Statement of the Director of the Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, on Iraq Crisis

Professor Dr.Ikuro Anzai

U.S.Government decided to take the plunge into a military attack on Iraq without any definite resolution by the UN Security Council for conceding the use of military forces.
I, as the Director of the Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, make the following statement;

(1) I protest against Iraqi Government that failed in sweeping away the suspicion of possessing weapons of mass destruction, thereby giving a handle for military attack.
(2) I protest against self-righteous political conduct of the U.S.Government that decided to punge into a war against Iraq without valid resolution by the UN Security Council, thereby betraying peoples'hope for peaceful settlement of the issue and damaging the UN democratic decision- making framework.
(3) I protest against the government of Japan that gave a strong support to the U.S.military attack without a mature consultation with the National Diet, which is contrary to, not only the spirit of the United Nations Charter, but also that of the Constitution of Japan setting fundamental values on renunciation of war, peace and democracy.

　20 March 2003