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Al-Murad

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2006-11-09
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2007-02-13
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  1. “Such a result would enable the Palestinian people to recover all their legitimate political rights and to establish their own independent State on their national soil, with Al-Quds as its capital, and would lead to a full Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan to the borders of 4 June 1967. Finally, if Israel should continue its illegal and unlawful demolition and excavation within the perimeter of the Al-Aqsa mosque, the Arab Group reserves the right to raise this issue once again to compel Israel to comply with the relevant United Nations resolutions, particularly Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 465 (1980).”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  2. “A just, comprehensive and lasting solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict - at the core of which is the Palestinian question - will never be found if Israel continues its unilateral actions to impose a fait accompli and influence the outcome of final-status negotiations. A lasting settlement must end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese lands on the basis of the resolutions of international legitimacy, including Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), the Madrid terms of reference and the principle of land for peace, as well as the requirements of the Road Map and the Arab Peace Initiative.”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  3. “Israel's continued demolition and excavation within the perimeter of the Al-Aqsa mosque, its military incursions and continued aggression on the territory of the Palestinian Authority within the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and its continued imposition of an economic siege, as well as its illegal construction of the separation wall, construction of new settlements and expansion of existing ones, are all unlawful and illegal practices. They clearly and openly violate international law, the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Road Map endorsed by the Security Council in its resolution 1515 (2003). Moreover, those practices not only have dire effects and consequences on the security and stability of the region and the world, but also undermine the international efforts led by the Quartet to revive the peace process.”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  4. “The Council has emphasized in numerous resolutions that all measures as well as judicial and administrative arrangements taken by Israel, the occupying Power, aiming at altering the legal status of the occupied city of Al-Quds and its demographic structure, are all null and void. Furthermore, these acts are in clear violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, which applies to all the territories that Israel has occupied since 1967, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif. They also violate The Hague Convention of 1954, which provides for protecting places of worship - which represent the spiritual heritage of peoples - from threats or hostile acts.”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  5. “While we express our strongest condemnation and denunciation of these hostile Israeli actions against the third holiest shrine of Islam and the first direction in which Muslims look, we call upon the Security Council as the body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security to assume its responsibilities and intervene immediately to make Israel respect decisions of international legitimacy and desist from such practices that target the religious and cultural identity of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and represent a provocation and disdain for Muslim sentiment. These practices also represent a flagrant violation of the 16 relevant Security Council resolutions, foremost among which is Security Council resolution 465 (1980).”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  6. “We hope that a Palestinian national unity Government will realize the aspirations and hopes of the Palestinian people, who have been suffering for decades from harsh economic and living conditions as a result of the policies and practices of the Israeli occupation. Since the Council's last discussion on the situation in the Middle East last month, the occupied territories have witnessed serious acts of violence and dangerous escalation on the part of the Israeli occupation authorities, most notably, the acts of demolition and excavation in the perimeters of the noble sanctuary, the Al-Aqsa mosque. These acts represent a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the mosque and a threat to its foundations, features and religious symbols.”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  7. “Events during the past few years have demonstrated the validity of the conviction established by the international community that the resolution of this question represents the essence itself of a comprehensive and just solution of the Arab- Israeli conflict. In this context, we commend the agreement that was reached in Mecca between the Palestinian factions. We appreciate the efforts of the fraternal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and of the Custodian of the Two Holy Sanctuaries, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, and all other Arab efforts that culminated in reaching this important agreement.”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  8. “I would like to express sorrow on behalf of the Arab Group for the tragic incident that took place today in Lebanon and which claimed the lives of civilians and caused casualties among passengers of two buses in the area of Bikfaya. It was a criminal act of terror that must be condemned. Today, the Council is discussing the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. This question has been the most important and outstanding matter on the Council's agenda for over five decades. As the Council is well aware, the question of Palestine is the quintessence and core of the Arab-Israeli conflict.”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  9. “Mr. Al-Murad (Kuwait) (spoke in Arabic): Mr. President, at the outset and on behalf of the Member States of the Arab Group, it is my pleasure to congratulate you on your presidency of the Security Council this month, and to wish you every success in conducting the Council's work. We also wish to thank your predecessor, the representative of the Russian Federation, for his distinguished conduct of the work of the Council last month. I would also like to express appreciation for the comprehensive report presented by Mr. Alvaro de Soto, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary-General's Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.”

