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Al Marar

lines on the record: 26
first: 2023-04-24
most recent: 2023-11-29
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-security-council

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“We cannot allow our region to remain hostage to crises and conflicts. Our peoples deserve to live in security and stability. Our youth aspire for a better future. And we in the United Arab Emirates are determined to achieve that.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“From now we must work towards creating conditions conducive to resuming serious negotiations, based on the agreed terms of reference, to achieve the two-State solution, so that those steps may be implemented as soon as a ceasefire is reached. We underscore that achieving durable peace will not be possible without ending the Israeli occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories and establishing an independent Palestinian State, along 4 June 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel in security, peace and mutual recognition. Meanwhile, we must prevent the region from sliding into regional war, which would have repercussions affecting the entire world. Therefore, the ongoing skirmishes in southern Lebanon, the Syrian Golan and the Red Sea must end.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Settler violence has also reached unprecedented levels, manifesting in serious and severe forms, while Israel has bombed refugee camps in Jenin, Nablus and other locales. Concurrently, Israel continues to build and expand its settlements, further dividing Palestinian communities in violation of international law and Security Council resolutions. All those illegal practices must stop now. The ongoing turmoil cannot endure additional provocative measures or violence and hate speech. The security of both peoples and the region is at stake. The recent events have demonstrated the need for the international community to stop merely managing the conflict. Instead, we must work to revive hope for the possibility of reaching a just, lasting and comprehensive political solution to the Palestinian question.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“In addition, we have announced contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and launched a public campaign to support those affected in Gaza. The campaign has collected more than 1,600 tons of relief materials, which were delivered to the Gaza Strip. As the world is focused on the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip, we must not overlook the worrisome conditions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Those areas have been facing mounting Israeli aggression since the beginning of 2023, resulting in the killing of 400 Palestinians. Repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque by extremist groups under the protection of the Israeli authorities have become commonplace.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“We commend the efforts made by the Arab Republic of Egypt in facilitating aid access through the Rafah crossing and allowing the sick, injured, hostages and other civilians to exit Gaza. For its part, the United Arab Emirates continues its efforts to stand by the brotherly Palestinian people during the most difficult crisis in Gaza. A few days ago, we began delivering the necessary materials to establish a field hospital in the Gaza Strip under the supervision of a United Arab Emirates medical team. We received groups of children from Gaza in our hospitals. That is part of our initiative to host 1,000 children and their families, along with an additional 1,000 Palestinian cancer patients, ensuring they receive the necessary medical attention.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“We stress the importance of ensuring the full implementation of resolution 2712 (2023), which demands that all parties respect their obligations under international law and calls for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and the unconditional release of detainees. In that context, we underline the relevance of the Secretary-General’s remarks today and stress the importance of establishing mechanisms to ensure the effective implementation of that resolution. It is also necessary to improve mechanisms for the safe, permanent, unhindered access of aid into Gaza through all crossings in a safe and sustained manner with sufficient quantities needed on the ground, while ensuring the distribution of aid to all those in need without restriction or delay.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Furthermore, scaling up humanitarian aid and agreeing on further truce extensions are necessary to allow sufficient time and space for the implementation of critical relief activities, such as reaching thousands of people trapped under rubble. Simultaneously, ongoing efforts must persist to ensure an immediate and permanent ceasefire. We express our appreciation to Qatar, Egypt and the United States for their tireless diplomatic efforts to reach that agreement and for their support in its implementation. We also value their efforts in addressing one of the most difficult crises in the history of the Middle East today.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“We also stress the need for the international community to adopt unified rules condemning violations of international humanitarian law. That includes the indiscriminate bombing of civilians, civilian objects and United Nations facilities. Applying double standards across those issues causes chaos and undermines our international order, which must continue to be based on respect for international law and the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security. Following weeks of dangerous escalation, the United Arab Emirates believes that the truce reached by the two parties last week and the ceasefire for four days while delivering limited amount of aid, exchanging Palestinian prisoners with Israeli detainees, extending the truce for two more days represent a sign of hope.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“The fact that nearly 80 per cent of the people in Gaza have been displaced since the beginning of the offensive, with more than 1 million people taking refuge in the facilities belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, demonstrates the magnitude of the catastrophe, especially in the light of the significant lack of relief aid. The United Arab Emirates reaffirms in the strongest terms its condemnation of Israel’s collective punishment policy against the brotherly Palestinian people, as well as the attempts to displace the Palestinians, which we categorically reject. The future and the governance of Gaza must remain in the hands of the Palestinian people. Any presumptions or plans that seek to separate the Gaza Strip from the State of Palestine are unacceptable.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Children’s limbs were amputated without anaesthesia; premature infants were removed from incubators; and patients in intensive care units have died, turning health facilities into graves. Furthermore, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced to displace from northern Gaza to southern Gaza amid extremely difficult and dangerous conditions. That has occurred despite the absence of any safe havens in the Strip and the painful scene that evoked memories of the 1948 Nakba.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Scenes of complete destruction in Gaza are horrific and reveal an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Entire neighbourhoods have been razed to the ground, along with their residents. Sixty per cent of housing units and more than 300 education facilities were destroyed. People stand in long lines hoping to get a piece of bread or a few drops of water, as humanitarian aid is being prevented from reaching Gaza, except very little as compared to the overwhelming needs. Even the wounded and the sick have been deprived of their right to health care, as Israel has deliberately and unacceptably targeted hospitals and health facilities, compelling their evacuation. Concurrently, there have been deliberate disruptions to fuel and medical supplies. In sum, such actions have led to a collapse of the entire health sector.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al Marar (United Arab Emirates) (spoke in Arabic): I thank Secretary-General António Guterres and Special Envoy Tor Wennesland for their important briefings. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the United Nations and the sacrifices made by its staff to provide assistance to the Gaza Strip during this difficult time. In an area that does not exceed 365 square kilometres, more than 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are enduring an Israeli attack that does not respect human values or adhere to international law and norms. More than 15,000 targets were bombed in that confined space, killing at least 14,000 Palestinians, predominantly women and children. According to the United Nations, medical teams, journalists and humanitarian workers have not been spared. That has profoundly shaken global conscience in an unprecedented manner.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“We will continue our unwavering solidarity with the brotherly Palestinian people and their legitimate right to establish an independent Palestinian State, based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Finally, the ongoing challenges and crises in our region, including the most recent developments in the Sudan, make it imperative to focus on the voices that call for dialogue and the peaceful settlement of conflicts. We must employ all available diplomatic means and open communication channels to avoid tensions and foster stability across the region. We hope that multilateral action will prove its ability to avoid the deadly conflicts looming on the horizon.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“As confirmed in the Council’s recent presidential statement (S/PRST/2023/1), that includes all acts of violence directed against civilians. We look forward to the international community continuing to express its categorical rejection of any rhetoric that incites escalation. The current tensions cannot withstand any further incitement of violence and hatred. What is at stake is not only the fate of the two peoples, who deserve to live in peace and security, but also the fate of the security and stability of the entire region. For its part, the United Arab Emirates will continue to support all regional and international efforts aimed at achieving those goals.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“We must not waste the current opportunity to build on the momentum generated by the Aqaba and Sharm El-Sheikh meetings, at which the two parties were able to reach a mutual understanding, following the lapse of serious talks since 2014. As such, we must ensure that the parties are committed to and implement that understanding and intensify their efforts to restore confidence, which will pave the way to resuming direct negotiations on final-status issues. The main responsibility for ending violence lies with the parties that instigated it in the first place. As members of the international community and of the organ responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, we also have the responsibility to reject any violations of international law and Security Council resolutions.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“It is clear that the current phase of the conflict is very delicate and dangerous, in particular as we witness the continued violations of the fragile truce on the Gaza Strip, as well as the recent increase in violence through the exchange of missiles between southern Lebanon and Israel. Those clashes and increased tensions reflect the regional dimensions of the conflict and the fragility of the security and stability of the situation. Therefore, it is no longer possible for the international community to address the conflict with the complacency that we witnessed in previous years. The current situation requires maintaining the pressure to reduce escalation on all fronts, continuing the calls for exercising maximum restraint and avoiding the adoption of unilateral measures.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“Those numbers represent alarming facts on the ground and serve to highlight the urgent need to protect the two-State solution, which represents the vision agreed upon by the international community and the Council to end the conflict. That is also the only solution that will ensure that the two States of Palestine and Israel live side by side in peace, security and mutual recognition. Therefore, we reiterate our call on Israel to immediately cease all its settlement activities, reverse the negative trends on the ground and uphold its responsibilities in accordance with international law, including international humanitarian law.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“The number of Palestinians killed in the first three months of this year alone accounts for approximately half of the total number of those killed in the previous year — the deadliest death toll in nearly two decades. The heinous attack on the Palestinian village of Huwwara also raised alarm about the trajectory of upcoming events, in particular if Israel continues to embolden settlers, provide them with legal immunity and exploit them as a tool to help confiscate more occupied Palestinian land, while continuing its settlement activities. I would like to draw the Council’s attention to the fact that, according to the United Nations, there are almost 700,000 settlers in 279 illegally built settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, 147 of which are outposts.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“As we have reiterated on many occasions, we underscore today that the special status of the city of Jerusalem must not be compromised. The historical and legal status quo of Jerusalem and the Hashemite custodianship of its holy sites must be respected, both in word and in practice. We believe that Israel’s decision to prevent settlers from storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the last 10 days of Ramadan prevented further confrontation. However, we regret the resurgence of unrest in the city of Jerusalem following yesterday’s attacks, which reflects the continued deterioration of the situation since the beginning of this year. We are deeply concerned about the continued violence and the increase in raids, demolitions and displacements of Palestinians, which have further exacerbated the situation.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al Marar (United Arab Emirates) (spoke in Arabic): I thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this high-level debate. I also thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing and his continued efforts to de-escalate tensions. At the beginning of my statement, I would like to congratulate the Muslim nation on the happy occasion of Eid Al-Fitr. We are relieved that thousands of worshippers were able to say their Eid Al-Fitr prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in peace and calm, in contrast to the painful incidents that we witnessed during the month of Ramadan when Israeli police forces attacked worshippers in violation of the sanctity of places of worship and of the freedom to practice one’s religion.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“During the coronavirus disease pandemic, public-private partnerships in the United Arab Emirates, including Dubai Ports World and the International Humanitarian City, supported multilateral efforts to ensure the global distribution of medical equipment and coronavirus vaccines. As the incoming President of the twenty- eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, we believe that the inclusion of all relevant stakeholders, especially in vulnerable countries, is a cornerstone of success. The input of women, young people, indigenous groups, scientists, academia and the private sector will be channelled across all the Conference’s outcomes. In conclusion, we stress that only by working together can we establish peace, stability and prosperity for all nations and peoples.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“Secondly, protecting global common goods must be a top priority. Facilitating the peaceful settlement of disputes, promoting human security and devising collective solutions, even if they are only partial, are key to addressing the challenges facing humankind. We have recently seen some constructive initiatives aimed at promoting cooperation, but that type of forward- looking cooperation should be the norm rather than the exception. The historic High Seas Treaty, and before it the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, are specific examples of multilateral achievements that portend a better future for our peoples. Thirdly and lastly, multilateralism cannot be merely an intergovernmental process. The perspectives of all stakeholders, including women and young people, must also help drive the relevant discussions.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“It is those same Member States that can prevent or realize the reforms needed to make multilateralism more effective. Our international institutions and structures are currently unable to address today’s challenges, which means that we must reform our multilateral mechanisms, including the Security Council, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, with a view to improving their legitimacy and representativeness. Decisions should be made with vulnerable countries’ participation, not just by taking their concerns into consideration. For example, the emerging discussions on reforming the international financial institutions so that they can better support the countries of the global South are encouraging developments in promoting equality among peoples and establishing stability worldwide.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“If we are to address our common challenges and threats we have to promote dialogue and cooperation among nations. We must redouble our efforts to peacefully resolve conflicts and crises from Ukraine to the Sudan. In that context, the following three points are critical if multilateralism is to improve peoples’ lives. First, multilateralism must serve the wider United Nations membership, which reflects the rights and aspirations of the planet’s 8 billion people and should remain front and centre in our work. Yet our international polarization and competing interests mean that the multilateral system and its mechanisms often struggle to act effectively. Some Member States have always been able to influence multilateralism and its conduct, including how to establish its systems and whether or not they function in all of our interests.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“Those principles, including respect for every nation’s sovereignty, the peaceful resolution of disputes and the prohibition of the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State are fundamental to the ability of the United Nations to take effective measures in accordance with the Charter. That is now a vital issue as we see the world experiencing major challenges and the largest numbers of armed conflicts since 1945. The forced displacement of populations is at an all-time high. And as we struggle to keep the Earth’s warming temperature within the 1.5˚C goal, our international efforts to deal with the growing threats of extremism and terrorism are encountering great difficulties.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al Marar (United Arab Emirates) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over today’s meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his insightful briefing. Our sustained commitment to effective multilateralism, based on international law and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, is essential to maintaining international peace and security, and defending the principles of the Charter is therefore vital to maintaining effective multilateralism.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source