S/PV.2912 Security Council

At the verv outset of this meetinq, I should like to welcome the new Permanent Reoresentative of bmania to the United Nations, His Excellence Mr. Aurel-Draqos Munteanu, who is attendinq our meetinss for the first time. I wish him every success in his work. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The aqenda was adooted. THE SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIFD ARAB TERRITORf3S LETTER DATm 12 FEBRUARY 1990 FmDY THE PEIMANRNT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS To THE UNITER NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEUJRITY ODUNCIL (S/21139)

In accordance with decisions taken at the 2910th meetinq, I invite the revresentat ives of Israel, Jordan and Seneqal to take the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. I invite the revresentative of Palestine to take 8 Dl8C@ at the Council table. At the invitation of the President, Yt. Bein (Israel). Mr. Walah (Jordan) and Hre. Diallo (Seneqel) tgo& the vlacss reserved for them at the side of the Council Chambert Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) took 8 vlace 8t the Council table.

I should 1 ike to inform the Council that I have received letter6 from the revresentatfvae of Alqeria, Bahrain, EwDt # India, Indonesia, Iraq, the Libvan Arab Jamahirlva, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Svrian Arab Republic, Tunieia, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Reoublic, Yemen and Yuqoslevia in which thev request to be invited to varticivate in the discussion of the item on the Council’s awn&. In conformitv with the usual practice, I orovose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those reDresentatives to oarticioate in the discussion, without the risht to vote, in (The President\ accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 OP the Council’s provisional rules oP orocedure. There beim no objection, it is so decideo. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Rendjama (Alcwtria). Mr. Al-Shakar (Bahrain), Mr. Mousea (Eqypt), Mr. Menon (India), Mr. Sutresna (Indonesia), Mr. Al-Anbari (Iraq), Mr. Treiki (Llbvan Arab Jamahiriva), Mr. Dmer (Pakistan\, Vr. Al-Naseer (Qatar), W. Al-Kahtanv (Saudi Ar,lhio). Mr. Awad (Svrian Arab Reoubl icj , Mr. GheaaL (Tun ieial, Mr. Oudovenkc (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist k?DUbliC) , Mr. Sallam (Yemen) and mr. Pejic (Yuaoslavia) took the olaces reserved for them at the aide of the Council Chamber. The PRESIDE2W (internretation from Arabic) : I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 23 March 1990 from the Char& d’Affaires ad interim of the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Securitv Council, which reads a8 follows: *I have the honour to request that the Securitv Council extend an invitation oer rule 39 of its ~:ovisional rule8 of procedure to His Excellencv MC. ErrclLn A. Aneav, Permanent Observer OP the Orsanization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations, durina the Council’s diecussian of’ the item entitled ‘The situation in the occuoied Arab territories’.” That letter has been oublished aa a document of the 3ecuritv Council under the svrbol S/21203. It I hear no objection I shall take it that the Council aarees to extend an invitation under rule 39 to Mr. Emin A. Annav. The .Securitv Council will now resume its consideration of the item on its aaende. The first soeaker ie the reoceaentative of Eqvot. I invite him to take a olace at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. WXJSSA (Ecvot) (interoretation from Arabic): A5 I brain mv statement toaav, allow me, Sir, to exuress to vou mv Personal satisfaction at seeim vou creside over the meetinqs of the Socuritv Council durino this month. Your lona exberience and renowned wisdom will be invaluable in cuidinc the oroceedinas OC the Council in the imnortant issues before us. which have lona been central to the collcetns of the Arab world as well as of the international communitv, issues that vresent a challence to the credibilitv of the emercinc trends in international relations. On this occasion I shwld also like to salute, throuah vou, vour brotherlv COUntN # Demxxatic Yemen, with which Ecvvt has amicable and cordial relations and shares common Arab orisins. Expressions of avvreciation are also warranted for the able and exemvlarv manner with which the Permanent Representative of Cuba auided the Securitv Council’s deliberations durinc the month of February. There vrevails today widesvread recocniticm that vesterdav’s world is a vase in historv that is beinc turned. These are historic timeti of momentous chanse, with voli tical, economic and ideoloqical manifestations that indica ta the emeraence of a new era in internstional relations in a new world whose birth uould coincide with the commencement of the twentv-f irst centutv , which is not far off. Those develovments comvel u9 - varticularlv here in the Securitv Council - to reflect on them and on the actions we have taken ana the lessons that can be drawn from them. Thev corn-1 us seriouslv to wntemvlate and search deer, within ourselves as we embark uvon the cafe navtqaticm of mankind’6 future course, far from the Ditfalls of extremist ooliciee and vractices vrevalent during recent decades of cold war, volarization, hecemom?, discrimination, occucatton and colonialism. The overwhelmina sea of chanae we witness todav orovidee us with an ausoicioue and unique oooortunitv to readjust our course towards a world of iuster laws that are univer sallv oootiad, A war Id where ethics are dominant and orincioles (Mr. You55a. EavDtl respected, a trulv democratic world that is virtuous and fair and where human rishts are fullv resoected. without selectivltv or discrimination, where oeooles can exorcise their lawful riohts and live in equalitV:v. The most imDortant document of the twentieth centurv is, bevond a doubt, the Charter of the United Nations. The DrinciDles and ourooses enbodied therein were the qenesis of the Universal Declaration of Human Riohts and the conventions on humanitarian law, which define the rights of individuals and oeoolee and call for their fulfilment, demandinrl that thev be resoected bv all. One can iustifiablv draw the conclusion that the anomallen of vesterdav’s world were either a direct consequence of the lack of resoect for the orovisions of those solenn international undertakintae or the result of their aoDlfcation in a discrlminatorv and unjust manner. If ve allow those Practices to become further entrenched and to continue with us from one centurv to another, from era to era* we shall ultimatelv have confined international relations in these new times to the oarametere of the past. The question before the Council toaav involves issues that raise all of those concerns as a result of Israel's settlement oractices in the OCCUDied Palestinian territories, lncluains Jerusalem , which involve the transfer of Darts of its oooulation, including nev immiqrants that have arrived in the thousands in recent weeks. No countrv in the world con'mnunitv has ever reccmnized the leoitimaov of Ierael's occupation of those imae. Out point of Aeoarture in dealino with this question is of Darafmunt fmortance. Is it reallv an exercise of human riahts, or, rather, is it an BttemOt, under the Dretent of human rloht5, to establish a fait accomDli, even if illeoal? Yes, article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Riqhts affirms the rioht of evervone to freedom of mavement and residence, as well ao the rioht of evervone to leave anv counttv, iucludina his own. and to return to his countcv. Yes, article 12 of the International Covenant on Civilian and Political Riahts affirms the same riqhts. In that vein QV resoonse to the questian is that the emiaration of Soviet &wS, or others, to Israel of their owu volition - and brovided thev also have the riqht of return consistent with the international less1 norm8 iuat mentioned - is a develoument with which we do not take issue from this Dersoective. However, certain criteria should be aunlied to that amidration to ensure that those particioatinq in it ate not settled in the occupied Arab territories. It is incontestable that the settlement of immiqrants in the West Bank and the Gaze district is an ilfeoal sot, an act that has to be assessed from several different oersnectives. If enablina immisrants to leave their cbuntrv of oriain results in their oarticinatian in the occuuation of Arab lande and cantributea to the exwlsion of the indiqenous oooulation, in wntravention of relevant international rules and norms, we are facinQ an ewtremelv batWertW# DCediCament. It oresents a wtadox in which humanitarian law is violated in the name of human rishts with the oiecemeal auolieation of eelective criteria, a nractice that has been the raot cause of numerous abnflicts over the vears, a oractice that must be terminated once and for all in the context of the new era in international relations. Article 49 of the fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Tir~e of War urohibita the accu~virm Power from traneferrins oarts of its own civilian vopulation into the territorv it occuoiee. Coneequentlv, anv chame in the