'UN veto is an insult to the world'

'UN veto is an insult to the world' 
Editorial at presstv.com 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) met  with German Foreign Minister 
Guido Westerwelle (L) in Tehran in the  early hours of Sunday morning. 

Iranian President  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the fact that some countries have a 
veto at  the UN Security Council is an insult to other nations and the world  
governing system must be reformed.
Ahmadinejad made the remarks during a meeting with German Foreign  Minister 
Guido Westerwelle in Tehran in the early hours of Sunday  morning, IRNA 
reported. 


The Iranian president also said the current system governing the world cannot 
continue.

On Friday, 14 countries voted in favor of a UN Security Council  resolution 
condemning Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and  East al-Quds 
(Jerusalem), but it was vetoed by US Ambassador Susan Rice.

The resolution would have been approved but the single "no" vote by the  United 
States cancelled out the "yes" vote by the other 14 members of  the Security 
Council.

At the meeting with the German foreign minister, Ahmadinejad stated that  Iran 
and Germany can cooperate in efforts to create a new way to manage  global 
affairs.

Westerwelle pointed to the longstanding relationship between Iran and  Germany 
and said that Berlin wants to cooperate with Iran on various  international 
issues.

He went on to say that Berlin believes cooperation and dialogue is the  way to 
resolve international problems, adding that mutual respect is the  main key to 
establishing world peace. 


The German foreign minister also expressed gratitude to Iranian  officials for 
their efforts to release the two German nationals arrested  in Tabriz in October 
2010.

Marcus Hellwig and Jens Koch entered Iran on tourist visas, but they  then 
interviewed the son of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, who has been  convicted of 
complicity in the murder of her husband as well as  adultery.
They were initially sentenced to 20 months in prison on charges of  acting 
against the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran,  but the Tabriz 
branch of Iran's Revolution Court commuted their prison  sentences to fines of 
around $50,000 each.

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