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Dear All, After posting my comment here, I received some excellent remarks from Mr. Elias Davidsson, who also gave me permission to post them to this group for more clarification. I am indebted to Elias for his valuable remarks. Hassan "There might be some dispute on the qualification of "illegality" of the resolutions you mention and lawyers do not agree on qualifying resolutions of the SC as "illegal" even if they might be procedurallyimproper. A common term is "ultra vires". In my view a political body does not make "illegal" decisions, but may adopt "unconstitutional" decisions. The implementation of an "unconstitutional" decision may however be illegal. Thus, in relation to the decisions of the SC, I maintain that it is not the SC resolutions which are "illegal", but their translation into administrative and military acts that could, as the case may be, constitute illegal acts under international law. For these reasons I do not see any base for charging the members of the SC for criminal conduct (they are mere messengers for their States) but consider that the political leaders who gave legal force to the implementation of SC decisions, including the order to secure a vote within the Council, could be charged of committing international crimes against the Iraqipeople. Excuse me for these distinctions, but it is important in law to make them. I am open to challenge." _________________________________________________________ Read the LATEST Regional and international news on Maktoob News. http://www.maktoob.com/ _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk