On behalf of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine, I should like to express our deepest regret in connection with the painful events that took place a short time ago, and again today, in London. Let me reaffirm our condemnation of such terrorist acts targeting innocent civilians. Intensified …
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the mission of the Holy See on the passing away of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. He was a man of peace who spent his life defending and promoting freedom, justice, independence and equality for all people of all races…
My delegation is taking the floor just to express our thanks and appreciation for the statement that you, Mr. President, made before the adoption of this important resolution with respect to the participation of Palestine in the high-level plenary meeting to be held at the sixtieth session of the Ge…
We learned today with great sadness of the passing of our President and leader, Yasser Arafat. We very much appreciate this gesture of holding a meeting this afternoon at the General Assembly during which all delegations will be able to present their condolences.
We would have hoped to be able to p…
It is highly regrettable that, regardless of the issue under discussion in the Assembly — in this case humanitarian assistance — the Israeli representative is able to present us only with a standard-issue statement. He delivers it “anywhere, any time”, always on terrorism, which is highly questionab…
The least we can say about the statement made by the representative of Israel with regard to this item during this morning’s meeting is that it was full of mistakes and distortions of fact and replete with flagrant lies. Because of the limited time allotted, we shall not go into detail concerning th…
I am sorry to take the floor again, but the statement by the Israeli delegation has compelled me to make a few remarks. This latest statement is, at the very least, a racist remark. It is not only racist, but it is also inaccurate and full of lies.
My delegation regrets the death or injury of any c…
Once again we have heard a statement by the Israeli representative that was full of lies and distortion. I will not at this point go into detail about the content of that statement. I want to make just three comments. The Israeli representative endeavoured to accuse our leadership of taking a decisi…
I would like at the outset to express our gratitude and appreciation to the Secretary-General for the important report he has submitted regarding support to the Palestinian people, in document A/57/130. We also wish to convey our appreciation to Mr. Terje Larsen, Special Coordinator for Peace in the…
I did not wish to take the floor at this very late hour, but I have to make some clarification in response to the Israeli allegations about the improvement of the Palestinian situation.
The Israeli delegation wants to convince us that there is such a thing as a good occupation, a benign occupation.…
It gives me pleasure to speak, on behalf of my delegation, on agenda item 37, “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the special session of the General Assembly in this regard”. This is a very important issue to which we all must pay particular attention, an…
This morning, we heard the statement by the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel. Needless to say, his statement was, from our point of view, full of historical and political fallacies, especially as regards Al-Quds, the Palestinian refugees and the peace process in the Middle East. However…
We meet here in the United Nations on Human Rights Day to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This fundamental document holds great importance for human beings all over the world. The commemoration of its fiftieth anniversary has a special meaning that …
On behalf of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, I have the honour to address this resumed session of the General Assembly, under agenda item 44, entitled “The situation in the Middle East”, to consider the continuing Israeli aggression against Lebanon. The convening o…
The observer delegation of Palestine wishes to take this opportunity to extend thanks to all those delegations which co-sponsored the draft resolution contained in document A/50/L.54 entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people” and for the unanimous adoption of the resolution. This undoubtedly re…
