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  1. “The solution involves negotiations among all parties to the conflict, an end to the Israeli occupation of the occupied Arab territories, and courageous initiatives to bring about a comprehensive, just and lasting peace that is in everyone's interests. Unilateral and isolated measures will be in vain. Peace based on justice and giving people their rights, however, is what would bring about stability and security for everyone. It is time for the Security Council to put an end to this conflict and to build genuine peace in the region so that prosperity and well- being will flourish in the region and the world. The time is ripe for us all to work together for the good of our peoples.”

    2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source

  2. “A solution should be based on the creation of a sovereign independent Palestinian State, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, and on an end to the Israeli occupation of all Arab territories, going back to the 1967 borders, including the occupied Syrian Golan, and withdrawal from the Lebanese Sheba'a Farms and other areas that have recently been occupied. All this should be done in conformity with relevant Security Council resolutions and according to the terms of reference of the peace process. The infringements on Lebanese air space should also cease. The years of conflict have shown that there is no military solution and that the excessive use of force has not brought peace to the Israelis.”

    2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source

  3. “It is high time to put an end to the stagnating situation and to move the peace process forward by implementing the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002) and 1515 (2003), as well as the principle of land for peace and the Arab Peace Initiative that was adopted at the Beirut Summit in 2002. It is high time that the Security Council play its role in solving the Arab-Israeli conflict, as it has done in solving other international problems.”

    2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source

  4. “We need radical solutions to this conflict that has lasted for far too long. It is inadmissible that this conflict should last all these years despite the adoption of so many resolutions by the Security Council. If those resolutions had been implemented, the situation would not have negatively evolved as it has. The Arab States have said on several occasions that we must put an end to this conflict, using peaceful means, in order to bring peace and stability to the region. The peace process has stagnated, and this state of tension and frustration has given rise to Violent conflict and has been a disaster for everyone.”

    2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source

  5. “The occupation has also had negative effects on the development and stability of the region. The situation for the Palestinians has become extremely difficult, whether in the West Bank or in the Gaza Strip, which has witnessed ongoing conflict and blockades. Hospitals, Government ministries and institutions, and schools have all experienced difficult situations. If the deterioration worsens, it is hard to even imagine the repercussions of the situation and how we could ever possibly deal with them. The Arab States have spoken before the Council several times and asked it to assume its responsibilities. We should not have to repeat our words at each Security Council meeting. It is no good if the Council merely listens but does not act to bring about practical measures that can improve the situation in the region.”

    2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source

  6. “Without a comprehensive, just and lasting solution, the situation will only get worse for all. When this matter was dealt with in the Security Council last month, the Council of Arab Foreign Affairs Ministers asked the Security Council to assume its responsibilities and to play the role assigned to it by the United Nations Charter in the maintenance of international peace and security. The Arab-Israeli conflict is unlike other conflicts, because it involves an occupation that has lasted for too long. Rights have been denied and threats continue to stoke the conflict. We fear that this will endanger the stability of the region and of the world as a whole. Israel's occupation of Arab territories has sequels in all areas of life and has had disastrous consequences in the region, including human tragedy for millions of people.”

    2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source

  7. “The Security Council held an important and historic meeting at the foreign ministers' levels last month that represented an important precedent with regard to the situation in the Middle East. It was convened at the initiative of the Foreign Affairs Council of the Arab States to review the deteriorating situation in the region. Bahrain presided over the Arab States' meeting and spoke on behalf of all members of the League of Arab States. The Arab League feels that we have reached a very dangerous stage, because of the effects not only on the States of the region, but also on the rest of the world. The Arab-Israeli conflict is the core of the region's problems, and this has negative effects on the international community, because stability in that region means stability for the rest of the world.”

    2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source

  8. “Mr. Almansoor (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to extend to you, Sir, my sincerest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. We are sure that with your experience and skills you will be able to successfully conclude this month's work of the Council. On behalf of the Arab Group, I would also like to express our thanks to you, Mr. President, for holding this important meeting dedicated to discussing the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I would also like to express my warm thanks and appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Greece for his distinguished presidency and for the efforts undertaken during his presidency of the Council last month. I also thank Mr. De Soto for the comprehensive briefing he has given us on the matter.”

