S/PV.2645 Security Council

In accordance with decisions taken by the Council at previous meetings on this item, I invite the representative oi norocco to take a place at the Council table; I invite the representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization to take a place at the COUnCil table; I invite the representatives of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the Libyan Arab Jasnahtriya, Pakistan, Qatar , Saudi Arabia and the Syrian Arab Republic t0 take the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. At the invitation of the President, Mt. Almui (Mor~co) took a place at the Council table; Mr. Terzi (Palestine Liberatfon Organisation) took a place at the Council table; Mt. Shaker (Egypt), Mt. Netanyahu (Israel), Mr, Kasrawi (Jordan), Mr. Aztarouk (Libyan Arab Jamahiriyal; ?4r. Shah Nawaz (Pakistsn), Mr. Al-Kawarf Qatar), Hr. Shihabi (Saudi Arabia) and Hr. El-Fattal (Syrian Arab Republic) took the places reserved for them at the side of2 the Council Chamb-er, - The DRRSIDENT !interpcetation from Chinese): f s’hould like to inform the --s members of the CouncfE that I have received a letter from the representative of Bangladesh fn which he requests to he invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I (Tha Pruident) pr~poee, with the auuent GZ the Cwnail, ti invite that repreaontatik to tab part in the Qircuuioa, without tha right to vote, in accmdanee with the relevant proviriocaa prooeuuto . mar* of tlm Charter anU rulr 37 of Uw C&undl*8 provi*ional rula8 d being Ro objwtion, it ir so do&dad. At tha invitation of tha President, Ur. Chodhury fmmglmd~ah) too& the PI-4 taS4tWod for bin at tha side of the Counoil chamber. Tha RkUlSIK8WP (intucpratrtiorr fza Chinem): Tb 8ecurity Couwil will aw res4mm iW CmuiUmraticm of tim itom on it8 qmnde. The fitstz qpeaker ta t?w reprementativr of Qatar. I invite him to t&k@ a plwa CC_ tb CIkwnoil table and to make his at&want. Ur. AL-RAW&BE (Qatar) (interprstation from Arabic) # X am gtatcrful tot tbi8 upportunfty to speak befure the security Ccwwil am it conaider an iorue with a deep hold OR the fnlingrr of Houlena throughout the world, an isaw to which they attach W highent b#ortanca kzauu it relatea to a holy l hrinu of Ialan rurpaaud in samtity to Hoslew only by the ohtine at Wecca and thr shrine of tb Pmghst - QUW he upcm him - at Hedina. (Hr. Al-Kruari, Qatar) the first qwmtim wbicb must kr rsised is ths followings wlhvt was the intueion b+biad tba rP-aalled visit of &rs of tba Intuarrl Affdrs Condtt8a of the fsrwli KwsHt to the Al-Aqrr Nobqua? Was it a touri8t viait, was it 8n offioial visit with the partiaular air of eumrking placus of worship in tha Wuequo for thou of the Jowish fritb, or warn it merely an act of provocation and an. attrqt to infhue the fsnlings of Ma~Zoar during their noon praytmcs in the Al-Aqeo Hosqm? obviously, that viuft ma mrt of the Zionist plan to control tbr Al--8a Woww, adi of the general trd of Irrmli q2anmiodaa~ it is a poliby l in4d at cntrmching the foraeli accuptim of Arab territories, particularly J*tusaleN, and st Udic&tinp all of that Holy City's cultural and physical lub,arks which avidsnce its Arab chrrackr &nd Islamic bistoty, In short, it is an attwupt to 1agitimiu basoku Zionist claims. Tha f8tthful wk wora praying, wbo we0 neither intruders nor l Ottremistsb, 88 they wsrs mislsu3ingly describ 3 in the l&ta dated 15 January 1986 frcm the Pstwnent stqxusntstivei of tsrwl (S/17739). No wofM*t they cQnftsnted the Itnasut mmbrs vfro intrutlad on thdr right of prayer snd drsscratod mother religicaa’s Muss of worship where the intrdsri hsd 1lr0 right to &s in the first pl8c.e. It i8 bdssd strsngo thst ths iotter of ths I8raslf rsprsssntstivs described that visit am routin. By whrt logi em tbe r~ormhg of a plea of prayu OC the fstthful of anothor religion - prrtioukrly whrn the so-called visitors b&d officirx p9sltions in tba organs of an illegitiulto forea of occupstlon - km deL+r$&d AE rautin&? rktw cculld it rick irkflaw! elm fmalinc$n ck,f t+zI &&&&ful Qf &#I deseurated ahrino? It is nottmrthy that 41rong tkse Pntruders - those %isit~ra~ - wsze 41; nuder olr . Al-Rantar iC Qatar) beyond their botdrra in order ta gpurifym thr so-call& Land of x8rul. UOW tti ware w know to aupira to tk* -litSon of tkw Al-&q- -8 and to the l mtablWsment of a Jeuiuh synagogw in itr plm. Swb warn the aPagrn raid by the w-callad viritom oa 9 Janwy vhen they tried to rriu tha Ioraali flag in the Al-Earu Al-atwif. Isrul*o r~plrutad claiu that it is mitted to free&m Of religion ud tht it eII(Iuees the right8 of all religious crunitieo - inuluding the right of free -us to placea of wrohip - are Endead l trrage, unleea, Of came, it - by thaw claiu tb frm of YXI~ of tbu 50~ to th placa8 0E rrPr8bip of othor religiona. ‘phb is, ind&, 0 very -rious ia*w tbs**taning the momt air0 czonuguums For Ialaic religious pfacer. In itself, it ig a flagrant contrrvontion of the principle of raupuct for tbo p.lauer of wormhip of ovary relfgioa ubicb dmuld k freqwntcrd and umwl only for the purpme of worrbip by Ebe faithful of that ral4ion. In&a& &ma Irraal pacmit MePemm, or for tkt vttnr Cbrimtianm, to frequent or to pray in Jawiab synagogues? Ho. Tlwtefore, why was it the rfpht of! tb lLlljYts of tbo Ynouwt, l nb the ilounr a4zcoqmying tbum, to l otr tb% Al-Aqra Hoaqua ak the time of! prryrr, and bow uan that be Uwuribd wrdy am a routine viait? M horror of vbut &r km taking place 8im 8 January is coaqoundrd, not lru8erwd by condoning tbu act and attempting to drrcrik tt an a rautine visit. That act dwms iuw much the ziontist authorities unbsrertim&ta tha aariousru~as of thiu iauw in thr rind8 of tha faithful of another religion, Irlu, BUD caasuuu& ---- *h(a(trurt ho kxau by dacha, an& hy t&se uho consider tht - --*-.---*-- -_ 3ioni8t entity an exalple for the cdvilired world, a baacon far dslwrcracy and the r%rrncte of human tightr. Do they still fnetst CWI deluding thawelvaa? Are thrrp Oh’. Al-Kauari, Qatar) 8tiill 8ttrqptirbg to RiUlmd othorr? 1s thbt8 their umlorrtrarling or the pri~il?l* of r#liprct for hunn rightr? Lotus r:lcallthopa8t* Let U8 utqmr* tile 8hanful p8ition of tint reprewntative of tbr civiliod world vftb tba eimsplary rtmce of Our Ikr m-kbatwb the 88~~883 wipe 00 ttb8 n08u8, in ubom era the E0ly City ofJmrw.slem~cpewd. HI; wa8 visiting the l8dnarkm ot tba City wban the tin of pryw cam; mm8 of hi8 c~'y~aniom~ uith tba best of inkaticm, urggortad that they pray in tha Cbutch of tha Wly Sepulchre. Olar rotund, saying, .I fear that kmlm cming after Y will my, *Oman prayed her+@, am3 tbat thy will than chmge the church to a mwme.