Imperialism And Resistance

Complete interview – play list, you may experience brief breaks between videos

A very well done and mature interview by Marina Portnaya of Russia Today

Entrevista con el presidente de Irán, Mahmud Ahmadineyad (Russia Today entrevista en espanol)

The usual nonsensical American reporting paradigm by Charlie Rose – still worth a watch …

Ahmadinejad propone medidas para evitar proliferación de armas nucleares

In the Name of God

The Compassionate, the Merciful

الحمدلله رب العالمين و الصلوه و السلام علي سيدنا و نبينا محمد و آله
الطاهرين و صحبه المنتجبين اللهم عجل لوليک الفرج و العافيه والنصر و
اجعلنا من خير انصاره و اعوانه و المستشهدين بين يديه

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Distinguished participants,

I thank the Almighty God for this opportunity provided for us in order
to exchange our views on one of the most important issues of our common
concern.

I also express my gratitude to all participants form other countries
who arrived here to participate in this Conference. I hope our efforts
will bring about fruitful results.

Motto of this conference is quite meaningful and if we have it realized
we will be able to ensure sustainable peace and security for all.

Dear friends,
You know quite well that security is one of the main pillars in order
for us to enjoy a dignified life. All nations and independent and peace
loving governments are primarily seeking for peace and security. Without
sustainable security and feel of safety making all out planning towards
progress and welfare is not possible. Today in spite of the fact that
huge part of the world resources are spent for provision of security
rather than promotion of welfare, no sign of improvement of the
situation in the matter of peace and security and removal of atmosphere
of threat, is visible. On the other hand, in the past 60 years the
Security Council and the UN have not been successful in the
establishment of sustainable peace and security in the international
relations to that extent that we can find present situation as more
fragile as compare with the previous decades.

War, aggression, occupation and the last but not the least, stockpiling
of nuclear weapons and WMDs on one side, and the most unfortunate
practice of policies adopted by a number of expansionist powers on the
other, have deteriorated the prospect of security at national, regional
and international levels for all countries and nations to that extent
that all society are suffering from the sense of threat and insecurity.
Disarmament motto yet to be realized and IAEA have not been able to meet
its responsibilities to this end. Nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons arsenals are growing on daily basis and arms rivalry is
developing.

What is the reason behind this unfortunate situation?
I think we shall seek the reason in the policies and acts of a number
of expansionist and domineering governments; the policies and acts which
include the following:

1- Policy for manufacturing and using nuclear weapons:
The first nuclear weapons were manufactured and used by the US
Administration. This inhuman acts and measures, apparently led to the
victory of the US and its allies in the World War the Second but they in
fact caused further development of nuclear weapons by other countries
and powers. As a matter of fact manufacture of nuclear weapons by a
single country, by itself, provides the best pretext for developing of
these weapons by other parties.

2- Use of nuclear weapons as a preventive measure:
This policy is the main reason behind development of arms rivalries
because in order to enjoy preventive means every country needs to have
quantitative and qualitative upper hand in possession of these weapons
which brings about further rivalries in manufacturing of these dreadful
weaponry.

You all know that today more than 20000 nuclear war leads exist in the
world half of which belong to the USA. Out of this number there exist
2500 strategic war heads targeting vital sites in different parts of the
world. Against US, its main rival also, under pretext of the preventive
measure has had to develop its own nuclear arsenals.

3- Threat of using nuclear weapons in the international relations:
Unfortunately the US Administration has so far both used these weapons
and threatened to use them. Another country from the Europe also made
the same threat under a false pretext a few years ago. When other
countries witness that those who possess these weapons are threatening
others to use these weapons and at the same time enjoy the Veto Right in
the most important focal point responsible to keep and safeguard
international security, naturally they are encouraged to manufacture
these weapon as well for their own security and safety.

4- On sided and biased use of the Security Council and IAEA
Unfortunately this unpleasant and unjust behavior has been turned into a
usual process due to its repeated recurrence. Now the Security Council
has clearly turned itself into a tool for a number of bullying powers in
order to push a head their policies and therefore until now it has
failed to protect and preserve national rights and security of
countries.

Justification made in the cases of invasions against Iraq and
Afghanistan, the support for the Saddam regime in its invasion against
Iranian nation and the Palestinian crisis are all proofs to this
undeniable claim.

Instead of nuclear disarming nuclear weapon possessors countries, as
its main philosophy, and helping other member countries to properly use
the nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, as stipulated in Article 4 of
IAEA Constitution, IAEA also unfortunately has been turned into a
pressure tool against those member countries who do not possess such
weapons depriving them from their nuclear rights.

Until now, none of the member states who do not possess nuclear weapons
has been able to easily, without any pressure or threat, enjoy their
legal rights to peaceful use of nuclear energy. This occurs while in
spite of clear stipulation of Article 6 of IAEA Constitution, no report
has been mentioned on the IAEA inspection to US and its allies’ nuclear
sites and no plan has been adopted for their nuclear disarmament. But in
return under false pretexts and due to pressure of the same nuclear
weapon possessor countries, until now, tens of resolutions have been
adopted against those members who wish to use nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes.

5- Practice of multi standards policies
While the Zionist regime has stockpiled more than 200 nuclear warheads
and raged several extensive wars and always threatening regional
countries to terror and military offensive, it is still under absolute
support of the US and its allies and it receives required assistance for
further development of nuclear weapons. But the same powers, under
false pretext for possible diversion of the peaceful nuclear activities
of other countries, exercise heaviest pressures and launch propaganda
ploys against other members of the Agency without provision of even
single evidence. To justify this double standard policy they claim that
the Zionist regime is not signatory to NPT.

Doesn’t this policy encourage others to leave the Agency and suspend
their obligations within the relevant treaties?

