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1. “Only after the United Nations had already established its complex operations in the Balkans and East Timor, for example, were we forced to confront, by force of circumstance, the penalty of not having positioned the rule of law high enough on the ladder of immediate priorities. This ensured that each transitional administration undertaken by the United Nations during that period ran close to having both itself and the purposes for which it was there undermined by well-organized criminal activity of the sort which would exploit, with blistering efficiency, the absence of the rule of law through the well-recognized industries of war profiteering, black marketeering, money-laundering, as well as arms- and drug- trafficking.”

   2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source

2. “This debate comes 11 years after the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) relaunched the United Nations back into complex peacekeeping, following a 28-year hiatus separating UNTAC from what is arguably the most complex operation ever undertaken by the Organization - the United Nations Operation in the Congo, which ran from 1960 to 1964. And, as we survey the last 11 years of United Nations experience with complex peacekeeping, it is noticeable how we, the international community, failed early on in the 1990s to draw on the lessons of those pioneering early days decades ago in the Congo and how, in many instances, we chose to operate notjust from a clean slate, but also on the basis of trial and error - with the rule of law being the prime example of this.”

   2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source

3. “Mr. Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): I thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting and for the work you have done throughout your presidency of the Council. (spoke in English) We welcome most warmly the presidency's decision to choose for this year's ministerial debate the topic: "Justice and the Rule of Law: the United Nations role". I will, with your indulgence, first make some comments the on rule of law as it relates to United Nations transitional administrations and then deal with justice, in terms of actions undertaken by the United Nations to address those individuals who commit the gravest of crimes.”

   2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source

4. “It further appeals to all States to abide by their obligations and to act within the framework of the Security Council, its relevant resolutions and international law.”

   2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625 (2002) · source

5. “The Jordanian Government hopes that the resumption of inspection operations will be the right step towards a comprehensive solution that encompasses the implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions, including those relating to Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti prisoners of war and missing persons and those of third countries. This in turn must lead to an end to the long- lasting suffering of the Iraqi people, so that they can live in prosperity and dignity and so that Iraq's future generations can live in peace and security. Finally, the Jordanian Government hopes that the Security Council will deal with the Iraqi question in a prudent and responsible manner that respects the purposes and principles of the Charter.”

   2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625 (2002) · source

6. “It is the opinion of the Jordanian Government that a peaceful exit out of the current crisis requires Iraq to fully implement relevant Security Council resolutions, including those related to inspection operations. In this regard, the Jordanian Government again welcomes the decision of Iraq to allow the inspectors to return without conditions, as mentioned in the letter from the Foreign Minister of Iraq to the United Nations Secretary-General dated 16 September 2002. It further welcomes the understandings reached earlier this month in Vienna on practical arrangements for the return of inspectors.”

   2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625 (2002) · source

7. “This alone compels the Security Council to assume its responsibilities as provided for in the United Nations Charter, including paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 24. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the Security Council to use all available and reasonable means to resolve the Iraqi issue and settle it through continuous dialogue and negotiations. In this connection, the Jordanian Government would like to reiterate its position that the implementation of Security Council resolutions is an obligation on all States, without exception, including the Security Council's resolutions on the Middle East, whether they were adopted with regard to Iraq or to the occupied Palestinian territories.”

   2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625 (2002) · source

8. “The United Nations took it upon itself to maintain international peace and security by resorting to collective measures to prevent and remove threats to peace and to bring about, by peaceful means when possible and in accordance with the principles of justice and international law, the peaceful settlement of international disputes. Those purposes and guidelines are relevant to the current situation, which threatens the exhaustion of peaceful means in dealing with the Iraqi issue. As such, the Jordanian Government is of the opinion that all Member States of the United Nations should work towards achieving a solution through peaceful means and should avoid acts that would breach that peace and make the situation in the Middle East even more critical.”

   2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625 (2002) · source

9. “Mr. Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset allow me to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and wish you all success in fulfilling the task entrusted to you. I would also like to thank the previous president, the Permanent Representative of Bulgaria, His Excellency Ambassador Stefan Tafrov for the efforts he made during his presidency of the Council. At the end of World War 11, our Organization was established in an endeavour to save future generations from the scourge of war through the maintenance of justice, respect for international law and the promotion of basic human rights.”