* That i8 rapat for other religiOM. That im ho0 tbr Holy Pka8 rrt8t k uintdnrd, not tbraqh pmV&%tiVa Vi8it8 Of dubioU8 intent by Kaa88et naber8, nor by 8ttwting t0 criu Uu Star of David over the - Of the Rouk-in #WC& &1-QUd8. Thir i8 not th fir8t tisa thi8 Co~mil h88 &en wired Of IStad’ twb8ViouC Vir-%-Vi8 th 18&MfC m&y PIain A1-QUd81 in it8 rorolution 271 (196% of 15 Septrrkr 1969, tha Council callad upon 18rael to derirt from viol&Wag Imlamiu Holy Pla~O8 Mb frw hindering th0 fUWtim8 Of the 18luic religiOu8 l dfJcitit8 In tht conn8ution. The sEt Of aggression to vhlch tl'&fI Al-AgU Ilorpum fell Vi&in 8t that Clar! MAY hava km t& act of a mealled arntally derang8d per80nr but thi8 &ct oe wra88im Y&8 prtpStr&d by th@ Imraclli 8UthOPitbl th6ludVO8, thu8 reVoaling 18raelvs re8pCmaibility Y)ICO clearly thm ua8 reeordd by the Council in 1969. We 8ifWBrmly hUp@ that thi8 Council Will on thit C#xa8ion adopt 8 fim re8olUtiOn th8t will prohibft the I8eaeli uuthoritie8 fra intmvrning in any my in the affdt8 of the Islamic Aoly Places, prsvent the @ember8 of the Israeli governmanta organa (Hr. Al-Kawari, Qater) uhy doer tho quoation of the Iataeli oocupatior, of wuthern Lebanon coma brfore t&h Counsil fra tim to tin57 15 tinre not a reaalutitnt on that aubjoct? Iadeul, there are mmy tooqlutiofte on it. The pmblrr is the m-ilplwntetion of the reeolutiona. Aro thoto not rwoTlution8 comeming the iton btafovs tin Coumil tday? Indad, there ia, ammg othera, remslutiom 211 (1369). But tha itrr rosains on tlm age*. Thr probbam ia tha nowi&euntetion of thm raaolutiona. The secuxity council veo oaavwmd folloving the rimiat act of eggreaaion @gainat Tunisia anU tp bad&q of the hradquattora of th Palestine Liberation Organft~tion. At that tins the Council edoptvd, untnimuoly, remlutton 573 (1985). In that cW0LUtion tha Cauauil, after aoodenning the rggreaaion, demended that Iareol rofrein frola perpetrating such acta of aggroaaion or frar the throat to do mo end stat+8 thet Tunisia had tba right to l pproprieto reperetiow. Hem tbet nwolutian km irplemmted? In a note verhele dated 13 Jenuery 1986 from the reprewntetive of Tuniafa, the reply irr given to that quration. Tho teprewntetive of Tunisia atetear -ha Security Council., In accordmce vith the rfaaicm l ntruatd to it by the Charter end vith the ceaponeibilitie6 incumbant on it for the maintenance of internatiwel wacm and security, should not tolerate a situation in which the State reepmrible for the aggreaeion eguinat Tunisia refuaea to mutAt t0 the ffeaiafon of the tntematfonal c-unity end wntinueo deliberately to flout it5 reaolutiona knd to place itself abow and outside intmrnationel WI. Vn order to rarert itm credibility, the cmncil murk impoats its de&e&n on Iaraol or elw rcpply to it the smctions that it data4 suitable.” w17735, p. 3) We vwld not havs had ~m!auf~~ Co thfii Semritp Cs~.~rcfI had vg not plactd our (WK. Al-Kawarf, Qatar) entertained the canrUnt bcp that th Counoil would cwercome bt8 current probfama the non-implemmt~tion of it8 K.SOlUtiOfl.. There ir l greve ieeue before the counoil rum. We hope tbet the Counoil will Ueel uith it in a mumar ocmensurrte with that gravity, in order to avoid the dire cone&encee that a>uM flow frar tnrpling under foot the lore1 end religiour value* of aPllfon8 of pareone. The PRESIUMI’ (interpretation frcm Chinexe) t Tbo next apaaker ir the rqmnentotiva of Egypt. I invite bin to take e pleoe et tbe Counoil teble and *n wk. hia rtatmnt. ?Q- SHAXER Egypt) (intarptetation from Arebic) P Pirst, f expreee to yau, sir, eincere congratulaticnc on your l rsuqtion of thr preefdoncy of the 7 Cecutity Council. My counbry had the honour of being a member of the Srcurfty Cuxuuzil in 1994 and 1985. During that pwfcd we hd cloee relaticm with your ddegation end were eble to eppreciete your great mkill end ebilitiee. We are ooafi&ent :bet under your leedership the Ccwurcilgo work will be crouned with fn tbet connection, X exprexe thanks to a11 the wabera an13 auw’uhrs of the Council tbet during tbim vmtb have l cprem8.d their apprecieticn for the role Phyed by Egypt ant3 th contribution it m&e to tha Council~s work throughout it8 period of meaberohip. we wfrh the n*w member8 of the Council l ll e~~eee in 8boul&ering thbir greet terkr and rerporreibilitier. (Hr. Shaker, Egypt) %lory toGod Ubo did take His Servant For o Journey by night Prcm tba sacsed xoegua To the Farthest xosque, Wbcwe precinct8 Wo did Blew - in order that We Night 8hou him som Of Our Sign8t for Ii0 fr tba Om Who hem&b hnd m&h al1 tbiag~.~ (Surr XWI.1) The oh and GovernrPent of Egypt heve learned with great indign&n and anger of the aotiom of WIY I8rreli extremist8 who have attwpted to violate the uwtfe of tk Al-Aqu Mosque, the first of the tsm Kibluhm and the third holiest #brine. This i# not the firat tt# that there fanatical element8 have violried the (ICU Of Mr&m Al-Shrrif, without any regard for noslca Rely Placea and hiatoricrl Ki@It8. But there ia -thing new, indeed critical, now~ the participation of naber8 of the 18raeli Kne88et and fsreeli official8 in therre acte. Xy country energetically condema that participation. A 8trtMtkt Wde On 19 January 1986 by Hr, Nmed Eeezaat Abdel Meguid, Deputy Prim8 Xiniotrr and Hini8ter for Porelgn affairs of my country, to the Arab Affairs, Defence udi Poreign Affairo Collaittees of the Parliament contain8 the following prragr8ph on tha recent wont8 fn Al4uda: .I ui#h to place on record Egypt*e total rejection of Ieratl’e practicaa in tht city of Al-Qudo, mu3 rlsprctally In regard to the Al-hqea !Wswe. That )?mque is R3 racred to and hau such spiritual valw fcx hundrds ok mLfl.irtns (Mr. Shaker, Rgypt) of moleran throughout the world that tampering with it in any ucry is a matkr of de&p concern to Moslems and only craatra more obafmlea to the eatabliahamt'of the deairad phace. We aumt say in all sincerity end frankneaa that, in our view, to inflame KeligiOW feelingfa at thir, very critiaal stage fog our Kbgli0S1 entails grave dangelre that would certainly bav4 a very negativa effect on be peace efforta and the chancea for &shieving peace. In all ito int4rnational contact6 and in all internatiarcrl and ragional fotuma, Egypt has already mot forth its clear, unaqulvooal position on the City of Al-Quda. I claatly and unecguiwxzally ropeat that wmition to&y.