Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Telegdi has raised the question of legal or illegal wars, but I understand that it may be difficult to answer that, given the weight that the United States carries on some international committees.
On the other hand, I would like to know your opinion on paragraph 171 of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status. I think this is where my colleague was going.
171. Not every conviction, genuine though it may be, will constitute a sufficient reason for claiming refugee status after desertion or draft-evasion. It is not enough for a person to be in disagreement with his government regarding the political justification for a particular military action. Where, however, the type of military action, with which an individual does not wish to be associated, is condemned by the international community as contrary to the basic rules of human conduct, punishment for desertion or draft evasion could, in the light of all other requirements of the definition, in itself be regarded as persecution.
In order for that section to be applied, is it essential that there be a United Nations resolution or a large enough number of countries that do not agree with the occupation, in the case of the war in Iraq, for example?