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1 havebeenadvisedthatthenext speaker on the list for today's meeting will not be ready to speak until 3 o'clock this afternoon~ With the permission of the members of the Council. 1 should therefore like to speak inthe meantime as representative of NORWAYand !p've the Norwègian views on the situation before the Council. 11. It is a matter of concern and of regret to the Norwegian delegation that new incidentshave occurred in the troubled area on the Syrian-Israelborder. incidents of such a seriousness thatthe partieshave found it. necessary to bring thembefore the Security Council. In one of these incidents two Israel farmers lost their lives while peacefully pe.rforming their duties in the fields. 1 wish to express to the delegation of Israel our sincere sympathy and condolences. We strongly deplore tlid incidents that have taken place and the violation of the General Armistice Agreement. 12. In our view; the situationthat has arisen places a twofold taskon the Council. First. it is the duty of the Council to examine all the evidence before it and objectively to pass judgement on the question of re'" sponsibility for the incidents which have occurred. Secondly. we think it is the duty of the Councn to consider appropriate measures and actions to prevent. or at least to reduce. the danger of a recurrence of similar incidents in the future. Suitable measures to this effectwould also .contribute to a better general atmosphere in the area. .. 13. 1 now turn to the particular incident concerning the alleged murder at Almagor of two Israel citizens. The Norwegian delegationhas very carefully studied the statements of the representatives of Israel and of the Syrian Arab Republic and the full account of the investigation· carried out by the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. contamed.in the reportsubmitted by the Secretary-General to the Councn. From the evidence produced, my delegation considers it clearly established that the two Israel citizens were killed weIl inside Israel territory. We condemn thîs brutal killing.Furthermore. to us it also seems established on tlle baElis .of the findings of UNTSO that those responsible for the deaths of the two farmers came from the· Jordan .River and returned in the direction of the JordanRiver.W:e would find it appropriate that the attentiQ~l of the Gov~rnment of '!:he Syrian Arab Rèpublic1;>e drawn to the indications that the perpetrators came from ·and returned to Syrian territory. 14•. As for theepisode ·on 20 August whicf. forms the basis of the Syrfan complaint. my delegationfinds it difficult. on the basisof the evidence before us and mainly the Secretary-General's report on the investigati9~ per,formElcl.by UNTSO.to pass afirmjudgement concerningtherElsponsibility. We deplore that an excontJ:ibu,t~ollto t11e maintenance of peac,!:l in the Middle East. 18.• As a first step towards a lesseningofthe present terisioIlcreated by the recent incidents. we would think anexchangeofprisoner8 as proposed by the UNTSO Chief of Staff to be m08t useful. As a memberof the Council,we take it that such an exchange of prisoners would-cover aU the prisoners mentioned in paragraph 490fthereport submittedtous by the-Secretary- General. In this connexion, we would like to voice our repugnanceof the fact that the ta.king ofprisonerssti11 seemstobe custornar:y,fourteen years after the signing ofthe Armistice _AgreeIIlent. We. regret tosay that we f~el that kliùlapping is a fair.er description of these pra.ctic~s.- 19•. TheNorwe~andelegationwill 'V'ote infavourof the draft resolutionpresented jointlyby the United 20. In my capacity of PRESIDENT. 1 now give the floor to the representative ofthe SyrianArab Republic. who wishes to present additional information to the Council. 21. MI'. TARAZI (Syria) (translated froniFrench): 1 -thank you. MI'. President. for ~having given me the floor following the introduction of the draft resolution submitted by the United Kingdom andthe United States. On seeing this draft resolution. my delegation communicated it without delay to its Government. so that the latter might express its views on the matter as it is properly entitled to do. In the meantime. since an attempt is made in operative paragraph 2 ofthis draft resolution to draw positive conclusions concerningthe place from which the persons who allegedly killed the two farmers had come. it is the duty of my delegation to refute that charge. 22. In my statement of 28 August [1059th meetÏ!l-g]. 1 said that we were not appearing before a court of justice. Rence. 1 did not go deeply into an analysis of the evidence. especially since the Chief of staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization himself has not drawn any positive conclusions. 1now find myself obliged to discuss the evidence which mightbe used to support a false and erroneous argument. 