deuooranhic comuositim of the Peleetinian territories accuoied (Mr. Moussa, EavDtl since June 1967, includino Jerusalem, thrash the settlement of immiqtants Constitutes a flaqrant violation of the said Drovisions, in addition to beins incomlbatible with the sDirit of the Convention as a whole, and thus becomes illeaal. Similarly, the measures taken bv Israel, the occuDvin9 Power. to annex Darts of the occupied Palestinian territories is a change in the leqal status that has no lesal basis. That was clearlv and resoundinslv reaffirmed bv the Sacuritv Council in resolution 465 (1980) of 4 March 1980, adoDted unanimouslv, which determined that all measures taken bv Israel to chance the Dhvsical character, demoataohic comoosition, institutional structure or status of the Palestinian and other Arab territories occuoied since 1967, includina Jerusalem, or any part thereof have no leqal validitv and constitute a flaqrant violation of the fourth Geneva Convention. In that reaard I would like to recall that the United States Government at the hiahest level recentlv once aqakn Dubliclv reaffirmed the inadnissibilitv of establishina settlements in the ocupied territories in the West Bank, includinq East Jerusalem. Over and above the leaal asoects of the question, certain conclusions can be drawn reqardinq the future intentions of Israel, the occuovina Power, from the DraCtiCe of alterins the demDqraohic composition of the CCCUDied territories, intentions that, if oroved true, would entail actions in blatant violation of a cardinal otinciole of the United Nations Charter, namlv, the ina&issibititv of the acquisition of territorv bv force , which is the basis of Securitv COUnCil resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). (Mr. Houssa, Eavotl At this juncture, I am obliqed to reiterate Eqvpt’s demand that the DrinCiDles and leqal norms that the international axamunitv ha5 wnfirmed as a basis for the contemDorarv world order and international relation5 in tia of war or peace be fullv and faithfullv uoheld, and that we ensure resDect for the humanitarian Drinciples that were the basis for the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. The Convention’s Qrovisions are unambisuous and wnclusive, leavinq no room for interDretation or qualification5 that would allow for anvthinq but full resDect for all its vrovisions bv all States. International leqitimacv and the rule of law mu5t reiqn auoreme and unqueetioned. Anvthinq else would lead the world into chaos and anarchv. Althouqh responeibilitv for ensurinq resDect for the Convention, our&Want to article 1, rest6 uocm the Hiqh Contractinq Parties, which should unanimouslv respond to the settlement oraoticee in the occupied terrieories that are before the Council todav, this in no way diminishes the resDonsibilitie8 of the Israeli Government in the matter, as was olearlv stated bv the reoreaentative of the Soviet Union at our la8t meetim. Israel should ensure that immiorante axe not allowed to settle in area6 where settlement ie Drohibited bv international law - that is, in occuvied territories. Israel’s obliqations and reaDoneibilttie8 a5 the OccuDvinq Power are olearlv and unambiquouslv defined bv the relevant internatlonal Convention and leqel norme. Althouqh we are not qathered here to discuee the riohts of individual5 or qrouos to emisrate, nor the rioht of any State to enable the exercise of this risht, to allow for their exit and return or to receive immiarante, Eavot must etate that It ha5 followed the onqoinq settlement Dracticee with increaeinq concern and alarm. EgvDt believes that immiaration to 16tae1, wuolec¶ with eettlins Israeli civilians or immiarant5 in the occuoied tetrltoriee, constitutes a serious (Mr. Mousscl, Eqvptb threat to the prospect of realizinu a fundamental mercqu isite for the success of the Deace process in the Middle East - that the intentions and act ions of each of the concerned parties remain comDatfble with this process and sustain credibilitv. How can the Drocess be sustained, 3r credibility be maintained, while immiorants flockim to Israel settle in the occupied territories and at the same time deportees are not allowed to return to their homes and land? How can anv endeavour to build confidence amom the Israel is and Palestinians eucceed. as a step towards settlement of the Arab-Israel conflict in a comprehensive and just manner, if Israel continues these policies and its practices? We hear some Israeli officials wsmlainino irresponsiblv about the need for a treater, stronger Israel, in disregard for international law, the DrinciPles of justice, the requirements of regional stability and the elements necessarv for a peaceful settlement and the establishment of peace. Aa the Poreiqn Minister of EavDt recentlv declared in his statement to the Arab Leaque Foreiqn Ministers’ meetim in March, “It is difficult for us to reconcile ourselves to this immiardtion at the expenee of etabilitv, securitv and Deace in the middle East.” All oE this occurs while the Palestinian oeoDle in the occupied teroitoriee continue their glorious intifadah aqainst occkmation, w hile livirrs deDrived of their basic human rights and subject to Israeli reweesion and Dracticee that have been condemned and deolored repeatedly bv the international COmmUnitv. Just recentlv, Mr. Jimmv Carter, former President of the United States, commentins on the Israeli Government*e treatment of the Palestinian peoole under occuoation, said that it was deorivina Deoole under its control of their basic human riqhts, demoliehins homes, and still Duttinq DOODLE in prison without charges for as 10~1 as a year. (Mr. Mous8a. Eqvot1 Once aqain I ask all reDresentative5: Do some human riqhts have Drioritv over others? Can thev be exercised at the exmnse of other tiqhts? Shall some nation5 remain deprived of their basic riqhts, in a world Droud of its civilisation, where the fulfilment of human riqhts is accorded the hiqher orioritv? We all share the resoonsibilitv for safequardinq human riqhts throuqhout the world. Foremost amonq them are the riqhts of oDDre8sed oeoDle5 livirw under occupation. In conjunction with this, the international communitv is dutv bound to safequard the endeavours for peace in the Middle East at this critical staqe in the wace Droceas. We must not allow anyone to waste this unique oDDortunitv to achieve tansible Droqress towards a reconciliation between the Jewish and Palestinian oeoDle8, a historic reconciliation ensurinq for both equal riqhts, a5 a worthy contributia to the D~ceful, just and oermanent settlement of the Yiddle East conflict. The tvo 8uver-Power8 have an instrumental role to Dlav on both counts. In recoqnition of this role, EqvDt ha8 addressed the leadershio of those two countrfee at the hiqhest level, eallinq uDon them to ensure that the riahts of the Palestinian DeoDle shall not be jeopardised by increased immiqration into ferael. Today I should like in thia Council, on behalf of the Eqvotian Government, solemnly to call upon Israel to adoDt a corrstructive stand c%n the question befare us, in a manner commensurate vith its imDortance, and comatible vith the extremelv oensitive and delicate 8taae of the aeace Drocess. I call men Israel to deeiet from it8 inhumane, reDre58ive measure8 aqainet the Palestinian oeoole in the OccuDied territories. I call uwn Israel to terminate anv settlement activitv in the oecuoied territories, includina Jerusalem, and not to settle immiarante in anv of the territories occuvied in 1967. (Mr. Moussa, Eqvptl The SecutiV? Council, the international body with the Drimarv resDonaibilitV for the maintenance af international Deace and securitv, also has a solemn obliqatiar in this reqard. It is imoerative that the Council unequivocallv reaffirm once aqain that Israeli settlement otactices Fn the occuoied Palestinian territories have no leqal basis. Here I wish to state the EqvDtian position, as follows. First, we stress the aDoliCabilitV of the fourth Geneva Convention to the Palestinian territories occuvied since 1967, includins Jerusalem, as well ;1s the need for full respect for the COnVen tiOn , which prohibits anv chawe in the , demwraohic comDDsition or leqal status of the occuDied territories, or the transfer of Darts of the occuDyinq Power’s civilian ooDulation to those territories. Secondly, establishins settlements in the occuvied Arab territories, includinq Jerusalem, is an illeqal act and an obstacle to peace. Thirdly, we call on Israel to desist immediatelv from establishins settlements in those territories or traneferrim Part of its PoDulation or immtorante to them and to desist from any action rxohibited bv the Fourth Geneva Convention. Fourthlv, we stress the tesoonsibilftv of all States Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to ensure rewect for the Convention. Fifthlv, we reaffirm the imoortance of adovtina a~ecific arrenqenente and measuces to monitor and verifv the development of the iseue. In conclusion, I once aqain urqe all reDresentatives to svate no effort in assiduouslv euplsortinq the Deace Drocess in the Middle East. Let us nw take a small step at the outset of the 1990s towards Peace in the middle east, a larqe stev on the road to affirmino our humanitv.