6- Inclusion of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy in a single
category:

You know that the nuclear energy is one of the cleanest and cheapest
known energies in the world. Climate changes and pollutions resulting
from fossil fuels and un-renewable nature of these types of fuels
require us to consider use of nuclear energy more than ever before.
Besides, nuclear technologies can be widely and effectively used in
production of medicines, medical diagnosis and treatment of hard-to-cure
diseases as well as in industries and agriculture and many other areas.
The biggest treason committed by the nuclear weapon possessor countries
is their policy for inclusion of concepts of nuclear weapons and
nuclear energy in the same category. This occurs while they know quite
well that the process for building nuclear weapons is quite different
from the process to proper use of nuclear energy. They in fact wish to
monopolize use of both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy for their
interests in order for them to continue imposing their will upon the
international community. But, whether this policy will not prepare the
ground for further manufacture and development of nuclear weapons?

Distinguished friends,
Now it is clear that manufacture and stockpiling nuclear weapons and
adoption of policies by the sole possessors of nuclear weapons is the
biggest factors for creation of insecurity leading to further
development of nuclear weapons. Destruction of nuclear weapons and
removal of the nuclear threat serve the establishment of sustainable
peace, security and friendship in the best manner.

Now we face this question that is it proper for us to leave the process
of disarmament and non-proliferation to those who possess these weapons
or not? As we can see, we have experienced something contrary in the
past 60 years. Our expectation from nuclear weapons possessor countries
in order for them to annihilate their nuclear weapons on voluntary basis
is not logical and if we think it is practical we are so simple-mined.
The reason lies in the fact that these countries and powers consider
these weapons as the reason for their supremacy.

An Iranian expression says “A knife will never cut its own handle”.
Our expectation for the establishment of security by those who enjoy
the Veto Right and those who are the biggest exporters of arms in the
world is quite illogical.

Distinguished colleagues,
With the purpose of realizing humanitarian goal of nuclear disarmament
and non-proliferation I would like to present the following proposals:

1- Establishment of an international independent group for making
planning and supervising the process of nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation using all required authority granted by the UN General
Assembly: The said group shall bring about effective participation of
all independent governments and nations in the relevant management work.

2- Suspension of membership of those who possess, use, or threaten to
use nuclear weapons from IAEA and its Board of Governors: So far
presence and pressure of these powers and their political domination
over the Agency have prevented the Agency from carrying out its legal
responsibilities especially with respect to Articles 6 and 5 of the IAEA
Constitution diverting the Agency from its main task. Especially
membership of the US Administration which has used depleted uranium in
its weapons against Iraq, leading to development of incurable diseases
inside Iraq and the region, in the Board of Governors shall be
suspended.

3- Reconsideration of NPT: The reconsideration shall be made by
independent countries that do not possess nuclear weapons. In this
respect presence of nuclear weapons possessor countries especially the
US Administration prevents adoption of a just agreement or treaty. The
US Administration itself is accused of unjustly manufacturing,
proliferating and using nuclear weapons therefore it can not come out as
a claimant in this respect. The new treaty or pact shall be just and
powerful in order for it to be able to enjoy highest level of
efficiency.

4- Collective efforts for restructuring the UN Security Council: The
existing structure of the Security Council is so unjust and inefficient
being considered as one of the main supporters of nuclear weapons
possessor countries. We think the Veto Right as an unjust and in human
and non democratic privilege shall be cancelled. Otherwise and if its
holders persist to continue enjoying it some other countries from Latin
America, Europe, Africa and Asia shall be included in the list of its
holder countries with the purpose to reduce its adverse consequences
restoring the least trust of nations in the Security Council.

5- Establishment of a working group comprising the participating states
for following up implementation of adoptions and the relevant
proposals: The Islamic Republic of Iran as a country which enjoys
peaceful nuclear technologies due to the efforts of its own scientists
is prepared to provide other members of IAEA with all its experiences
under supervision of the Agency. In spite of maximum cooperation with
the Agency observing all our obligations even beyond the framework set
by the Agency not only we have not enjoyed the least assistance of the
Agency and technologies of other member states, but also we have been
put under heaviest pressures in an unjust manner. Nevertheless we still
firmly believe in the need to international disarmament and we are ready
to actively participate in the management of the international
disarmament process and adoption of new regulations in this respect
continuing our cooperation with the Agency within the framework of
relevant rules and regulations.

Distinguished Colleagues,
Now I want to address briefly the US statesmen and its allies. The US
officials shall know that the era of nuclear bombs has ended. The threat
to use nuclear weapons is made by those who lack clear logics and who
enjoy good thinking. Resort to threat against strong logics belongs to
the past and it lacks efficiency under current situation in the existing
international relations. Threat to use nuclear weapons has just further
defamed the US statesmen and revealed their inhuman and aggressive
policies and nature. The present era is the era of nations, cultures and
thinking and reliance on use of weapons in the international relations
is the inheritance of those governments who lack real culture
representing them as reactionaries.

Policies for dominating the Middle East and its cheap energy and
natural resources have already clearly failed and the wishful thinking
for reestablishment of empires are doomed to fail.

It is better for US statesmen not to follow the same route of their
predecessors which belong to the ash-heap of history and join the pure
currents of independent states and nations enjoying human-oriented
culture and logics. This is better and more useful for them. They shall
know that future belongs to nations and security, peace and justice will
be established in the whole world by the help of the pure saviors and
the perfect man away from bullying attitudes.

The Motto: “Nuclear energy for all, nuclear weapons for none” will be
definitely realized through our empathy, cooperation and interaction.

Vassalmo Aleykom Va Rahmatollah Va Barakato

http://www.president.ir/en/?ArtID=21266

Saturday 17 April 2010 – 14:28

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