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concerning the border issue
21 March 2013 09: 14 am Last updated: 21 Mar 2013 09: 14 am
Permanent confirmed our representative at the United
Nations, Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi said «neither Kuwait nor Iraq Sikhrjan of
Chapter VII on the border because a binding resolution 833 of Kuwait as Iraq
and the Security Council is the guarantor of the inviolability of borders.
While Al-Otaibi said in an interview with «news» that
«before the end of the month we will finish of many of the remaining
obligations on Iraq» said «Kuwait and the United Nations gave Iraq days to
convince farmers on the border to transfer them to another place» indicating
that Iraq promised to do so.
The Al-Otaibi said that the demarcation process was going
according to the decree has to be reached to the area they were always
disagreements which in Umm Qasr and between points 104 and 105 and which would
be set 500 meters, noting that there were three houses offense where falling
within the Kuwaiti border, adding that now required Iraq received money
deposited by Kuwait voluntarily in the United Nations as compensation for
farmers «where Iraq has not received so far and says the amount is not enough
and that he will have to pay more than its citizens», and added, «but this
Iraqi affair and he should receive the funds and distribute them», said we
«understand the human dimension, but this is the responsibility the Iraqi
government because these Mottaguzun on the Kuwaiti side of the border», and
between Al-Otaibi at the same time that Iraq told the United Nations that they
are limiting the beneficiaries of farmers from these funds as there are
negotiations now between the United Nations and Iraq in this regard
Details are as follows:
How do you assess the results of the seventh Conference of
the heads of diplomatic missions?
To the outcome of the Conference lectures and meetings with
the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Minister
were very useful and the convening of a Conference of the heads of diplomatic
missions appropriate honour to task for his Highness the Emir and Crown Prince,
His Highness the Prime Minister to hear from political leadership guidance
directly from the objectives and ambitions that expect us to achieve in our
work.
In fact, we have heard many very useful lecture, lecture,
Minister of finance and Minister of planning and development and oil Minister
who answered many questions, especially regarding the issue of oil shale and
the effects of a tornado, especially on American media and America's need for
Middle East oil by 2020 and the impact on the situation in the region.
And also the residue of lecture work they are doing to
address the problem of illegal residents in Kuwait as the issue raised in the
international organizations and the lecture useful because we have seen many
things and the steps that they had carried out and the problem of the Bidun her
political security and humanitarian dimension economic dimension and have an
interest in each dimension and objective treatment chronic problem and we were
optimistic of the modern subject in the next few years will go a long way in
addressing the problem, as well as labdellh heard the Gospel with Dr. Hassan
Ibrahim.
Tara and the important Gulf Union lecture and consultations
that are going around that the transition to the Union will change shape and
seen many things and distributed the paper was excellent.
And also there was a directive from Deputy Prime Minister
and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid from what we hope to achieve in the
coming years in our relations with the five permanent members and the
surrounding States and stakeholders such as Turkey, China, India and Pakistan
in addition to Arabic and Gulf States, and the fact everyone was encouraged as
a quantum leap ahead of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs both politically,
administrative or organizational. The Conference achieved its objectives in
full.
I talked about paradigm shift in the Foreign Ministry, can
we say that it means a radical change in the country's foreign policy?
* Policy Kuwait Foreign based on fixed rules in our
surroundings Gulf Arab Islamic and non-aligned countries, but what I felt the
change in the promotion of work and closer ties, means no countries are very
important but the level of relations between us and them without ambition and
thus what Althompsth is the tendency to strengthen our relations with small
countries in thePacific and Caribbean countries through the Kuwait Fund for
development as well as open new embassies in several capitals of the world, we
are a small country but we have possibilities, Kuwait during the past 20 years
under the conditions experienced forced to keep away and focus solely on
security concerns, and maintainindependence, sovereignty and stability was the
major concern, but now the main objective of the Ministry of Foreign How to
preserve the country's security and sovereignty through non-interference in
internal affairs, non-use of force, to resolve issues through peaceful means,
this first goal, Add to that we always raise the slogan of transforming
Kuwaitfor a commercial and financial center must therefore be translated on the
ground, and this required us to work to make it happen.
