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Alotaibi

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first: 2010-04-14
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“Among the most salient provocations are Israel's current policies against the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in violation of its commitments under the relevant United Nations resolutions and international law. The international community should pressure the occupying Power, Israel, to abandon its systematic extremist policies for the Judaization of Jerusalem because they are dangerous, threaten the stability of the region and intensify hatred, racism and extremism in the region. Such actions, which seek to change the demographic and legal character of Jerusalem, are illegal. We call upon the Council to take immediate action to protect Jerusalem and to hold Israel to its commitments as per the resolutions of international legitimacy and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“The Middle East peace process is at a delicate, unpredictable stage. Israel is fully responsible for the grave deadlock in the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations because it refuses to commit to the terms of reference for the peace process, the two-State solution and the establishment of a Palestinian State within the 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. It also refuses to release the fourth tranche of Palestinian prisoners. It pursues its policies of provocation and aggression, which weaken the peace process and set the stage for serious turmoil in the Middle East in which peace and security cannot prevail. The Arab and Palestinian peoples are fed up with Israel's defiance towards any real initiative to establish a just and lasting peace.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“Mr. Alotaibi (Kuwait) (spoke in Arabic): I thank the delegation of Nigeria for convening this important debate to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. The Kuwait delegation aligns itself with the statements made on behalf ofthe Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Group of Arab States. The holding of periodic debates on this agenda item promotes international interests in the stability of the region and the Palestinian question, which is at the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel, the occupying Power, continues to defy the resolutions of international legitimacy. The peoples and States of the region are therefore hopeful that the Security Council will shoulder its responsibilities and implement its own resolutions in that regard.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“In conclusion, my delegation reiterates the need for serious efforts aimed at guaranteeing respect for international humanitarian law and human rights in order to prevent human rights violations, particularly in armed conflict - as shown by my country's committed efforts and those of the international community - with a View to bolstering the principle of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“All signs indicate the lack of any genuine progress since the adoption by the Council of presidential statement S/PRST/2013/15, on 2 October 2013, or even since the two rounds of negotiations at the "Geneva II" Conference. In reality, the data indicate that the number of victims has increased from 100,000 to over 130,000. The number of refugees has increased from 2.2 million to 2.5 million, while the number of internally displaced persons has risen from 4 million to 6.5 million and to close to 250,000 persons find themselves under siege. Aware ofthe scale ofthe Syrian crisis and its impact on international peace and security, Kuwait hosted the second donor conference for Syria, in January, with the participation of 69 States that pledged $2.4 billion. Kuwait also pledged $500 million to mitigate the suffering of the Syrian people.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“It allows unimpeded access to United Nations humanitarian assistance to a greater number of besieged citizens, in line with international humanitarian law. In that context, Kuwait stresses the need to bolster efforts to put an end to the violence and work towards a political solution to the crisis, in step with the aspirations of the Syrian people. We call on the Council to assume its responsibilities and not turn a blind eye to the major, grave human rights and international humanitarian law violations that continue to reflect everyday reality throughout the entire Syrian territory. which are coupled with impeded access to humanitarian assistance. In that regard, we would welcome the adoption of a draft resolution under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, given the deteriorating humanitarian situation.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“We are also witnessing humanitarian disasters in South Sudan and the Central African Republic. Yet the worst crisis is that of the Syrian people, who have suffered since the start of that conflict from the indiscriminate use of all types of weapons, particularly those that the use of against civilians is prohibited. At a time when the international community has managed to neutralize the use of chemical weapons, which left thousands of victims, the fact remains that the Syrian Government continues to use barrel bombs, dozens of which have fallen on urban centres. The agreement between the parties to the conflict in Syria to extend the ceasefire for three additional days in the City of Homs augers well.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“Moreover, the parties in conflict hinder relief operations. Therefore, we need to reach out to parties in conflict in order to prevent human rights violations, to strengthen international mechanisms of accountability, and to bring to perpetrators to justice. We must criminalize those violations. We should add that strengthening the protection-of-civilians aspect is part of mandates assigned to certain peacekeeping operations. Every meeting in which we discuss the protection of civilians in armed conflict - every time - we think about the situation of the Palestinian people, who have suffered from violence and from the perpetual Israeli occupation, the siege of Gaza and the imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians in prisons in flagrant contradiction to international humanitarian law.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“Ifit is powerless or does not wish to do so, the international community must play a role in putting an end to such violations. The protection of civilians in armed conflicts is closely linked to the question of supplying humanitarian aid. At a time when we are witnessing a resurgence of activity by the United Nations and its specialized agencies in response to many humanitarian crises around the world, we must note that the international community has been unable to ensure the effective protection of civilians where those conflicts have emerged. As a result, civilians bear the brunt of any armed conflict, since the parties to conflict take no account of their needs and prevent the provision of humanitarian assistance in accordance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“We have an important opportunity to assess challenges facing civilians in conflict situations. The majority of statements made today have stressed the sensitive concerns regarding the issue. Many tragic examples have been referred to - examples from a large number of countries that have suffered from civil wars, conflicts that have left many civilian victims. Various United Nations reports reiterate the importance and scope of this issue. There is no doubt that responsibility for the protection of civilians rests above all with the States concerned. When there are mass violations of international humanitarian law, which we have been noting in many regions, the State should be responsible for ending those violations.