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Al-Khalifa

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  1. “For this they deserve our appreciation and continued support until the United Nations fulfils its goals of maintaining peace and security throughout the world, as laid down in the Charter of the United Nations.”

    1997-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3769 (1997) · source

  2. “In this regard, we call upon the Angolan people to sustain what has been achieved politically and to consolidate it on the basis of peace-building and economic development. To realize this objective, we support the Secretary-General's conviction that the international community should remain engaged in Angola until the full implementation of the Lusaka Protocol is achieved. The success story in Angola would not have been possible without the commitment and the generous contributions of the community of nations. Today we have a new spirit in the difficult task of peace-making and peacekeeping. I am sure that the Secretary-General and his staff spared no effort to achieve this historic accord.”

    1997-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3769 (1997) · source

  3. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, Sir, for convening and presiding over this meeting. At the same time, I would like to take this opportunity to convey through you my thanks to your predecessor, our colleague from Poland. I have the honour and the pleasure to welcome the formation of the new Government of Unity and National Reconciliation in Angola on behalf of the Asian Group and my country. This is truly an important juncture in African history. After decades of civil strife, the people of Angola have come together to establish peace and stability in their country. This peace agreement is a source of pride not only for the African continent, but also for the world as a whole. We hope that it will have far-reaching effects on conflict situations around the world.”

    1997-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3769 (1997) · source

  4. “Proceeding from genuine concern for the future of peace, we call on the Council to take the necessary actions to ensure that no settlement activities will be implemented in the occupied Arab territories, including in the Holy City of Al-Quds/Jerusalem, and in particular to ensure that the Israeli decision to establish this settlement at Jabal Abu Ghneim will not be implemented, so that the resolutions of the Security Council will be upheld and the peace process preserved.”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  5. “Furthermore, we want this debate in the Security Council to send a clear- cut message to the Israeli Government that its persistent policy of building settlements and delaying the implementation of existing agreements is categorically unacceptable. Eiiifilfcfly'll ' ...W...., "33,3313; In conclusion, I would like, on behalf of the Arab Group and my country, to express my appreciation to those representatives who declared their Governments' rejection of the Israeli decision, which violates international legality and constitutes an obstacle to peace in the Middle East.”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  6. “We have witnessed progress, from the Madrid Conference on to Oslo on to the peace agreement with Jordan. Our hopes for the future were raised by three economic conferences on the Middle East and North Africa, held in Casablanca, Amman and Cairo, respectively. A fourth conference is scheduled to be held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, this year. The goodwill, dedication and courage invested by those committed to achieving peace must not be squandered. This reckless move highlights the lack of Israeli commitment to the peace process and threatens to reverse all our efforts. It is the responsibility of the international community and of the co-sponsors of the peace process to ensure that Israel complies with all its conunitments.”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  7. “These resolutions include 267 (1969), 271 (1969), 298 (1971) and, in particular, resolution 476 (1980). This resolution asserts that the application by Israel of the so-called basic law on Jerusalem is a violation of international law; it affirms the applicability of the fourth Geneva Convention to all the territories occupied by Israel since 1967; and it rejects Israel's claim to Jerusalem, along with other actions by Israel that alter the status of Jerusalem. Furthermore, settlement activities violate the 1993 Oslo accords and the 1995 Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority on the territories occupied since 1967. For the past five years, there has been a genuine movement forward towards the achievement of a lasting peace in the region.”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  8. “In the same context, we would recall Security Council resolution 446 (1979), which determines that the Israeli policy of establishing settlements in the territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, constitutes a serious and illegal obstruction to achieving peace in the Middle East. The resolution calls once more upon Israel to desist from taking any action which would result in changing the legal status and geographical nature and materially affecting the demographic composition of the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem. We would like also to recall a series of resolutions in which the Security Council deplored Israel's refusal to comply with international law, as well as the Council's repeated calls to Israel to abandon its intransigent and expansionist policies.”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  9. “It is also a serious infringement of United Nations resolutions and floats numerous relevant resolutions of the Security Council. In this respect, we should like to recall resolution 242 (1967), which calls on Israel to withdraw from all Arab territories occupied in 1967, and resolution 252 (1968), which declares that all legislative and administrative measures taken by Israel, including the expropriation of land and properties, that alter the status of Jerusalem are null and void, and calls upon Israel to rescind all such measures taken and to desist from further actions affecting the status of Jerusalem.”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  10. “It has repeatedly delayed withdrawal from occupied areas, and in September 1996 its decision to open the tunnel under the Western Wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque precipitated a well- known crisis, which led to serious violence. The decision to build this settlement is yet another step in a premeditated policy of creeping annexation of Arab lands. As Chairman of the Group of Arab States for this month and on behalf of my own country, I should like to express to the Security Council our outrage and dismay at this arrogant move, which undermines the basic principle of land for peace that was agreed to at the Madrid Conference. We strongly condemn this decision by the Israeli Government. It is a decision that constitutes a flagrant violation of the fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949).”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  11. “It is a move calculated to alter the legal status and demographic composition of J erusalem. This is a new development in a disturbing pattern of decisions and actions aimed at imposing afait accompli prior to the opening of final-status negotiations this month. Since coming to power, the present Israeli Government has acted to strip the peace process of its content. It has even exploited the process to serve its own political objectives. First, it announced that it would not be bound by agreements signed by the previous Government and the Palestinian National Authority. Then it ruled out any compromise on East Jerusalem or on a Palestinian state.”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  12. “Mr. Al-Khalifa (Qatar) (interpretation from Arabic): Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish also to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Fifty-second year " ........., 'E'ixiileifieg'i Mahugu, on his excellent performance last month. Finally, I should like to thank you for convening this important meeting at the request of the Group of Arab States. This is a critical time. The occupied Palestinian territories once again face an extremely grave situation, which is seriously endangering the Middle East peace process. The Israeli Government's decision to build a new settlement of 6,500 housing units in Jabal Abu Ghneim is a deliberate attempt to cut off Arab East Jerusalem from the remainder of the Palestinian West Bank.”

