60/15 GA
Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster
60
Session
| Draft symbol | A/60/L.20 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 60/15 |
| UN Document | 60/15 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/60/PV.52
Speeches following this vote (6)
The President
Before calling on representatives who have requested to speak in exercise of the right of reply, I remind members that, in accordance with General Assembly decision 34/401, 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.
As I listened to the statement of my Palestinian colleague, I realized to my regret that I was hearing the same recording that I have heard so many times in the past. Unlike the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories, which has dramatically changed during recent years, my colleague’s statement employed the same rhetoric, omissions, factual inaccuracies and crude generalizations.
Alt…
It is easy to use redherring arguments, as the Israeli representative just did, in order to divert attention from the indisputable information presented about the grave violations of international law that we referred to earlier in our statement. The fact remains that until and unless Israel halts its military campaign against the Palestinian people, Israel will be held responsible for its practi…
The President
In the course of today’s debate, speakers referred to the unprecedented number and scale of disasters during this past year, and we have also heard the views of Member States on the followup to the Chernobyl disaster. I have taken note of the views of delegations for a special meeting of the General Assembly in that regard.
I am glad that speakers have underlined the importance of humanitarian p…
The President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 73 and its sub-items (a) and (d).
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