As Permanent Representative to the United Nations three
years ago what you would have done and what your priorities for the next phase?
To one of the most important things we have achieved in
three years under the guidance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials of
the Human Rights Council, and the second year, for the first time enter into
the Human Rights Council, and the membership is important because it is the
second most important organ of the United Nations, and our membership expires
the end of 2014, we also gained membership of the economic and Social Council,
the third most important organ of the United Nations, and in addition we have
our candidature for the Security Council, the elections will be in 2017 and the
4 short years to preparing and organizing a campaign to win membership started
and developed The work programme shall follow it to get to this shift in our
accession to a number of important organs, and this shows that we have begun to
be more active in participating in international activities, and during this
period continue to follow the obligations of Iraq, and we have made significant
progress and that before the end of this month, up from many of the remaining
obligations on Iraq.
Where donation arrived Kuwait $ 300 million displaced
Syrians, made by hosting the International Conference on displaced Syrians?
To contributions not yet to any international organization,
Kuwait announced a contribution of $ 300 million but there are administrative
measures is finalizing them in the near future, and mostly amount will go to the
international organizations that have declared the appeal and the largest is
the UN High Commissioner for refugees where he will have the largest share, and
the world food program will have a large share of contributions, UNICEF, the
World Health Organization, World Organization for migration and the
International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations development
programme, broken down by 10 organizations and part of the amount Return to the
Kuwait Red Crescent society and the International Islamic charitable
organization, the Kuwaiti committees played a prominent role in providing
humanitarian assistance to refugees and will support their activities, I expect
that within two weeks from the date the amount would be delivered either in
Kuwait or at their headquarters through the New York and Geneva.
Syrian Permanent Representative criticized the United
Nations, Bashar Ja'afari Kuwait and displaced Syrians Conference as conference
information, and gaudiness Gulf reneged on their pledges as he said. What is
your comment?
To the Syrians know that our rational, balanced, and we
reject arming the opposition in Syria, and Kuwait was a party arms and if any
State that is not arming the opposition alone, but do not believe that arming
the opposition represents a solution, but on the contrary will increase the
suffering and tragedy, murders and violence inside Syria, we want to stop the
killing and to find a political solution that saves a Syrian Division and civil
war that could last for years, and any political solution should be based on
the demands and aspirations of the people The Syrian.
What explain what happened recently on the border with Iraq?
Covers we have now reached a critical stage in the
maintenance of border markers where only 500 metres so we got to the area
always differences and an area of Umm Qasr, and the problem is that in this
area the boundary markers and marker No. 105 is in the Umm Qasr area there are
three homes within yards inside the Kuwaiti border.
And if we go back to the beginning of the case in 1993,
marking the border between Kuwait and Iraq, and now the United Nations is bound
by the resolution, on the recommendation of a Boundary Commission to maintain
border markers but since 2003 there have been no maintenance and we have asked
the United Nations to maintain and costs shared between us and Iraq and Iraq
actually paying and we paid and the United Nations began maintenance and was
traveling to the fullest so that there is a legal obligation and political
commitment at the highest level Quit quit the topic of maintenance work which
means that any encroachment on the border must be eliminated.
So what has happened now is that Kuwait and the United
Nations after the accident gave us a time for Iraq to convince the people,
compensation and relocation, we promised Iraq that it reaffirm its commitment
and affirms that it will do its utmost to perform maintenance work on time by
March 31, and the United Nations calls upon Iraq to provide its security plan
confirming its commitment to prevent any excesses, especially by people living
in the area of Umm Qasr, Kuwait in fact demonstrated flexibility and good faith
in resolving Many bilateral issues, race and assured us command estimated the
United Nations they will implement their commitments, and we expect to finish
them and start a new chapter in the relations of the Foundation.
The remaining obligations
What kept Iraq out of Chapter VII?
