I would like to respond. It is somewhat surreal to hear a representative of a regime that brutally killed hundreds of its own civilians
and citizens over the past few weeks, and which continues to do so as we speak, talk about terrorism.
As a country that actively supports, harbours and finances t…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I also wish to extend my appreciation to the Chairpersons of the counter-terrorism Committees for their professional work and for their informative briefings this morning.
We welcome the opportunity to engage in such exchanges and in th…
Allow me, first of all, to thank you, Mr. President, and the Colombian delegation for your efforts in carrying out the work of the Security Council during this month.
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Today’s debate occurs in the midst of historic changes in the Middle East. With these changes, which hold the pr…
Israel fully supports resolution 65/265 and Libya’s suspension from membership in the Human Rights Council, which was
long overdue. For years, we have been calling attention to the dire and alarming human rights situation in our region. The Libyan situation is a representative case in point. It is …
Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have been, and still remain, the only way forward to resolve the long-standing conflict in our region. Therefore, the draft resolution that was before the Council should never have been submitted. Instead, the international community and the Se…
I thank you, Madame President, for your delegation’s leadership in holding this very important debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Under-Secretary-General Le Roy, Special Representative Wallström and Military Adviser Gaye for their valuable briefings.
In the 10 years since the…
On behalf of all sponsors, I wish to thank the delegations that supported the adoption of resolution 65/137, entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of c…
What is most striking about today’s debate is not its one-sidedness, nor its rote condemnations of Israel that are divorced from facts on the ground, nor the fact that the biased resolutions before us reflect nothing more than the negative political dynamics that exist in the United Nations. Instead…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Amos, Under- Secretary-General Le Roy, High Commissioner Pillay and Director-General Daccord for their informative briefings.
Today’s debate raises some of the most complex and challenging …
Allow me to commend you, Sir, for your able stewardship of the Security Council this month. In my first speech as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, I appear before you today and state the profound and enduring wish of my nation to establish peace with the Palestinians: a peace based on secu…
At the outset, Israel would like to congratulate the President on his election. We look forward to his successful stewardship of the work of the General Assembly. I would also like to thank him for convening this important debate.
Israel welcomes the Secretary-General’s eighth consolidated progress…