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“Mr. AlOtaibi (Kuwait) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Lithuanian presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. We are very confident in its abilities to guide the work of the Council. We are also grateful for the preparation of the concept note (S/2014/74, annex) and for this debate. Our thanks also goes to the President of the Security Council in January, the representative of Jordan, for his outstanding leadership of the Council, which coincided with the beginning of Jordan's two- year term as a member of the Council. Today we are considering a question very important for international relations - the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The last time the Council addressed the question was in August 2013 (see S/PV.7019).”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“Given that all of the international initiatives, settlements and resolutions call for a two-State solution, we therefore appeal to the Security Council to assume its responsibilities and oblige Israel to halt its illegal settlement activities and to resume negotiations in order to achieve a two-State solution, in accordance with Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003) and 1860 (2009), the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Road Map.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“In regard to the situation in Lebanon, the State of Kuwait reaffirms its commitment to stand beside the sisterly Republic of Lebanon and supports efforts to maintain its security and preserve the integrity of its territories. My country also demands that Israel immediately cease its continued violations of Lebanon's territory and air space and that it comply with Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) and withdraw completely from Lebanese territory. We would like to stress that the peoples and States of the region follow the meetings of the Security Council regarding the Palestinian request for full United Nations membership with great interest and hope.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The frightening statistics resulting from this blockade are no longer surprising, such as the unemployment rate, which stands at 65 per cent. We cannot ignore Israel's occasional air raids against populated Palestinian areas, an act that qualifies as terroristic and should be condemned. My country renews its demand for Israel's compliance with Security Council resolution 497 (1981), which calls for Israel's withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan and its withdrawal to the line of 4 June 1967. We emphasize that Israel's continued occupation of part of the territory of the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic poses a real obstacle to achieving peace and security in the Middle East.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“While we welcome the recent release of a number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, we also demand the release of the remaining prisoners and detainees and call for the deployment of an international fact- finding mission to examine the conditions in Israeli jails and the extent to which Israel adheres to the rules of international law. The blockade imposed on Gaza continues. There is no doubt that this represents another violation by Israel of Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) and the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 1949. Instead of protecting Palestinian civilians, the occupation authorities subject them to collective punishment, which has exacerbated and led to the deterioration of the economic, social and humanitarian situations in the Gaza Strip.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“In that regard, we would like to draw attention to the harassment being suffered by the Palestinians, including the elderly, children and women, at the hands of armed Israeli settlers, whose destructive hands have also reached houses of worship and destroyed mosques, farms and trees in the occupied territories. The State of Kuwait appeals to the international community not to stand idle in the face of the criminal Israeli actions that violate all international norms, agreements and instruments. We also call for providing the necessary protection for defenceless Palestinians in Palestinian territories.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“While the entire world is demanding that the parties return to the negotiating table and halt all provocative unilateral activities that undermine the chances of success in the peace process, Israel persists in its intransigence and arrogance, and continues its illegal and aggressive actions through an illegal expansionist settlement campaign. At the same time, it ignores all appeals by the family of nations to stop the settlement activity, revive the peace process and resume negotiations so as to achieve the two-State solution. Perhaps the latest decision by the Israeli Government to build 1,100 new illegal settlement units on occupied Palestinian territories supplies further proof of Israel's arrogance and its lack of seriousness in reaching out towards the option of peace.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“They also hope that rights will be restored to their owners and that the Palestinian people will realize their right to self-determination and their legitimate aspiration to have a sovereign State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, within the framework of the 4 June 1967 borders and in accordance with internationally legitimate resolutions, in particular the relevant Security Council resolutions. Needless to say, that there is one party that pays no attention to international legitimacy, nor does it heed the resolutions of the Security Council, or international or humanitarian laws.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“That request was made after a long delay and with due entitlement, particularly since more than 130 countries, representing a majority of two thirds of the Member States, already recognize the Palestinian State. The peoples and the States of the region have high hopes that the international community, in general, and the Security Council, in particular, will assume their political, legal and moral responsibilities in supporting Palestine's request for membership in the United Nations.