The voting that has taken place this morning, endorsing — as usual, in an overwhelming manner — the rights of the Palestinian people and renewing the mandates of programmes related to Palestine, is a clear indication of the will of the international community to uphold international law and to suppo…
The international community is in agreement that the question of Palestine lies at the heart of the Arab- Israeli conflict and that it has a direct and strong impact on the situation in the Middle East as a whole. In fact, the just resolution of the question of Palestine is the key to achieving a co…
My delegation did not intend to take the floor again after the statement of our Minister for Foreign Affairs. However, we found ourselves in a position to respond to some of the comments made by a delegation that asked for the elimination of two important Committees established through General Assem…
I should like at the outset to thank you, Sir, for your statements earlier at this meeting and at this morning’s official meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
A few weeks ago, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palesti…
It is easy to use red- herring arguments, as the Israeli representative just did, in order to divert attention from the indisputable information presented about the grave violations of international law that we referred to earlier in our statement. The fact remains that until and unless Israel halts…
We are gathered here today to discuss what has been a lifeline for the Palestinian people throughout the past decades of occupation and deprivation. International assistance to the Palestinian people has, more recently, been a vital component of the international community’s efforts to make concrete…
Unlike the Israeli Prime Minister, who a few days ago told the Assembly that he had come to the United Nations from Jerusalem, I — a native son of the land — was not able to come here from Jerusalem, because East Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine, still remains under Israeli occupation, despite th…
I have the honour to deliver the statement of President Mahmoud Abbas, who has had to remain at home, given the current difficult circumstances. It reads as follows.
“I address the General Assembly today as a representative of my people, conveying their message and carrying their pain, their hopes …
On behalf of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine, I should like to express our deepest regret in connection with the painful events that took place a short time ago, and again today, in London. Let me reaffirm our condemnation of such terrorist acts targeting innocent civilians. Intensified …
It is my pleasure to address the Assembly today on an issue of importance to us all. In this regard, we align ourselves with the statement made by the Minister of State of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
As the daily news attests, the Middle East region continues to be a highly trou…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the mission of the Holy See on the passing away of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. He was a man of peace who spent his life defending and promoting freedom, justice, independence and equality for all people of all races…
My delegation is taking the floor just to express our thanks and appreciation for the statement that you, Mr. President, made before the adoption of this important resolution with respect to the participation of Palestine in the high-level plenary meeting to be held at the sixtieth session of the Ge…
The situation in the Middle East remains a cause of grave concern for the entire international community. That region, the cradle of civilizations and a region of historical, geographic, religious and economic importance, continues to suffer from instability and war. This situation threatens to igni…
I have the honour today to address the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session during the consideration of the agenda item entitled “Question of Palestine”. I would like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, for your election to the presidency of the General Assembly and to thank your p…
With great sorrow and sadness, the Palestinian leadership and the entire Palestinian people wish it to be known that President Arafat — the leader, the teacher, the son and the symbol of Palestine, the architect of its current national movement, the hero of all of its battles for freedom and indepen…
We learned today with great sadness of the passing of our President and leader, Yasser Arafat. We very much appreciate this gesture of holding a meeting this afternoon at the General Assembly during which all delegations will be able to present their condolences.
We would have hoped to be able to p…
I wish to begin by sincerely thanking the sponsors of draft resolution S/2004/783, on which the Council has just voted: Algeria, Pakistan and Tunisia. I wish also to thank all the delegations that voted in favour of the
draft resolution. The Palestinian people and the other peoples of the region ap…
We congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for this month and we pay tribute to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Spain.
Israel, the occupying Power, persists in committing war crimes and acts of State terrorism against the Palestinian people in the occupied Pale…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. Ping, on your election as President of the General Assembly during its fifty- ninth session. We are confident that you will conduct the proceedings of this session with great competence. I would like to pay tribute to your predecessor, Mr. Julian Robert Hunte,…
The situation in the Middle East continues to be of great concern for the entire international community. This concern has increased over the past year as a result of continuing negative developments and of the region’s further deterioration in many respects. This turn of events has been due mainly …