   2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625 (2002) · source

10. “We therefore call upon all the parties concerned to enable the Palestinian Authority to rebuild its security institutions in order to carry out its duties. We call on all parties concerned to bring calm to the situation, to exercise self-restraint and to shoulder their responsibilities to support the efforts made by the Quartet and the brotherly Arab countries to bring the peace process back to its right track, based on the Madrid terms of reference, Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 1397 (2002) and the Arab peace initiative.”

    2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source

11. “At the same time, we strongly condemn all acts by Israel to undermine the political process and to escalate the situation, particularly the recent military acts against the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority and president Yasser Arafat. I would also like to reiterate my country's position of condemning all forms of suicide attacks against Israeli civilians, which are used as a pretext by certain groups to hinder international efforts to revive the peace process. We believe that those acts are perpetrated not only against Israeli civilians but against all the peoples of the region who wish to live in security and who want a comprehensive and just peace. We would also like to reiterate that Israel's practices and its siege of the Palestinian Authority have weakened the Palestinian side's ability to shoulder its responsibilities.”

    2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source

12. “We support and welcome the progress that has been achieved during the past few weeks, particularly the Gaza-Bethlehem agreement, and we viewed with great hope the calm that prevailed while international efforts were made to bring the peace process back to its right track. We call on all parties to commit themselves to the results of the last meeting of the Quartet, held in New York a few days ago, which resulted in a plan of action and a timetable to realize the American vision of establishing two States living side by side in peace with an independent Palestinian State established within the borders of 4 June 1967, and to put an end to the Israeli occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories.”

    2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source

13. “Mr. Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): First, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and wish you every success in your presidency. I must also extend my thanks to your predecessor, Mr. John Negroponte, the Ambassador of the United States, for his efforts during his presidency of the Council last month. It is regrettable that we are meeting to discuss once again the Israeli practices against the Palestinian Authority and people, which have been continuing since our last meeting in July 2002. Israel is still attempting to subjugate the Palestinian Authority and has been practising all forms of violence against the Palestinian people, arbitrary sieges, closures and curfews, ever since it reoccupied the Palestinian territories in September 2000.”

    2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source

14. “We also condemn the targeting and killing of civilians on both sides. We urge the Security Council to assume its responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations by calling on Israel immediately and totally to withdraw from all the territories it has reoccupied and to uphold its commitments under the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Times of War. We also call upon the Security Council to demand that Israel implement Security Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), with a view to putting an end to the Israeli occupation of all the occupied Arab territories and allowing the Palestinian people to establish their own State on all their national territory with Jerusalem as its capital.”

    2002-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4503 (2002) · source

15. “In this regard, we strongly condemn the recent Israeli actions against Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and consider them to be a serious threat to the security of the entire region that could lead to a total deterioration in the situation and loss of life. It is clear that this and other aggressions - such as the policy of assassination, the destruction of national institutions, homes and the infrastructure, collective detention, the security and economic blockade of Palestinian towns and villages and the killing of countless innocent Palestinian civilians- will not give Israel security. Furthermore, they represent a flagrant violation of the agreements signed between the two parties and of the norms of international humanitarian law and other international norms and instruments. We condemn these unacceptable and unjustified acts.”

    2002-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4503 (2002) · source

16. “This historic initiative reflects the readiness of the League of Arab States and all its members to recognize the State of Israel and to establish normal relations with it in return for its complete withdrawal from occupied Arab territories; the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital; and recognition of the rights of all Palestinian civilians under international law. We fully believe in the great importance of this decision, which represents a unique and historic opportunity to solve the Palestinian problem and end the Arab-Israeli conflict in a just and comprehensive manner. However, Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and its leadership continues, especially in Ramallah.”

    2002-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4503 (2002) · source

17. “Mr. Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): On behalf ofthe Arab Group, I wish to thank you, Sir, for your concern and prompt response in holding this emergency meeting to consider the critical situation in the Middle East. We also welcome the Secretary- General. As members know, the Arab Summit in Beirut recently adopted a new Arab initiative based on specific proposals made by His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

    2002-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4503 (2002) · source

18. “All other points relating to enhancing capacities, while important, are, in the modest opinion of my delegation, of only subordinate significance to this one point.”

