53/25 GA
International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)
53
Session
| Draft symbol | A/53/L.25 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 53/25 |
| Sponsors (1) | |
| UN Document | 53/25 ↗ |
Nigeria
Vote Consensus — A/53/PV.55
Speeches following this vote (8)
The Acting President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in exercise of the right of reply.
May I remind members that statements in exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first intervention and to five minutes for the second and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Shacham
It is regrettable that in today’s discussion of such a lofty, far-reaching and universal goal as the promotion of the culture of peace, this Assembly was subjected to inappropriate and inaccurate remarks specifically directed against my country by the representatives of Lebanon and Syria. I would therefore like to take this opportunity, in keeping with the spirit of the present discussion on the …
Mr. Najem
I am puzzled by the comments of the representative of the Israeli occupation forces. In my statement this morning, I referred to two clear issues. The first was Israel’s theft of Lebanese territory — a fact that is officially acknowledged by the Israeli Government. Secondly, I referred to an incident that took place in April 1996, when the Israeli occupation forces bombarded Qana and killed 106 i…
Mr. Mekdad
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic was not surprised by the Israeli delegation’s response to our statement, in which, like all other delegations, we spoke of the meaning of peace and of a culture of peace. This is because neither the Israeli delegation nor the Government of Israel believes in peace or in a culture of peace. We believe that the most dangerous enemies of a culture of peace …
Mr. Shacham
I believe it is clear to all members of the General Assembly that disagreements exist between Israel and Lebanon and Israel and Syria. Yet we do have an agreed framework to work out our differences, the Madrid framework. The Madrid Conference was convened in October 1991 and we were able to begin negotiations between us. Let us return to those negotiations without prior conditions. We can work ou…
Mr. Mekdad
As the Assembly can see, my delegation is not trying to prolong this dialogue, but we would like to put before everyone the truth and only the truth as it actually is. We believe in the principles of the Madrid peace process and in the bases from which it proceeded. We emphasize all the obligations and commitments made in the context of the peace process. But it is the current Israeli Government …
Mr. Najem
We must reply once again to the representative of the occupying Power, Israel.
Resolution 425 (1978) is clear in both its content and its provisions. What the occupying forces need to do is to apply them, since the resolution calls for Israel’s immediate withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territories.
As for all the other tracks, my delegation and my Government have declared that we are read…
The Acting President
I should now like to remind members that, as stated by the representative of Bangladesh at this morning’s meeting, an additional draft resolution
I would also like to congratulate Member States on the adoption of the very important resolution entitled “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)”. History will record that this is perhaps …
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