Allow me at the outset to thank France and you, Mr. President, for convening the Security Council at the ministerial level, as we meet once again in the shadows of the deadly Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, which continues unabated, taking thousands of innocent civilian lives, des…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your decision to hold this meeting at the ministerial level and for presiding over it. I thank all the ministers who decided to attend — notably the Arab and Organization of Islamic Cooperation ministers, who have been touring the world to advocate for an end to the I…
We are here today to stop the killing and to stop the massacres being committed against the Palestinian people. The ongoing massacres being deliberately, systematically and savagely perpetrated by Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian civilian population under its illegal occupation m…
Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to congratulate the Russian Federation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to express our appreciation for your decision to convene today’s open debate. Allow me also to acknowledge and thank all the countries that will speak today in defence…
As we gather here to discuss how to advance peace, Israel pursues its
relentless way against the Palestinian people on the ground.
Today, before dawn, Israeli forces surrounded and raided the Salhiye family house in Sheikh Jarrah, violently uprooting them — including their children — from their ho…
It is my honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, before the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly. I wish this session every success in dealing with the challenges that the peoples of the world and our people fa…
We thank the General Assembly for holding today’s meeting at the request of the Group of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. A large number of Foreign Ministers from Arab and Islamic States are taking part in this meeting, along with repres…
I would like to begin by expressing my sincere thanks and gratitude to the President of the Security Council and the Russian delegation for their able leadership of the Council and for convening this important meeting. We also thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peac…
On behalf of Palestine, I congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and affirm our full confidence in your able and wise guidance of our important proceedings today and the Security Council’s agenda this month.
I also express greatly appreciation to …
The adoption of resolution 1860 (2009) was delayed several days despite the humanitarian crisis and the appalling loss of lives among civilians in Gaza. More than 760 Palestinian martyrs have fallen, 40 per cent of them women and children. More than 3,000 persons have been wounded, and vast damage h…