    2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source

19. “It is our belief that, above all other considerations, if we are to make an impact, a real impact, in the area of physical protection of civilians in armed conflict, particularly where it relates to peacekeeping operations, Council members should lead the rest of us by example. In the event the Council contemplates a peacekeeping mandate where the provision of physical protection to civilians is being considered, from which we will reasonably infer the mission to be dangerous, Council members themselves, and in particular the permanent members, should be first in line to offer their troops for service with the United Nations and not leave it up to the Secretary-General to scramble for contributors.”

    2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source

20. “(spoke in English) The second point is that while we support the Secretary-General's recommendation that we continue to develop a "culture of protection", we also urge greater precision 4 not only because we use the word "culture" perhaps too often at the United Nations in referring to the requirement of a different mental orientation, as in a culture of peace, of prevention, of compliance, and so forth - but also because the physical/legal boundary for "protection" is not always clearly defined; and not defining it, or employing the term "protection" too casually, as was the case in the United Nations Protection Force, is unwise. In your very useful introductory note, Mr. President, you raise the question of what new capabilities are required in the United Nations system to ensure the recommendations are implemented.”

    2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source

21. “After all, occupation is not imposed on a civilian population through human-kindness and good will, but through force of arms and violence - and often for a long period of time. We believe that this category of vulnerable civilian population must be covered by the rubric of our discussion. For our delegation, the suffering of the Palestinian civilian population in the occupied territories, which has continued for decades, is a clear case in point. This has been recognized by relevant Security Council resolutions, and here we have civilians Who are legally protected by virtue of two realities - that is, the Council's own determination in recognizing in its own resolutions the prosecution of a belligerent occupation, and the existence of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which the occupying Power has, of course, acceded.”

    2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source

22. “Because of the grim reality facing millions of distressed civilians caught in situations of armed conflict, in desperate need of assistance and protection, the Security Council is duty-bound to take up a clear course of action guaranteeing the rights of all civilians, as spelled out in international law. The Secretary- General has submitted to the Council a second report (S/2001/331) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which is rich in analysis and comment and which places the responsibility to implement his recommendations on Governments and on the members of the Security Council - where that responsibility rightly lies. My delegation wishes to offer some observations on this subject. In the context of those reports, some measure of attention should be paid to the protection of civilians under foreign military occupation.”

    2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source

23. “Mr. Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): I wish at the outset to congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I am confident that the skill and the spirit of innovation with which you are guiding the work of the Council will ensure the success of today's debate. My thanks go also to Ambassador Kuchynski of Ukraine for the wisdom and ability with which he guided the work of the Council last month. I also thank you, Sir, for having made it possible for us to participate in this important debate.”

    2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source

24. “Ultimately, we consider the forging of such a relationship important only insofar as it is a temporary measure until we reach a point when, one day, many more of us will be willing to share the risks of deploying United Nations troops into an uncertain environment. We propose that, in one year's time, the then President of the Council consider the possibility of holding of a second open meeting on this subject, to gauge how successful we have been in fulfilment of these aims.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

25. “Not only would our Secretary-General then surmount his current problem of finding the required number of peacekeepers for the more dangerous missions, but the neat and clear-cut distinction between Council and troop contributors would happily fade into irrelevance. Until we reach this preferred situation, my delegation will continue to be realistic, though. We will continue to defend strongly the position long held by the Non-Aligned Movement on the need for more effective, institutional consultations between the Security Council and the TCCs. In this regard, we believe the responsibility for the creation of a more meaningful partnership lies principally with whomsoever holds the presidency of the Council and rests on the execution of sheer common sense.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

26. “It almost goes without saying that the price of privilege - the privilege of serving on the Council, the privilege of acting on behalf of the rest of us non- members in matters relating to international peace and security - should include the sharing of risk in the field. We therefore appeal most respectfully to the members of the Security Council that, when considering a difficult mandate for prospective United Nations peacekeepers, they lead us by example, and be first in line to offer troops. With that, you can be assured, Mr. President, a great many of us will be sure to follow.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

