Israel holds the record for ignoring United Nations Security Council resolutions, a study by San Francisco University political science professor Steven Zunes has indicated.
On the eve of a possible U.S.-British assault on Iraq, Zunes decided to examine in depth one of the main arguments used by the Bush administration to justify changing the Baghdad regime - Iraq's deliberate refusal to implement UN Security Council resolutions.
According to Haaretz, he systematically went through all the states given instructions by the security council to find out how common a phenomenon it was. "Some of the countries are considered and are known to be friendly to the U.S.," he told the Hebrew daily.
"In the vast majority of cases I examined, the governments violating UN Security Council resolutions are countries that receive significant military, diplomatic and financial aid from the U.S."
Israel leads the list. Since 1968, Israel has violated 32 resolutions that included condemnation or criticism of the governments' policies and actions. Turkey is in second place, with 24 violations since 1974, and Morocco is third with 17 resolutions it ignored.
The U.S. Newsday newspaper published the ranking Wednesday.
The resolutions Israel violated were either about its annexation of East Jerusalem or settlements in the territories. Israel also ignored UN Security Council resolutions that called for Israel to cease using harsh measures against the Palestinian population and to cease expelling Palestinians. (Albawaba.com)
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