Islamic Group Demands Permanent UN Security Council Seat
Charles Johnson
Wed Jun 29, 2005 at 3:08 pm PDT • Views: 336
In Sanaa, Yemen, representatives of the Organization of the Islamic Conference demanded a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
SANAA (AFP) - Foreign ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) opened a meeting with a call for a Muslim permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
OIC secretary general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu urged a greater role for Muslim countries in world affairs and demanded a “permanent representation for the Islamic world on the UN Security Council”.
“The Islamic world, which represents one fifth of total mankind, cannot remain excluded from the activities of the Security Council which assumes a fundamental role in keeping security and peace in the world,” he said Tuesday.
Ihsanoglu announced on Monday that ministers would discuss proposals for the representation of the 57-member Islamic body on the Security Council during their three-day conference in the Yemeni capital.
In October 2003, then prime minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad told a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference that Jews rule the world, and that Muslims must unite for a “final victory.”
By all means, let’s give them veto power in the Security Council.
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