23. It has been said that the Syrians .camefrom their own territory. crossingthe demilitarized zone. andthat they later returned to their own territo:ry by the same route. In corroborationofthat assertion. reference was madeto footprints left onthe ground. However. several obvious facts demolish this so-called proof. These facts are taken from the report of the United Nations military obsérvers. Indocument8/5401, anneX"Ill, section 6. we read the following: "From the tractor.footprints couldbe seen returning down the hill to the east. in the direction of the Jordan River. No evidence could be found of this party halting during their return trip." 24. Underthe heading "Summary of Investigation". section 7. we read the following: "(Q) The demilitarized zone was not entered throughout the investigation." Thus. the United Nations observers who carried out the investigation state that the demilitarized zone was not entered throughout the investigation. Ifthatwas so, according to the investigators (not according to me or to anyone else. but according to the investigators themselves). the question is: can it be claimed that the alleged group returned in the direction of the Jordan River. which is on the easternedge of the demilitarized zone. when the investigators did not enter that zone? 26~ A further point is to be hoted. Inparagraph 14 (Q) of the report by the Secretary-General-thatis the report of the Chief of Staff-we read the f()l1()wing: "The second witness. the' Deputy Commander of Almagor kibbutz. stated: that at approximately 1715 bursts of fire were heard to the south of the kibbutz. He organized a party of eight armed men and proceeded to the area of the incident where he found " two· casualties." Thus.·it emerges from this testimony that eight men had already been at the site ofthe alleged incident before the United Nations observers even arrived, Canit be claimed.that these men had left no trace of their presence on the ground? They must have walked up and, cÎown and from north to south. Thefootprints found later were theirs. Thus it cannot be assertedthat they were 1eft by the Syrians. 27. With regard to the addendum containing sketch maps and photographs [S/5401/Add.1]. my delegation must point .out that the English version of this docum,ent. which Is the original text. uses the following wording in explanation ofphotograhNo. 2: "One a!leged aIIlbush position". The French translation "Une des positions d1embuscade indiguêes". is notentirely accurate. Sirice the investigators used the word "alleged", and no other. can it now be asserted that an ambush actually took place and can the report be made to say whatit does not in Îact say? 28. From the foregoing. it is clear that the draft resolution contains nothing but an unfounded.assertion. 1 Wish to stress this circumstancewhichIfind1!P-rydi.sqmeting.coIiling as it does from two countries which have .alwaysaffirmed their faith in the principles of justice and equity. On analysis and counter-analysis. 01' on what is called in English law "cross-examination", paragraph 2 of the draft resolution is seen for what it is-totally devoid of proo!. 29.. My delegation wished to màke this preliminary statement so thàt every member of the SecuritY Council mlght bè able toreach a decision in aIl justice and equity. - 30. 1 should also like to mention one pointin operative paragraph 3 of the draft resoluti6n. which reads: "Notes- .withsatïsfacti.on that the report of the Secretary..oeneral indicates that. althoughthere was an .exchange of fire. there was no substantial show of force inthe demilitanzed zone on 20 August 1963". ~1. As we knOW, according to the provisions of the G~neral Armistice Agreement thereshouldbenomili';' taryfo:r.'ces in the demiUtariJ1;eclzone. Qnly10calpolice forces '.are·au~horized. and. they·must lle recrui~d loQally tmderthe~upervisionoftheChairman of the lVIPçed Armistice .Commission. y~t we se.e from this text .tbat the IsraEll side is allow~dto make a show of force, since it reads: "thel'e was no substantia.l show "1. Decides that the presence of a regular Israel police force in the southern demilitarized zone is a flagrant violation of article V of the General Armistice Agreement; "2. Decides that the action by fire conductedbythe regular Israel police force with rifles and automatic weapons against the civilian Arab population is a renewed violation of the GeneralArmistice Agreement and more specifically article nI, paragraphs 2 and 3, and article V; "3. Reguests the Israel authorities to take promptly the necessary steps to discontinue the above-mentioned hostile and aggressive acts and to withdraw definitery Israel regular police from the southern demilitarized zone". 11 Moreover. on 6 -January 1955. General Burns, whowas then Chief of Staff, stated: "•.•Police from the State of Israel, acting under orders from police headquarters outsidethe demilitarized zone, dominated the zone..•". 7:./ 32. Thus, paragraph 3 ofthe proposed draft resolution recognizes that there was no substantial show offorce but that there was a show of force. Now whether that show of force was the work of.a military force or a police force, it is prohibited, and 1regretthat the draft resolution does not men~ion this facto 1 may say that, under the circumstances, the draft resolution lacks balance. Such are the remarkswhichIwishedto make. 33. With regard to the other points in the draft resolution, and the draft resolution as a whole, my delegation reserves the right tocomment as soon as it receives instructions from its Government.

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