    1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source

  13. “We call upon this Council to adopt a resolution that will prompt the Israeli Government to stop its oppressive practices against the Palestinian people and to honour the pledges and agreements it has made in the interests of maintaining international peace and security.”

    1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source

  14. “In that connection, we should like to reaffirm the necessity of pursuing the peace process in the Middle East, convinced as we are that that is the strategic option in that region for the sake of its prosperity, future and peoples. We believe that peace must be based on justice and equity and on the restoration of rights that cannot be denied and on commitments that cannot be withdrawn. Should Israel continue to flout its commitments, to ignore the bases of the peace process, to renege on its promises and pledges entered into within the framework of that process, and to prevaricate and procrastinate over their implementation, that can only lead to a set-back in the peace process and subject the region to a cycle of violence and tension once again.”

    1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source

  15. “Bahrain, which is anxious to see the peace process in the Middle East continue, supports the statement by the Council of the League of Arab States on 21 September and appeals to the international community, the members of the European Union and the sponsors of the peace process to bring pressure to bear upon Israel to cease its practices designed to judaize the city of Jerusalem and alter its demographic and legal character. We also call upon the international community to bring pressure to bear upon Israel to change its views on settlements in the Arab territories and to act in a way consonant with the peace process in the area.”

    1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source

  16. “We condemn the Israeli policy that has led to the massacre of defenceless Palestinians and we denounce the Israeli measures designed to alter the Islamic character of historic sites. We call upon Israel to close the tunnel from Baruch Square under the western wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque because it jeopardizes the integrity of the Mosque as well as other Islamic sites in the area. At the same time, we call upon Israel to comply with relevant Security Council resolutions with regard to Jerusalem and with the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention concerning occupied territories.”

    1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source

  17. “A few days ago, we were surprised at the opening by the Israeli authorities of the tunnel under the historic Islamic sites in occupied Jerusalem in an attempt to judaize the Islamic character of that city. The Israeli measure gave rise to outrage in the Palestinian territories in particular, and in the Islamic world in general, where it was viewed as an act of aggression against the Islamic holy places and an affront to the feelings of Muslims and Arabs. It is regrettable that the Israeli authorities have dealt with the angry and legitimate reaction in the Palestinian territories in a manner that runs counter to the search for peace in the area. Israeli armed forces have opened fire upon defenceless Palestinians demonstrating against the Israeli action, claiming the lives of scores and injuring hundreds more.”

    1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source

  18. “Mr. Al-Khalifa (Bahrain)(interpretation from Arabic): Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the State of Bahrain, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We hope that your efforts in the maintenance of international peace and security will be crowned with success. I should be remiss were I not also to express my appreciation and thanks to your predecessor, Ambassador Eitel of Germany, for his efforts during his presidency of the Council last month. The State of Bahrain views with deep concern the tragic events that have taken place in the Palestinian territories in recent days.”

    1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source