    2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source

  9. “We demand that Israel put an end to its policy of starving the Palestinians, that it end the economic and political blockade it is imposing upon them and that it cease all its military operations against the Palestinian people. We call upon the Security Council and the Quartet to shoulder their responsibility with regard to these Israeli violations in order to ensure a comprehensive and peaceful solution of the Palestinian question, in accordance with Security Council resolutions, the road map and the Arab peace initiative.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  10. “Two weeks ago in Khartoum, on 28 and 29 March, at the eighteenth Arab summit, the importance of reaching a comprehensive and just solution to the Palestinian question through the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital was stressed. The summit rejected all unilateral Israeli measures and called for a halt to the construction of the separation barrier on Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem and other Palestinian lands. The Arab summit also called for reactivation of the 2002 Arab peace initiative adopted at Beirut and called on Israel to withdraw completely from all Arab territories occupied since June 1967, in implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), as well as other relevant resolutions, and in conformity with the principle of land for peace.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  11. “We believe the best solution to all the problem is Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories, including the Syrian Golan, a halt to unilateral measures that would change the legal status of the Golan, an end to Israel's repeated violations of Lebanese sovereignty and a complete withdrawal from the Shab'a farms in implementation of relevant international resolutions. The Palestinian people, who have for so long suffered oppression and humiliation under Israeli occupation, are now in greater need than ever of real assistance from the international community with a view to reaching a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question. This must come about by peaceful means, as chosen by the Palestinian people, and not through military measures, which have proven ineffective over the years.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  12. “Ehud Olmert, has announced a unilateral plan to demarcate Israel's borders over the next four years, in order to fully control major strategic areas in the West Bank and to maintain extensive settlements in those territories and in East Jerusalem, in an attempt to legitimize the confiscation of those lands. The plan includes a complete denial of the rights of the Palestinian people, in contravention of international law, Security Council and General Assembly resolutions and the road map and will thus in practical terms put an end to the two- State solution. The Israeli occupation is the crux of the conflict in the region.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  13. “In addition, Israel has conducted brutal and intensive military attacks against the Palestinian people. We are at a loss to understand what Israel hopes to accomplish by its actions. If it wishes to have a partner in a peace process, it cannot have a better partner than the one freely chosen by the Palestinian people. Those Israeli measures, in addition to others taken over the past few days, have all been aimed at intensifying and escalating the illegal unilateral measures taken against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, including in East Jerusalem. The Prime Minister of Israel, Mr.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  14. “Those elections were also certified by international observers to be free and fair. Based upon our strong belief in democratic choice, we consider that all parties should respect the outcome of that constitutional process in spite of the extremely difficult environment in which the elections were conducted and the continued Israeli military harassment. Immediately after the elections, Israel took a series of measures, including economic punishment through the withholding of tax and customs revenues owed to the Palestinians, in the knowledge that those revenues are rightfully due the Palestinian people. Israel has also taken other punitive measures by boycotting the elected Palestinian Authority almost completely, and by refusing all support to that Government, thus putting further political pressure on it.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  15. “This military escalation by Israel is one of a series of measures against the Palestinian Authority intended to punish it and the Palestinian people for having elected, by an overwhelming majority, Hamas, which has been able to form a new Palestinian Government. These measures include a complete boycott of the Palestinian Authority and the severing of all contacts and security coordination with the Palestinians, in violation of international law and the agreements signed between the two parties. The Palestinian people's choice of its own Government was made freely and democratically and was the result of the Palestinian legislative elections that took place on 25 January, reflecting the free will of the Palestinian people as it exercised its democratic rights.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  16. “Israel, the occupying Power, has, over the past few days, continued an intensive attack against the Gaza Strip in a campaign entitled Operation Southern Arrow. During 48 hours of that campaign, 17 Palestinians lost their lives. The Israeli army has used heavy weaponry of all kinds, including rockets and attack helicopters, and has indiscriminately shelled farms and civilian houses. The bombing has been so powerful that innocent civilians have been blown to pieces due to the force of the explosions. The number of limbless or headless corpses arriving in hospitals is staggering. Israeli attacks against the Palestinians have continued daily, auguring serious consequences if Israel continues with that violent approach.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  17. “Mr. Almansoor (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): It is my honour, on behalf of the Group of Arab States, of which I am chairman for this month, to extend to you, Sir, our sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. We are fully confident that, with your experience and diplomatic skill, you will lead the work of the Council to a successful outcome. I also extend to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Argentina, our thanks and appreciation for his wise conduct of the Council's work last month. The Arab Group submitted a request to hold a public meeting on the issue in View of the seriousness of the developments in the occupied Palestinian territories.”

