Faruq Ziada

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Faruq Ahmed Saad al-Din Ziada (Arabic: فاروق أحمد سعد الدين زيادة; November 2, 1937 – June 16, 2024) was an Iraqi diplomat.

Career

He served as vice-chair of the General Assembly's Second Committee (Economic and Financial) in 1983.[1]

Works

In December 2006 he wrote an article titled "Is There a Sunni Majority in Iraq?" for the political magazine CounterPunch.[2]

In a July 2008 feature for Al Jazeera English, Ziada described post-invasion Iraq as a "war-torn nation" and lamented the destruction of its infrastructure and society.[3]

He also contributed analysis to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, including the article "The Mines Bush Planted in Iraq Could Derail Obama's Policies and Strategy There" (November 2008), which criticised U.S. policy in Iraq.[4]

Ziada also participated in the 2016 "Iraq Commission" People's Tribunal, where he gave testimony on the deception that led to the Iraq War.[5]

Regional Arabic media also highlighted his views. In December 2017, the Jordanian news outlet Jo24 quoted Ziada on the UN General Assembly's Jerusalem resolution, describing it as binding on member states.[6] The Lebanese newspaper Al-Binaa also published an op-ed by Ziada on the same issue.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Report of the Ad Hoc Committee (A/40/52)" (PDF). United Nations Digital Library. 1985. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  2. ^ Ziada, Faruq (27 December 2006). "Iraqis by the Numbers: Is There a Sunni Majority in Iraq?". CounterPunch. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Iraq is a war-torn nation". Al Jazeera English. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  4. ^ Ziada, Faruq (November 2008). "The Mines Bush Planted in Iraq Could Derail Obama's Policies and Strategy There". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Testimony on the Lies by Faruq Ziada". Iraq Tribunal. 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  6. ^ "قرار الجمعية العامة للامم المتحدة ملزم". Jo24 (in Arabic). 26 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  7. ^ "قرار الجمعية العامة ملزم". Al-Binaa (in Arabic). 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
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