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Al Omoush

lines on the record: 41
first: 2019-08-02
most recent: 2022-07-26
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“In conclusion, Jordan will continue to support our brother Palestinian people and to work to help them enjoy all their legitimate rights, especially their right to self-determination and the creation of a sovereign and independent State within 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“Preserving calm means that Israel must respect the Mosque’s legal and historic status and work for a genuine political future that guarantees the implementation of all the legitimate rights of our brother people of Palestine. The continued efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to provide its services are essential until a just and lasting solution for Palestinian refugees can be found, ensuring their right to return and to redress, in accordance with international law and resolutions of international legitimacy, above all resolution 194 (III).”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“As the occupying Power, Israel has a responsibility with regard to what happens in Jerusalem and should therefore respect the current legal and historic status of the city, uphold the provisions of international law and international humanitarian law regarding the duties of the occupying Power and refrain from violating basic principles, especially with regard to the historic status of the Muslim and Christian institutions in Al-Quds, the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, all of which are under the Hashemite custodianship. In that regard, we reiterate that pursuant to the provisions of international humanitarian law, the Jordanian administration of Al-Quds and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the only responsible party for managing all affairs related to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in its entire area of 144,000 square metres.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“We should work collectively to create a mechanism that makes it possible to reach a genuine political horizon that can enable a return to serious, effective negotiations to resolve the Palestinian question, in accordance with international law, the resolutions of international legitimacy, the Arab Peace Initiative and the agreed parameters.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“The alternative is continued conflict, exacerbated by constant violations of the Palestinian people’s rights and illegal measures that undermine the prospects for peace, and Jordan rejects any unilateral measures that contribute to that. We emphasize the importance of respecting the legal and historic status of Jerusalem and its holy sites, based on the historic Hashemite custodianship of Muslim and Christian holy sites undertaken by His Majesty King Abdullah. We must stabilize the situation and put an end to the unilateral measures undermining the possibility of a two-State solution and of reaching a just and comprehensive peace.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al Omoush (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate Brazil on its presidency of the Security Council for this month and to thank Ms. Hastings for her briefing. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan reiterates the importance of reaching a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question, based on the existence of two States. There can be no security, stability or prosperity in the region without a solution that guarantees the establishment of an independent Palestinian State within the borders of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side in security and peace with Israel. We need effective action to make political progress that can lead to a just and comprehensive peace based on a two-State solution.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“Finally, the historical Hashemite custodianship is a duty and a responsibility that the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will perform with all its resolve, capabilities and means in a way that supports the right of Palestinian brothers and sisters to obtain their legitimate rights, in particular their right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent sovereign State within the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021 (2022) · source
“In the context of Jordan’s efforts to maintain calm and respect for the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem, we demanded that Israel take a number of measures that it was hoped would contribute to preventing clashes, including, but not limited to, allowing free access for Muslim worshippers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, lifting the restrictive barriers to Jerusalemites and the people of the West Bank and removing all restrictions aimed at limiting the right of Christians to free and unhindered access to the churches of the Old City, especially the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Israel, the occupying Power, should not obstruct the administration of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf and should enable it to perform its duties, including with regard to controlling security inside Al-Haram Al-Sharif and access to the site.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021 (2022) · source
“Comprehensive calm should be maintained, which requires Israel to respect the legal and historical status quo of the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif and to find a genuine political horizon that guarantees the fulfilment of all the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people on the basis of the two- State solution. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has recently engaged with our Palestinian brothers and other international actors, including Israel, the United States of America and major European countries, within the framework of Jordan’s efforts and ongoing role in protecting Islamic and Christian holy sites, to restore and maintain a comprehensive calm and to prevent further escalation, which would have significant consequences for security and stability in the region as a whole.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021 (2022) · source
“Israel, the occupying Power, bears responsibility for what is happening in Jerusalem. It must respect the legal and historical status quo, abide by the provisions of international humanitarian law and international law related to the duties of the occupying Power and not attempt to infringe upon basic principles, especially with regard to the historical status quo at Muslim and Christian holy sites, in particular in the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, all of which fall under the historical Hashemite custodianship. In that vein, we stress that the Jordanian administration of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf is the only entity authorized under the provisions of international humanitarian law to manage all the affairs of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in its entirety, amounting to 144,000 square metres.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al Omoush (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I congratulate you, Madam President, on the friendly United Kingdom’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his briefing. The dangerous Israeli escalation at the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif requires international coordination to prevent any illegal escalating measures aimed at altering the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem. The storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli army and police in recent days, which led to injuries among worshippers and the arrest of hundreds, is a dangerous and condemnable escalation that threatens to ignite tensions. Those incursions have caused a major rift in the most basic rules of coexistence in the holy land.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021 (2022) · source