27. “But while we are prepared to serve with others, anywhere and everywhere, we are not prepared to be the servants of others, obeying blindly, unquestioning. The preferred solution to the problem before us is not one of strengthening cooperation between the Council and the troop contributors in a manner that only reinforces the status quo - that is, the existence of two communities - but, as Bangladesh has argued recently, of assuring ourselves that a respectable number of those serving on the Council themselves become troop contributors when the Council mandates the more dangerous United Nations-run peacekeeping operations.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

28. “Over the last decade, Jordan has consistently been one of the largest contributors to United Nations peacekeeping, having dispatched fully equipped battalions that are self-sustaining to some of the most dangerous and unforgiving areas of conflict, and we have suffered our fair share of casualties; and yet we are one of the smaller and poorer countries in the world, still owed millions of United States dollars by the United Nations for both current operations and operations that have long ceased to exist. My delegation does not intend to elicit any sympathy or be boastful about this. It would be improper for me to do so given the enormous sacrifices made by other Member States speaking here today.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

29. “Now, of course, we recognize that some members of the Council have never shirked the responsibility of sending their battalions into harm's way in the service of the United Nations. Nevertheless, the distribution of the risk burden is still very uneven. With a small number of Member States outside the Council shouldering the lion's share of risk, one cannot but feel there is something desperately wrong and immoral about all of this.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

30. “By the end of the year 2000, and specifically in November 2000, out of 189 Members of the United Nations, less than half - 88 to be exact - were contributors, including 14 members of the Security Council. Twenty-seven countries were contributors of formed units, including nine members of the Security Council, and by formed units I mean anything from platoon up; and out of 189 Member States, 22 supplied the United Nations with battalions, but only two of them were Council members. So our discussion today, focusing as it does on the relationship between the Council and troop contributors, makes sense only in the context of dangerous operations, requiring in most instances the injection of United Nations battalions to provide a more secure environment.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

31. “When this assumption of there being two communities does have resonance, and it resonates strongly, is when specific United Nations peacekeeping operations mounted today are recognized as being exceptionally dangerous; that is, when the risk of death and injury to United Nations peacekeepers is higher than is normally the case. In almost all of these cases it is also now widely accepted that United Nations battalions, and not monitors or specialists alone, should be part of the mission's operational tapestry if the United Nations is to accord some sense of security and stability to the country or region under consideration. If United Nations peacekeeping is examined today in broad statistical terms, we see the following.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

32. “When we speak of strengthening cooperation between the Security Council and troop-contributing countries (TCCs), we assume that two distinct communities exist: the Council and the contributors; or, put another way, we suppose that members of the Council are themselves not the contributors of troops. Obviously, this is not the case when peacekeeping, whether conducted by the United Nations or any other organization, is viewed in general terms or when participation in it is examined through a long historical lens. It is well appreciated that almost all Council members have, at one stage or another, contributed very significantly to United Nations, as well as to other, peacekeeping operations on the ground.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

33. “It will probably be said that we have spoken enough; what remains now is for us to implement Security Council resolution 1327 (2000) and General Assembly resolution 55/135. My delegation would agree absolutely on the need for the speedy implementation of the two resolutions. However, we would also join you, Mr. President, in seeing a need to review the topic again, and we intend, with your kind permission, to make one observation and to follow it up with a proposal. For lack of time, we will also restrict our comments to the relationship between the Council and the troop contributors, not because we deem the Secretariat's role here as unimportant - far from it - but because we believe that before we can formulate procedural mechanisms, we must first build some trust and understanding between the Member States of this Organization.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

34. “I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and all the new members of the Security Council on the assumption of your duties. We are, of course, grateful to you, Mr. President, and to the members for the gracious gesture of allowing non-members to take the floor first on this subject, and my delegation thanks you warmly for it. I would also like to offer our appreciation to Ambassador Lavrov for the dedicated manner in which he handled the Council's affairs during the month of December. I anticipate that a number of delegations will, during the course of the day, have us believe that the thematic debate is largely redundant, in view of the comprehensive discussions that flowed from the development of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone mandate in September 2000 and the issuance of the Brahimi Panel report.”