I thsnk the reoresentattve of Eqvnt foe his kind words addrrsoed to BML The nout swaker is the revresentative oC Yemen. I invite him to take a olaco at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. !3ALLAM (Yemen) (interoretation from Arabic): Mv dear friend the --- Permanent Deoresenta tive of South Yemen, it in: for me a oersonal pleasure and a source of qreat satisfaction to see the reoresentative of South Yemen, a distinquished fiqure and diplomat, oresidinq over the vcrk of the Council this month. Yemen as a vhole takes Pride in seeinq one of its sons. distinquiohed bv his vast ewoerience and patriotic struqqle, as well as his wisdom and skill as a diolamat, oresidinq over the Counoil’s work. As the reoresentative of North Yemen, I wieh to express my full confidence in the success of the delibera tfons of the Council under the quidance of mv friend and colleaque. I uould also take this OpDortunitv to conqratulate the Permanent Reotesentative of Cuba, who oresided over the Council’s work last month. On the 22st of this month, the people of Namibia celebrated their indenendence. We conqratulate them, but we also remember that the Namibian peoole’s vfctoty over injustice, oporeseion and servitude was destined to be. The Namibian people has made qreat sacrifice ond the blood of its sons and dauqhters has been shed to reqain it8 indeoendence. It deserves our remeet. Peoolea that diermard the tiOht8 of other oeales and trarrPle Won their diqnitv have no elate amom us or in our contemeorary world , which ha8 enshrined justice and the fulfilment of Treaties on the basic of reeoect for international law, the United Nations Charter and human riqhts. It is not oossible to settle the Woblems of anv oeople at the exoense of another psoole. The far-reaohirq chanqes that have taken olaae in the Soviet Union and In Eastern Europe have PromOred a ma68ive t;lim of a@i#lBh mtqrants mvard8 Palestine, vhich now threatens the intereets of the oeoole of Palestine 8s well as the national security and inteqritv of the Arab territories. This vave of emisration recall5 to the Arab mind other similar waves of Jevish emiqration towards Palestine in the east, and the massacres of Deir Yassin, Rafer Ka0im, (Mr. Sallam, Yemen) Qibva and Nahalin, carried out to terrorize Palest&nians, to force them to leave their lands and abandon their goods, and to turn them into exile5 in their own lands for decades. The activities of leraelf soldiers and settler5 aqainst women and children ie an tqnominioue crime that truly discredits Deooles and governments that witness these crimes aqainst the Palestinian DeoDle and vet remain vassive while Drofessino dedication to freedom and human rishts. I should Like to reDort informatIon that aooeared in e reDort of Aamestv Internatioaal dated Januarv 1990. On Daae four, it 5Deaks of activities directed Wain6t vouna Dersons and children, some of them onlv three or four vears old, ell of whau were killed bv shots fired into their heads at aunwint or at the most: from a dis’mce of some 10 metres. I quote: “Amnestv International has obtained oroof of f laqrant CSSQS of abusive resort to force bv Israeli forces. For examDLe, Rana al-Misri, a vouna oirl 13 vests of age, uas shot in the head with a marble-tvve bullet in the sftern@m of 7 Januatv, in Nablua. It aDDear the shot was fired from a few metres mav. “On 27 Februarv Atwa Harzalla, a student at the universitv, 26 vears of aae, and four ether students were returnitm Ercm a neiahbourins villaae. When thev arrived at the centre of their aJn villaqe, one of the soldiers atanaina there qave them a warninq, ma Harzalla received four ehota in the hea& .On L9 Watch, while a voun~ bov 11 veacs old waa olavins soccer, a convov of soldiers entered his villase, Sallat al-Hirithiva, m the West Rank, aDDarentlv to warn the inhabitants that it was Dlanned to deetrov certain dwell inas, While the eoldiere were movfnq towards the villas&, the children can towards a nearbv field to see what was haDomino. It is not clear (Mr. Sallam, Yemen1 whether the children besan throwino stones, but in any event one of the soldiers emerged from his vehicle and opened fire without warning. Samir al-Arouri was shot to death, with a bullet in the neck, end fell to the around. It is reuorted that the soldier then omened fire on two other vouno hOV& Nub man al- Jaradat , a 17 vear-old vouth, was shot in the head. On the same dav Aeaad Hamoudeh, 14 vears old, uas walkino alona a street in Gaxa, returninu home, when a soldier Dositioned r I the terrace of a nearbv buildim coened fire on him without warnina, and he was shot in the head. *On 30 March, in the villaae of Dar Salah, QI the West Bank, earlv in the afternoon. border auarde arrived lookins for demonstrators, who were working in nearby fields. Salim Yubarak was workinq in a field near her house. One of the soldiers involved aimed at her from a distance of 200 metrea without warnim, and she also was shot in the head. l on 14 April, student Basil Ba’areh, an 18-vear-old, was walkinq in the otreet with tW0 Other VOUfW D@ODh. An Israeli soldier asked him to halt. ft is reDoreed that Ba’areh bessn to run and soldiers fired at him. He received a bullet in the back of the neck, and he fell to the around. He sot UD and continued runnina, but other soldiers surrounded him and omened fire on him, and he received a bullet in the head. (Mr. Sallam, Yemen) *on 8 hosit, in Jenin, Mahir Shalbok, a LJ-vear cLd Youth. was Leavinc his house when he heard cries adttressed to soldiers who were asking oeoqle to evacuate the area. Thev oqened fire on him. He was orevented from enterina his house and also received bullets in the head*. RLL 0f these cases are drawn from oaqe 5 af the Amnestv Xnternattanal BuLLetin of Information of Januarv 1990. How can we erolain the fact that Israeli soldiers take such aood aim aqainst Palestin ian children and shoot them in the head? What is the difference between PoL Pot and Shamir? ShauLd we condemn to death a chiLd who thrcws rocks ta resist ornxession bv an Israeli occuoier? Do Palestinian children trulv deserve the death oenaltv because thev scrawl on the walls, brandish a Palestinian flaq, attemot to seize maqnetic identlty cards or to escaoe Israeli solidera who were chasinq them from their homes? Cm we ttulv call such measures “hatsh measures to maintain order” 1 What can we sav about the wave of Jewish immiarants that 15 reinforcina the Ioraeli forces? It seem that the firet wave of Jewiah immigrants from the Soviet UnlOn was led there ta exercise the new art of firino upon Palestlnkn chkldren. NO, this is a new wave of terrorism Launched bv the Israeli Government aaainst the Palestinians to force them to leave their lands and Oroaertv, in Dursuance of its DOliCV of enuansfon, in order once aqain to establish new settlers - Soviet Jew5 - in the accuoiea territories. The Council has adopted numerous reeolutions on this subject, notablv resolutions 242 (19671, 338 (1973). as well a5 others, such as resolution5 446 (1979) and 465 (1980). In all of thc5e reeolutians, the Securitv Council called uoon Israel, the occuovirw Paver, scruouloualv to resuect the fourth Ceneva Convention of 1949, to abrosate all orevbue measures it had adooterl and to desist (Mr. Sall.am, Yemen) Prom anv star, likely to alter the deroqraohic or ohvsical character of Palestine a5 well aa the territories occupied since 1967, includino the Holv City of Jerusalem. But Israel has refused to comply with the Securitv Council, despite the fact that Palestinian leader5 have reswnded favourablv to international dritente and the relaxirrs of international tensions and deaoite their contribution to resolvinq the Palestinian problem through the adootion of a rational and wise oolfcv aimed at creatitrs conditions favourable to the beqinninqe of a dialoque and the achievement of neace. That new Palestinian oolicv waB made clear in resolutions adopted at the A19 iers summit , resolutions that oDened UD new rxosmmts for a just QeaCe in the reston. However, the Israeli laadere have chosen to Bet uo obstacles on the oath to peace in the Middle East and have pursued their olans of expansion bv establiahinq hundreds of thousands of Soviet or ether Jewish settlers in the occuoied Paleetinian territories. The deleqation of Yemen does not ask the Soviet Union to orevent those Jewe from emisratim to anvwhere in the world thev choose. That ie their leaitirnate r kht. But the Soviet Union could denoen the effects of thiB wave of emtqration, curb it or OoBtDone it at least until Oeace ie established in Paleetine. Emi orbs should not be ertaloited to awwavate tensions in Paleetine. The Charter of the United Nation6 alsa orovidee for the imnoositiOn of militarv, economic and oolitical Banctiona aqainst countries that do not respect Securi tv Count i 1 resolu t ions. It is noesible to aek the United States to suaDend the qrantino of financial aid to Israel , Bo a5 to come1 that countrv to oarticlpate in direct neaotiatione with the oartien concerned within the framework of the international oeace conference on the middle Eaet, and to hold talks with the Palestinian oartv and the Palestine Liberation Oroanization (Pm), ite sole (Mr. Saltam, Yeuenl bqitiarnte representative. This b&v can also undertake an ursent initiative to 6ave Paleatinian ohildten who are dvinu dav after dav in the streets of the occuoied Arab territories. We have treat confidence in the Council. I. should like to quote the words of the President of the Yemen Arab Paoublic and Commnder-in-Chief of the Armed Forces durinu a visit to the White House in late January. “Ye are certain that the United States of America - a ouuntrv that is based uocm the sacredness of freedom and equalitv, that oroclaimci the risht of ueooles to self-determination ahd is dedicated to human riohte as cme of the cornerOtonea of international leqalitv - will arake efforts to oblise the Israeli leaders to accept oeacs and to resoect international resolutions abed at enablim the Pale6tinian Atab oeoole to dstermina its own fate, to recover its legitimate and inalienable riqhts, and to establish an indeoendent Palestinian State a, its territory under the leadership of the PLO, its eole leqltimate representative, because solution of the Palestinian oroblep Is a sine aua non for butldina peace in the Wldle East”. The PRESIDlBIT (fnteroretation f tom Arabic) : I thank the repreeentattve of Yemen for his kind words addreosed to me. The next eoeeker is the reoreaentative of Tunieia. f invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. GRRZAL (Tunisia) (interpretation frckn Arabic) : Hr. President, mv deleqation is verv pleased to see sisterfv Dermcratic Yemen, which YOU represent, preaidinq over the Securitv Council this month. We wish to conqratulate YOU and to express our full confidence that, riven your personal qualities, wide diplomatic experience ,?lld extensive knavledqe of the United Nations, YOU will successful.lv quide the business of the Council. I should like to take this ODpOrtUn itv to express to vour predecessor, Mr. Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, Permanent Representative of Cuba, our thanks and appreciation for the skill and wisdom vith which he presided over the Council last month. I wish at the autset to pay a tribute to the Permanent Reoresentative of Jordan for the statement he made before the Council on behalf of the Group of Arab States, fnctudim rpy countrv, an the item of which the Council is seized todav. The Tunisian Government has joined the entire vorld coannunitv in denouncinq recent statements emanatinq from Israel, especiallv at the end of last Januawr which speak of ita desiqns to establish what it calls Greater Israel and of tts intentions to eettle Boviet Jews in the occuoied Palestinian territories. In a statement issued on 31 Januarv 1990 bv the Winistrv for Pofeiqn Affairs of Tunisia the Tunisian Government denounced and condemned these orovocative Btatements, aqqressive intentions and expansionist plans announced bv Israel to the whole world at a time when the international communitv was unitMa its efforts with a view to achievina a peaceful, 3ust and conpreheneive solution to the Palestinian question, queranteeing the Palestinian oeople its leqitimate riohts. Yv Government called upon the Qreat Pwers, international forums and world opinion t0 shoulder their resDonsibilitles bv oo~oeitxl Ierael*s Dractices in the occupied territories. The Tunisian GovernmrPnt, which has consistentlv expressed its apprecLation for the unvaverim position of principle of the Soviet Union reaardins the Paleetinian cause, also called upon that cbuntrv to thwart all manoeuvres bv Israel to attract Hr. Ghezal, Tunisi@ Soviet nationals and make them a Dart of its expansionist Dlans, to the detriment of the indiqenous Ropulation, which has inalienable tiqhts to the land, fncludinq Yeruiaalem. Those are extremelv serious statements which could lead to qrave actions constitutina blatant violations of international Lao and of the riqhts of the Palestinian Deople in its land and result in blockinq all peaceful attempts at solvit~ the Middle East problem. The whole world has of course been UnartimoUS in condemninq these Israeli statements and objectives, vhich are contrary to international law and conventions and in ooen defiance of the United Nations Charter. This has been confirmed bv the Human Riqhts Committee in a resolution on these Israeli statements, adooted without objection on 16 Februarv in Geneva; the members of the European Economic Conxnunitv (EEC) have aqain reaffirma the relevant principles in their statement issued on 31 Januatv, einqlim out the darner inherent in such statements and the fact that thev undermine international Lav and conventions and jeopardise opportunities for peace in the reaion. The United States has also reaffirmed its nosition before the Human Riahte Comittee that fsraeli eettlemante in occupied Arab landa, includino Jerusalem, constitute an obstacle to oeace in the Middle East, as stated bv President Bush recentlv. le have noted with satisfaction the deeo transforamtions in the countries of Eaetetn Burocte and the 8tePs taken for the estabLishrPent of democracv and human riqhta there, includinq freedm of movement and the risht to travel iibroaa and return to one’s country. Ae we are all &are, theae developments have had an imoact the world over. But what has Israel done? It has deoided to oerfect its desiqrrs and attempt to turn the riqht of the Jews of the Soviet Union t6 emiqrate Into a tool to help it take awav the riqhts of the Palestinians in their land, using it as an excuse and a vav of achievina its aims in what it calls Grater Israel, at the expense of the Palestinian DeoDLe end netahbourinq Arab oeopLes* (Mt. Gheaal, Tunisia) In this connection Israel has even deprived Soviet Yews of their rieht to a destination of their choice. It has coumelled them to qo tmlv to Israel, once thev leave the Soviet Unioh Evervane knows that the majoritv of them would have Preferred another destination. The entire world applauded the action taken bv the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries with reqard to travel and emisratton, but it should orevent this emigration from becomins, directlv or indirectlv, an organized emigration aimed at achievins exactlv the ontmsite of uhat was the orisinal intention, for this emigration will result in a massive transfer of 0oPula t ion. It is well knom that it will involve not hundreds or even thousandsg Israel’s uoal is to attract aooroximatelv 1 million Jews from the 8oviet Union. All sisnificant and relevant oarties should desist from oivim anv direct or indirect assistance to Israel to settle MY of its citizens or anv of the immigrant Jews in the occupied territories. That was affirm bv the fiecuritv Council in ParaqraDh 6 of its resolution 465 (19801, to which I have referred. Wt. Ghezal, Tun isial In that connection, we appreciate the Soviet Union*s haltino of direct fliqhts ftom the Soviet Union to Israel; in principle, that qives Soviet Jews leavinq the Soviet Union the opoortunitv won arrival at their stoo-over fteelv to choose their final destination. We also welcome the statement that Cmiott5s who wish to return to their countrv are free to do 80. We welcolPe too the oroqranme bv Jewish otqanizations in the United States to receive 8,000 Jwish emiqrants from the Soviet Union and finance their settlement in the United States8 that would be in addition to the limited number the United States Government has oetmitted to settle in the United States. If Soviet Jews’ enjovment of their tiqhts should mean that Palestinians are de~ti~ad of their inalienable ttqhts, that would be an in justice in terms of human riqhts. Are the Palestinians dexed to pav the price of oppression in their aJn land, even thcuqh they have committed no ctirae eqainst anvone? It is thev who are the victims in their wn land. Israeli statements and objectives and what we learn from them about Israeli intentions and practices in the occupied territories necessitate urqent measures bv the United Nations, and the Secutitv Council in vatticular, eepeciallv since those practices constitute a wave threat to peace in the Middle East and to BecutitV in the redon. The statements made bv the Prime Minister of Israel ere no mere wordez thev reflect the policies and desiqne the Istaetis intend to catm out, and are reflected dailv in otactices bv the occuwinq authorities in the occuoied territories. Very recentlv, those authorities have beoun to build 2,000 housinq units rot settlfnq new ewiqtants. In addition, Israel has besun to establish new settlements in the vicinity of Arab Jerusalem as part of its plan to create settlements in the entire area around Al-Quds Al-Sharif and to Judaize the area. (Mr. Ghezal, Tunisia) A new settlement was recentlv established at Rafr Qadoum in the occuoied Palestinian territorv. ?,ionist colonialism is even strivi~ to establish a new settlement in southern Lebanon, close to the villas@ of Rashava Al-Fakhar, in addition to the existinq Al-Arqoub settlement for Falasha Jews. As we know, biq, stronu and rich countries Limit immioration in order to avoid its adverse affects. How can we accent the settlement of 1 million immiarants in that limited - and explosive - area of the Middle East? In the near future this rJould add hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the armed forces of an entity which is military in nature. This factor has to be added to the declared ewoansionist intensions of Israel and its Plans to denrive the Palestinians of their lands. If loqic has any meanins, it is neither incorrect nor exasoerated to sav that this Plan threatens the riahts of the Palestinian neonle and the securitv of the entire resion. Colonialism has been eradicated in Africa; it has been nearlv eradicated throuqhout the world, extent for Palestine and the remainino occuoied Arab territories, where colonialism remains, olanninrr further ewansion and corruntion. We recentlv marked the indewndence of Namibia, which will soon be a full Member of the United Nations. The historic role of the United Nations and the Securitv Council with the amtort of the international. coaanunitv, and of international oressure unon South Africa, Droves the caoabilitv of the United Nations and its effectiveness in solvins complex international Problems and in establ ishinq psace a11ym4 nations. In its handlins of the Namibia question the United Nations also proved that it is net alicjned with any oartv, as soam had claimed, but rather works towards the achievement of riohts, oeace and justice. (Mr. Ghezsl, Tunisia) The traqedv of the Palestinian peoole has continued for more than 40 vears, and the olluht of the Palestinian oeovle in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem has continued for more than 22. The Palestinian oeoole’e heroic intifadah is noJ in its third vear, and a new traoedv is in the makine. The Palestinian Doodle is ouiltv of no crimes; no losic or moralitv can lustifv its treatment. Thrcnmh its heroic intifadah, its constitutional oraanization and the leadership of its revolution and its State, the Palestinian oeoPl.e has oraved that it is Peaceful and unilaterally committed to ueace and to the rejection of violence - a view endorsed bv the United States Government - at a time when Israel continues its exvansionist oractices. That is whv we believe the Securitv CoUnCiL, the United Nations and the entire international communitv should seriouslv shoulder their responsibilities to establish a lust and comprehensive oeace in the reoion. The Security Council, orimarv custodian of international DFace and securitv bearina historic tesponsibilitv with resnect to the 40-vear traaedv of the Paleetinian PeoDle, should confront the Middle Eaat Droblem md the Palestinian question in order to achieve a oeaceful, just and cormrehensive solution in conformity with the resolutions of the Securitv Council and the General Assemblv and the Chatter of the United Nations. The Security Council has cecentlv dealt with regional dieoutes all over the world. How can the Palestinian question and the Middle East oroblem be the enceptione to this? We call todav upon the Secutitv Council to shoulder its reseohsibilltv and end that stramae situation. It should take a Uecision and implement it with a View to achievinq neace an& justice in the Middle East.