To have to mention here that the representative of the
Secretary-General in Iraq, Martin Kobler, presented a report on behalf of the
Secretary-General to the Security Council and Iraq the remaining obligations,
for example, said maintenance of boundary markers, which he said was going
correctly, but so far no irregularities are removed, compensation of farmers
which are not yet finished, and demanded Iraq out of Chapter VII obligations
that removes these things and end farmers ' compensation, and now there are
negotiations between Iraq and the United Nations to restrict beneficiaries of
compensation and Iraq at the United Nations they are limited to Renegotiation
of the agreement including the receipt of compensation from the United Nations
passed on to farmers and inform United Nations achievement, this is what we
hope for Iraq says that the amount deposited by the Kuwait of the United
Nations to compensate farmers is inadequate and compelled to pay more for its
citizens, but this is not about Iraqi, and Iraq to receive the compensation
money to farmers who voluntarily refunded for distribution to farmers, we
understand the human dimension and the people living a long time on the border,
we understand that it is not easy to remove Their homes but this is the
responsibility of the Iraqi Government, primarily because these northward on
the Kuwaiti side of the border.
And I want to stress that Kuwait and Iraq would flow out of
Chapter VII concerning the border, resolution 833 on the demarcation of Kuwait
as the binding is bound to Iraq and the Security Council is the guarantor of
the inviolability of borders.
Authorized limits set out in the decision under Chapter VII
and binding us and Iraq and we were not able to do any work which exceeded the
resolution 833, there is also the subject of prisoners and missing persons and
property under Chapter VII and also a mechanism to follow up the topics as a
high-level international coordinator and this mechanism under Chapter VII, Iraq
calls for end to him Coordinator because they want to get out from under
Chapter VII must point out here that the fear of Iraq not under Chapter VII,
which means that the Security Council to intervene in the case did not
implement resolutions
But I can't imagine
that the Security Council could apply any punishment on Iraq as well as Iraq is
not afraid of sanctions but wants to end any existing mechanism, we want the
United Nations to continue not to pressure, but to speed up cooperation and to
Iraq and take steps to prove that the action in this case, in the past we were
able to identify missing persons and received 236 effort by Iraq, but we
believe that they can do more work, and it is a directory for the received
Archive, if serious steps have been taken to the national archives can be
reached, and we showed flexibility on the subject Coordinator reminded the
Iraqis that we have no problem but want to show Iraq cooperated in maintenance,
removing abuses and recognizes farmers ' money.
In the event of complete maintenance of boundary markers and
Iraq received money farmers could end the International Coordinator for the
property and the family?
To the completion of the maintenance work were removed
infringements and compensation to Iraqi farmers acknowledged there will be
between us and Iraq not to adopt one of the options put forward by the
Secretary-General as alternatives to the Coordinator's mandate.
As I learned that the political officer in the Office of the
Secretary-General recognizes the file?
To momentarily, but the Security Council has not resolved
now but in June.
In the past, the Secretary-General put forward several
proposals, including UNAMI mission file received in Iraq?
To lionami if you insist that the mission makes periodic
reports to the Security Council will be with them the decision of the Council.
Between the period and the other emerging voices in Iraq
demanding the return of the demarcation of the border and that Iraqi territory
annexed to Kuwait during the demarcation that is how you look for such a thing?
To legally the matter closed and painted borders did not
specify but the technical task and painted the border under prior agreements
between Iraqi and Kuwaiti sides and by some in Iraq allegations had left behind
and the current Government recognized the borders until Saddam Hussein
acknowledged and we finished it and thus does not deserve this even reply.
For the first time in Kuwait is a member of the Human Rights
Council and international organizations issued reports criticizing Kuwait on
human rights and trafficking in human beings how you defended Kuwait's position
in the Council?
To
no country in the world recorded by bright white and this fact but there are
problematic in this matter so that there is a gap and culturally different
culturally and religiously, this is why attack on topics where they will change
for example speak on women's rights and gender equality means not only equality
between male and female, but give freedom for gays, for example, as well as,
for example, they believe that a violation of human rights when we tell them we
apply the Islamic Sharia, in fact Kuwait since 2006 Have not executed anyone
and this shows that we did not use it in anything but a crime that harm society
and deserve this punishment, and Kuwait has made great strides with regard to
women's rights, and also of the Bidun, persons with disabilities and their
right to work, education and health services, I feel that their interest in
Kuwait cut significantly. By news
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concerning the border issue
21 March 2013 09: 14 am Last updated: 21 Mar 2013 09: 14 am
Permanent confirmed our representative at the United
Nations, Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi said «neither Kuwait nor Iraq Sikhrjan of
Chapter VII on the border because a binding resolution 833 of Kuwait as Iraq
and the Security Council is the guarantor of the inviolability of borders.