    2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source

35. “The King, the Government and the people of Jordan reaffirm their support for the fraternal Palestinian people in its endeavour to gain its legitimate rights and to establish an independent State of its own on its national territory, with Al-Quds Al- Sharif as its capital. On behalf of my Government, I convey our heartfelt condolences to the Palestinian leadership and to the fraternal Palestinian people with respect to their martyred brethren.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

36. “Such acts at the hands of forces that reject peace in Israel against the Palestinians could embroil the entire area in more violence and tension and thus undermine the peace process and could return the area to conflict, to violence, hostility and enmity. The Jordanian Government calls upon Israel immediately to stop all acts of violence, to lift the siege from Palestinian towns, to implement existing agreements and the relevant Security Council resolutions, and to respect the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949. It views as necessary the prompt dispatch of a fact-finding mission and the creation and deployment, under United Nations auspices, of an international observer force in the occupied territories.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

37. “The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against the Palestinians in the occupied territories as reflected in the occupation and the oppressive practices on the part of the occupation forces of Israel. Israel has escalated its acts of aggression and bombarded, by land, sea and air, the Palestinians and Palestinian institutions and civilian installations. There was also an act of aggression against the office of the Jordanian representative in Gaza. This incident is indeed regrettable. Jordan regrets the death of civilians on both sides. What is taking place in the occupied territories nourishes excesses and provocative acts.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

38. “The convening of this meeting at this time to grapple with the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is an expression of the keen interest of the Council and of its perception of the gravity of recent events that pose a threat to our area. This is indeed another link in the cycle of violence and bloodshed. His Majesty, King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein, warned of such events and of their implications for the peace process. They bear witness to the need in the Middle East for peace and the need on the part of the Palestinian people to rid itself of the yoke of oppression and occupation that has lasted so long.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

39. “Mr. Al Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): It gives me great pleasure to begin my statement by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the Presidency of the Security Council for this month. I am confident that your wisdom and wide experience and your ability will lead to the desired success of our work. I also wish to express my deep appreciation to your predecessor, Ambassador Martin Andjaba of Namibia, for the skilful way in which he guided the work of the Council during his presidency. I also wish to express my thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency session at the request of the Arab Group and the Movement of the Non-Aligned.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

40. “We call upon it to cease harming the Palestinian people. In particular, it must stop the harm being meted out by short-sighted extremists who, by their acts, are undermining the peace process and working to renew strife, violence, hatred and enmity in the region. Jordan, its King, its Government and its people reaffirm their solidarity with our brothers, the Palestinian people, as they seek to achieve their legitimate rights and establish their independent State on their national soil with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. May I, on behalf of my Government, express our condolences and sympathy to the Palestinian leadership and to our brothers, the Palestinian people, and with their innocent martyrs.”

    2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source

41. “We call on the Israeli Government to withdraw its forces from the territories and towns under Palestinian authority without delay. The events in Al-Quds Al-Sharif are a direct consequence of extremism and provocative practices perpetrated by those who reject peace inside Israel against Palestinians and against the feelings of Arabs and Muslims. The Prime Minister of Jordan, Mr. Ali Abul Ragheb, has stated that condoning extremism will only lead to further extremism and strife and will overcome the voice of dialogue, which we have all accepted in the region as the only effective means to reach just, lasting and comprehensive peace. The Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan calls on the Israeli Government to shoulder its responsibilities vis-a-vis this critical situation at this delicate stage of the peace process in the region.”

    2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source

42. “The convening of this emergency meeting at this time to take up the situation in the Palestinian occupied territories is a clear expression of how aware and concerned the Security Council is about the latest grave events that threaten our region with a new wave of violence and bloodshed. His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Al Hussein has warned of the threat of such acts to the peace process. These events once again reaffirm the urgent need for peace in the Middle East as well as the right of the Palestinian people to be rid of the injustice and occupation under which they have languished for a very long time. The Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan condemns the attacks and the heinous crimes committed against Palestinians in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the occupied territories by the Israeli occupation forces.”

    2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source

43. “Mr. Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): It is my pleasure at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council this month. I am confident that your wisdom, experience and wide-ranging knowledge will lead us to the desired success. May I also express our deep appreciation to your predecessor, the representative of Mali, for the skill with which he presided over the deliberations of the Council last month. May I furthermore express my thanks to you for convening this emergency meeting of the Security Council following a request by the League of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Movement of Non-Aligned States.”

    2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source