I thank the reoresentative of Tunisia for his kind words addressed to me. The next SDeaker is the rerxesentative of the Syrian Arab Republic. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. AWAD (Svrian Arab ReDublic) (interDretation from Arabic): I am haoov to eupress tn YOU, Mr. President, our pleasure at seeing vou, the reoresentative of a fraternal Arab country, txesidins over the Security Council this month. I should also like to take this opportunity to express to your rxedecessor, Ambassador Alarcon de Quesada of Cuba, our deep arsrreciation for his effort8 as President of the Council eor the month of Februarv. The Security Council is meetinq today to resume its consideration of the question of the emiqtaticn of Soviet Jews to Israel. The oosition of the Svrian At&b Republic is perbarx? best reflected in the resolution adoWed on 13 March 1990 bv the Council of the Leaque of Arab States at its recent meetinu in Tunisia, in which it expressed, inter alia, resr&ct for the orincioles of human rishts and for the fact that no human being should exercise his rLqhts at the exoense of the rishts of any other human beins. It affirmed that the mass emiqration of Jews from the Soviet Union and eastern EuroOe to Palestine and the occuvied Arab territories constitutes a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Riqhts and of the fourth Geneva Convention Of 1949, which Drohibite the OCCUPyinS POWer from deoortinq the indimncus population erom, or settlinq persons under its jurisdictiar te, the occupied territories. In addition, the resolution daDlore Israel’s settlement ooliciee as constituting an act of aqqreeaion against the rights of the Palestinian Arab peooles to their land, their country and their identity and as representin a threat to Arab national securitv. It warned of the dansere inherent in such practices with reqard to the DrOBpects for achievins a just, Deaceful and (Mr. Awad, Syrian Arab Republic1 comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict, asqravatim aa thev do the tensions in the reqion and jeopardizlnq international peace and securitv; It called upon tbz international communitv to act to put an end to the emlaratim of Soviet Jewa to Palestine and the occupied Arab territories and to quarantee all the national rlqhts of the Palestinian people, fncludinq their rloht to return, as set forth in General Assemblv resolution 194 (III) of 11 Dece&er 1948; it also affirmed the illeqalitv of the Zionist settlement of the occuvied Arab territories, callinq for an immediate end thereto and for the creation of international machinerv to mcnitcr and follow Israeli activities in that reqard. President naPi aMissad. In a statement on 8 Hatch of this year, outlined the position of the Syrian Arab IWublic ar the emiqration question, savim that: *The new, intense Jewish amiqration to Peleetine, over and above the false and invalid base6 used to just1 fv f , has been imposed upon the world communitv under the pfete%t of man’s freedom to emiqrate. What freedom of emiqration are thav talkinq about? la it not obvious that here the word *freedom’ reallV means *aq4ression’? Freedom to emiqrete does not mean freedom to OCCUDV the territorv of others or free&m to drive them from their homeld, eSoeci8llV since these new emiqrants have not corm out of a need for eaplovment or the necessities of life. Rather, thev have coma co acquire land and tc) drive out and oermaae the indtqeenoue wputation. Yan*a r Loht to eaiqrate is traneformed into its opposite when it is chanqed to the daht to oacupv the territories of others and to expel then from their countrv and their homeland.’ it is irulv ironic? for Israel to claim the rioht to reoreaent the world’s Jaws, be they Arab or Eurq)ean, Oriental, Oeoidental or American, because that in itself constitutes a racist affront to States, makes a sham of citizenehio and raises doubt8 about the allegiance of the Jew everywhere. The Zionist enteroriee (NC. Awad, Svrian Arab Reaublic) reaaras soviet Jews 4s its most imoortant immtarant reserve. That imoortance, ouinq to that qrouo’s hiqh level of education and soecialiaation. has now been revealed, and it has been confirmed bv 4 statement made bv Israeli Prism Minister Shaair, 4s quoted bv Aqence Prance Press@ on 15 Januarv of thie vear. The Prime minister said: -Intensive eaiqraticn demands a Oreater Israel.a An article in the Israeli daily, Yediath Aharanoth, quoted Shamir ill stattnq that: “while many affirm that time is aqainst ue* time is what has brousht us this eti ciration. Within five years, you will not recoqnize the country. Evervthinq will chance; the peonle wil?. chanse and the lifestyle will chance. Everything vi11 be larqer and t3tronoer. The Arabs around ua are desnerste and in a state of panic because they cannot halt the natural influx of the Jewish neomle into their land. a Those statements are further oroof of the determination of Israel’s leaders to &fy the vi11 of the international communitv as embodied in the resolutions of the Securitv Council and the General Aesemblv. (Mr. Awad, Syrian Arab Reoublic) Foremost amonq them is Security Council resolution 465 (19801, which “Determines that all measures taken by Israel to chanqe the ohysical character, demqraohic composition, institutional structure or status of the Palestinian and crther Arab territories occupied since 1967, includinq Jerusalem, cr MY Dart thereof have nn leqal valiclitv anti that IeMel’S oolicv and oractices of eetttinq Darts of its powlation and new immiorants in those territories constitute a flaqrant violation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War and also constitute a serious obstructicn to achievitq a comrehenaive, just and lastinq Peace in the Middle East.. (resolution 465 (19801, Data. 5) The human reaourcxa which Xstael is countirq on are such biqqet than anvone had expected. Therefore, the reports about Ierael*e deeire to brino in cne million Soviet Jews should not be considered tc be exasqerations. There ia a lonq-standCnq intention to forqe ahead with the establishment of the qreater Zionist State in the Arab resion bv mean8 of oxmsndins at the exoense of the neishbourinq 8tatee. That is evidenced by the fact that Israel annexed the Svrian Golan - pact and Parcel of the territories of the Svrian Arab Reoublic - which Israel aonthme to OCCUPV illeqitimatelv, in flagrant defiame of United Nations resolutions, and eepsciallv Securitv Counail reeolutton 497 (1981). Svria considers that the eettlement of Jewish immiqrante, whether new or old, in the Syrian Arab Golan ie an act of aqqressicn aqalnst Syriabe eoveretqntv and territorial inteqrity. Syria also reqarde their settlement in anv other Dart of the occupied Arab territories to be M equally qrave matter. A close etudy of the course of the Zioniet movement eince it6 inceotion OlearlV reveal6 its absolutely serious intent tc eeek to achieve its colonialist (Hr. Awad, Svrian Arab Rewblic) deei q ns. An example of that is the establishment of Israel itself. After the conclusion of the first Zionist Conqrees in Basle in 1898, Herzl came out of the Conference to declare that the State of Israel would be established within 5, 10 or 50 mars. In fact, Israel was established in 1948, 50 years to the day after that declaration. That means that the first Zionist Conqrese had planned for 50 years of continuous action to establish Ierael. Hence the new wave of immiqration can only be viewed as markinq a new war which Israel will waqe aqain& the Arab countries when local and international circum9 tancea permit. That chows the Zionist State’s lack of seriousneee with reqard to the attemots at a oolitical eettlemmt and ite exclusion of the oeace cwt ion. Therefore. the settlement of the Soviet Jews in the OccuDied Arab territories is a verv qtave matter, which must be dealt with before it qeta out of control. It is curious that the United State& which for years addressed the question of the erdqratiar of the Soviet Jew6 and brouqht to bear all the messure at its disposal to enable them to emigrate, under the Pretext of human riqhte, waa the first to close its doors aqainst those Jew9 emiqratinq to the United State& It ie even Ipore ourioue that the Zioniet mace media, which raise a hue and cry over any alleqed vfolatian of the riqhts of Jews, did not ctiticize those action& althouqh thev clearlv violate human riqhts. Is not that sufficient evidence of the existence of an aqreement between the United Statee Adminietration and the Zionist authorities to facilitate the herdinq of those emlqrants like cattle to Israel, asainst ail the value6 and eloqans emoueed bv the United States? The international oJmmunity in qeneral an6 the Arabs in oarticuler e%Dect the United State8 t6 end ite oolicy biased in Pavtxr