* Then illagal practices and violations are a direct result of tbu ocaupatiaz en%oraed by 14ra41 on the Arab city of East JBtuS(Il4IR. Al-Quds - a oity wbicb ba8 alwaya been, throughout the hiatoty of amnkind, th* eudmdimnt of rrligiwr toleKaiW4, peace and &ability for unkind. That is the remon for tbe grief we all feel and the detaminrtion to ensure the iaplaraantation of the poaitian of tb international carraunity, which reject3 all these violationa and practices. Thew violations and prscticee are a manifedzatian not only of the Ueriru by acme fanatical elmanta of frmraeli miety to anaure further acta of QKOVOC~~~Q~ against Arab and Islamic rights, but a180 the deaire to l roume l?urther doubt8 and ’ ri8givir;gr about the possibility of the astabli&mant of puace in the &and of Puuae. There aan b4 no doubt that the responsibility for the 'det4KioKatim of th* situation in Al-Quds and tha uxupisd Arab tecKitoKiea must he born4 by th4 -a ----_. thase Governmtnte has been the amaxation of the Arab t4rKitoriae. 4rpaci8lly Al-Quda, to Xarael. rrhey have rcfuecd TV hplement the many reaolutionr on tha Mr. Shaker, &yyt) on 14 July 196Y, the Geruaral Ammbly rejected three prsctice~ in recloluticm 2253 (ES-V) and 2254 (SS-V) which detcrihed the Israeli measure8 to annex ~eru&lem a8 invalid. The General Assembly called cm Ierael to rescind all those ma8ures and to desist forthwith froca taking any action that wolild alter the otatuo of Jeruualem. The United UatioM did not stop at that? imkmd, Lt has continued to opixme all the athor precticee -ted by Irrael. Pn 1968 the Security Council adoptod resolution 252 (1968), which states that the uprcypr$ation of th4 W of the grab inhabitant8 of Al-(&de aM their expuleiem are invalid. Since then DBre rewAution8 have been adopted, reflecting the international unani*ity on the need to wsa and confront aX1 than drvelopmnts. Than resolotiom fnalWe resolution 271 t1969), wiiich called cm Israel to oboetve the knova Conventions in regard to the city of Al-Qudo and urged it to ret&eat the righto of Islmic inotitutione, and to protect eacred, hietoricel, holy places in Al-(&da. Ra&%Zuti;#r 298 (1971) eonfirlard that the wtionu taken by Israel to change the status of Al-Qudlo were totally invalid, and resolution 476 (1960) repeated tha call to Israel to aeamo its procedures aimed at changing the city’8 character and status. Egypt’s fftr and unwavering position with regard to the frraeli amapation of Arab East Yerusslem i8 set out in mny ducumenta and offiaial derrlatations by E9YN. Xt Uy bo ad up in the following pointro first, the inadriseibilitf of the acquisition of territory through ubr ati the view that the Xarcaeli measures t0 annex Jerumlea are a grave violation Gf the principle5 of intecsatianal law and a departure from inrnrnatlonal iegitimcyt wxmmiiyI ?$i~ i?ee frt Zz::t% CC F%@%!!C+ P~OITI Eairt Joruaalem (Al-Quds), which ie en indivisible part of the axxpied West Baiik. 80 th&t Arab &SJ@tefCjIlt.~ over thlt territory ntey be teetot?+ii: thirdly, the rW+ OF ttw iohshitants oi? Al-Quda, who form a Part of the ppulatfon of the ?iest W. Shaker, Egypt) Bank, and of the Paleatiuian Uab people 80 a vhole, to rxctroioa their legitiMt0 Mtianal rights, including the right to aelf-detetwinatbnt wd fourthly, enruriug the fredaa of all parties to perform their religious rite8 in their placeo Of vmahip, with free pawago for tha adberentm of each faith. Today the international camunity and ttm Sacurity Council orat agaiit find that they have to counter tha challmgsa and the defiauca of Iara8li axtramiat elawnts, vhose practices are not only a viol&ion of the uoma of interuational law and an infriugswnt of tha Iolaaic tighta in the Holy City, but alma a threat to all Middle Eaat *am afferta l iwd at achieving a jumt, coqwehonaive and final settlement of the diquta. Such a mattlmeut ‘could ba based on t& following elements: first, Israel.8 cc*plote withdrawal frcm all the Arab territori*8 Occupidt in 1967, including arab East Jeruaalom, whiah rurt return to Arab oovereignty# mcoudly, tewlution of the Palestinian quertion On thr bari8 of gwK8utwiug the rigbt to wlf-dotarmination of the Palaatfnian people aud tha participatiorr of the Palestine Likratiou Organisation (PLO), it8 laggitirat* represrontative, in thr, afforts to achieve a cmrehonaive sattlerwut; and, thirdlyr aafaguardihg the right of all peoples and State8 in the Hid&e East to live in Place and with good-neighbourly rekthma within sacura bordera. The internationalcxmunity is called upon today ouoe again to rsrffirr ita ~f¶itf~ concerning tha atatua of lfart Jtiruoalea and Arab rights there, with reaffirmation of the follaring pointet fir&, tha fnadnis~ibility of the ocEuPation Of laud through rilitaty force8 mcoudly, the aauotity of kl-X&ram hi-GariZ and m i&iata em to any provocative acts or -ta that violate inherent, inalienable Arab arti L~lamis rights in the hl=Rsram area3 thitdly, IBCA~~‘W adknmnce tu th C!? fanCV~ 6%JaVGntiaPB akid the ~CiW “#X3 +3?f ~.k~t~CM&iO~d. law wlrfnh fy3vern w&cl ++ “Ins tite .ceap3nnibillti*33 OP kk;s i&aqJy)y$Qq PViSrr ar%fj (Hr. shaker, Egypt) acceptewe of thm feat that the Governmnt of Imraal should not haqwr the work of th Supreav Hoslsr Council responsible for Al-Eara**n affaira; and foucthlly, the illegitimuy ol! rlf Israeli practises l iwd at changing the nature, the mtatum or th4 demographic oorporiticn of tha cceupied Arab territories, inoluding Arab East JeruEalru. What is required today of all pace-loving forcer and all force0 trying to achieve peace ir effective wtion tu halt the deterioration of the situation in Arab Jerusalem, Al-W& and otkrr ocroupied Arab terrltorier. Tha attainment of that objeotioe raquirrr thrt ue all qpoer the foreeo of ewtremiaa and prov~rtion, UhioR feed on tension and flourish in a clinate of inoitmsnt wd provocation. What is required today of the peace force8 Inside Israel i8 that they poruvmre in their effort0 to en8blo l return to foouaing on the re-•steblishnent of bridges of confidenoe, which ir the indispenoable prorequimite for the crwhium of the W*mry olirrrte to 8trtt MVN wciCU0 Mgotiationo betuwa all the parties within the franwork of an international pewze conference to &hieve 8 eoqrehenaive lasting end jurt rettlement of tba dispute. Finally, we wteh to +nd foa this forum ta our brethren, the P&lsatinian PWPl4 in Al-WY8 and the remt of the Wwt Bank and tha i&m Strip@ our gra8ting8 and our appreciation of their firm rtence in countering tho88 forcer that attoepk to infringe their national rights and profane their rr;-ligiour sacred p-em. The PP2EBIUENT (intorprotation fra Chinare) I I thank (ha reprsaentative of Egypt for him kind words addreared to m. Comfttea on the Exercise of thg Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, I invite him to take a place at ths rlounctl table and to mke MS rtatenent. t4r. MRRHI (Saneg~l) , Cha;sran of the baittor or) the Bxerciae of the fnalienable Righta of tb Palertinian People (interpretation fear PtmcW : In 4 dual capacity am raprewntative of Semg*l end Chairam of tbm ~fttae oa tba Exeroiao of the Inalienr9rle Bights of the Palirtiniur Peqle, I wfrb to thank the Council for allowing aw to paxtioipate 0nca &pin in a debate an the sitmtiaa in the occupied Arab territories. I riah to oxareas 8y appreciation to the OCgMiMtiOn of ti Xshda COI)feruma and thr Group of At* State8 for hving trken the initiative in rquating the 00nvenin-g of thim important eerias of meetings, in the light of the sallow events that have taken place in Jerumbta in racent weak& Uay I at the aen time, Sir, congratulete you on your areumpt:ion of the prerithncy of the Counuil for tIw motath of Sanusry. w delegation iu cowinced that unbt youc 1emYetehLp the Council will succeed in taking thr mcecm8ry nature* in th+s crucial situation. (Hr. Suri, ChSirlun, Caittee on the Exerci# of the InSliWSble Right* of the Palestinian Plople) I wish alao to pay a tributrb to your predecemmr, the Amba~Sad~t of Burkina Paa% for the o%esplary way in which hi guided the work of thS Coumfl in Demmber. I t&e tbia opportunity to c&+#eatul&te the new membera of thS CoWfl, ~lgaria, tha me GhaM, th unit& ArSh bItirate and vW&eZUeh. L 8m Cerkain thry will contribute to ths aucce8a of the Council’s work. The vard JeruaAm is in itaelf enough to uouw amtion18 in thS hearts of luny, be they Wrlm, Christian or Jewi&. Fbr Nt~@ler~, it is a holy Sit4 Of ISl88. I believe it was yesterday that the reprec*ntativS of Saudi U&la re.&i out to t&e Coumil a poaaage from the ~10ly Reran concerning the nocturnal voyS9e Of the Prophet lkhnmad; I aloo know that in their prayers Hoalere turn towuds Jerusalem. FOE Christians, it is the cradle of Chrfmtianity and JaauS Christ- Ad for Jewa it Pp the cradle of Abraham, Pbsea EM ~obm~n. I say this to indicate thnt the l ftuation in the niddle tort ta extremely cQq2lex. The Councfl has alto&y dlmuSaSd it at length in all itfi awEts. FOr 8 numbor of years we bve bean try2ng vfth ptfqnce, deterainatfon and resolve t0 find ways and meana of arriving at a just and 2aating pecce in olc&er to make it possible for the Paleatinfun mle and al> oha States and pooplea sf the region to live in a qirit of unfbratanding l nU cospraim~rion, .And now anotRer eI.eun: ha8 been e%$ed, an mettewly auburn l hment - a denoainational alement - an element fraught with eonaequemeo and eimtfonS, which the Council. 8had.d not have had to txnridler, rr a- -.. . . ..I e=zt ‘p!e ft,^tt =s= 5&?s+ “E pa”l C&y +&Fe hg diQcuM4d We have fallowed with grave concern the recent events on tka Talrple Haunt ad the InoPease8 tansion a& violence that resulted. The fact@ ore clear, hccording t=~ Pt~fc~UTttbk4tiii t;;<,;it4fMd Ifi that TsrsoES m-d In~~sn~tjanal. pral\a, 4 nsleqation af (Hr. Ssrri, Chaimirr, Cmlttea an thr sxrroiw of tha rnalfanable Right8 of the P81*8tinim Pwplr) Ioruli prllanntarianr cuqcmed of aembers of the Interior Comittea of thr Knr88et ati others viritd tha T-1, Kount tvice in learn thn & wk c&l wit,h tboir bohavbur proooked serious incident8 ktvmen th@ police ti Psloatfnim Arab -tt8tQrI. Tb vLit8 had of aw80 ken organirad vlth the anwant of the Moalr autho~itiae in Jerusalem; they voro to be limit& to se&or0 of tha earlttw of parlt8mntarianr and thm purpma vu th lnup8ction of 00nrtru7tiun works thst wro udler voy. It is tlnrefore unforgivable that cart&in parli8mmtmi8ns, -niti by rilitant8 knovn for hving orrllod for mlete Jovirh control over the norltr Rely P18cc8 and for having on many wcarionr triad to organire prayat groupc, wed the vi8it8 ir a pmtoxt to camnit 8ct8 of provou~tion. In faetr scuording to the 9orusslmu Fort and %i*arotz, during the firrt virit, which took place on 8 January, Uisturbmcae broke out uhen ame of tbon mctrri8t8 in818ted an photographing the group, appatently ta hava proaf Of tbir prauncr tbera. It must ba aanticmed tbst them porsone vero lad by the head of a novuent that dvocate8 tho &rtrwtion of the bow of tha Rack and the tecon8truction of theJevl#htempla l dthat&&mgthrKnor~t mmber8theteva8 l lso8dqnstyvho Isa@ called for the l spuleiolo of Arabs Yrcm JeruuPm an4 thr We8t mnk and who vam 0110 of thr leader8 of the mvmaent for Jwimh aattlrunt in the heart of the Arab city of’ Ilebron. In rropotme to that provocation, the Moultdr relight authoritise iemuliataly &-rim3 to the PePestlnlan Arabs ccslding in Jarurrlam to gWnw togother within the Pml*(l. The dqiotfem then called tha pol!ce , and as soon mm they arrived cm the semc ti;sy thrw tear-qaa gconadr;o and Ef~sd warning ah~ts, which Lrr E&e@. WWdod five Taleattnlan Rrahm. WC. 8arr6, Chairman, Cmittee on the ~xerciao of the malienrble Right8 of tti Phleatinian Peopie) The events of tbr following daya deaon8trated that it wa8 8 prtiit8ted qeratlon, not en i8olatd incident. According ta the nawpaper Ha’aretr of 9 Januarya 6eneral sbaron enkred tbo muactuary l 8uxwd by 8 large police Contingent end We 8 8t8tement requ8rting the coclxirtence of Jeu8 and Arabo in that place - -thing which, in any can, WI already knew. Three ZiOnimt ritftant8 thrn l tteq&ed to r&ire the 18rmli flag in the uanctuary, but they uere ptevented fta de1n~ 80 by Morlea guards. At the @me time certain membef8 of the GOVOtrbMnt, 8wb a8 tb0 Xiniuter Of Health, rai8ed the quWtioI3 Of a rCVi@iOn OF tb8 agrnuentr with the norlea 8utboritier concerning the Temple Mount in order to gu8ranb8e freer 10~888 to Jews. On 14 January, wording to Le mnae , the 8ecofd visit of the RneOMt dele98tion took place on ~1 e8plmade of the Mosque Sn LI state aP -144 at which KM8 thaII 600 f8rreli police and border guards Ware st8tfOned. Th8 troubles &ok* out ubn, upon the request of the Chairron of the Coaittee, 8 deputy belonging to th8 party of the cxtres8 right, Tehiya, began reading the Kaddieh, the prayer for the &ad. &ma 150 damtt8tr8tor8 thm attewgted to bre8k the police barricade, end Oecording to th police a riot of Utaa&mue proportim8 u&e avoided timnk8 only to the withdraw1 of the 18raeli deputies. The deson8tratoro were then di8pW8md with teaK-g88, l rKl 19 peroons were arreatacl. Those are the Pacts. (Hr. Bard, Chairman, Camittet on the Kxeccior of the Inalienable Riqhtr of the Palmtinian P-lo) Ue cannot but conclude th.