…Says failure to act is inexcusable
United States of America said on Friday that the United Nations Security Council failed to uphold its fundamental mission set when it rejected “a reasonable resolution” to extend the 13-year old arms embargo on Iran.
Such failure, it said has therefore paved the way for the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism to buy and sell conventional weapons without specific UN restrictions in place for the first time in over a decade.
According to the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo in a statement, the Security Council’s failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable.
“The United Nations Security Council is charged with the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security,” Pompeo noted.
The Security Council, he said rejected direct appeals to extend the arms embargo from numerous countries in the Middle East endangered by Iran’s violence.
“Arab nations and Israel strongly supported extending the embargo. Last weekend, the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council came together to ask the Security Council to extend the embargo.
“Israel also asked the Council to do the same to prevent Iran from expanding and modernizing its arsenal. These countries know Iran will spread even greater chaos and destruction if the embargo expires, but the Security Council chose to ignore them.
“The United States will never abandon our friends in the region who expected more from the Security Council. We will continue to work to ensure that the theocratic terror regime does not have the freedom to purchase and sell weapons that threaten the heart of Europe, the Middle East and beyond,” Pompeo said.