“During the general debate of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein emphasized that “[t]olerance, compassion and the equality of all human beings are the values that make global harmony and collective action possible. Those are the values that permeate the Charter of the United Nations — to live together in peace as good neighbours, to honour the rights and equality of all and to combine our efforts and unite our strengths, not only in order to maintain peace and security but also to improve human life through justice, prosperity and greater hope for humankind. “Those are the moral obligations that the United Nations founders set forth. Now they are our responsibility. We must not fail.” (A/74/PV.3, pp. 39-40)”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“That initiative by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al-Hussein Bin Abdullah helped to introduce a new phase of United Nations engagement on youth, mobilizing the necessary international support to give young people the attention that they deserve while ensuring a better future for them and protecting them from the negative effects of conflict and from being recruited by evil, violent and extremist forces. We also stress the important role of women in establishing security and stability in their communities as well as their fundamental role in spreading the principles of harmony, tolerance and peace. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the Organization and its Charter in the twenty-first century, we must prioritize young people in the international community.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“Given the important role of young people in building and maintaining peace and security, during its membership of the Security Council for the period from 2014 to 2015 Jordan proposed the historic resolution 2250 (2015), on youth, peace and security, to help integrate young people as an essential partner and to promote their positive role and representation in decision-making in order to empower them and enable them to achieve sustainable peace and counter extremism.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“In line with our commitment to the Charter, the promotion of peace, the protection of humanity and the alleviation of the impact of wars and conflicts on vulnerable groups worldwide, Jordan has participated for decades in United Nations peacekeeping operations across the world. In fact, we have contributed more than 100,000 Jordanians to peacekeeping operations that help to protect civilians in difficult and complex situations. The Kingdom will continue to support the United Nations approach and efforts for peacebuilding and peacekeeping at all levels.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“The international community must do its utmost to uphold justice and ensure the implementation of international resolutions by providing the necessary political environment founded on respect for human rights and tolerance, as well as creating opportunities for inclusive development and finding fundamental solutions to unemployment and social imbalance. That would contribute directly to building stability, trust and universal justice that would exclude no one. Throughout the world we must uphold the values that are the foundation for our harmony and mutual coexistence.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“The significant changes, challenges and priorities of the international community, as well as addressing them, are adequate proof of the need for the Organization to adapt, develop and improve so that it can carry out its work in an effective and tangible manner, especially to deal with transnational challenges, particularly terrorism, violent extremism, xenophobia, climate change, migration and refugee issues. The nature of such challenges requires comprehensive international action to address the root causes through a deeper understanding of the interconnected socioeconomic and existential dimensions of those phenomena, the solutions to which must be equally comprehensive and far-reaching. That also applies to international peace and security.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“Jordan’s leadership has garnered the support of the countries of the region and other countries concerned as it demonstrates Jordan’s full commitment to supporting the initiatives of the Secretary-General based on our belief in achieving regional and international peace and security. Our region urgently needs to build trust, strengthen cooperation and achieve peace rather than suffer conflicts so that our people can live in peace and security in order to realize the future they want.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“They have also demonstrated the need to increase the effectiveness of the Organization by providing it with all the necessary resources and mechanisms to empower it and to address the root causes of its deficiencies. My country therefore supports the wide-ranging reform programme launched by Secretary-General António Guterres to enhance the effectiveness and transparency of the Organization and its capacities to counter crises. In that regard, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan presided in 2019 over the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction, pursuant to General Assembly decision 73/546, which called on the Secretary-General to convene annual sessions of this Conference.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“We are committed to moderation and believe that regional and international disputes can only be resolved through peaceful means, diplomacy and dialogue, while refraining from resorting to force or the threat of using it. The United Nations and responsible countries renounce the escalation of violence in order to spare the world further wars and human suffering as a result of military confrontation. In the context of the rapid pace of change in international political and strategic relations, the recent international crises, especially those in the Middle East, have shown the importance of the principles and purposes on which the United Nations was founded and its central role in establishing and maintaining international peace and security.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“Jordan, which joined the United Nations in 1955, fully believes that this international Organization cannot succeed in carrying out its responsibilities unless it is committed to implementing its resolutions and related operations in compliance with the values of justice and international law. The international community, at all levels, must implement all the commitments resulting from those resolutions. In its foreign policy, Jordan is also committed to upholding international norms and the diplomatic principles governing bilateral and multilateral relations, while maintaining the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of others.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“Commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and to the rules of international law has always been the mainstay of our foreign policy. Jordan has always been committed to respecting international and bilateral treaties and conventions, while implementing all international resolutions. We have rejected double standards and selective approaches, especially when it comes to resolutions on the Palestinian question, based on our belief in the role of the United Nations as the authoritative standard for international relations and the diplomatic settlement of disputes and for the establishment of international law.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“Mr. Al Omoush (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to commend your initiative, Mr. President, to convene this meeting on the theme “Maintenance of international peace and security: Upholding the United Nations Charter”, which coincides with the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. I would also like to congratulate Viet Nam on joining the Council for the period 2020-2021. I wish you, Sir, all the best at the helm of the Council this month. We look forward to working with you and with the incoming members of the Council: Estonia, the Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Tunisia. I would like to thank the Secretary-General and all the other briefers for their valuable statements.