& juet like the groulng ooloniration and other Iwaeli practice8 in the OCCUQfad tecritorie8 , ttmn action8 um?t* aiwa et emtablishlng pocrrrrnnt IIcaeli dainatioa over all of Jeruulcr~ and tbm aMpid territociea and creating a fait rrcooqli by encouraging Arab8 to emigrate permnently fta their -try. In this context it &o&d be recalled that 8ince 1967 the I8raelta have c0mitta-d many actm of aggcermfon again8t the Momlea and Chrietiur Holy PlwxdL Clearly kwau843 of tl$r f kidment81 iWoctonc* ad their celigitsus 8yabolim for tkie AC&~ and l&81- UOCiae Al-m88 HOPqUe &Id th8 Daw of the Rock heVe ken targets of 0 large number of these attacks. Ruffice it to racall in thir rempact the excavation work conducted on the ve8t and south dam8 of Al-Aqua Mosque, extendad by a tunnel p8mtCating UndeC the mosque ad thur v?akening the entice ctructure. we l lro recall that criminal aram wa8 amaitted in the Mosque in AbUJU8t 1969. In April 1982, thmrr VU an acti rtt&c on t& &Uque. fn mrch 1983 and Januacy 1984 8ttempt8 were oven ado to blew up thm l tructuce. It is &oar that wm w8t ~~ndtirn that thm l vmntm of lut uad fit within tha frurvork of tbrae reprohonribl~ attack*. (UK. Sarri, Chairman, Cwittee on Exercise c ,’ the Inalienable kight8 Of the?GiGtinien Pe&Te) bmbelx will recall l lso that at the timm of the fire in 1969 the Council doptd resolution 271 (1969) in which it recognited that any act of Ueetruction OK profanation oi! the Boxy Plrco8 , religious buildings snd site8 in Jerusalem or any emouragemnt of, or amivance at , l ny such act night seriously endanger internatimal peace and security, and the Council noted that the execrable dct of dawcration and profanation of the EIoly Al-Aqsa Mosque l ephesixed the immliate necessity of Israel’8 desisting Srom acting in violatim of resolutions 252 (1968) and 267 (1969) bnd rescinding forthwith all meaaurea and actions taken by it deaLgnat! to alter the status of Jeruselem. The resolution also called upon Israel scrugillously to ebwrve the provisions of t&w Gmwcr Cnnvu3tion8 ah% internatfoiml lsv governing militsry occupation and to refrain from causing any hindrance to the Uischerge of the l stsblished functions of the lupus mslu Coumil of Jerusalem. Laotlyo the C!mmcil condemed the faftire of Israal to comply with resolution8 252 (1968) and 267 (1969) concerning the etatu# of Yerusslem and calleU upon it to frrpleiment forthwith the provL@ioncs of those resdutians. f need not remind this Council of the great numhw of resolutlme it hss adoptad in this rcrspect and in which it has always reaffirmed thq principile of the inadmiamibilfty of the acquiritian of territory by military conquelptt Pt has (Mr. Sarrd, Chairman, Caumittee m the Rxercime of the Inalienable Rfgbtr of the Palertinlan People) following the recent event8 that "18cael'~ mveLe$gnty over all Jefwalem, including the 'P~lple Mount, $6 an unasoailable fact which naad not be furthar put to the test”. That quote wd8 taken frca Le Hoode of 16 January 1986. In ny delegation’6 vita, the 8tatw of Jerusalem $0 ona of the fundamental irauer in the Uiddle Rast diqmte, and the aettlemnt of that quastfon d~~lfl ke l nvi6aged within the framework of a coqrehenmive uettleunt in the Widdle Rast in which implementation of the inalienable rightu of the Palestinian pecpla ar, defined by tiw General Aweably would have a central place. In thim ro8pct the Camittate has uncea&%gly otremed that tenrion and violenoe will continue to grow in the occupiedi terrttories a8 long a8 the gueoticm of Palestine cumin8 unre8olvecQ it bar unceasingly addrenaed urgent appeals to the Security Council to folly up on the recwndatiorrs of the afttee and of the Gehetal Aavembly for a just and lamtlng settleaent of this question. ft i* thuefcm more urgent thn ever to initiate the n~otiation proceam, under the auspices of the Unitad blation8. In thf3 re8pect it $8 fitting to pay tribute to the Secretary-General for all his efforts to that enb, Pursuant to guideline8 l 8tabli8had by the GWWal A88embly, negotiationr, rhould hegin in a rpirit of underltanding l r3d co-operation l Rd with rerpect for the fundamental ig%tgra8t8 of all parties cohceXW& Thu PRESIDEHP (interpretation from Ch$nase)r I tiunk the repreeentative of Senegal and Chairman of the Cotmittee an theBxerci8e of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestlnlan People for the kind word8 he addreseed to wt. The next qwsksr $a the representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahlriya. S call Mr. AZXAIIWK (Libyan Arab Jurbiriya) (intorprektion ftoa &rabic) t we are uscing today to diecuar the l&eat in a uriea of nueerwe and cmtinuing Oioni8t violation of the smctity of Holy PlaceI in the secred city of Al-QwW. At the end of then deliberatione w rtll beet thoee vha wish to turn the fat&o cm their herd8 8eOking to turn the eggreeeor int3 t& victim end tb vlatim into en extraiet aggreafmr. Indeed, he will not he&tata to d%ocriLs our di8cua8ioM egain, a8 he did la8t week, a8 being jaculmr discuuiolro, l nomaraqed in thi8 lzy tlm protective ~&roll& which he enjoye in this Security Council, an umbrelle which ha8 prevented 8nd contimer to prevent the Cow41 Prom timdoming or 4Wmximing OK even uprosring its regret over his illegitimte behviour. TherefOCe ba will dieregard our Ueliberation8 &ml wroly qualify them as he r-as fit. The aioniot entity itwlf in a letter addremed to the Secretrzy-Genetal on 15 Jmusry ruxgnized anii sdmitted that a number of member8 of the Interior &ttes of the so-called Israeli Kneeeet undertook m routine vidt t0 the HOLY Pkes in the home of tbe Rock. Eowver, the letter did not mmtlm ttm aim of that Vi8it. It did not mention tfby rai16 MPLbr8 Of the Knemet ObjeGtcrd to th8t vhit. Let us -late that letter for him. The ai8 Of thEt Vi8it U&8 to earvrk axa appropriate place in the cmartyrrdr of Al-Earem al-Sharif to rebuild *'the holiest of t-lea*. The reh8cn wmeArabm&m-8 ofthetnersetobjactad teehat visit was that it was a flagrant violaticn of the sanctity of the sacred Ueajid al-Aqea - thet&meofthe Reek - and of all Xslemic Rely Placem in the city, a8 well as a flagrant prowcation of the feelingu of H~8lew. IQetUrPlly, thet letter did not mention that GeHum Solfmwi wall with tb aforerrantioned Comittee at the head of a Genmctration of approximateiy 20 pooplc. We did not expect the representative of the Zionist entity to remind us of Gee&on Solcmm end the RIOV~F~~ n? he leada uhos@ Eorewst aim io to destmy the tha teprasentatfva of the Pioaist entity to mention tlm provacative visit of &rid Shron, the butcbar of th refupw aryppl of gabra l d Sh&ila, on 9 January to thm awrtyard of Al-iCeram aI-Shrif. we had not aspected him to yraak of the other prwcoatiin Vimit ptr& by Oeul4 co&n, wr of t& ~~iilewf&t Kae8wt, to the cauttyrrd of tha Al-liar&m al-Sharif. That the tlorht Knesset or ita qmaker Hr. Amsarouk, Libyan Arab Yamhiriya) bdly which voted in 27 Juno 1967 to ma Xioni8t 8O-callad xner8et VII tlm only thrrr mmeks l ttrr the 214 ;nirt annox the Arab part ot Al-Qudc. Xtdid w) of 5 June 1967 8gainmt