For the record, the statement just made by the representative of Israel was, in our opinion, not a point of order. It was thus a violation of the rules of procedure.
The representative of Israel has spoken of the Palestinian position as being hostile to Jewish religious sites. This only goes to show the low level to which his statement descended, because we are proud to say that our history was characterized by tolerance of and coexistence in the holy places eve…
I am taking the floor in exercise of the right of reply, and I do so as a Palestinian national.
The Arab Group has for some time now attempted to express its just and equitable viewpoint in a concise fashion without clashing with the other side. We have done so because of our sense of responsibilit…
As Chairman of the Arab Group for this month, I am speaking on behalf of the members of that Group. Let me begin by saying how pleased I am that the General Assembly is considering the extremely important question of the protection of religious sites. In that connection, we thank the delegations of …
The Security Council arrived at a negative result today because one of its permanent members used the right of the veto. This means that the Council was prevented from carrying out its duties to preserve international peace and security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. This is t…
I would like to start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We express our pleasure at seeing you once again at the helm of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine, a very friendly country.
I would also like to take this opportun…
I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and I extend my gratitude to your predecessor.
Regrettably, the draft resolution was not adopted. In our view, this is a sad day for the Security Council.
First of all, we would like to extend our…
I should like to express our profound gratitude to all the member States that supported the resolutions adopted here today by vast majorities, with only a couple of votes against, under the items on the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East. Of course, we extend our particular t…
I felt fully satisfied when the Israeli representative began his statement by welcoming the statement of the Permanent Representative of Cameroon. I considered this the beginning of a balanced statement that could contribute to progress. Regrettably, that positive introduction, with which I fully ag…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Holkeri on his election as President of this session of the General
Assembly. I can only commend the positions of his friendly country, Finland. We are confident that his ability and wisdom will bring success to our session. We highly appreciate the e…
I shall be brief. I simply wanted to repeat that the most atrocious forms of violence and terrorism are the occupation by force of the territory of others and the imposition of military occupation on an entire people. The territories to which the representative of Israel referred are not the subject…
I did not wish to become involved in this discussion, but I am compelled to address the unfounded allegations and lies of the Israeli representative. I had no desire to answer his lengthy statement of a few moments ago.
To speak of the politicization of this issue is too absurd. How can we speak of…
I wish at the outset, on behalf of my delegation, to express my sincere thanks and high appreciation to the Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, for his report contained in document A/55/137. My profound thanks go also to Mr. Terje Roed Larsen, the Special Coordinator for the Middle Ea…
The Permanent Observer of Palestine has asked for the floor once again because he wishes to express dismay with regard to the second statement made by the representative of Israel. During our debates at the United Nations — including those in the Security Council — we have always tried to avoid ment…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Council this month and to express to you our gratitude for understanding the very difficult time the Palestinian people are experiencing. I should also like to take this opportunity to particularly thank the President of…
The Palestinian town of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, is still being subjected to attacks by the Israeli occupation army. Its residents and those of other Palestinian towns and villages are still being subjected to a new bloody campaign of suppression, a crazy campaign that has so far c…
I did not wish to take the floor at this very late hour, but I have to make some clarification in response to the Israeli allegations about the improvement of the Palestinian situation.
The Israeli delegation wants to convince us that there is such a thing as a good occupation, a benign occupation.…
It gives me pleasure to speak, on behalf of my delegation, on agenda item 37, “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the special session of the General Assembly in this regard”. This is a very important issue to which we all must pay particular attention, an…
At the outset, I extend my congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. We also express our appreciation to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Mali. In addition, we would like to express our appreciation to you, Mr…
At the outset allow me to convey to Mr. Holkeri our congratulations on his election as President of this session of the General Assembly, expressing our full confidence in him and wishing him every possible success. This session has special importance for Palestine and we hope that during its procee…
