My delegation also welcomes to the Council His Excellency Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. We congratulate him on his assumption of the chairmanship of the OSCE a…
I thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
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We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate on the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict. We also thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon; the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes; and the Depu…