From Mr. Pilger's article in the New Statesman 08 January 2001:
". . .For example, in a letter circulating to MPs, he claims the RAF's current bombing of Iraq is "entirely lawful". I took the trouble to ask Dr Boutros Boutros Ghali, who was secretary general of the UN when the US and Britain set up the so-called "no-fly zones" in which they dictate who can fly. "The Security Council never approved or anyway ratified these zones," he said. Does that make them illegal? I asked. "Yes," he replied. . . ." LINK