While Al-Otaibi said in an interview with «news» that
«before the end of the month we will finish of many of the remaining
obligations on Iraq» said «Kuwait and the United Nations gave Iraq days to
convince farmers on the border to transfer them to another place» indicating
that Iraq promised to do so.
The Al-Otaibi said that the demarcation process was going
according to the decree has to be reached to the area they were always
disagreements which in Umm Qasr and between points 104 and 105 and which would
be set 500 meters, noting that there were three houses offense where falling
within the Kuwaiti border, adding that now required Iraq received money
deposited by Kuwait voluntarily in the United Nations as compensation for
farmers «where Iraq has not received so far and says the amount is not enough
and that he will have to pay more than its citizens», and added, «but this
Iraqi affair and he should receive the funds and distribute them», said we
«understand the human dimension, but this is the responsibility the Iraqi
government because these Mottaguzun on the Kuwaiti side of the border», and
between Al-Otaibi at the same time that Iraq told the United Nations that they
are limiting the beneficiaries of farmers from these funds as there are
negotiations now between the United Nations and Iraq in this regard
Details are as follows:
How do you assess the results of the seventh Conference of
the heads of diplomatic missions?
To the outcome of the Conference lectures and meetings with
the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Minister
were very useful and the convening of a Conference of the heads of diplomatic
missions appropriate honour to task for his Highness the Emir and Crown Prince,
His Highness the Prime Minister to hear from political leadership guidance
directly from the objectives and ambitions that expect us to achieve in our
work.
In fact, we have heard many very useful lecture, lecture,
Minister of finance and Minister of planning and development and oil Minister
who answered many questions, especially regarding the issue of oil shale and
the effects of a tornado, especially on American media and America's need for
Middle East oil by 2020 and the impact on the situation in the region.
And also the residue of lecture work they are doing to
address the problem of illegal residents in Kuwait as the issue raised in the
international organizations and the lecture useful because we have seen many
things and the steps that they had carried out and the problem of the Bidun her
political security and humanitarian dimension economic dimension and have an
interest in each dimension and objective treatment chronic problem and we were
optimistic of the modern subject in the next few years will go a long way in
addressing the problem, as well as labdellh heard the Gospel with Dr. Hassan
Ibrahim.
Tara and the important Gulf Union lecture and consultations
that are going around that the transition to the Union will change shape and
seen many things and distributed the paper was excellent.
And also there was a directive from Deputy Prime Minister
and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid from what we hope to achieve in the
coming years in our relations with the five permanent members and the
surrounding States and stakeholders such as Turkey, China, India and Pakistan
in addition to Arabic and Gulf States, and the fact everyone was encouraged as
a quantum leap ahead of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs both politically,
administrative or organizational. The Conference achieved its objectives in
full.
I talked about paradigm shift in the Foreign Ministry, can
we say that it means a radical change in the country's foreign policy?
* Policy Kuwait Foreign based on fixed rules in our
surroundings Gulf Arab Islamic and non-aligned countries, but what I felt the
change in the promotion of work and closer ties, means no countries are very
important but the level of relations between us and them without ambition and
thus what Althompsth is the tendency to strengthen our relations with small
countries in thePacific and Caribbean countries through the Kuwait Fund for
development as well as open new embassies in several capitals of the world, we
are a small country but we have possibilities, Kuwait during the past 20 years
under the conditions experienced forced to keep away and focus solely on
security concerns, and maintainindependence, sovereignty and stability was the
major concern, but now the main objective of the Ministry of Foreign How to
preserve the country's security and sovereignty through non-interference in
internal affairs, non-use of force, to resolve issues through peaceful means,
this first goal, Add to that we always raise the slogan of transforming
Kuwaitfor a commercial and financial center must therefore be translated on the
ground, and this required us to work to make it happen.
