Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regretted that occupation by big powers of certain countries, including Iraq, has continued for more than three years and called for an end to this colonial practice.
Addressing the inaugural session of the 61st UN General Assembly, the Iranian leader stressed that the occupiers of Iraq have done nothing but to escalate violence in that war-torn country. "Not a day goes by there without hundreds of people getting killed in cold blood."
Despite the establishment of a lawful government and parliament in Iraq, covert and overt efforts to heighten insecurity, magnify sectorial differences and foment civil strife continue, he said.
There is no indication that the occupiers have the necessary political will to eliminate sources of instability, Ahmadinejad said, adding that many terrorists have been detained by the government only to be set free under various pretexts by the occupiers.
"It seems that intensification of hostilities and terrorism serves as a pretext for their (occupiers) continued presence in Iraq," he said, according to IRNA.
Insecurity in Iraq affects the entire region, he pointed out, and asked whether the Security Council was in a position to bring peace and security to Iraq while the occupiers, which have shown themselves ineffective, are permanent members of the Council. "Where can the people of Iraq seek refuge and from whom should the government of Iraq seek justice?" he asked.
Ahmadinejad also criticized the new world order that has emerged in contemporary times. The new world order that is taking shape and is evident in global interactions is one where "certain powers equate themselves with the international community and whose decisions are to be controlling over those of 180 others," said the president.
"They (big powers) consider themselves the masters and rulers of the entire world while other nations should be content with only second class status (in this world order)," Ahmadinejad conveyed.