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to reaffirm that Jordan will continue to play its political and diplomatic role, regionally and internationally, based on moderation and mutual respect. Achieving peace in the Middle East will remain the main focus of Jordanian diplomatic efforts until all rights and Palestinian and Arab territories have been restored and an independent Palestinian State has been created, with cast Jerusalem as its capital. It is high time to establish comprehensive, lasting and just peace that opens up future horizons for the coming generations.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“This reality alone should make us think together in order to address these challenges and ensure that we can provide everyone with a bright future The most importantpillarofcoexistenceis achieving stability for the peoples of the world. We need to open up new horizons, provide opportunities and offer hope for achieving sustainable global development. We need plans to improve infrastructure, provide education, enable women and young people to develop, ensure security, provide employment and energy supplies, address the challenges posed by climate change and support industrial and agricultural sectors. That would necessarily lead to stability and social and economic prosperity for the people.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Jordan has had to deal with the effects of those waves of refugees, which has meant that we in turn have required assistance to alleviate the consequent burden, particularly given our social and economic situation as a receiving State alongside our hosting local communities. In that regard, I would like to thank our regional, international and United Nations partners that have alleviated the burden of refugees on Jordan. UNICEF recently reported that 15 million children do not go to schools in the Middle East and North Africa, which will lead them to illiteracy, ignorance, hopelessness and a lack of opportunities for development, which in turn could lead to despair and provide fertile ground for recruitment to extremism.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has worked with the international community to bring about a peaceful solution to the crisis so as to spare the country and its people suffering further death, destruction, displacement and other humanitarian consequences, in accordance with resolutions 2139 (2014) and 2165 (2014). The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has consistently called for a peaceful solution to the crisis through the Geneva process and on the basis of resolution 2254 (2015), which is acceptable to the Syrian people and preserves the unity and sovereignty of Syria. Jordan was one of the leading States in the Middle East welcoming refugees on behalf of the international community.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“The families of Palestinian refugees and Palestinian communities need full and continuous support until such a time as their status as refugees is justly resolved. Funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) must therefore be continuous so as to ensure the Agency's ability to implement the mandate accorded to it by the General Assembly. Moreover, we reaffirm the need to pursue international, political and financial support for UNRWA so that the Agency does not find itself on the long list of victims of a lack of collective action to bring peace to the Middle East.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“On top of those practices is the continued Israeli violation against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The most recent violation was perpetrated by Israeli forces against worshipers and administrators of the Waqf Al-Quds. We categorically reject those senseless actions and all unilateral attempts to change the historic and legal status of the city. We call on the international community to take effective measures and apply pressure to Israel to ensure that it stops the violations and assumes responsibility in line with international law and international humanitarian law. The schools providing education to Palestinians and centres providing them with health and social services must remain open.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“It is imperative that all of us assume our responsibilities to ensure that we bring about just and comprehensive solution as well as lasting peace. Jordan has always called for peace and brotherliness among peoples despite their linguistic, religious and cultural differences. The city ofpeace, Jerusalem, is the top priority of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, given our religious responsibility as the historic guarantors of the Holy Muslim and Christian sites in Jerusalem. That responsibility is also part of our duty to the Arab and Muslim nations. Jordan therefore has no other choice but to oppose all practices that will have a negative effect on the future of the city, its existence and identity, as well as peace and future stability.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“We have supported and will continue to support a peaceful, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question based on the two-State solution, establishing an independent and viable Palestinian State, with the borders of4 June 1967 and East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with international terms of reference and the Arab Peace Initiative, which reflects a unified Arab and Islamic position for bringing about just, comprehensive and lasting peace. That is the only way to ensure security and stability in the Middle East region. In that regard, we must recall that His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein has repeatedly cautioned that delaying efforts to bring about peace risks imperilling the entire region.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“The crises are fuelled by political and social injustice and sectarian clashes, which have unleashed the forces of evil, bringing about death, destruction and terrorism. As we gather here today, events in the Middle East reflect a situation of increasing tension that is far from stable. While the Palestinian question remains at the centre of instability and the core issue in the Middle East, no progress is being made in that regard. The greatest challenge facing our region in particular that concerns international peace and stability in general is the continued Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab territories. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has met its responsibilities towards the Palestinian question, which is central to us. This is in keeping with the vision of our Palestinian and Arab brothers.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Mr. Al Omoush (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I wish to congratulate Poland on its presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank you, Madam President, for holding this important meeting relating to the challenges facing peace and security in the Middle East. I would like as well to thank the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General for her briefing. The many challenges facing the world today call for the international community to mobilize its efforts to address them collectively and in a complete and sustained manner. That would ensure dealing radically with the circumstances and factors causing these challenges, the most serious of threats to international peace and security. There is broad agreement that the Middle East is being hostage by these political, economic, social and security challenges.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“In that regard, I applaud the ACT to Protect campaign launched by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, which will enable us to focus on ending the violations perpetrated against children in armed conflict. This year we commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Bloody conflicts continue to claim child victims in Syria, Palestine and elsewhere, in various regions affected by war and conflict. We must invest in their little bodies. We hope that children's hands will be used to build up, never to tear down. As has been said, we, as individuals and Governments, should prioritize humankind.”