of Israel, and to honour ite commitment8 aa a super-Power reeDoneible for internationnl Deace and securitv, (Ht. Awad, Syrian Arab ReDublic) especially as this new immiqration will be a basic element in aqqravatfro tension in the reqion and will feowrdize the prospect8 of achievinq a Dermanent and just settlement QI the basis of United Nationn resolutions. In his statement to the Council on 15 March the Israeli reDresentative referred to the statement made bv President Hafez Al-Assad on 8 March and quoted from it out of context President Assad’s call for a ho’lv war aqainst Israel. Our reply Is simple. All international norms and conventions, includlma the United Nations Charter, quarantee all Deooles the riqht to reqain their occuDted territories, to reqain the usuroed riqhts of their citizens and to defend their territorial tnteqritv. On that basis, Svrta will sDare no effort, reqardless of the DasSaqe of time, to reaain its usurped territories and its leaitifmte riqhts bv all possible means in the Syrian Arab Golan and the other occupied Palestinian and Arab territories. Recent developments in the Deace DrOCess, the most recent of which was the fat1 of the Israeli Government, teveal the falsehood of the alleaations of the repreeentative of Israel to the effect that the Arabs et111 reject Israeli peace Initiatives. In spite of the many concession8 made bv the Arabs in order to aet the proceee qolnq aqain, Shamir*s Government persisted in its rejection. The eriti& writer, ML Pattiok Seale, eummatiaed the Israeli police of etallina before the fall of the Shamir Governmnt a6 followet *The simple truth ie that the men in power in Ietael do not want to talk to the Paleetin iane. They will invoke a thousand oretexte and they will hatch a thousand plots so a6 not to sit down with the Palestinian deleaation. *The so-called mace process does not revolve around an international conference, a mmprehennive settlement, the Palestinian riqht to self-determination, recosnition of the Palestine Liberation Oraauieation. or the orinciP1e of land in exchange for ueace. No. It revolves around none of those eubstentive questions. “In order to Dlacate Israel, all of those questions have been set aside. It is well known that Shamir and the Likud bloc are ideolwicallv committed to hanoino on to all of so-called Eretx Israel under the slcaan ‘@Not a sinole inch’. Such militants do not bend but can onlv be broken. %hamir believes that if, after sevino ‘Not a sincle inch’. he were to cake a minimal concession, that would be the besinnifm of the end and the concept of Greater Israel would be eliminated. Thus he save no. no and acain no. l Hr. Qatriak Seale concludes his oDpmBntBrv bv statin as follaws: *I fear that the mace orocesa is more of n miraee than actual nwotiatione. In actual fact, there are no cenuine nacsatiations exceot for the current barsainima between Israel and the United States, which as ueual revolves arom.9 American aid to Israel. ferael’s aumorters in the United States Coharees are trvinrr to increase humican assistance to Israel from $3 billion to 84 billion annuallv, in addition tL, $400 million to be ~rovidad in the form of bank l.oens euaranteed bv the United States Adminiatrstion to helo eettle the Soviet Jew.’ In canclueion I affirm that the Svrian Arab &Dublic ie a State that cherieheo mace baaed on WItice and seeks a ceaceful settlement of the Israeli-Arab conflict cn the basis of relevaht United Nstions resolutions thnt auarantee the auoolete withdCWa1 af l6rael frcm the CCCUPied Arab territoriee, includina Jeruealem, au8 the restOSatim to the Palestinian Arab Deoole of its inalienable riehta, inclufiino ito rieht to eetablieh lte own State on Palestinian soil.

1 thank the reDresentative of the Svrian Arab &oublic for his conaratulationa. The next soeaker is the representative of Indonesia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement- Mr. SVPRESNA (Indonesia) : Mr. Presicent, at the outset I should like on behalf of mv deleqaticn to exoress our aoorecia tion to YOU and to the other ITnXTberS Of the Securitv Council for aivinq me the oooortunitv to Darticioate in the oresent de1 ibera tions. Allcw me also to extend to YOU, Sir, mv delesation’s oonoratulations uDon vour assumpticn Of th.e Dresidencv Of the Security Council for the month of March. We are confident that, with vour rich experience and diplomat skills, vou vi11 wide the oroceedinos in a constructive manner. I should also like to take this omortunitv to oav tribute to vour Dredecessor, His Excellencv Mr. Ricardo Alarcan de Quesada, Permanent Reoresentative of Cuba to the Untted NatLons, for his able leadershiD of the Council durina the month of Februant. This meetins of the Securitv Council has been convened t0 deal vith vet another Dolicv Dureued bv Israel vhich makes it incumbent uDon mv deleaation to oartlcioate in this debate. The action taken bv the tsraeli Government in oermittino the nw vave of Jewish immisrante to settle in the West Bank constitutes vet another Bef iant step vith ootentiallv disastraue coneequences. This Dlan CORLBB in the vake of a lone seriee of wanton violations of relevant United Nations resolutions and international umventions that forbid Israel to chanae the democlraohic coamoaition of the ocouoied territories throuoh the establishment of settlements. The nev inelun vould irreoereiblv tilt the demccraohic balance, tramole on the riahte of the Palestinians and create heiohtened tension, thsrebv leadino tc a worsenim of an already eXDhISive situation. Inaeed, such a oolicv vi11 render the orosoects for the peaceful settlement of the Middle East conflict in aeneral, and of the Palestinian question in oarticular, infinitelv more difficult. It ie clear that, notuithstandim claims that few immlqrants would settle in the occuoied territories, Israel’s oolicv has reinforced suspicion that it intends to retain oermanent control of those areas with a view to anneninq them, therebv makinq a mockery Of the inalienable riqhts of the Palestinian oeoole. Israel’s latest StarWe DrOVides onambiouous confirmation of that be1 ief and cannot but intenstfv the resistance to OCCUDAtiOn exemplified bv the intifadah. Indonesia hails the brave Palestinians and commends the sscrCQlce and steadfastness with which thev are confronttno the occupation. We condemn the oolicies of oooreasion asainst unarmed freedom Piahters who are struclqlfm for fulfilment of their national hSDfrhtiOnS. In this context we reaffirm the decision t&tin bv the Ministerial Meetina of the Committee of Nine on Palestine of the MOVeIQent of Non-Alisned Countries held this month at Tunis. In this COnteXt my deleeation calls won Xsrael to refrain from actions that would further alter the ohvstcal character and demooraohlc convosition of the occunied territories. Unless the Council Proceeds to take action es 8 matter of urOencv, 8 fait aCCOmol1 may be imnosed on the indiaenous inhabitants. The internatlonaf community can no longer countenance Ieraelt tntransioence, and Israel must be held accountable for its illeqal nolicies and oraotices. The need for action has become increaeinelv uroent in view of the continued illeoel meatsWeB taken for the establishtmnt of new settlements, which is boun8 to have a orofound imoact on anv endeavours to reach h Oeacef ul aolutlon. ft is Iaraal’s reeoonsibflitv to ensure that neither it6 own ottizens nor citizens of other countries settle in the occu~fed territories in contravention of axietins or fncinles of international law. Mv deleoation therefore calls uoon Isreal unconffitionallv to abandon it6 poltcv of allowins new immiorants to settle in the occuoied Lerritoriaa. Over tha past two years develolsments of Par-reachim imoortance have taken DlaCe concerninc the question of Palestine , l sDeciallv the intttada~, the sustained ~oDulu uDrieim which haa conclusivelv established the irreDressible force of the strurrsle for self-determination, freedow iustice and human dlcnitv. This olacee a solem obliqation on all of ISI to exert determined efforts thrawah this bodv to brins an end to the traaic Dlisht of the Paleetiniane. (Yr. Sutresna, Indonesian The occupied territories are at the core of any solution to the Middle East conflict . In that resard, mv delesation reiterates its lonu-standina commitment to collective action bv the international communitv to secure the withdrawal of Israel frolp all occupied territories and the exercise bv the Palestinian DeoDle of its inalienable rishts. In oarticular, we stronqlv urae the adootion of everv xeans available to stoo and reverse Israe 1’s volicies and actions desianed to alter the ohvsical character and derrpsraohic cmoosition of, and to settle Israeli civilians and/or Jewish immiorante in, the occuoied territbries.