    2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source

  18. “The Kingdom of Bahrain appeals to the international community represented in the Security Council and the Quartet to shoulder their responsibilities and to put an end to the crimes perpetrated by Israel, the occupying Power. The Kingdom stands by the Palestinian people and their leaders in their legitimate struggle to recover their inalienable rights. The Kingdom also stresses the need for the international community to provide international protection to the Palestinian people and its leaders from the Israeli tyranny that will definitely kill any international effort for peace in the region. The fact that Israel continues to commit such crimes will lead the region to violence, counter-violence and instability. It will also kill any hope of achieving peace and security in the region and for its peoples.”

    2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source

  19. “Such acts confirm once again Israel's failure to respect resolutions of international legitimacy and its defiance of the principles of international legitimacy, international norms and humanitarian standards. Such acts are examples of State terror in all its forms and a defiance of the international community's values. The Kingdom of Bahrain has repeatedly expressed its grave concern and regret for the violence perpetrated by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. The recent assassinations are intended first and foremost to assassinate any international effort to revive the peace process in Middle East. The Arab countries have time and again stressed their commitment to the process aimed at ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and establishing an independent Palestinian State, with Jerusalem as its capital.”

    2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source

  20. “Israel's actions represent crimes against humanity that undermine the peace and security of the region and jeopardize its stability. The convening of this emergency meeting comes as a response to a request by the Arab Group after Israel's assassination of the leader of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas, Mr. Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi. We are here to discuss the crimes perpetrated daily by Israel, the occupying Power, so that the United Nations and the Security Council may shoulder their responsibilities under the provisions of the Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security. The United Nations is the representative of international legitimacy and is expected by Member States to undertake this role. The Kingdom of Bahrain denounces and condemns Israeli extrajudicial killings.”

    2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source

  21. “Mr. Almansoor (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me, Mr. President, to begin by congratulating you on presiding over the Council for this month. We are confident that you will be able to lead the work of the Council ably and successfully. We would like to thank you for convening this important meeting at this critical time. I would also like to use this opportunity to express my delegation's appreciation to the representative of France for successfully leading the Council in its work during the past month. The Security Council has convened two emergency meetings in less than a month to discuss the series of assassinations perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people aimed at liquidating its leaders, undermining its security and destabilizing it.”

    2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source

  22. “The Kingdom appeals to the international community and to the Quartet to shoulder their responsibility towards the region. The Kingdom stresses the need for international protection for the Palestinian people and its leadership so as to shelter them from the tyranny of Israel and its military machine.”

    2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source

  23. “That action by Israel will further escalate the violence that has engulfed the occupied Palestinian territories. It will drag the region towards further instability and could kill any prospects for peace and security for the peoples and the countries of the region. The timing of the operation clearly shows Israel's rejection of any initiative aimed at realizing a just and comprehensive peace in the region. Such initiatives have been endorsed by the Arab States with a view to putting an end to occupation and to establishing an independent Palestinian State, with its capital in Jerusalem. The Kingdom of Bahrain would like once again to reaffirm its solidarity with the Palestinian people and its leadership in their legitimate struggle to recover their inalienable rights.”

    2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source

  24. “The Kingdom of Bahrain strongly denounces and condemns this heinous crime perpetrated yesterday by the Israeli occupation forces that led to the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the leader of the Islamic resistance movement, and some individuals who were accompanying him. The planning and the implementation of this dastardly crime by Israel proves beyond any doubt Israel's flagrant violation of all international resolutions and the principles of international law and international humanitarian standards. This crime is a stark example of the State terror systematically perpetrated by the Israeli Government. It is evidence of the extent to which Israel has gone unchecked in its violation of international law and international humanitarian law.”

    2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source

  25. “Mr. Almansoor (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are confident that, through your wisdom, the Council's deliberations will be crowned with success. I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to express my delegation's appreciation to your predecessor, His Excellency the Permanent Representative of China, for the excellent manner in which he presided over the Council's deliberations throughout the past month. The crime of assassination carried out by the Israeli army, which targeted Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, is an act of terror that falls within the context of systematic terrorist acts perpetrated by Israel aimed at assassinating the Palestinian leadership.”

