Monday, May 3, 2010
A7: US, Britain, and France 'Disengage' Ahmadinejad
The United States, Britain and France led a walkout on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the U.N. nuclear non-proliferation conference Monday as he accused countries with nuclear weapons of threatening those without them. "How can the United States be a member of the board of governors when it used nuclear weapons against Japan," he said.
New York Rep. Steve Israel called for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel "to be wiped off the map," to be arrested and tried for "incitement to genocide." Rep. Israel stated, "Incitement to genocide is a punishable act and instead of giving him another platform at the U.N., he should be tried."
The lower house of Congress three years ago passed a resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Ahmadinejad.
The only head of state to address the General Assembly conference, he challenged anyone to provide evidence that Iran is developing nuclear arms. There is "not a single credible proof." he declared. Before he spoke, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the "onus" is on Iran to prove its nuclear program does not include the development of nuclear weapons...[More.]