Bangladesh Political Parties

"Legitimate owners of the natural resources of a country is its people and they will decide how to use their resources. But we are worried if the people of the countries having natural resources would be able to use those according to their will."

-- Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition, Dhaka, April 8, 2003

"We don't want war, we want peace. But we are now anxious about the future of the world."

-- Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition, Dhaka, April 8, 2003

"The people [of Iraq] will decide who will govern their country… they are the legitimate owners of their natural wealth, none else. They should not be deprived of their right to take decision,"

-- Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition, Dhaka, March 30, 2003

"Rather, they [Iraqis] will consider them [the US and British forces] as occupation forces…and its result will be dreadful, destroying the peace of the whole world. The poorer countries will face [a] tough situation and the world economy will be destroyed,"

-- Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition, Dhaka, March 30, 2003

"Military intervention cannot resolve the crisis in Iraq. Only the United Nations can bring an end to the war. There is still time…When Iraq was strictly abiding by the United Nations, the war began without any legal and logical basis."

-- Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition, Dhaka, March 30, 2003

"If the government does not take precautionary measures to tackle the probable disaster as a fall out of the war in Iraq, it will not only affect the garments sector but will also harm the overall economy of the country,"

-- Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition, Dhaka, March 28, 2003

"Both our party and the government are in favour of halting the war immediately,"

-- Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Secretary General, Bangladesh Nation Party, Dhaka, March 27, 2003

"We don't find any logic behind the attack on Iraq. We want peace, not hostilities. We don't want to see any more children, women and civilian people killed in Iraq as war is not the solution to the crisis… It's a violation of human rights and the war will increase instability across the world as this war has belittled the United Nations. The crisis should be resolved by the United Nations."

- Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition and President, Awami League, Dhaka, March 24