Prime Minister’s
Office today denied reports in a section of the media that Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, while addressing the BJP Parliamentary
Party meeting here today, said that the United Nations could
"die a moral death if it succumbs to pressure from Washington"
and that "there is fear that the UN becomes ineffective and
dies a moral death if it takes any step under US pressure."
The Prime Minister
basically repeated to party MPs what was contained in the address
of the President to Parliament yesterday. He added that any
action outside the framework of the United Nations against Iraq
would be unfortunate for the international community and would
erode the moral authority of the U.N.