    2007-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5629 (2007) · source

  10. “The State of Kuwait has great hopes that the Security Council will shoulder its responsibilities in the maintenance of international peace and security and adopt the draft resolution before it, because the Council's continued failure to take measures against Israel will undoubtedly give rise to the feeling that that country has special immunity from international condemnation of its crimes and that it is exempted or excepted from compliance with international conventions and agreements and international law. That would encourage Israel to continue its aggression and its inhuman practices, and thus the vicious circle of violence and instability in the region would continue.”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source

  11. “I would like to emphasize that as long as the Palestinian people cannot enjoy their legitimate rights, in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions, the principle of land for peace and the Arab Peace Initiative, there can be no just, lasting and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question, which lies at the heart of the Arab-Israeli struggle. On that basis, we call on the international community, including the Quartet, to pressure the Israeli Government to persuade it that there can be no military solution to this question and that the solution lies in the resumption of negotiations and of the peace process, leading to Israel's full withdrawal from the occupied territories and the implementation of internationally binding resolutions and of the requirements set out in the road map.”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source

  12. “It must also ensure that such practices do not recur, as that would lead to further deterioration in the living conditions of the Palestinian people and reduce the opportunities for resuming the peace process, which is at a stalemate because of Israel's intransigence, as it continues to reject all initiatives to move the process forward and persists in taking unilateral action. The State of Kuwait emphasizes its firm and principled stance in support of the struggle of the Palestinian people to realize all of their legitimate political rights and to establish an independent State on their territory, with Al-Quds as its capital.”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source

  13. “We believe that the Contracting Parties and those who adhere to that Convention are obligated to implement its provisions and condemn those practices rather than ignore them. Kuwait strongly condemns the military aggression that is being carried out by the occupying Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, which has led to massive destruction and heavy loss of life. We call for an immediate end to this aggression against civilians and for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territory. We call also for the establishment of an international mechanism to monitor the ceasefire and urge the international community, as represented in the Security Council, to shoulder its responsibility to rein in the Israeli Government by taking immediate measures to protect the civilian population.”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source

  14. “The list includes extrajudicial killings; the disproportionate and excessive use of force; the demolition of homes; the destruction of Palestinian institutions; and the continued construction of the separation wall, despite the emphasis by the International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion dated 9 July 2004, of the illegality of the wall given that it contravenes internationally binding resolutions by imposing restrictions on the mobility of Palestinians in the occupied territories and in continuing the policy of siege and collective punishment. All those practices represent a flagrant and explicit violation of the provisions of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilians in Time of War.”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source

  15. “It is unreasonable to attempt to justify Israeli practices in the occupied territories - practices that violate Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law - by saying that they constitute acts of self-defence, because those who are really defending themselves are the Palestinian people, who are resisting the occupation. Can civilized countries that champion and defend human rights and are bound by the provisions of relevant international agreements and conventions accept such acts?”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source

  16. “Israeli forces have in the past few days carried out massacres in Beit Hanoun and in other parts of the occupied territories, the most recent of which occurred yesterday and in which nearly 20 martyrs were killed, most of them women and children. Even more surprising are the statements made by Israeli officials to the effect that the recent massacre was due to a technical failure. These acts of aggression are perpetrated under the pretext of self-defence. That is a flimsy justification, and the fact that some accept it raises questions as to their credibility and neutrality.”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source

  17. “We hope that the Council will shoulder its responsibilities and take urgent measures to put an end to Israeli acts of aggression such as those that occurred recently, which killed dozens of people and injured many more. Israeli practices in the occupied territories have reached a level of intensity that cannot be ignored. Military incursions into the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have become routine, and the death of civilians, including women, children and the elderly, hardly attracts the attention of the international community, which should call on it to halt or prevent such practices, which violate the norms of international law.”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source

  18. “Mr. Al-Murad (Kuwait) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to extend my profound gratitude to you, Mr. President, for responding to the request by the States of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Islamic and Arab Groups to hold this important meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation in the occupied territories that has resulted from Israel's acts of aggression against the Gaza Strip. We believe that the speedy response by the Security Council in discussing these developments represents a recognition of the seriousness of the situation in the occupied territories and of its negative impact on peace and security in the Middle East region and in the world as a whole.”

    2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564Resumption1 (2006) · source