Iraq today strongly attacked the Camp Damp David accords which it termed a framework “for a humiliating capitulation treaty” that confirmed the trend toward liquidation of the Palestinians” existence.” Addressing the 33rd United Nations General Assembly on the opening day of its general debate, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Saadoon Hammadi, said his country, as part of the Arab nation, “emphatically rejects” the Camp David agreements.
Hammadi was the first Arab to address this General Assembly. His country’s position represents that of the rejectionist Arab front which includes Syria, Libya, South Yemen and Algeria. He insisted that the crux of any Middle East settlement was the question of Palestinian self-determination and charged that the Camp David summit “remained silent on the future of occupied Arab Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.”
He called on the UN and its member states to work for the immediate and complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from all occupied Arab territories.
Hammadi also accused Israel of having military and nuclear ties with South Africa. He urged the UN to take measures to stop the alleged cooperation between Israel and the Pretoria government.
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