As Permanent Representative to the United Nations three
years ago what you would have done and what your priorities for the next phase?
To one of the most important things we have achieved in
three years under the guidance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials of
the Human Rights Council, and the second year, for the first time enter into
the Human Rights Council, and the membership is important because it is the
second most important organ of the United Nations, and our membership expires
the end of 2014, we also gained membership of the economic and Social Council,
the third most important organ of the United Nations, and in addition we have
our candidature for the Security Council, the elections will be in 2017 and the
4 short years to preparing and organizing a campaign to win membership started
and developed The work programme shall follow it to get to this shift in our
accession to a number of important organs, and this shows that we have begun to
be more active in participating in international activities, and during this
period continue to follow the obligations of Iraq, and we have made significant
progress and that before the end of this month, up from many of the remaining
obligations on Iraq.
Where donation arrived Kuwait $ 300 million displaced
Syrians, made by hosting the International Conference on displaced Syrians?
To contributions not yet to any international organization,
Kuwait announced a contribution of $ 300 million but there are administrative
measures is finalizing them in the near future, and mostly amount will go to the
international organizations that have declared the appeal and the largest is
the UN High Commissioner for refugees where he will have the largest share, and
the world food program will have a large share of contributions, UNICEF, the
World Health Organization, World Organization for migration and the
International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations development
programme, broken down by 10 organizations and part of the amount Return to the
Kuwait Red Crescent society and the International Islamic charitable
organization, the Kuwaiti committees played a prominent role in providing
humanitarian assistance to refugees and will support their activities, I expect
that within two weeks from the date the amount would be delivered either in
Kuwait or at their headquarters through the New York and Geneva.
Syrian Permanent Representative criticized the United
Nations, Bashar Ja'afari Kuwait and displaced Syrians Conference as conference
information, and gaudiness Gulf reneged on their pledges as he said. What is
your comment?
To the Syrians know that our rational, balanced, and we
reject arming the opposition in Syria, and Kuwait was a party arms and if any
State that is not arming the opposition alone, but do not believe that arming
the opposition represents a solution, but on the contrary will increase the
suffering and tragedy, murders and violence inside Syria, we want to stop the
killing and to find a political solution that saves a Syrian Division and civil
war that could last for years, and any political solution should be based on
the demands and aspirations of the people The Syrian.
What explain what happened recently on the border with Iraq?
Covers we have now reached a critical stage in the
maintenance of border markers where only 500 metres so we got to the area
always differences and an area of Umm Qasr, and the problem is that in this
area the boundary markers and marker No. 105 is in the Umm Qasr area there are
three homes within yards inside the Kuwaiti border.
And if we go back to the beginning of the case in 1993,
marking the border between Kuwait and Iraq, and now the United Nations is bound
by the resolution, on the recommendation of a Boundary Commission to maintain
border markers but since 2003 there have been no maintenance and we have asked
the United Nations to maintain and costs shared between us and Iraq and Iraq
actually paying and we paid and the United Nations began maintenance and was
traveling to the fullest so that there is a legal obligation and political
commitment at the highest level Quit quit the topic of maintenance work which
means that any encroachment on the border must be eliminated.
So what has happened now is that Kuwait and the United
Nations after the accident gave us a time for Iraq to convince the people,
compensation and relocation, we promised Iraq that it reaffirm its commitment
and affirms that it will do its utmost to perform maintenance work on time by
March 31, and the United Nations calls upon Iraq to provide its security plan
confirming its commitment to prevent any excesses, especially by people living
in the area of Umm Qasr, Kuwait in fact demonstrated flexibility and good faith
in resolving Many bilateral issues, race and assured us command estimated the
United Nations they will implement their commitments, and we expect to finish
them and start a new chapter in the relations of the Foundation.
The remaining obligations
What kept Iraq out of Chapter VII?
