[ppi] [ppiindia] Vatican official blasts war in Iraq

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Vatican official blasts war in Iraq

Thursday 30 September 2004, 18:36 Makka Time, 15:36
GMT  

The Vatican has blasted the US-led war in Iraq in the
first speech by an official of the Holy See at the
United Nations general assembly in New York. 

"The position of the Holy See concerning the military
action of 2002-2003 is well known. Everyone can see
that it did not lead to a safer world either inside or
outside Iraq," the Vatican's foreign minister
Monsignor Giovanni Lajolo said in his address. 

It was the first speech to the assembly by a
representative of the Holy See, which holds observer
status at the UN. The Vatican was only given the right
to speak at the annual assembly in July. 

According to a text of the speech made public by the
Vatican on Thursday, Lajolo condemned terrorism as "an
aberrant phenomenon, utterly unworthy of man". 

"It seems obvious that terrorism can only be
effectively challenged through a concerted
multinational approach...and not through the politics
of unilateralism," said Lajola. 

Blasting 'terrorism'

The official, appointed the Vatican's top foreign
official by Pope John Paul II last year, said that
while the fight against terrorism meant "neutralising
its active breeding grounds", more important was
"long-term action, directed with foresight and
patience, at its roots". 

"It seems obvious that terrorism can only be
effectively challenged through a concerted
multinational approach...and not through the politics
of unilateralism"

Monsignor Giovanni Lajolo,
Vatican's foreign minister
He said terrorism had already assumed global
dimensions, "today no state can presume to be safe
from it". 

Turning to the Middle East, he said Israeli and
Palestinian leaders "have the grave duty to
demonstrate their desire for peace" and urged them to
follow the road map for peace "with determination and
courage". 

He reminded delegates that there could be no justice
in the Middle East without mutual forgiveness. "This
clearly requires greater moral courage than the use of
arms." 

As for the future of the body, which failed to prevent
the US and Britain from going to war in Iraq, Lajola
said the UN should be given "special prerogatives to
facilitate action to prevent conflicts at times of
international crisis". 

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Leo Imanov 

Abdu-lLah
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