    2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source

  26. “It totally contravenes the road map, which paves the way for the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, coexisting peacefully side by side with Israel. The Kingdom of Bahrain calls on the Security Council, the Quartet and those countries that are sponsoring the peace process to exert pressure on the Israeli Government immediately to halt construction of the separation wall, to tear it down and to cease building settlements. We call urgently upon the Security Council to take immediate necessary measures, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and relevant resolutions, to deal with this very serious issue by putting an end to these illegal acts by the Israeli Government and to demand that Israel implement the road map in order to achieve a just and comprehensive solution to the situation in the Middle East.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  27. “The peace process requires the building of confidence between the two parties - not the building of a racist wall that serves only to aggravate the situation. The fact that Israel is pursuing its expansionist and illegal policy in occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and the statement by the Israeli Government that it intends to build more than 600 housing units for settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories make clear the expansionist intentions of the Israeli Government. The measures taken by the Israeli Government and its insistence on continuing its occupation of these lands is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and of the Charter of the United Nations, the Fourth Geneva Convention and all international law and legislation.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  28. “Proof of Israel's arrogance is its recent aggression against the city of Rafah and against a refugee camp near the Egyptian border. That raid lasted 50 hours, caused the deaths of eight Palestinians and injured more than 80. It destroyed 120 houses completely and partially damaged 170 others. Roads and infrastructure were heavily damaged, as were electrical and energy networks. Eyewitnesses likened that act of aggression to an earthquake. The creation of the separation wall would not provide Israel with the security it hopes for, nor will it prevent suicide attacks. It will only increase rancour and hatred of it. If Israel genuinely wants to have security, it will have to put an end to its occupation of Palestinian territories and go back to the 1967 borders.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  29. “The continued construction of the wall will lead to a de facto separation of a great swaths of Palestinian territory from other territories and to the confiscation of even more land, which will intensify the sufferings of the Palestinian people. Several days ago, the Israeli Cabinet gave its agreement to beginning the construction of the second stage of the separation wall. That means the confiscation of even more Palestinian territory. Israel is totally flouting international appeals and resolutions requesting that it immediately cease construction of the separation wall as well as ignoring relevant resolutions and anything that would make possible the establishment of an independent and viable Palestinian State. Israel's insistence on building the wall risks undermining the peace process as a whole.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  30. “Mr. Almansoor (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): Israel is continuing its expansionist policy and its creation of a fait accompli by building a separation wall. Israel has continued construction of the first stage of that wall, which runs along 150 kilometres within the occupied Palestinian territories. That wall consists of obstacles with barbed wire, trenches and electric locks, designed to isolate Palestinian towns and villages from each other. A great deal of agricultural land has been destroyed, as have the livelihoods of the thousands of Palestinians who live off the harvest from those lands. The separation wall encircles several Palestinian cities, including the city of Qalqilya. The population there is totally cut off from their jobs, families and schools.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  31. “Finally, the Kingdom of Bahrain calls on the Security Council to apply the Charter against aggressor countries. We call on the international community to take every measure to pressure Israel to stop the practices that are undermining all peace efforts and threatening stability and security in the region.”

    2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source

  32. “My country deplores this blatant aggression and the gross violation of international legality and the laws on the sovereignty of States. We denounce any action conducive to war. The current Israeli Government is called on to desist from its current policy, which has dragged the region into a cycle of violence and tension. It must exercise reason and wisdom rather than engage the language of war and aggression against others. It must respect the principles of international law, including respect for the sovereignty of States in the region. Here, I would like to pay tribute to the policy of restraint adopted by the Syrian Arab Republic in the face of aggression. Syria believes that international forums are the best recourse and far preferable to a language of war that victimizes people.”

    2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source

  33. “The Israeli attack against sisterly Syria is a dangerous escalation of violence that threatens international and regional security. It is a violation of the United Nations Charter and international law and is in defiance of all the agreements, conventions and principles of international law. Israel's actions today offer a textbook example of the foregoing. As if it were not enough to conduct a policy of violence against the defenceless Palestinian people, the Israeli Government, through its policy of provocation, went on to launch an attach attack against a Member State and current non- permanent member of the Security Council. My country condemns the Israeli raid against the Syrian Arab Republic and its violation of Lebanese and Syrian airspace.”