Syria, Kgypt and entity’s act8 of 8ggreroion On the morning Jordan. The Xnauot'8 trot. to anno% the AK&~ part of th City of Al-&& that aaxzn and at that Irvel wa8 tuUnmwt to Zicmi8t recognition of the fact th8t the l nmxation of? ttm Arab part of t& City of Al-Qud8 ~80 w of th8 -in objrctiveo of the tiOd8t 8ggCe88iCXI of 5 JUM 1967. #hi10 th0 Ziod8t Kne888t i8 ditO&ly rWpOII8ibl8 ZOr tb8 demcraticxr Of %3ly P18ca8 in thr City Of Al-Qiid8, that be8 not 1888W thr il'kt8rnatiOMl CM&unity'8 Om rrapcmribility for thO8e ViOlatiQIS8. That 18d8 u’. t0 8p+8k Of the LI&-8 thrt p&Wed the W8y fOK the ZiOtli8t l ntity*8 plan tlo slter the char6cteri8tic8 of the City of Al-Quds, to JuBaizs it, 8nd to chango it8 l&n&mark8 and Atah mnd %id.amic Charaater, thu8 YiOkating the murth Geneva Convention of 1949, which do8r not give thr acoupier any right to change Or altor the &sogmphic aharratet of tti 0ccupi8d Arab territories. The city of Al-Quds io the croauoad8 of the three rwerled religimw it is AK& h!td 8Jld h88 b8Ot.t fOC thtMwnd8 Of ye8r8. During all thuoo cmturi88 the Arab8 gwranteed the right of ame88 to the faithful of the thtw revealed religion8 to perform their rdigicw dutio8. Ttm right to uorohip an4 the uintenance of the HoZy Places wa8 organire fOllO&ng upon the l8i6 Berlin -f@reWa, which &iVidOd th@ toligiOU8 buitiitrqm, 8OUOrding to p-r 8ti time, l nd (Mr. Assarouk, Libyan Arab Jamahir lya) r&gises of internatiomlisation prerume prior agroenwmt of the sovereign State, which alone ham the right to comede itr qvereignty by means of a treaty. That was the case in respect of Tangiers and Trierte. Am for the internationalitati~ of the city oh Al-Quds, that took place without consultation with those having regional or territorial sovereignty. Indwd, a rdgime wa8 irprosed upon it which made the city a faepacate entity unddst United Nation6 administration. The Arab Ststes rejected and will oootinue to reject the internationalization 02 the City of Al-Qudm, because that internatimalizatlon perpetuates the Zfoniet aggresoion egainet that Uoly City. ft ia truly paradaxical tht on 15 May 1350 the Zioniet entity QrqKMed in a wrandue the internatioimlization of the City of Al-Quds, but that idea was shelved following the occupat-on of tb City and the annexation of both its wtctora by armed force. Ln this oonnuMon, Moohe Dayan was very clear. De could not contain his joy following the occupation of tha City in Yune 1967 an& apoke ln front of the Wailing Wall about th@ Zionist entity’s intention to annex the City, a6 foElows; We have reunified the Holy City. We have returned to our noet sacred placem. We have returned and w will never leave.* A8 for the Grand Rabbi of the Zionist Army, he wse auoh clearer than mahe Dayan. Efe shouted in front of the Wailfng Wall: “A people met6 its capital. A capital welcomes its people. They shall never separate.* Only a few day6 later, an 27 June 1367 , a6 I have sircssdy mmtionw’, Gi Zionist I[r?eeset voted to mnex the Arab part of AL-Quds. The LJnitecl ?Jations failed t0 proteat tile intarnatianal. r@ii~ %t had chosen for t&e CiV$ of A~-@Jc%, allthwgh QD 29 January i949 it had &cidti*1 TV, fntsrnationaltz~ Al-Qud~ rat -.hs R~MZ tfaa 3.t (Hr. Aersrouk, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) Dehiud the vark of the internationalitation r&&me - which theoretically renined a desd letter - tl*, Xionist entity &t-ted to expand its empire by sdzing a gsrt of the City and then by seiziq the whole City. Despite the intocnational cmunity's coudemuation, l xpremed at a special aesaion of the General Ammmbly conveued in June 1967 by a resolution adoptad on 4 July 1967 on the annexation of the Arab part of Yerusalea, in wbicb the General Aseerbly called on the Zionist entity to resoind all yaaurea l i#d at obanging the status of the City, that entity ha8 not ceqonded to the Gonrral Assetily rerolltion ati rercinded any of its annexationirt measurea. Deopite Seourity Council ce6olutione 237 (1967), 252 (1969), 267 (1969), 271 (1969), 298 (1971), 465 (1980) and 478 (1990), the Zionist entity continues to occupy the Holy City of Al-W38 and every inch of Palcetine, in addition to Syrian, Egyptian and Jordanian Lands. The zfcnist oooupatton of Palestine aud other Arab territories is the reason that any desecration of the Holy Places in Al-Qude, Bethlehem or Uebwoh falle within the frmevork of the Zioniet occupation of+ Palertine and the occupied Arab territories. The City of AIQudo, with euch a rich history, will continue to langui6)r under and muffs from Zionist ocaupattwr awl it* illegal practice% tntatead of existing in an atmosphere of omoilfation andP teopect under Arab eule. The international unity cannot be absolved of reeponsibility for the WMtinuatioh of that occupation. The Zionist entity came into being 4n the United Nations, which legitimfzed it internationally imediately after its birth. Therefore, the internaticmal cow&unity bear8 responsibiftty for the results of the entityte violation of lawa and international mfien, Yn addStim* the international cofmmlty beam reepmeibflfty for the rcrultr of the mtity’ts dieregard of the ffnttrd Nations Charter I the relevant rssolutions of the General Aseembly and the (Mr. Ataarouk, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) PI-m interuational oarwrnity hear8 reapar8ibility for tha protaotion that the fioni8t antity enjoy8 in the Scurity Coumil l ud the relative 8upport in tha Gmnral M8ombly. That protection and 8upport enooutage the Ziani8t entity to matinw di8rcpaPding the interlutioml oomunity and undordning it8 crtdibility. ff that prot8ctiou and rumrt continua, we 8hall heaL of 1oro violation8 Of the 8aWtity of H01y Placo8 in Al-Qudr, Bethlehem and Iiobroo, a8 wall a8 on every inch Of th OCCU~~#~ territQrie8. Wk8 phmownon of twrorius mm8 mtumk in tha City of Al-Quds b8caun tha intornatifmalcsrrunity Qondo(w8 tba occupier. Tb+refOra w can axpect further illegal Sioni*t aot8 ruch a8 the dmlition of f8la8ic and Chri8tian Holy Placer in Al-Qudr, particularly 8lnce 8am Xioni8t tarrori8t organlsation8 pride the88dVe8 ~XI their intention to robuilU th tbtrd teqle on tbm ruin8 of tbs i3oly Al-Rqsa -w. It 1998 8ololy for that te8son tbat au&em of the Xnterior Cmisoion of the Zioni8t co-called Kne88ot vlritrd Al-Ef8ram Al-Shrrif - to earmark an appropriate place to rebuild the hOlia8t of temph8. EV+Q hy SAd OA WOty OCC88i~ th8 2ioniSt 6Atity re8ffiCW it8 tlwting Of the intwnational comunity*e will, its Uisesgscd of tha relevant resolution8 of the Ssourity Counoil and the General Astily, l nU its rejection of ooplnttwntr 8tO~iIMJ fra the United #ati Charter - all of which prmo8 that it ie a AOA-psacrkndng entity r-but de8erviug of United #ration8 memkmr8hip. Ths time has comb for the Secur$.ty Council to improvo its aredibility and iv43084 rarprct for it8 rreolutrona. That can b achiwul only by denying the g4nm4gc oni-4Cv maahnrdl4n I+ *hh nd*rrp ilre4ruu +nA * ---- -..