I thank the reoresentative of Indonesia for his kind words addressed to me. The next sDeaker ia the reDresentatfve of Saudi Arabia. I invite him to take a olace at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. AL-RARTARY (Saudi Arabia) (interoretation from Arabic) : It aives me oleasure to conaratulate vou, Sir, on vour BesumDtiOn of the oresidencv of the Securitv Council for this month. I take oereonal oride in Vour election and in the verv stroma btothetlv relations between the Rinsdom of Saudi Arabia and the PeoDle’ 6 Damcra tic &DUblic of Yemetn. P should like to enOres mv Qreat esteem for vour Dredecessor, the Permanent Reoresentative of Cuba, and take this ODDortunitv t0 eelcome the new members of the Council for this veart the Pebole*s Oeamcratic Republic of Yemen, the Ivorv Cmst, Cuba, Romania and Zaire. This meetins should have been convened t0 ooneider the issue of Arab human riahts in Palestine and net have been abnfined to the Israeli rmlicies of buildine settlements in the Arab lands. The policies and oracticee of the I[eraoli authorities have been reseatedlv condemned bv the United Nations, in all its oreans and bv all its Wmbere. We meet t&aay aa a matter of realitv under the shadow of a situation that has arisen, introductno a new factor into the Palestinian arena, The call to convene this metim points to the effect8 and results of the (Mr. Al-Kahtanv, Saudi Arabia) establishment of Zionist settlements in the OCCUDied Arab territories, which is the Zionist share of responaibilitv in this urqent situation. Indeed, this urqent situation stems from the mass immiaration of Jewish citizens of Eastern EuroDean countries from the land of their fathers and grandfathers to Israel, which is alreadv too crowded and cannot suooort aC Sustain them. We have no obqect ion to Soviet or anv other citizens beinq qranted the riaht to travel or t0 m0ve out&de their own countrv, orovidit8q such movement does not constitute aqqression aqainst another State. That is a rioht that should be enjoved bv citizens of all nationalities, includinq Palestinian citizens, whose riqht of return has been quaranteed bv the United Nations. But in that Dlanned exoansionist oolicv we see the darner of a CiSim oooulation densitv feedinq the Zionist ~olicv of exoansionist settlement. The leaders of Israel constantlv oroclaim their commitment to that oolicv and to its execution. What can be exoected from the rulers of Palestine when half a milliOn immiorante are sent there? The Securitv Council has condemned their settlement oractices and exPansionist actions for decades, but thev have neither chanaed their amtalttv nor altered their ambitions or DOliCieS, so hau can thev be exoected to do so now that thev are beina su~olied with human and material Dower and the facilities for exoaneion and settlement? Are thev aoinq to reeoond to the Council’8 strotw statements? Are thev aoina to resoBct internatiOnal law? Are thev aaim t6 comolv with the bindinq resolutions of the Securitv Council? I do not believe that the Council has foraotten its experience with Zionist rulers. We sinoerelv hooe that it will consider the effects of these forced waves of lmmiqration to Israel QI the situation in Palestine and the realon. Israel &es not recosnize borders and doe8 not adhere to aqreemente. This new wave of immiqrants ie the result of olanninq that orevents them Prom travellinq to other countries that thev may Drefer, and thus offers them no choice. (Mr. Al-Kahtanv, Saudi Arablab It is said that the emiqr6s are just bealnninq to eniov human rlahte. We know that the riahts of one human belna end at the wint where the rlahts of another bealn. When those rlqhto are violated, that violation beco~pes aqaresslon Punishable bv law. The tiqhts of the white man in South Africa have violated all the huuum riqhts of the bIacks in that country. Punishment has therefore been called for. This la hw human and national riqhta are violated. They have been violated in South Africa; vet it is nw claimed that raDld chanqe is an the wav. In Palestine, thev have been violated In the oaat, are beino violated, and will be violated in the future; the situation is deterioratilrs. Danqerous warnina siqnrr are not restricted to the violation of Arab human rlahte: thev include the threat to fetmlc sanctities and institutiona in Palestine; the threat to felaaic and Arabic existence in Palestine: the threat to the recur ttv of the req ion as a result of that denDoreohlc cencentra tiont the qrwinq desire to exDand ae a result of the need to increase water and saricultural CaDabilities &h3 the &IDD~V Of reeources and indUtrla1 Dower; the inCreaaiM abflttv to settle and absorb; and the expansion of eettlemente, with all that that entalla, and with all Its uqlv DurDoses. Those warnirms muet be taken seriously, and we hope that concerned oountrlee will take all necessary mea~urea t6 orevent anv disturbance of the dellca te eltuatkn in the ceqion, to eafequard the reqlon’s securltv and etabilitv, to orotect the eanctltv of the Holv Places, to safeouard the oeroonal ana communal riqhte of othere, and ca orevent a new escalation that wilI ha-r all existlna efforts twarde Deace. What 1s remettable and rather sad Is that this develorxnent come&i at a time when sentiment lnslde and outside Palestine has been aroused In BUDDOrt Of the (Hr. Al-Rahtanv, Saudi Arabiab intifsdah and when leoions of martyrs are mkino the ultieate sacrifice for the human tishts of Arabs On their land of Palestine. The Rinqdom of Saudi Arabia considers the mass and svstelaatic immioration of Jews to Israel to be a violation of the rishts of the Palestinian oeoule, recoanized in the Universal Ueclaration of Human RLqhts and in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Riohta. It also considers Israel’s oractice of settlina SOIM of its citizens snd new itomiorants in ithe occuoi~ territories to be a violation of the fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of Waf, of 12 Ausust 1949. (Mr. Al-Kahtanv, Saudi Arabia) This mass immiistation, and the Israeli oolicies and practices, are havins qrave effects on the attempts to reach a coarxehensive and just oeace in the Middle East. In condemnins these policies and practices carried out by the OCCUPY~~ authorities, urn request this loftv Council to take measures to come1 the Setaeli authorities to capply with their international leqal obliaations and desist from takino any action to chanoe the demosraohic structure of the occupied territories, and we ask all States to refrain frcm providina anv assistance that could be used in facilitatino the buildina of settlements in the occupied territories and to applv on the occupyita authorities the penalties raentioned in the United Nation8 Charter fn case of non-comD1 iance. As members of the Council are facing up to their responsibilities in Bealinq with this subject todav, I have no doubt that the issue of illeesal settlements will, more than it did in the past, sive rise to the condemnation, criticism and rejection commensurate with the dawaerous and deterioratino situation, and that members will urqentlv take a eteadfaet and ratbual position an its causes so that it IMV be approoriately rectified. Mr. LI tuve (China) (interoretation from Chineael: Picet of all, I should like to consratulate you, Sir, on your asaummption of the oresidencv of the Securitv Council for this rponth. China and Delpocratic Yemen have alwave enjoyed f r iendlv rein tiono. I am oonfident that under your suidance the Council vi11 succeesfullv complete its work this month. I wieh also to take this oooortunitv to eupress my deco atatitude to His EncellenW Amioaesadot Alaran de Quesads of Cuba for his brilliant oerformsnce in auidino the Council’s work last mnnth ~9 ita President. It is both hkhlv necmseidv and timely, in our view, that the Becuritv &mail has decided to deliberate on the question of Jewish settlements in tho occuoied Palestinian and ot:;er Arab territories. The establishment of settlements W the (Mr. Li Luve, China) Israeli authoritias in the occupied Palestinian territont, includino the West bank@ the Gaze Strio and East Jerusalem a.?d their acts of settlinq larae nunbere of immicwante there have constituted a utoss violation of the orovisions of the 1949 Geneva Ccnvention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War and, therefore, are illeqal and should be stoooed imrmdiatelv. For manv Years the Israeli authorities have, in ooen violation of the racosnized norms of international law , set UD settlements in the OccUPied terrhxtes in an attemot to alter the status quo and oresent a fait accomli, thus achievim their qoal of perpetual occuoation. In recent vears, while intensifvins their persecution and expulsion of the Palestinian residents in the West Bank and other parts of the occupied territom, the Israeli authorities have SteDDed uo their efforts to brinq in there an increaoinq number of Jewish settlers who have immiqrated to Israel from other countries, and for this purpose they have even tmmo.aed that a %reater Israel’ should be established. Such exuanaioniet ool icv of the Israeli authorities poses a direct threat to the existence of the Palestinian peoDle and the securitv of the Arab countries. Furthermore, it has aaoravated the alreadv tense eituatiar in the Middle East resion. In this connection av Govetnmnt has issued a statement to exoress our condemnation. The Chinese deleqation proDose that the Becuritv Council take uneWiWca1 stew to etoD the Israeli acts of eettlinq larqe nu&ers of im&Wants in the occubfed terc i tor ies. The international conwnitv, includina the countries directlv related to this situation, should qive oositive co-orreration. Onlv bv doins go Can the leoitimate rLqht8 and interests of the Palestinian people be maintained and further deterioration of the Middle East eituatton orevented. The actions of the Israeli authorities described above have erected new barriers to the Middle East ueace orocess and completely run counter to the orevailino tida in the uorld scene. In recent years the international situation (Mr. Li Luve, China\ has moved towards oreater relaxation and some reQiona1 aonelfcts are cm their way towards eolution. In order to seek a fair settlement of the Middle East queetion* the Palestine Liberation Otsanization (PLO) and the Arab countries have made manv Draotical and positive initiatives. PeoDle have every cea8on to exPect that a Doaitive retaponse could be raade bv the rereelt side. Nowever, the Government of Lorael has continued to stick to its inttansiuent Doaition, tejeefinq the internatfonal Middle East conference QI the one hand and refusirrs dialouues and talks with the PLO on the other, thus makinu it imDoseible to achieve anv substantive oroarem in the efforts to solve the Middle East queetfon am9 catmine qrave conoern and anxietv in the international oonxnunitv. Such a etate of affairs threatens oeace and eecurftv ln the Middle East and ateo in the world at lame. Nor does it eerve the interest0 of the Israeli Daoole. We,wieh to aall on the Iotaeli GovernrPont once asaln to a0 alonq with the historical trentI, eive UD ite erroneous Uiddle East oolicv and demonstrate qood faith and flexibility, so as t. Caoilitate the earlv solution of the Yiddle East queetion. Aa a (Permanent member of the Securttv Counail, China will, a8 alwavB, Pirmlv mmort the just muse oi? the Palestinian and other Arab peoDles and their reaeonabb Diroooaitions and endeavour to strive tot a fair an& reasonable settleumr 00 the Mtadke $aet question.

