This is the first time that Israel has spoken here on this most important issue of enlarging the Security Council. We have carefully studied the various proposals submitted regarding the issue at hand, and we share the view that as we approach the twenty-first century, the geopolitical situation nec…
I wish to explain Israel’s vote on the resolution entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”. First, however, let me express my gratitude and that of my delegation to the co-sponsors for their efforts to accommodate Israel’s contribution to the preamble of this resolution that has j…
I am pleased to introduce Israel’s amendment (A/51/L.12) to the draft resolution on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). During the IAEA General Conference, held last month, two statements were issued by the President of the Conference and adopted by the Conference. The first…
Allow me first, Sir, to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session and to wish him every success. I would also like to thank his predecessor, Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral, for the outstanding manner in which he carried out …
Today in Israel is Yom Hazikaron, our day of memorial for those in the Israel Defense Forces who have fallen while defending the State of Israel as well as for Israelis killed over the years by murderous terrorist attacks. Today we remember our sons and daughters, our brothers and sisters, who gave …
I believe that this is a very difficult day for all of us.
We regret the loss of life among innocent people who were unconnected to those fanatic terrorists and to those hostile activities. As indicated by the spokesman of the United Nations, the tragedy that occurred today was caused because the H…
I am honoured to be able to speak before the General Assembly, a forum of statesmen and professionals dedicated to the improvement of public administration and reform of civil service. This meeting offers me an excellent opportunity to exchange views about public service with scholars and policy mak…
At the outset, Sir, I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I would also like to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Legwaila of Botswana, for the very able manner in which he conducted the affairs of the Council las…
While most of the leaders of the Middle East were meeting last month at the Summit of Peacemakers at Sharm El Sheikh to pledge their support for combatting terrorism, Hezbollah terrorists were carrying out attacks on Israelis.
The representative of Lebanon began his comments this evening by countin…
For many years now, Israel has been cooperating fully with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), as well as with other international organizations, i…
I would first like to comment on the fact that the draft resolutions now before us — A/50/L.34, A/50/L.35 and A/50/L.36 — relate to two items on the agenda of this fiftieth session of the General Assembly, items 39 and 96 (c). In our statement at the 78th meeting of the forty-ninth session last year…
I feel obliged to begin my speech this year by referring to the brutal assassination of the Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, less than one
Despite the pain of Rabin’s assassination, the people of Israel and the Government of Prime Minister Peres are determined to push forward and achieve a …
It has been just over three weeks since the assassination of the Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin. Israel lost a beloved leader, a great statesman who initiated a historic change in Israel and the entire Middle East. I personally lost a close friend with whom I had worked for many years. Prim…
The principal commitment of the international community to tolerance was enshrined in the Preamble of the United Nations Charter. The Member States committed themselves to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours. The founders of this body understood that onl…
The delegation of Israel joined the consensus on the draft resolution just adopted. In so doing, we were guided by our desire to make peace with all of our neighbours, who are all members of the League of Arab States. Israel joined the consensus on this item in the last two years as well. During the…
At the outset I wish to express my delegation’s appreciation for the sympathy extended to us by the President, as well as by Member States, in the wake of last week’s assassination of the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Yitzhak Rabin. To everyone concerned we say: “The State of Israel is heartened by …
My country very much appreciates the warm words and expressions of respect, sympathy and support which were said here this morning about Prime Minister Rabin and his commitment to peace, by you, Sir, and by the representatives of the geographical groups and the host country.
The day of 4 November 1…
Israel supported the draft resolution as a whole. However, it is our firm position that the application of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes should be conducted, as prescribed by the Agency’s statute, on a basis of equality, regardless of whether or not a State member of the Agency is a State par…
The Jewish people can never forget the enormity of the Holocaust. The State of Israel, as the Jewish National Home, has a special obligation to remember. An obligation to the memory of the six million who perished in the European graveyard. And an obligation to the survivors who have rebuilt their l…
At the outset, allow me to express our appreciation to the Russian Federation for taking the initiative of bringing this issue before the General Assembly. Israel has lent its support to the Russian initiative to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This is our mo…