----- -.--_---- --- -WCI~ w cl1 aa - prcntidad in the Chartar, a8 wll a8 imposing maivYatory wouomie ean&iana against ft, until. it heed@ the ~6112 of the fnternatkwal es*nunity and respecta the raixbluttcn~ of this internatinnol cr;diy, The ~RBSIIXSNT (interpretation from Chine-) t I rhould like to inform YlfWre of the Council that I have just rrc3oivaU a let&r from the repreaentativa of Turkey in which he requoet8 0s be invited to part&zip&e in the dbcussion of the it6m on the Council’8 Wanda. In conformity with the umual practice, I propose, vith the cowent of the Council, to invite him to participate in the discut&on, without the right to vote, in moordance wfth the relevant provisions of the C&rter and rule 37 of tha Council’* provisional rule8 of pro&lure. There being no objection, it im so daclded. At the invitation of thm Premidmnt, Hr. Tutkmn (Turkey) tcok the place reserved for him at the aide of the Council Chrrkr. The PRESIDHf (interpretation from Chinese)t I invite ths representative of Turkey to take a place .at the Council table and to make hia statement. Mr. TUIUIUW (Tutkeybr I wish to thmnk you, Sir, urd the other m&sets ol the Security CounciP for having acccri3ed w the wrtunlty to lulu a ctatmnt. May I convey to you my u8rm congr8tulatioiu on your aoouaptiw of th6 premidwy of tha Counoil for the month of Zanuary. ft givw w great plearow to 8ee in the chair of tb Council the representative of the Feople*s Republic of China, with which my country enfoye traditional and conetantPy growing bonds of friendship, a friendship rrtrengthened by tha uentilmta of mlmiratlcm and affection of the Turkieh -1s touardr the great P40ple of Chiru. Raving h&J the privilege Of co-opwzating with you in a different capeoity, X acn all the more confident that your extensive clip&s%tic experience wtll enable you to guide the dfrcuasions ef tha Security Cou~Wil to ct2natruative reruita, 1-- (Hr. Turkcen, Turkey) Current Chairman of the Ozganirstion of the Islarie Cooference, and the Permanent Ropreraentativo of the United Arab Emirrtea atd the other upeakors who have preceded -I h8ve related in a detail&” -r the grave incidents that have taken place in bras aldharif in Jerusalem. T!:~rn 8tstementm, and the urgent convening of the CaPtttee an Jeruulom hy His Wajerty the King of E;~rocco, reflect the outrage and revulsion felt throegbout the Ieluic countries at the desecration of the Holy Wual%x Shrine8 in Jerusales. We have heard alw the statement of tba Permanent Reprementativa of Israel, who argued that the information l uhmitted to the eSunci1 Yaa inwuur8te. I must nay that we find his statement far frcm being convincing and credible, in particular in the light of the deplorable Israeli practioes in accupied territories end violations of the various Sacurfty Couuofl teeolutions dea2iag with the statu8 of Jerutsalex. we believe, therefore, that the Security Couaeil should seriously examine a mtter which is of interert to all the Wuclima cd the world. IR fact, the pnemrvrtioo of the hirrtorioal cimrocter of JerusalelpI are the Holy Shrine* of three rolfgionr are situated, fe of concern to the whole wrld. the Smmrbty Council has adopted several rewlutions on this subject with which t9.m poaitim of the Governoent of Israel ie totally itreuoncilsble. fn view of the faat that this posit&m h*r been reiterated only yaaterday, we sonsidet tbtr in sny Camt~ the princiglea enunciated by tlm 8ecurCty C.ouucil in ito romolutioou on JeruaIea should k racmfira4d and Isrcel invfted to coyly rtrictky with them. Mot Only as an fslmic ceuntry but aYw because of fta historical connection with Jeruualam, Turkey is extr&ly senaftive to any developsent that affects wa’ctvely the character of ttds Holy city. Tha Ottdsran mpirs throughout centurier scrupulously safquard*d the historical chatactee of Jerusalem and (Nr. Tutkmn, Turkey) pre80rved it au a mite of teligiou8 vwneation for all three non0thei~tiC religions. Thi6 concept underlines General kurbly rwolutioo 161 (II) of 29 Moveabar 1947, m6 well aa tha relevant re6olution6 the 6ecurity C@.IJXC~~ has 8doytO-5 after the occupation by Israel of the whole oC Jaruulem. Let 66 eapharire that Turkey atta&es particular iqortance to the maintenance ahd strict obaervanae of the qmoial otatua and uhique character of Jermaler, a8 atated and reiterated qnequivocally in previoue ce60lutiona of the Council, ae ~311 as in re60lution6 of the General A66embly. In this connection w should like once again to place on record our deep preoccupation over Zmrael’m continued disrward of the Council’0 relevant reaolutioua and ita unfuatifiable and illegal atte6pte to l 66ert it6 6overrignty over Jerusalem and alter the unique identity of the city* Turkey strongly deplore6 the incident6 that have rightCully coapelled Worowo and the United Arab Emirates, as Current Chairwm of the Organisation of the IS&B!& Confersnce and of t& Arab Group, respocth~ly, to call for tha convmdng of the couucil. we l hould like to expraas our conviction that, under the circun6tahce6, tha 6acurtty CouhoiP will not hesitate to take (I stand that will net the anguish provoke-3 by ~QCOSL ifddant8. The PRBS~UWT (interpretation from Chin664b)r 1 thank the r@pce6ent8tiVO of Turkey for the kind words he &SUt666d to met- The next qaakrr is the repreoentative of Bangladesh. I invite him to take a place at the Counoil table and to make hi6 8tate6mnt. _Mr. CHWtMJRY (BangLadesh): Allow AIC, at the outset, Sir, to extend my a-lurCiru*I -“I CI+L.aLrCa*u bn -. A” =zg -“~~.s.““’ - r.