NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and former diplomats from Israel and Canada called on the United Nations on Thursday to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with inciting genocide.
The U.N. International Court of Criminal Justice should charge Ahmadinejad for his threats against the United States, for calling for the destruction of Israel and for instigating discrimination against Christians and Jews, the group said.
"It's important that if we are in this stage where we're being given early warning, unambiguously, on what his intentions are, then it's time to take action," Bolton told a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations symposium.
Ahmadinejad caused outrage in the West last year by calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map," echoing comments by the Islamic Republic's late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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[Dore] Gold said statements by the Iran's leader were a "clear cut" violation of the anti-incitement clauses of the U.N.'s 1948 Genocide Convention.
"This direct and public incitement of genocide is a standing threat, not only to Israel, but a standing threat to international peace and security," said Irwin Cotler, Canada's former Justice Minister and Attorney General.
All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Bolton, Gold, target Ahmadinejad
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