What is most striking about today’s debate is not its one-sidedness, nor its rote condemnations of Israel that are divorced from facts on the ground, nor the fact that the biased resolutions before us reflect nothing more than the negative political dynamics that exist in the United Nations. Instead…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Amos, Under- Secretary-General Le Roy, High Commissioner Pillay and Director-General Daccord for their informative briefings.
Today’s debate raises some of the most complex and challenging …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate on counter- terrorism. I would also like to express my appreciation to the Chairpersons of the s committees for their
professional work and for their informative briefings this morning.
Considering the crucial role that the United Nat…
It is with dismay and disappointment that I address this gathering as we consider the recent report (A/65/53) of the Human Rights Council. According to its founding instruments, that Council — one of the leading United Nations human rights bodies — is required to conduct its work based on the princi…
Israel assigns importance to discussing the issue of the revitalization of the Conference on Disarmament. It is indeed timely that we discuss this issue in earnest — not merely because of the longstanding stalemate that has characterized the Conference’s work, but mainly because of the calls to take…
Allow me to commend you, Sir, for your able stewardship of the Security Council this month. In my first speech as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, I appear before you today and state the profound and enduring wish of my nation to establish peace with the Palestinians: a peace based on secu…
At the outset, Israel would like to congratulate the President on his election. We look forward to his successful stewardship of the work of the General Assembly. I would also like to thank him for convening this important debate.
Israel welcomes the Secretary-General’s eighth consolidated progress…
When I arrived yesterday in New York, I received a phone call from the chairman of one of the Jewish organizations, who asked me how I was coping with all the pressure that is being placed on Israel. “Surely”, he said, “it must be very difficult”. I recalled an old joke, which tells of five Jews who…
As we are meeting at the end of the month, please allow me, Mr. President, to commend you for your able stewardship of the Security Council this month.
Israel welcomes the adoption of resolution 1937 (2010) and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). I wo…
Madam President, allow me to commend you for your able stewardship of the Security Council this month. Let me also thank Mr. Lynn Pasco, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his informative briefing.
Almost two years ago, I came to New York to represent the Israel that I know and love…
The Security Council is convened this afternoon following a serious event that took place early this morning local time, when a convoy of six ships attempted to break the maritime blockade off the coast of Gaza. Although portrayed in the media as a humanitarian mission delivering aid to Gaza, this f…
I thank you, Madam, for having convened this important debate on counter- terrorism. I express my thanks, too, to the Chairpersons of the counter-terrorism Committees for their professional work and for their informative briefings this morning.
Close cooperation and coordination among all three sub…
We are gathered here to commemorate those who sacrificed so that humankind might prevail over madness and hope might prevail over hate. The State of Israel pays eternal homage to the men and women who saved the world at humankind’s darkest hour.
We remember the victims for whom redemption never cam…
Let me thank you, Mr. President, for your stewardship of the Security Council. I would also like to thank Mr. Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing.
At the outset, I wish to express the deepest sympathy of the people and the Government of Israel regarding the recent tragedy in which the Polish Pres…
We are convened here today to vote on a draft resolution (A/64/L.48*) presented by the Arab Group in reaction to the Secretary-General’s report of 4 February 2010 (A/64/651). In the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead, Israel is conducting and will continue to conduct investigations that are
independe…
At the outset, I wish to express the condolences of the people and Government of Israel to the people and Government of Haiti, as well as to the United Nations community and to all those who lost family, friends and colleagues in the recent tragic earthquake. Israel is humbled to have provided its a…
At the outset, let me thank the President of the Assembly for convening this meeting on a subject that has, tragically, touched the lives of too many individuals around the world.
Israel firmly believes that the collective fight against terrorism must be more than just statements of commitment reaf…
I would like to share with Assembly members the fact that Israel has joined the consensus on resolution 64/125 concerning assistance to the Palestinian people.
Unlike so many resolutions regarding our region, the resolution just adopted is constructive in its approach, as it seeks to assist the Pal…
As the current Vice-Chair and the incoming Chair of the Kimberley Process, let me start by thanking all those delegations that have genuinely and warmly welcomed Israel’s initiation, starting in January, as Chair. This morning, that was heard again and again in this Hall through the various deliber…
I would like to associate my delegation with what the representative of Egypt said. Until the meeting was suspended, the vote was on one thing: an affirmative reiteration of what is written in the draft resolution. What we just heard a few moments ago from one particular representative was something…
