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Pope criticises US for ignoring diplomacy before Iraq war
Pope Benedict XVI made a veiled attack on the United States for failing to listen to the international community before starting the war in Iraq.
In a carefully-worded speech to the United Nations’ General Assembly, the Pope underlined the need for diplomacy.
“Multilateral consensus continues to be in crisis because it is still subordinated to the decisions of a few, whereas the world’s problems call for interventions in the form of collective action,” he said, adding that international rules must be “binding”.
He continued: “There have been painful lessons for the US, the UN and other member states. I think in the end everybody’s concluded it’s best to work together with our allies and through the UN,” the Pope said.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s UN representative, said the Pope wanted to attack “the false notion that might makes right”.
In a carefully-worded speech to the United Nations’ General Assembly, the Pope underlined the need for diplomacy.
“Multilateral consensus continues to be in crisis because it is still subordinated to the decisions of a few, whereas the world’s problems call for interventions in the form of collective action,” he said, adding that international rules must be “binding”.
He continued: “There have been painful lessons for the US, the UN and other member states. I think in the end everybody’s concluded it’s best to work together with our allies and through the UN,” the Pope said.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s UN representative, said the Pope wanted to attack “the false notion that might makes right”.
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