Anti-American U.N. Boss Kofi Annan Warns U.S. Against Bypassing Security Council; UPI reports secret plan to deploy "Blue Helmets" to Iraq Annan's Real record (see below) MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The United States is likely to reject a proposal France and Germany are crafting for beefed up U.N. arms inspections in Iraq, a plan being developed without consulting the United States, U.S. officials said Saturday. An annoyed U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld learned of the proposal Saturday night after it was reported in the German newsweekly der Spiegel. The proposal, to be presented next week to the U.N. Security Council, would send thousands of U.N. troops -- so-called "blue helmets" -- and hundreds, possibly thousands, more inspectors to enforce U.N. resolutions calling for Iraq's disarmament. For entire story, go to: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030208-070617-2097r UN News Center - 8 February, 2003 - Stressing the importance of a united Security Council as it ponders the next steps in dealing with the disarmament of Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reiterated his belief that all possibilities of a peaceful settlement should be exhausted before resorting to the use of force. "If we succeed in getting Iraq to comply fully and disarm, by effective and credible inspections, then the prize is great," the Secretary-General said in an address this morning to the College of William & Mary in Virginia, where he was awarded an honorary degree during the school's celebration marking the 310th anniversary of its charter. "Iraq would no longer be a threat to its neighbours, and we would send a very powerful message to all other countries that are tempted to develop or acquire weapons of mass destruction," he added. "We would strengthen the non-proliferation regime throughout the world." The Secretary-General noted that the disarmament of Iraq was not an issue for one country alone, but for the international community as a whole. "When States decide to use force, not in self-defence but to deal with broader threats to international peace and security, there is no substitute for the unique legitimacy provided by the United Nations Security Council," he said. "States and peoples around the world attach fundamental importance to such legitimacy, and to the international rule of law." In citing the "horror" threatened by weapons of mass destruction, an issue confined not just to Iraq, Mr. Annan said it was vitally important the entire international community carefully re-examine the foundations of its security in a united way. "Only a collective, multilateral approach can effectively curb the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and make the world a safer place," he said. "Nothing would undermine that goal more fatally than the actual use of weapons of mass destruction." He recalled that it was due in large part to the firm challenge issued by United States President George W. Bush - and the pressure that followed it - that UN inspectors have returned to Iraq after a nearly four-year absence, backed by the power of a unanimous Security Council resolution giving them a new, more authoritative and robust mandate. With that unanimity in the international community - a message conveyed by a united Security Council, by the Arab League and by Iraq's neighbours - the Secretary-General warned that if Iraq fails to make use of this last chance to disarm and continues its defiance, the Council will have to make another grim choice, based on the findings of the UN inspectors. "When that time comes, the Council must face up to its responsibilities," Mr. Annan said. "In my experience, it always does so best and most effectively when its members work in unison," he said, underscoring that the Council should proceed in a determined, reflective, deliberative manner. "Its measures must be seen as firm, effective, credible and reasonable - not only by the Council members, but by the public at large." He added: "The broader our consensus on Iraq, the better the chance that we can come together again and deal effectively with other burning conflicts in the world. These conflicts cause untold suffering, and urgently need our attention: from Israel and Palestine to Congo and Côte d'Ivoire, not to mention our efforts to stabilize Afghanistan." Even beyond that, the Secretary-General said, the United Nations has a wider international agenda, set when the world's leaders came together in 2000 and adopted the Millennium Declaration, which established clear targets - not only for peace, security and disarmament but for a host of other global ills. "It is by our success or failure in fulfilling those Millennium Goals, and not just in Iraq, that the role of the United Nations in the twenty-first century should be assessed," he said. Cliff Kincaid, President of America's Survival, Inc., commented that Kofi Annan's record is clear: Annan made a deal with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein that led to the expulsion of weapons inspectors and Iraq´s re-emergence as an international security threat. He made a deal with Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, giving him immunity from prosecution in the Pan Am 103 terrorism case. Annan supports the comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which was voted down by the U.S. Senate. He supports the global warming treaty, which would raise U.S. energy prices while benefiting Communist China and the Third World. He supports an International Criminal Court, which could arrest and imprison Americans. He supports the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, even though it was signed with the USSR, a country that no longer exists, and was violated by both the Soviet Union and Russia. He supports the Biological Weapons Convention as well, even though China and Russia have violated it. Annan opposes a national missile defense system for the United States. He collaborated with then-First Lady Hillary Clinton and Bella Abzug to promote abortion as an "international right" and smeared the United States as a greedy nation in a speech at the University of Notre Dame, claiming Americans don´t spend enough on foreign aid. He supports all "necessary revenues" for the United Nations, which amount to global taxes. Annan lent his support to the international campaign to abolish the death penalty in the United States and other nations. He berated the United States for not paying its "dues" to the United Nations, when America had contributed billions of dollars to peacekeeping operations that had not been reimbursed or credited to the United States. He promotes "global debt relief," a cover for transfers of more U.S. wealth to deadbeat socialist Third World dictatorships. The secretary-general refused requests to authorize U.N. peacekeepers in Rwanda to seize weapons and prevent genocide. He proceeded with an independence vote in East Timor that led to a bloodbath, and he covered up the fact that U.N. soldiers were spreading AIDS around the world.              Printer-friendly version Click here to be added to our mailing list.