I wish at the outset to congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We have full confidence in you, Sir, and in your friendly country, Singapore. Allow me also to express our deep appreciation to Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, Perma…
I thank you, Mr. President, for responding to the request by the Arab Group to convene this meeting.
For the twentieth consecutive day, the intensive Israeli military aggression continues against the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority — despite Security Council resolutions 1402 (2002)…
A while ago, we listened to the statement made by the Israeli representative, which was indeed an absurd and unfortunate one. The statement basically amounted to an attack on President Yasser Arafat and contained silly, stupid and unsubstantiated allegations that cannot be believed.
Let me make it …
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for responding to the request by the Arab Group to convene this meeting.
Israel, the occupying Power, continues the bloody military offensive against the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority that it began on 28 September 2000. Beginn…
Allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to express our personal pleasure at seeing you, the representative of the fraternal Russian Federation, in that position. We would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Norway for the act…
We would like to reiterate our thanks to the members of the Security Council for their prompt response to our invitation and the invitation of the Arab Group to consider the seriously deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem. We would also like to reiterat…
Very briefly, I wish to make one additional comment to be included in the records of our meeting.
We convey our official condolences to the Governments of Turkey and Switzerland on the deaths of two members of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron. Our condolences also go out to the famili…
The Council is convened today on a High Holy Day, and we do indeed thank you, Mr. President, for your response in convening this meeting to consider the current grave situation. We would also like to thank Secretary- General Kofi Annan for his presence here today, as well as for his constant efforts…
We wish to convey to you and the members of the Council our gratitude and appreciation for your immediate response to our request to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to consider the grave situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem. I would also like to expr…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the Council this month. I thank you for your work, and I am grateful to the Permanent Representative of Jamaica, Ambassador Patricia Durrant, for her leadership last month.
The Government of Ariel Sharon announced last Wednesd…
I must acknowledge that I do not understand the procedural aspect that was followed after the vote. This is an issue that could be looked into at a later stage.
I must also confess that I do not understand what the representative of Israel said regarding the results of the vote, except that the tra…
The observer delegation of Palestine is pleased with the outcome of voting on the draft resolution discussed today. We are deeply grateful to the General Assembly for this clear stance towards the Holy City of Jerusalem and rejection of the actions taken by Israel. No delegation voted against that r…
Today, the world is going through a difficult time because of recent events and because of the repulsive resurgence of terrorism, which constitute a threat to international peace and security. This places a tremendous challenge before the world and requires cooperation among all parties to put an en…
I should like to reply to the statement just made by the representative of Israel. Once again, the representative of Israel has given us an assessment of what has taken place in the occupied Palestinian territories that differs completely from what has been reported by the specialized organs and age…
At the outset, I wish to express on behalf of my delegation my gratitude and thanks to Mr. Kofi Annan for his report contained in document A/56/123-E/2001/197. I would also like to express our gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Terje-Roed Larsen, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East…
I would like to begin by extending my congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session. I would also like to extend my congratulations to Mr. Kofi Annan on his re-election to a second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations. I also …
Members of the United Nations agreed in the Charter to confer on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. They also agreed that the Council should submit annual and, when necessary, special reports to the General Assembly for its considerat…
During the past few sessions of the General Assembly, Palestine did not actively participate in the debate on terrorism. We did not because we believed that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was nearing a solution, with all that that necessarily implies in terms of redefining many relevant issues. We…
I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President. We also wish to express our happiness at seeing you preside over the Council during this month, and we wish you every success. I also wish to thank the Permanent Representative of China for his successful presidency in the previous month.
The…
Our thanks, Mr. President, go to you and to the Secretary- General. We welcome the Secretary-General’s tireless efforts to strengthen the role of the United Nations in the prevention of armed conflict and in the maintenance of international peace and security.
In our view, the prevention of armed c…
