Today is a sad day for the Security Council, for today the Council that we all appreciate so much has been outrageously compelled to meet in order to promote the particular agenda of a certain member State of the Council. That certain member State intentionally chose to abuse the procedures of the S…
Some may feel satisfaction in repeatedly passing General Assembly resolutions or holding conferences that condemn Israel’s behaviour. But one should also ask whether such steps bring any tangible relief or benefit to the Palestinians.
There have been decades of resolutions. There has been a prolife…
At the outset, please allow me to thank the President for convening this meeting.
One week from today, the United Nations will mark the 70th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom — the Night of Broken Glass — a single night that served as a prelude to the Holocaust. On that night, organized gangs…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for your stewardship of this Council. As
your presidency comes to an end, please accept my congratulations.
If a stranger was seated among us today, he would be under the impression that the Israeli settlements in the West Bank are the primary and single obstacl…
“We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta of all men everywhere.”
Those were the words spoken by Eleanor Roosevelt at the adoption of the Universal Declaration o…