I thmk the t~preeentetive OS China for the kind words he addreRfD?d to Spe. The neut eu#aker ie His Excellencv Mt. Enain Aneav, PercPanont Obmrver of the Orsaniaaticm of the Ielamio Conference , to whom the Council hae e ntended an invitation under rule 39 of its mwisional rule0 of vtaceUur4. I invite him to take a Dlaoe at the Council table and to make hie StatEm%nt. MC. ANS~~: MC. Pccsident, I should like to thank you and, throu4h YOU, the other members of the Couocil for 4cantimq IT& thia ouoortunitv to oacticioate in the disousnion on a subject of oacticulac oonoecn to the Ocoani%ation I ceocesent. Mav I at the outset convey my warmeat coascatulation% to vou, Sic, on vour assueuation of the hiqh oPfice of President of the Secucitv Council ducina thi5 difficult oer iod. We ace confident that vouc va5t exoertence in multilateral diPlCtUb%V and well-knoun vcofessional skills will serve YOU well in the succeseLu1 dischacse of vouc stewarashio via-b-via the ccmabx task facino the Secucitv Council in the cornin days. I shwlcl also like to take this oopocrunitv to thank the Petmnent &oce%entative of Cuba, His Rxcellenov Ambassador Rica&o Alarcan de Queaada, for hi% exemplary eff iciencv in 4utdi54 the work of the Council due in4 the month of February. (Mr. Aneayi It is a well-known and oft-reseated fact that the cause of Palestine an3 Al-Qude Al-Sharif is the prime cause of the Orqanization of the Islamic Conference and the entice ummah, not onlv because of! ito justness but also because of the fact that Al-Quds Al-Sharif in Palestine is the f irat kiblah and the third holiest Place foe all Yuslims. Therefore, the Orqanization of the Islamic Conference cannot and will not be indifferent towards anv injustice inflicted bv the occuwinq Power aqainst the Falestinian ~eoole. For more than four decades Israel’s ~Llcies of exoansionist aqqression, ruthless on,pression of the Palestinian DeoDle, Provocative defiance of the vi11 of the international community and intransiqent floutinq of all the norms of international law have been the sinqle source of the unabated violence, tension and war in the Middle East. The ultimate deslqns of those nolicies - the Dermanent usurpation of the fundamental tiqhte of the Palestinians and the liquidation of the Palestinian cause - are as tranwarent as they are futile. The Palestinian oeople, throuqh their intifadah, have Once aqain demonstrated their determination to resist Israel’s brutal rroliciee of violent aooreesion, occuoation, deoortatian, the judaisation of Palestine, desecration of the Holv Places of Islam, the establishment of illeqal settlements and the adootion of barbaric measures to silence the voice of freedom. To defv the peace rwocess and to ettemnt to crush the intifadah the Ieraeli authorities recently planned to settle the newlv arrivlm immiqrants in the occuded Palestinian territories in viol&ion of the oertinent resolutions of the United Nations and the fourth Geneva Convention, vhLch prohibits the occuovinq Power from Beoartinq individuals and from transferinq marts of its sun civilian c8ooulatim into the occuoied territofv. That mlan and the massive exodus of Soviet Jeve to occuoied Palestine constitute a serious three t to security and stabilitv in (Mr. Anssv) the reqiou and are ainmd, without a doubt, at chauairna the demsraohic character of Palestine and the UoLv Citv of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. The Organisation of the Islamic Conference feels that the increased facilities exkended bv soae corntries for the continuation of this iamiqration and the encouraqement of other countries which deny the esS,qrante access visas to their own countries therabv leaving no choice other than tp qo to Israel qive rise to suspicion about the hidden reasons behind thi5 tmsurtae of immioration, the more so since it aoiuaides with the wrotstence and crescendo of the intifadah, followed bv an increase in the number of murders, persecutions and deDOr~tiOn8 W the ISPaeli force8 aqainst the Pelestinian oowletion in the occuoied :erritoriea. The Orqanisation of the Islamic Conference , which had alreadv exDreeesd its concern at this situation throush its General Secretntiat and which took action bv means of hloh-level contacto between His Excellencv Mr. Hamid Alaabid, its Secretarv-General, and the reoresentatives of concerned Governments, condemns these plans, etronslv COnbemm tstaeli efforts toward8 the ridiculcwa maualo-idea of a “Grtmter Ierael - Eretz Israel” and warm asainst their continuation, given the danqers that WeLqh heavilv on the oeace moce88 in the req&on. We firaklv believe that the United Nations has a hlstmtcal, oarticular and social responsibility torarde Paleetine. The eviction of the Palertinians from their hams and from their land and theiz immmee eufferinos and travail8 all orL&mted fram ths deofelon taken bv the United Na tiema come 40 Years aao. The United Nations and the international mmamnitv as a hole must therefore take serioue cecmizance of the Israeli eolicv reqafdim the OC!mDied Palestinian ter ritorv. (Mr. Ansay) The Orqanization of the Islamic Conference is dutv-bound once aaain to draw the attention of the Council to the harmful wnaequences of the continuation of Jewish imioratim to occupied Palestine, which is expected to reach 1 million Demon8 in a short time, and it8 danseroue effect on the historical rishts of the Palestinian oeoole and on DBaCf3 in the Middle East. We shouPd like to urae the Securitv Council and the international wmmuuitv to take uraent and aoorooriate action an this question of the exodus of Jewish emigrants and the intransiaent oolicv of Israel in order to safesuard the riqhts of the Palestinian oeoble, includim their riaht to self-determination and the establishment of an indeoendent Palestinian State in their hcnaelana undar the aesie of the Paleatine Liberation Orqanfzatfon (PLO), their sole leqitimate reoresentative. In that wntext, allow me to address brieflv another relevant issue of extreme sensitivity for the Orqaaizatfon of the Islamic Conference: the status of the Holv City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. We were surprised to learn just reaentlv that the united States Senate had oasaed a resolution ailpea at reqardinq the aitv of Al-Quds Al-Sharif as the undivided aaoirrrl of the State of Israel. The General Secretariat of the CWoaniaatico of the Islamic Conference etronslv denounces the adoption of that resolution, whiah is in manv remeats a deliberate attemm to stransthen the position of those, esDeaiallv in hrael, who o~nose in an unreasonable and obstinate msnner effort6 aurreutlv deployed at the international level to encouraqe, on a healths and less1 basis, the 08809 oroaees in the Yiddle East. The General Secretariat of the Oraanisation of the Islamic Conference has aleo taken note, with satisfaction, of the reaffirrntion bv Bresident Rueb of the reality and inviolability of the lesal sbtus of the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. It herebv call8 on the United States Administration kindly to oursue its onsoi?u, efforts eimed at findlnq a juet and lastin settlement of the issue of Palestine and the Middle East.

I thank Mr. Ansav for the kind words he addressed to me. In view of the lateness of the hour, I intend to adjourn the meeting now. With the concurrence of members oE the Council, the next meetfnq of the Securitv Council to continue the consideration of the item on the hqenda will take olace torplorroo, Wednesdav. 28 March 1993, at lo.-30 a.m. The meetins rcme at 12.55 P.m.