Israel is looking forward to the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. With regard to the resolution just adopted, we understand that this document does not represent any change in the status of the Palestine Liberation Organization as an observer organization within the United Nations system.
From the outset, we believed that this issue is for the parties concerned, based on the Declaration of Principles which was signed by Israel and the PLO. From the outset, Israel maintained that the Security Council is not the appropriate forum in which to address this issue and that, accordingly, it…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. We are certain that your wealth of experience will be of invaluable assistance as you guide the proceedings of this Council. I should also like to congr…
I do not intend to engage in a polemic debate with the Permanent Observer of the PLO. I believe that the draft resolution just adopted by the General Assembly is a very positive one, and Israel supported it. We would like to commend Norway for preparing this draft, and the donors for their valuable …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the able manner in which you have conducted the affairs of the Security Council this month. I would also like to congratulate your predecessor, Mr. Emilio Cárdenas, on his skilled conduct of the Council’s affairs.
I would like to be…
Israel fully supports and encourages economic, financial and technical assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Peace and prosperity are indivisible. Economic development and improved living conditions in the territories will encourage peace and stability in the region. We…
Israel voted against the third preambular paragraph of the draft resolution just adopted. Israel believes that all States members of the International Atomic Energy Agency, without discrimination, and regardless of whether or not they are parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Wea…
At the outset, I wish to express our appreciation to Nicaragua for its initiative in bringing this issue before the General Assembly. We were proud to support this initiative from the beginning.
We are pleased to see that a growing number of States are recognizing the fundamental relationship betwe…
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 wholehearted support to the Russian initiative to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. W…
Far-reaching changes are reshaping the Middle East. The speed and extent of this transformation are unmatched in the world today.
Israel and its neighbours have established relations through various tracks of the peace process: with the Palestinians, with Jordan, and with States of the Persian Gulf…
These are fateful days for Israel, for the Palestinians and for the entire Middle East. On the one hand, we are gradually bringing about a great change: from conflict to understanding, from bitter division to advancement. On the other hand, violent extremists are trying to destroy the progress we ha…
Israel has carefully studied the Secretary-General’s report on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations. On behalf of my delegation, I wish to express our appreciation to the many organizations and United Nations agencies that are responding to…
I should like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his important report on the Agenda for Development.
This topic will probably determine the fate of the world: shall we descend deeper in a spiral of world disorder, wars, genocide and human suffering, or shall we shape a bett…
Israel was pleased to join the sponsors of draft resolution A/49/L.25/Rev.1. We are confident that the General Assembly will adopt it by consensus.
We have consistently expressed our readiness to cooperate with Nicaragua in the many areas related to its rehabilitation and reconstruction. We are gla…
The delegation of Israel joined the consensus on the draft resolution that has just been adopted. In so doing, we were guided by our desire to make peace with all our neighbours — and they are all members of the League of Arab States. Israel rejoined the consensus on this item last year. Since then …
At the outset, I should like to congratulate the President on his election. We wish him every success in conducting the Assembly’s affairs. I
Almost 50 years ago the framers of the Charter of the United Nations set great challenges by making a far-reaching commitment to the loftiest ideals of human…
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election to preside over the General Assembly. I am confident that your vast diplomatic experience will be invaluable in guiding the Assembly.
I also wish to extend my congratulations to the former President, Mr. Samuel Insanally, and to compliment…
The successful conclusion and adoption of the Convention to combat desertification, signed recently in Paris by a large number of States, including Israel, is indeed recognition by the international community that human beings in affected or threatened areas are at the centre of concerns to combat d…
I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are pleased that the representative of Côte d’Ivoire - a nation for which Israel has high regard - has been elected to this distinguished post. I should like to express to the Secretary General our…
Today is a great day in world history. It is a great day for the United Nations. And it is a great day for democracy.
Today’s proceedings are an expression of one of the most dramatic, meaningful changes that have taken place in our time.
The events in South Africa are a victory of the human spiri…
