Chirac: US and UK violated international law
Iraq-France, Politics, 3/22/2003

The French President Jacque Chirac yesterday in Brussels that the US and Britain have violated international law by declaring war against Iraq without the consent of the United Nations (UN).

Chirac said that the UN is the only forum to rebuild Iraq after the war.

Meantime, leaders of the European Union said that "we are facing a new situation with the beginning of the war against Iraq and we are committed to the need of preserving Iraq's unity and political stability and honoring the rights of the Palestinian people."

In a statement they issued yesterday, the European leaders stressed the need for the UN to continue to play the main role during and after the war against Iraq, stressing the drastic need to meet the main humanitarian aid of the Iraqi people resulting from this war.

The European states summit also expressed support for the UN secretary general Kofi Annan on the possibility of continued humanitarian needs for the Iraqi people through the oil-for-food program at the meantime.

The summit showed the readiness of the European Union to support regional states to withstand problems resulting from the flow of refugees to its territories during the war, calling for the need to avert acts conducive to strengthening the state of instability in the region.

The summit vowed to continue its work effectively in order to revitalize the peace process in the Middle East and stressed the determination of the European states to enhance dialogue and cooperation in all fields with the Arab and Islamic countries. They expressed the hope on the possibility to invest opportunities availed by the Barcelona process to this effect.

At the international arena, the summit stressed the commitment of the European Union to the role played by the UN in the world order and the main responsibility assigned to the UN Security Council in order to preserve world peace and security.

The European leaders stressed their determination to enhance the ability of the European Union in the context of the joint foreign policy and joint security and in the context of the European security and defense policy, calling on the need of reforming the UN.

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