    2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source

  34. “Mr. Almansoor (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I should like to sincerely congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should also like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ambassador Jones Parry, for his success in conducting the work of the Council last month. We thank you for promptly convening this emergency Security Council meeting to examine the dangerous situation that has arisen in the region. The Security Council is holding this emergency meeting in the shadow of the dangerous developments threatening the peace and security in the Middle East and stemming from the current Israel's Governments policy of war, with unforeseeable consequences.”

    2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source

  35. “In the same vein, we hope that all the relevant international resolutions regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict will be implemented and that the Security Council will assume its duties with regard to the principle of ensuring international peace and security, which is enshrined in Article 24 of the Charter. We also hope that the Council will take all necessary measures under Articles 41 and 42 to guarantee justice for all mankind.”

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

  36. “In that regard, however, we note that noble principles are often sacrificed to double standards. In fact, we often allow oppression and arrogance to prevail, thereby denying international justice vis-a-vis the Middle East. The Government of Israel must implement the road map. It must permit the establishment of a Palestinian State that has Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. The Government of Israel must also implement Security Council resolutions; otherwise the Palestinian people will continue to have the right to defend themselves and to resist Israel's unfair occupation. We must distinguish between terrorism, on the one hand, and the right of a people to legitimate self- defence and to resist occupation by force, on the other.”

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

  37. “In that connection, we must give the United Nations a greater and more important role so that it may prepare the people of Iraq to once again assume responsibility for full sovereignty of their country. The Security Council has met on numerous occasions to address various issues. It has been able to act as a fair judge and to make praiseworthy efforts to promote the principles of justice and to assert the primacy of the rule of law. The United Nations has therefore played the role conferred upon it by the Charter. At the same time, however, we have noted that the question of the Middle East has not always benefited from those efforts, as the principles of justice have been paralysed. The Security Council is in fact seized of the Middle East question.”

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

  38. “The Organization therefore plays an important role in the protection of civilians during armed conflict and in building and safeguarding peace and providing assistance to countries that want to maintain their independence in the various regions of the world. The United Nations has in fact been able to quickly lend its assistance to countries aspiring to freedom and independence. In that regard, we would like to salute the United Nations efforts to safeguard international peace and security throughout the world. The fact that the United Nations was able to emerge from the difficult challenge it confronted prior to the war in Iraq is a source of satisfaction. It would be a good idea for all of us to adhere to a single vision, namely, to help the people of Iraq rebuild what the war has destroyed.”

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

  39. “Mr. Almansoor (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): The United Nations was created for noble purposes, among which were sparing future generations from the scourge of war and promoting respect for human rights so that everyone might leave in freedom and peace. The primacy of the rule of law, justice and respect for commitments stemming from treaties and other sources of international law are the real ways of building a society in which international justice reigns supreme. The role of the United Nations, which includes promoting justice and implementing the primacy of the rule of law, is both important and crucial. The United Nations works to quell the conflicts that break out throughout the world and tries in equal measure to prevent conflicts.”

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

  40. “However, it should once again be reaffirmed that peace and security in the Middle East can be achieved only through the implementation of United Nations resolutions, particularly Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 425 (1978), which call for an end to Israeli occupation of all occupied Arab territories, for the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital and for the return of all refugees and displaced persons to their lands.”

    2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source

  41. “In that context, we believe that the time has come for the Security Council to dispatch an international force to disengage the two sides, as another contribution by the United Nations to the final settlement of the peace process in the region. In conclusion, we can only hope that our deliberations will lead to tangible efforts that pave the way for comprehensive peace in the region.”

    2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source

  42. “The ceasefire declared by the Palestinian factions and by Israel represented a positive step towards an atmosphere of peace and stability in the region. However, Israel's persistence in its policy of assassination has gravely harmed that ceasefire. Therefore, we believe that the Israeli Government should put an immediate end to its policies of assassination, violence, assaulting cities and destroying homes, and other measures that can only harm the road map and the peace process as a whole. The international community as represented by the Security Council should demand that the Israeli Government cease its attempts to abort the road map and assume its international obligations for the realization of a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.”