2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source
“We hope that it will be an opportunity to redouble our efforts to achieve our objective of open, modern societies with adequate and effective institutions, anchored by international and regional partnerships, that empower women, protect children, assist young people, build on the principles of peace and reject radicalization, hate speech and terrorism in all its forms. We must reinforce relevant international instruments that protect children and ban their recruitment by armed forces or armed groups. They must be reintegrated into civilian life so that they are immune to the forces of evil in the world.”
2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source
“My country has also launched various training and rehabilitation programmes in cooperation with our regional and international partners, United Nations agencies and civil society organizations to ensure that refugees can pursue their education, build on their skills and integrate into society. The key to our organization is its vision, which is translated into several initiatives. A summit will be convened next month, on the sidelines of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, to review progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.”
2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source
“In spite of the challenges related to refugee flows and the negative impact of the situation on our national economy and infrastructure due to the scarcity of natural and economic resources, we in the Kingdom of Jordan have been able to turn that challenge into an opportunity thanks to collaboration among State institutions, on the one hand, and through international and regional partnerships, on the other. It is all part ofa plan to respond to the Syrian refugee crisis. My country has established and strengthened mechanisms and measures to accommodate the refugees, while also ensuring that they can live in dignity by assuring them shelter and basic services, such as health care and education. We also have mechanisms offering support and protection for women and children, in particular girls.”
2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source
“It is also committed to helping them reintegrate into society. The role of a peacekeeping operation is no longer merely to stabilize the situation in conflict areas, but now also includes protection and reintegration, as well as psychosocial and health-care services, provided through various educational programmes and income-generating activities that protect children from recruitment and exploitation. My country hosts approximately 1.3 million refugees from Syria; of those, 226,000 are children between the ages of 5 and 17.”
2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source
“We also believe in the importance of accountability and of ending impunity in order to stop such crimes and deter perpetrators, and in the need to establish protection and reintegration mechanisms for child victims of violations of all kinds. Like all other peace-loving countries, Jordan has endorsed a number of international instruments on the rights of the child, such as the Vancouver Principles and the Safe Schools Declaration. Those texts reaffirm that our priority is protecting children and upholding relevant principles in United Nations peacekeeping operations, while also seeking to end the recruitment of children and to protect children during wars and conflicts. When participating in peacekeeping operations, my country is committed to protecting the most vulnerable, in particular children 4 boys and girls alike.”
2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source
“In a number of resolutions, in particular resolution 2472 (2018), the Security Council has stressed the need to protect civilians in regions affected by armed conflict, especially the most vulnerable, namely, women, children and persons with disabilities. We also have resolution 2475 (2019), but major impediments still exist to noble efforts to uphold justice and peace throughout the world. We must therefore work tirelessly to end the wars by addressing their root causes and the negative impacts of such crimes. We are convinced that there is a need to promote legislative and legal reforms and develop policies that will allow us to address violence against children during armed conflict.”
2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source
“Mr. Al Omoush (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, we would like to thank Poland for having organized this open debate on children and armed conflict. We also commend the efforts of Peru at the helm of the Council last month. We wish you, Madam President, every success for your presidency this month. We also thank the various briefers whom we heard this morning. It has been 10 years since the adoption of resolution 1888 (2009). We continue to see increased numbers of violations being committed systematically against children in armed conflict. The first victim is humankind. The report of the Secretary General (S/2019/509) cites a series of record numbers of violations committed as a result of conflicts around the world. According to the report, there were 24,000 cases involve children and 12,000 cases of killing and maiming in 2018.”
2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source