Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Thursday and told world leaders they should consider moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States because of it.
The leftist leader said the fact that the war was fought without U.N. authorization showed that Washington has no respect for the world body..."That's why we propose to this assembly that the United Nations leave this country, which is not respectful of the very resolutions of this assembly," he said.
At the end, Chavez's remarks got what observers said was the loudest applause of the summit...
Chavez said U.N. headquarters should be moved from New York to international city "outside the sovereignty of any state," and noted that some have suggested Jerusalem...
Actually, I think having the UN in Jerusalem is a splendid idea, but not for the same reasons. My second choice would be Mogadishu. |