the mounting trend of Islamophobia as the Islamic world's main challenge in the West and called for the cooperation of all Mohammedan countries and the adoption of collective measure to effectively counter the phenomenon. Anti-Islam protesters in the US desecrated the Qur'an on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by burning pages of the Mohammedan holy book which caused worldwide protests. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I'm confident we can find something more useful to do with the $$ and our time. I'd honestly rather see it go to the DNC than the UN. And that's worse than flushing it down the toilet in my book. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-09-27 18:30 |
| #3 Let's have a bidding war for Our SC seat between Iran and ZimBob Mugabe. The winner gets the seat, the current US tab, and the privilege of hosting this fine institution on their own soil. I'm confident we can find something more useful to do with the $$ and our time. |
| Posted by: WacoINMN 2010-09-27 10:08 |
| #2 Iran see themselves as the leader of the Muslim world. Saudi and Pakistan wont be happy! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2010-09-27 07:17 |
| #1 We can't help it. The more of you we shoot, the less we like you. Sorry. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-09-27 00:53 |