    2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source

  43. “We can only express our grave concern for the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories as a result of the Israeli Government's insistence on its policy of assassination and of aborting all peace efforts by imposing conditions not contained in the peace process known as the road map. Furthermore, Israel continues to construct its security wall of separation on the pretext of ensuring its own security, while the main objective of that wall really is to gain control over more of the Palestinian territories. Continuing to build the separation wall will gravely harm peace efforts and confidence-building measures between the parties as stipulated in the road map and will even further suffocate the Palestinian people.”

    2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source

  44. “The Israeli decision in principle to expel President Arafat, who was elected by the Palestinian people, will have serious consequences on the situation in the Palestinian territories. It will gravely impact on all efforts to achieve a comprehensive and just peace in the region, a peace for which we have called for a very long time. If implemented, the decision to expel President Arafat will seriously affect stability and will be a setback to peace in the Middle East, for which the Arab States have been seriously and sincerely working. Mr. Arafat's expulsion would be a further act of defiance against the international community.”

    2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source

  45. “Mr. Almansoor (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): It is my pleasure to express our thanks and appreciation to you, Mr. President, and all the members of the Council for holding, under your wise and capable presidency, this important meeting of the Security Council to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories. We would also like to extend our thanks to your honourable predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic, who spared no effort to lead the work of the Council to success last month. This meeting of the Security Council is taking place at a time of grave circumstances in the Middle East and the seriously deteriorating situation that the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority have witnessed on a daily basis owing to continued Israeli aggression.”

    2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source

  46. “In conclusion, I would like to express my delegation's appreciation for the efforts made by Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock as Chairman of the CTC, as well as for his unique and outstanding ability to reconcile his chairmanship with the duties entrusted to him as the Permanent Representative of his country to the United Nations. While stressing the need to discuss and address the root causes of terrorism, we would also like to reiterate our keen interest in cooperating positively with the Committee in order to bring about effective coordination among its members and adopt the measures necessary to put an end to this phenomenon.”

    2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source

  47. “We would like to stress the need to arrive at an accurate and comprehensive definition of terrorism. We also wish to highlight the need to distinguish between terrorism, which we condemn and oppose in all its forms and manifestations, and a people's legitimate struggle for independence and freedom. Short of that, our efforts will be incomplete, and our task extremely difficult. We would also like to stress that the phenomenon of terrorism is not linked to a given religion, culture or race. It is a global phenomenon that has recently taken on many forms and dimensions.”

    2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source

  48. “Israel has also continued its policy of settler colonialism and population transfer, its terrorism against defenceless Palestinians, who are armed only with the determination to defy and resist Israeli terror. My country is gravely concerned about the policies being pursued by the Government of Israel against the Palestinian people in defiance of international humanitarian law, human rights law and international law and norms. There are many obstacles that stand in the way of international efforts to combat international terrorism, the most significant being the absence of a standard legal definition of this phenomenon. There are numerous differences on this matter, which are also blocking the adoption of a comprehensive international convention to combat international terrorism.”

    2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source

  49. “Such terrorism includes the Israeli Government's deliberate demolition of Palestinian homes, its displacement of Palestinians, its usurpation of their lands and the looting of their property. In that regard, my country calls on the international community to firmly and resolutely address this dangerous phenomenon, put an end to those inhumane practices and bring the perpetrators to international justice so that they may be duly punished. Israel continues to defy United Nations resolutions and to reject every peace initiative that would bring an end to its occupation of territory, which is, after all, a form of international terrorism. Israel has also rejected the peace initiative that was recently put forth by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and adopted at the Arab Summit held in Beirut last March.”

    2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source

  50. “Bahrain submitted its national report on time and was among the first States to do so, because we believe that cooperating with the Committee will enhance international efforts to combat this phenomenon, which threatens the world and kills innocent people worldwide. The Kingdom of Bahrain also recently submitted the supplementary report required by the Committee. My country has taken every measure necessary to combat and stop the phenomenon of international terrorism. It has also ratified most of the international conventions pertaining to the fight against international terrorism. The most important component of international terrorism is State terrorism, which we have witnessed in the Balkans, in particular in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. State terrorism continues in the occupied Arab territories.”

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