To have to mention here that the representative of the
Secretary-General in Iraq, Martin Kobler, presented a report on behalf of the
Secretary-General to the Security Council and Iraq the remaining obligations,
for example, said maintenance of boundary markers, which he said was going
correctly, but so far no irregularities are removed, compensation of farmers
which are not yet finished, and demanded Iraq out of Chapter VII obligations
that removes these things and end farmers ' compensation, and now there are
negotiations between Iraq and the United Nations to restrict beneficiaries of
compensation and Iraq at the United Nations they are limited to Renegotiation
of the agreement including the receipt of compensation from the United Nations
passed on to farmers and inform United Nations achievement, this is what we
hope for Iraq says that the amount deposited by the Kuwait of the United
Nations to compensate farmers is inadequate and compelled to pay more for its
citizens, but this is not about Iraqi, and Iraq to receive the compensation
money to farmers who voluntarily refunded for distribution to farmers, we
understand the human dimension and the people living a long time on the border,
we understand that it is not easy to remove Their homes but this is the
responsibility of the Iraqi Government, primarily because these northward on
the Kuwaiti side of the border.
And I want to stress that Kuwait and Iraq would flow out of
Chapter VII concerning the border, resolution 833 on the demarcation of Kuwait
as the binding is bound to Iraq and the Security Council is the guarantor of
the inviolability of borders.
Authorized limits set out in the decision under Chapter VII
and binding us and Iraq and we were not able to do any work which exceeded the
resolution 833, there is also the subject of prisoners and missing persons and
property under Chapter VII and also a mechanism to follow up the topics as a
high-level international coordinator and this mechanism under Chapter VII, Iraq
calls for end to him Coordinator because they want to get out from under
Chapter VII must point out here that the fear of Iraq not under Chapter VII,
which means that the Security Council to intervene in the case did not
implement resolutions
But I can't imagine
that the Security Council could apply any punishment on Iraq as well as Iraq is
not afraid of sanctions but wants to end any existing mechanism, we want the
United Nations to continue not to pressure, but to speed up cooperation and to
Iraq and take steps to prove that the action in this case, in the past we were
able to identify missing persons and received 236 effort by Iraq, but we
believe that they can do more work, and it is a directory for the received
Archive, if serious steps have been taken to the national archives can be
reached, and we showed flexibility on the subject Coordinator reminded the
Iraqis that we have no problem but want to show Iraq cooperated in maintenance,
removing abuses and recognizes farmers ' money.
In the event of complete maintenance of boundary markers and
Iraq received money farmers could end the International Coordinator for the
property and the family?
To the completion of the maintenance work were removed
infringements and compensation to Iraqi farmers acknowledged there will be
between us and Iraq not to adopt one of the options put forward by the
Secretary-General as alternatives to the Coordinator's mandate.
As I learned that the political officer in the Office of the
Secretary-General recognizes the file?
To momentarily, but the Security Council has not resolved
now but in June.
In the past, the Secretary-General put forward several
proposals, including UNAMI mission file received in Iraq?
To lionami if you insist that the mission makes periodic
reports to the Security Council will be with them the decision of the Council.
Between the period and the other emerging voices in Iraq
demanding the return of the demarcation of the border and that Iraqi territory
annexed to Kuwait during the demarcation that is how you look for such a thing?
To legally the matter closed and painted borders did not
specify but the technical task and painted the border under prior agreements
between Iraqi and Kuwaiti sides and by some in Iraq allegations had left behind
and the current Government recognized the borders until Saddam Hussein
acknowledged and we finished it and thus does not deserve this even reply.
For the first time in Kuwait is a member of the Human Rights
Council and international organizations issued reports criticizing Kuwait on
human rights and trafficking in human beings how you defended Kuwait's position
in the Council?
To
no country in the world recorded by bright white and this fact but there are
problematic in this matter so that there is a gap and culturally different
culturally and religiously, this is why attack on topics where they will change
for example speak on women's rights and gender equality means not only equality
between male and female, but give freedom for gays, for example, as well as,
for example, they believe that a violation of human rights when we tell them we
apply the Islamic Sharia, in fact Kuwait since 2006 Have not executed anyone
and this shows that we did not use it in anything but a crime that harm society
and deserve this punishment, and Kuwait has made great strides with regard to
women's rights, and also of the Bidun, persons with disabilities and their
right to work, education and health services, I feel that their interest in
Kuwait cut significantly. By news
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