At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your stewardship of the Council during the month of August.
Israel welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1884 (2009) and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for anothe…
I too thank you, Mr. President, for your leadership in holding this very important meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for honouring us with his presence this morning as we discuss the important issue of sexual violence in conflict areas.
As a sponsor of resolution 1820 (2008)…
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your leadership of the Council for the month of July. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his informative briefing.
I shall begin my statement by citing from a letter sent by courageous residents of Khirbat Salim to the…
Israel welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on implementing the responsibility to protect (A/63/677) and the opportunity to engage in a candid exchange of views on that important topic. The report offers a variety of proposals and tools for the international community to confront the menacin…
At the outset, I wish to convey Israel’s full support for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which participates in a critical mission to implement Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) in an effort to stabilize our region.
However, I wish to reiterate Israel’s firm position on …
Mr. President, I would first like to thank you for convening this important meeting and for your leadership of the Council this month. On a personal note and since this is Israel’s last intervention in the Council for the month of June, I wish to congratulate you personally on your many years of rem…
I would like to acknowledge the presence of Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and thank him for his informative briefing.
Our region is at an important juncture that may determine the future of the Middle East for some time to come. There is much reason for optimism, but also cause for concern. In the…
In 2005, when Israel left Gaza, we hoped that we would never have to return. But eight years of continuous rocket attacks by the Hamas terrorist organization, Hamas’ refusal to extend the period of calm and its smuggling of weapons during that period left Israel with no choice but to act in self-def…
I thank the Secretary- General for honouring this meeting with his presence.
Eight years: For eight years the citizens of southern Israel have suffered the trauma of almost daily missile attacks from Gaza. For eight years more than 8,000 rockets and mortar shells have targeted Israeli towns and vil…
Last Saturday, Israel launched a military operation aimed at protecting
Israelis living in southern Israel from the incessant barrage of rocket and mortar shell fire. Israel was compelled to resort to a military operation after many weeks — indeed, months and years — during which its civilians were…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your leadership of the Council for this month, which has been demanding and complicated. I also wish to thank Mr. Robert Serry for his informative and important briefing.
As we approach the end of 2008, we look back on a year that has wit…
I want to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important debate. We also wish to thank the Secretary-General and his staff for his report (A/63/466) and its specific reference to the Peace Players International programme in our region.
To many, sports serve merely as exerc…
We would first like to thank the Indian delegation very much for its leadership and for the very constructive way in which it conducted the deliberations on the resolution we have just adopted. Israel fully supports the Kimberley Process and is committed to it. In fact, Israel, as I stated just a fe…
Israel would like to recognize and extend our sincere appreciation to India for its leadership of the Kimberley Process during the current year.
More than 60 years after the founders of the United Nations declared that the international community had an obligation to save succeeding generations fro…
Today is a sad day for the Security Council, for today the Council that we all appreciate so much has been outrageously compelled to meet in order to promote the particular agenda of a certain member State of the Council. That certain member State intentionally chose to abuse the procedures of the S…
Some may feel satisfaction in repeatedly passing General Assembly resolutions or holding conferences that condemn Israel’s behaviour. But one should also ask whether such steps bring any tangible relief or benefit to the Palestinians.
There have been decades of resolutions. There has been a prolife…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on holding the presidency of the Council this month, and thank you for convening this important debate. My delegation also congratulates the Chairpersons of the counter-terrorism subsidiary bodies on their able stewardship, and I wish to thank them for their inform…
At the outset, please allow me to thank the President for convening this meeting.
One week from today, the United Nations will mark the 70th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom — the Night of Broken Glass — a single night that served as a prelude to the Holocaust. On that night, organized gangs…
It is with dismay and disappointment that I address this gathering of the General Assembly. Today, we consider the second report of the Human Rights Council (A/63/53 and Add.1), a report that reflects how far the Council has drifted from its founding principles of impartiality, universality, non-sel…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for your stewardship of this Council. As
your presidency comes to an end, please accept my congratulations.
If a stranger was seated among us today, he would be under the impression that the Israeli settlements in the West Bank are the primary and single obstacl…
