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  1. “More importantly, over the past three years thousands upon thousands of Syrians have been subjected to barrel bombs and the worst forms of killing and torture, yet the regime enjoys full impunity. Those who do not take a stand against such acts are complicit in them.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  2. “How can the parties in Syria meet in Geneva to set up a transitional Government while one of the parties is at the very same time calling for false elections to impose a fait accompli on the ground for an additional seven years. The insistence on holding presidential elections in the current situation is confirmation of the fact that the Syrian authorities will continue to suppress the aspirations of the Syrian people and to deprive them of self-determination. The Security Council is unable to implement even those of its resolutions that were adopted unanimously. That truly undermines the credibility of the Security Council, any hope placed in the United Nations, and indeed any respect from world public opinion for United Nations resolutions and decisions.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  3. “Furthermore, given the Syrian regime's continued use of chemical materials against its own people, we also call for the immediate, unreserved and unconditional lifting of the sieges of Homs, Aleppo and all other areas under siege in Syria. My delegation has already warned of the Syrian Government's lack of responsiveness to the very bases on which the Geneva Conference on Syria was built. The agreement called for a transitional body with full authority to fulfil the aspirations and hopes of the Syrian people. Now the Syrian authorities are showing the international community that they do not care for the aspirations and hopes of their people by calling for so-called presidential elections.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  4. “Resolution 2139 (2014) calls on all parties to cease all attacks on civilian areas, as well as on the Old City of Horns, does it not? The Security Council has expressed its determination to take more steps in case of non-compliance with that resolution, has it not? Was the resolution not adopted two months ago, since when thousands upon thousands have been killed? Now the Syrian authorities are violating resolution 2139 (2014) under our very noses, but the Council is unable to even agree on a simple statement condemning such acts? We call on the Council to take the necessary further measures in accordance with the provisions of resolution 2139 (2014), because the Syrian regime continues to flout that resolution.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  5. “It is turning right and left, throwing accusations to and fro, and attempting to divert the attention of the Council and the international community from its breaches of human rights and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories; its treatment of detainees, peaceful demonstrators, women and children; its siege on Gaza; and numerous other violations that make the lives of Palestinians miserable and that suppress their rights. The situation in Syria is the greatest humanitarian tragedy of this century. The situation continues to deteriorate as the Syrian authorities use any and all means in the war, including a policy of starvation and scorched earth. Horns and other parts ofthe country are besieged as indiscriminate artillery is used to force the people to their knees.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  6. “We call on the United Nations and the Secretary-General to make every effort to bring pressure to bear on Israel to release all Palestinian detainees in accordance with international law, international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, and particularly to immediately release Palestinian children from Israeli prisons pursuant to resolution 1325 (2000) and other relevant resolutions. We call for the release of all Syrian detainees in Israeli prisons who are sons and daughters of the occupied Golan. A few minutes ago, the Israeli representative launched a pathetic attack on my country, which shows how illogical the Israeli Government's position is when it comes to peace in the Middle East.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  7. “We call on the Security Council to compel the Israeli Government to end to its acts of aggression, which run counter to international law, international humanitarian law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the resolutions of the Security Council on the occupied territories in Palestine, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Golan, including settlement activities in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and other occupied territories. We call for the complete lifting of the siege against Gaza and for measures to ensure a boycott of all products coming from Israeli settlements.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  8. “It is truly ironic and bizarre that Israel should complain about such reconciliation when its own Foreign Minister is calling for ethnic cleansing and some members ofits Cabinet have repeatedly expressed doubt about the two-State solution. In the past, Israel used the conflict between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority as a pretext not to cooperate; it is now using the pretext of agreement between the Palestinian factions to do the same thing. Those pretexts are empty. Israel hides behind them because it has no desire to see negotiations that would end the settlement and occupation succeed. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is committed to the Arab Peace Initiative set forth by the Kingdom itself.”

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  9. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomes the accession by Palestine to a number of international treaties, conventions and organizations, thereby demonstrating its respect for international law and its readiness to fulfil its obligations thereunder. It also shows that it respects international law as it seeks to fulfil the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, its freedom and right to self-determination. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also welcomes Palestinian reconciliation, which unifies Palestinian decision-making. The Palestinian Authority has thus reasserted its respect for all its international commitments.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  10. “Israel continues to challenge the will of the international community and all efforts to hold successful negotiations. It flouts all the agreements that surround the peace process, beginning with its refusal to release all the detainees it had agreed to release, extending settlement activities and changing the demographic nature of the city. As hopes for efforts to hold successful negotiations were raised over the past few months, the occupation forces were doing their utmost to undermine those efforts. For example, according Israeli Government statistics, the rate at which settlements were built increased by more than 23 per cent this year compared to last.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  11. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as a guardian of Islamic holy sites, strongly condemns the attacks and continuing acts of provocation in holy sites and attempts to prevent the faithful from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is tantamount to denying the fundamental right to worship. Israel is entirely responsible for the deterioration of the situation in East Jerusalem and for any negative consequences caused by the acts of the Israel Defence Forces or of settlers. We condemn all attempts to change the historical or religious nature of the various holy sites in the city. We call for an immediate end to all acts that lead to demographic changes in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, including the settlement campaign, the demolition of Palestinian homes and the collective expulsion of Palestinians, all of which contravenes international law.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  12. “It is the very course that Israel has persistently taken for the past six decades. Israel persists in its attempts to judaize the holy city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and to change its demographic characteristics. We have all witnessed Israel's settlement policies, its holding of thousands of detainees, its disrespect for holy sites, and its expulsion of Palestinian citizens, particularly from Al-Quds. We have witnessed its ongoing apartheid policy and policy of ethnic cleansing. All such violations run counter to international law and international humanitarian law and the most fundamental of human rights. All of those practices are taking place under the very nose of the Security Council without any attempt to put an end to them.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

  13. “Mr. Al-Abdallah (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me first to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. Let me also thank Mr. Robert Serry for his briefing. I should like to stress my delegation's support for the statements to be made later on behalf of the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Non-Aligned Movement. The current year, 2014, is a major landmark when it comes to the question of Palestine. It is a year of solidarity with the Palestinian people. That reaffirms the importance for the international community and the world's conscience in general to pay attention to the rights of the Palestinian people. However, Israel persists in its policies that run counter to the will of the international community.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source