-p- = -esI mw-ma-*I =_ 1-- rorrdcM nf 4-b nrontuy of ttlJ-2 ---- ----- Security Council for the month of ifonuary. Oue two countrielr are bound by cl060 bvnas CJP friendship anIf co-opwatfon. We aru conffdent: that, untler yt%X lnbb3 end (Xra Chouuhury, Emgl8derh) proven leadeuuhip, the Council will echiove concrete a&d positive somulta during th current xmth. We sbuld alao like to convey uuc drip yrpreciation to Jhb~udor Ramoh of Burkina Pam for the a&able mmer in vhioh he guided the work of the ~3xmoil during the preceding month. Since this is the first tin y delegation har taken part in the Qxmoil*m debatea in the aurrent year , we should like to taks this opportunity to felicitate ttm newly 4~ect4dnon-p4run4ntm4mber~ - Bulgaria, the Congo, Ghana, the United Arab Bairritoa and Vonetwta - uhich have joined the Council this par. Similarly, we Wi& to twrd our deep rppreci4tion to the outgoing mmb~ra - Burkina Pam, Egypt, rndia, Peru and the Ukrainian Soviat Socialirrt Republic - for their valusble ooMxibution8 in the doliberations of tM Council during their tenure. The current Smurity CTmncil debate ir taking place at tha joint initiative Of Uorosxo and th4 united 1uab xdrattr - Ctairnn of tha Organimticm of the Irlamlc Conference and the Arab Group reqectively - to conrfder the recent grave and de=piuablo incLtient8 of deeectatlon of tk, Floly Al-Aqu Hmqus in All-WI8 Al-Bhuif. ~&te of the Council afo all 4tmf4 that this wan not the firat tim that the zionf8ts ha74 trie8 to violrrte tha m~~tity of the Holy Flumu of I8l8m in Joruualw and in other occupied Arab and P&let&Man terrhmiea. Ever 8inoe the wanturi act of arson of the &ly Al-1Cq8a Worrque in 1969, f.ha faraeli authorities I've krn ukfnp coosimtent &tom&a to Judaiie the Xoly Placou of I414m by perpetmting premeditated actr of aggression with a view to ahanging theft Tslario clmrrcter. The r4conl: wonts have once again rwooleU that evil Zionirt Uanlgn. (Mr. Choudhury, Bengledaah) On 8 January, when Prlertiniur am9 ~lrab uornhippatr uere offering their 8i6day prayers. sow nmberr of the Iarwli Rtb*88etV 8c:oorpmied by e group of Q8Qple uho belong to a ruvennt celling for the deetructim of the Dome of the Rod aJk3 for tha rabuilding of tha Vaqpl8” , welked into the holy Al-Aqaa Hoaquo end dirturbed the uorrhipperr, When those extremisto wre driven out of tba HOWJe~ the Israeli police, in total dierugord of the runctity of the Holy Place, entered the preoieea of the !&ague and used violent meam to dieperee the &x?ople who bed gathered in8iQr. The next day, Israeli Miniatet Auiol Sharan entered Al-Sttu Al-Sharif, awil him followers l ttoqzmd to hoiot the Iaraelf flag in the WWtUWy. Finally, on 14 Jmwry the muictity of the Al-Aqra Wmque ua8 violeted upin when n&mm of the Israeli meswt, rccoqenied by a policr force, forcibly antwad tha maqu*. Thow wnton aot8 of desecr8ticn and QrofanatiOn of Al-Urea Al-Shrrrifr comitted by Jewish extreairtr with the help of the Soreeli Uthoritfee, uwe clearly aired l t Judaizing the Holy Place8 of 181~1 in Jeruulem. Puqlademh, along with tha entire Irlemic uorl& recieved C,hir new8 with deep 8hwk and indignation. The holy Al-Awe m8que im the third most holy place of 1al.ar. It vam the first kiblmh to which Uoalama r;urnad for prayera in the M4rlY day8 of 1rl.w. That rutred place, which marks tba aretmion of tha Holy Prophet - pace k upon hflr - ia one of the aomt profoundly revared placer far Moelema. Tha violation of it5 8antity quite e*p*ctedly rerulted in outrage and revulsion v ~mlvar throughout the world. The recently concluded Fez cmference of Islamic Foreign Hinirrtere expreoeud grave cancers 4t timma 6exie~tqmeni;s a& a’ireSi;i; Gis SecreZ~Z+lk~~~~ ti C_kr brg&nirfAtiOn of the Isl&mic Cod!erenca to bring to the notice of the Becretary-Gesiers?. at’ the briitsa wrtZons: the grove arvf dsngerwls irq>lLcatic=rs Of any (Mr. Choudhury, 8engledoub) hrvo tbe eerioue potonti81 of eparking conflict and violence in a rwion alreidy cbarrcteritti by a%treae vulnerebility. It ie our earneet hope thet the Security Councril, which he6 tmen cntrueted with the primery reeponeibility for the uintenewe of internetionel peace l nd mcurity, will be eblo to eddreee irwlf effectively and objectively to the eeneitivitiee of tbe uorld frlulc cxmeunity by enewing a wqalete and tote1 hit to all euch ecte of wcrilege egainet tbe ;oly Placea of Helen in Jerueelom end othrr occupiul tetritorfee. Tba rsoent inciduxte in the goly City of: Jetuulem are not ieoleted event6 of deeecration of sacred eenctusrier, but conetitute another link in the long chain of the Israeli policy of eg~reeeSon and of the arunxatfon ud JudeSretion of Arab l d Paleetinien tertltorier. Tbe security Counuil hr long recognised the feet thet l ny act of deotruction or profanation of the relfgioue plecee in Jeruealem would eeriouely threaten international peece an& eecurity. The Council thue be6 6 #gsciel reegonribillty to preuerve W&I protect tb h$etor& chmctw of tha Holy City of Jeruerlem and to preant any attempt to alter its l tlltue. 8ince the Israeli ocmpetlcni of Juruealem in 1967, the OeoucPty Counuil, through numeroue reeolutiono - particularly reeolutio.ne 252 (X968), 267 (1969)r 271 (1969) , 298 (1971) , 465 (HW , 476 (199BQ) end al@ (1980) - hee repeatedly effirti that 814 aihrinirttative Ictione end Irgielation underteken by Same1 with 6 vfer to altaring the etetue uZ the Holy Ctty l re illegal end null end void. On nany occaeione, Ierael hae been called qxm by the cbunail fo deeiet froa ouch Preserved fullr 60 that peoples of all three faiths can visit their Holy Places uithoot any let oc hindrance. Israeli attempts to annex the Holy City of Jerusalem through so-called basic laws have been declared null and void by the United Nb tione, including this Council, and hy the entire international community. The Holy City is thus beyond the sovereignty of Israel. As an occupying Power, Israel is bound by the norme of international lav, the provisions of the Ru~r th Gewva Convention and the relevant resolutions of the General AsaenUy and the Security Council. The cecunt ucts of sacrilege against Al-Aqsa by the Israeli authorities are clearly deeigned to provoke a confrontation aimed at perwtuating and escalating the policy oE aggrandizeaent and of terror against the Palestinian people l In Oonclusion, my delegation would like to euiphasize that the Security Council, in particular its perwent merphers, has the clear responsibility to PcOteCt the uni~uo character of Jerusalem. The recent acts of desecration and profwation of the holy Islamic sanctuary of Al-Hararo Al-Sharif must be deplored in clear and cutegorical terms. Tht occupying P#er, at the same time, should be told that any ~‘ecu~rence of such incidents would seriously endanger international peace and saux fty . The entire Islamic VOK Id hopes, and believes, that the Council, in consfdecation of ule iPportance and gravity of the situation, will demonstrate grcMt@S Wisdom and political will by aaptlnq effective and concttte raeasu~es co@iaensuIcate with the respowihiltties vested in it by the Charter- The BRmIl)WT (interpretation from Chineee) : I thank ‘the representative -of Bangladesh for the kind vords he tddrerured to a%ei There are no further 8ptakecs for this meeting. The next meeting *f the Security ComciL tcs continue ftr~ consideration of the item on its agenda will take Place on Hmlay, 27 Jmuaty, at 10.30 a.m. The meeting cllge at 12.3Op.rar. -. -- ..-. .- .-