Foreign Occupation Is Worst Form Of Terrorism

Libya's foreign minister called on Monday for efforts to put an end to foreign occupation, which he said is "the worst form of terrorism."

"Ending terrorism will require practical measures to eliminate its root causes," Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham said at the general debate of the UN General Assembly.

These measures include "effective action to promote human rights for all peoples, putting a stop to acts of aggression and the occupation of the lands of others, fighting poverty and encouraging democracy," he said.

"Foreign occupation is the worst form of terrorism, since occupation forces subject entire peoples to measures which violate the most basic principles of human rights and commit crimes on a daily basis against those peoples in order to maintain their occupation," he said.

"In our campaign to fight terrorism, it is imperative that we coordinate our efforts to finally put an end to foreign occupation, enable peoples to exercise their right to self-determination and prevent interference in their internal affairs," he said.

Citing Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights and the Lebanese Shebaa Farms, the foreign minister urged the international community to "take the necessary measures to oblige the occupation forces to withdraw from all occupied Arab land, return it to its owners and compensate Syria and Lebanon for the damage inflicted upon them by the occupation."

On Iraq, he said that "the tragedy of the occupation ... requires an urgent initiative from the United Nations to solve the crisis which will ensure the withdrawal of the occupation forces .. ." (People's Daily Online)
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