Iran Press/ Europe: Addressing the 141st IPU summit on Sunday, Fatemeh Hosseini noted that the world was suffering from disregard for international law and norms.
"The US believes that it is able to pursue its interests by disregarding and violating the fundamental principles of international law and human rights and for the sake of its own security at the expense of insecurities for others," she went on to say.
Hosseini added that the destructive effects of these sanctions on the lives of ordinary people in countries exposed to them, including Iran, indicates the violation of fundamental human rights such as access to adequate food, access to essential medicines, access to health services and so on.
"It is deeply unfortunate that legal, political and international institutions have failed to maintain confidence in these institutions of international order, which has resulted in the sacrifice of the rights of nations, and this is a clear indication of the serious inefficiency of international law and international institutions and demonstrates the need to revise and reform these institutions," the MP stated.
The MP noted that common challenges resulted from non-compliance with international law and human rights can be a matter of cooperation.
Hosseini urged parliamentarians to seek peace on the basis of justice and dialogue among themselves, as well as the exclusion of those who dream waging endless wars and the clash among civilizations.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani along with a number of parliamentarians attended the assembly and delivered a speech in the 141st IPU Summit in Belgrade last week.
IPU was established in 1889, as the first permanent institution for multilateral political negotiations for parliamentarians, but subsequently became an international organization.
The parliaments of 178 states are members of the IPU, with 12 regional parliaments as the affiliated members.
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