The Palestinian question is now at a very serious stage when its negative effects may spread beyond the occupied Palestinian territories. That is the aim of the Israeli Government, which is attempting to propel the Middle East into bloody chaos following the heinous crimes committed by the Israeli o…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for this month. We wish you every success in guiding the Council’s deliberations to the desired outcome. I would like to thank you for responding so promptly to our request to convene an emergency meeting of the Sec…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for responding positively to the request for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss the grave situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is a situation that is getting worse by the hour. Blood is being shed and innocent people are…
The item before the Assembly today is entitled “The situation in the Middle East”. It has been on the agenda for 56 years, and the United Nations is 56 years old. In the historic Millennium Declaration, third-world and other countries affirmed their commitment to the Charter, to sovereign equality a…
Ever since the creation of the United Nations, the
question of Palestine has been discussed under different names; while dozens of recommendations and resolutions have been adopted concerning the illegitimacy of the occupation of the Palestinian territories and the right of the Palestinian people t…
Humankind had hoped that the end of the twentieth century would create an appropriate opportunity for the world to recall events of the past century, evaluate its great victories and outstanding achievements, look at and draw lessons from its deadly disasters and bloody tragedies. Humankind aspires …
The disgraceful terrorist acts committed against the United States on 11 September 2001 were, by any standards, ugly crimes. They should be condemned by every person with a grain of faith, and by all peace- loving peoples who believe in human rights and uphold principles and values.
The Kingdom of …
It gives me pleasure to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session and on presiding at the high- level dialogue on globalization. Your election reflects the appreciation of the international community of you and of the positive r…
We appreciate the efforts of the Secretary-General to settle disputes by peaceful means and to consolidate the tenets of international peace and security, and we wish to recognize his contribution to the establishment of a just peace in the Middle East on the basis of international legitimacy and th…
Mr. President, allow me, as my predecessors have done, to congratulate you and your brotherly country on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. I am confident that your experience and wisdom will successfully guide the deliberations of the Council. We would also like …
I will not speak at length. I was rather amazed, listening to the representative of the Zionist entity today, to hear him say that the cause of the bombing of the United Nations compound in Qana was the presence of a Hezbollah ammunition depot 300 metres from the compound itself.
At the time the dr…
Since it was established over a half century ago, the United Nations has been able to help end numerous wars and conflicts that threatened regional and international peace and security. It has also contributed a great deal to ending colonialism in many parts of the world. What remains to be done is …
The question of Palestine is at a critical stage, with serious repercussions that are halting the peace process between the Arabs and the Israelis mainly because of Israeli prevarication despite Security Council and United Nations resolutions and international accords that Israel signed with the Pal…
In recent times, the world has seen the end of the cold war and of bipolar division. Today’s is a new world order dominated by a single super-Power and by the globalization of markets, finance, communications and culture. The second half of the twentieth century was marked by great, and astonishing,…
It gives me pleasure at the outset of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations to convey to His Excellency our sincerest congratulation for his election to the presidency of this session. His election to this important position reflects the respect of the international c…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for your wise management of this meeting.
I would like to make two comments. The first one pertains to paragraph 2 of the annex, which defines the
freedom to discuss the report of the Secretary-General within the meetings. We propose that the beginnin…
At this fifty-fourth session of the Assembly, we are debating the item entitled “The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Etched in our minds are the tragic, shocking events of ethnic cleansing in that part of the world. As we stand at the threshold of a new century, we hope that the
At the outset…
Now that we are on the threshold of a new century, in a world undergoing tremendous changes, a world shaped by technological and scientific progress, telecommunications revolution and the rapid exchange of information, at a time when markets are becoming global, we can only hope that all these devel…
Eager to ensure a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, as well as security and stability in the Middle East, the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has supported the peace process from the beginning. Our support will continue, convinced as we are that peace is a strategic choice.
The Gover…
I should have liked my statement on the question of
It is noteworthy that, between July and September of this year — a period of no more than three months — the Israeli Government added 2,600 new settler units, whereas the former Government approved no more than 3,000 new units in the course of an …