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Mr. Alotaibi (Kuwait) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, we would like to thank you, Sir, for having convened this important meeting of the Security Council to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. We also wish to thank Mr. B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing. We align ourselves with the statements made by Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, Kazakhstan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Qatar on behalf of the Arab Group. The eyes of the international community are now focused on the Security Council and whether it will take a historic stand on the Palestinian request for full membership in the United Nations.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“More than six decades have passed while Israel has persisted in defying the international community. It has gone too far in carrying out its illegal and unilateral policies, while the Palestinian people have deferred their dreams and aspirations year after year, for more than six decades, waiting and hoping to build a national home that will embrace them all. For six decades the demands of the Palestinian people, and our demands, have been very clear. What we need most is implementation of United Nations resolutions, including those of the Security Council, and the exercise by the Palestinians of their right to self determination and to live a free, independent and dignified life within an independent, sovereign State with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“A comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict- a just, comprehensive and lasting solution - can be reached only by implementing the relevant resolutions of international legitimacy, particularly Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003) and 1850 (2008). It must also be based on the principles of the Madrid Peace Conference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative, and the Road Map as endorsed by the Quartet. The Arab Group affirms its full support for the efforts by the Palestinian Authority to obtain membership in the United Nations at the upcoming session of the General Assembly, in accordance with what has already been confirmed at the meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Arab Peace Initiative held in Doha on 14 July.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“It also reaffirms that the measures taken by Israel aimed at changing the legal, physical and demographic situation there are considered null and void and having no legal basis, as well as violating international law and the Charter of the United Nations. The Arab Group also demands that Israel cease its continued violations of Lebanese sovereignty and infringement on Lebanon's territories, air space and territorial waters. The Group also demands Israel's complete withdrawal from the northern part of the town of Al-Ghajar, the Shebaa farms and the hills of Kfar Shouba.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Israel must also be punished for its persistence in violating international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law. It must be held accountable for the war crimes it has committed so far, for its practice of State terrorism, and for the systematic violations of human rights it has committed against unarmed Palestinians, the perpetrators of which must be prosecuted. The Arab Group demands that the Security Council take all measures to pressure Israel to implement Council resolution 497 (1981), which calls for Israel's withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan to the lines of 4 June 1967.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“It is not strange, therefore, that the blockade has resulted in terrifying statistics - for example, a rise in the unemployment rate to 65 per cent. Also, the air raids that the Israeli air force conducts from time to time - despite the fact that such raids contravene the most basic rules of international law, which prohibit such attacks on areas populated by civilians - are tantamount to terrorist actions against unarmed Palestinian people. The international community must send a clear, unequivocal message to Israel that it must lift the blockade and open the crossing points immediately, permanently and without conditions, in order to allow access for humanitarian assistance, construction materials and goods, and the movement of people.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Furthermore, all practices such as Israel's continued and intensified campaigns to rapidly construct thousands of settlement units and its persistent demolition of Palestinian properties and buildings affirm its expansionist intentions and contradict the claims of the Israeli Government that it wishes to resume the peace process and move towards a two-State solution. The existing situation in the Gaza Strip represents yet another manifestation of Israel's violations of resolution 1860 (2009) and its disregard of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. As the oppressive Israeli blockade enters its fifth year, Palestinian civilians continue to be subjected to collective punishment, leading to increased poverty in Gaza and to severe deterioration of the economic, social and humanitarian situation there.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“That is in addition to continuing violations by Israel, the occupying Power, of international law and the rules and regulations relating to human rights. Such practices make a mere fantasy of any talk of the existence of an Israeli partner having sincere intentions about achieving peace. They also demonstrate beyond any doubt that, through its practices and policies and the declarations of its officials, Israel is working as hard as it can to undermine every international effort to resume peace talks based on the solution of two States within the framework of the borders of4 June 1967.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The peoples and States of the region place great hopes in the ability of the international community to assume its political, legal and moral responsibility vis- a-vis the return of occupied Arab territories, putting an end to Israeli intransigence and arrogance and compelling Israel to comply with and fully implement the resolutions of international legitimacy, particularly the relevant Security Council resolutions. Israel persists in ignoring those resolutions as it continues to pursue illegal and aggressive measures and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly East Jerusalem and its environs, with a view to altering their demographic status, character and composition.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Mr. Alotaibi (Kuwait) (spoke in Arabic): I have the honour to deliver this statement to the Security Council on behalf of the States members of the Arab Group. First, however, let me express our support for the statement delivered on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement by the representative of Egypt, as well as for the statement to be made by the representative of Kazakhstan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The meeting is a demonstration of the importance that the international community attaches to the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, who have suffered for more than 60 years under the occupation and practices of Israel and its refusal to abide by its international commitments and its flouting of all international resolutions.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The Arab Group also emphasizes that no Security Council presidential statement or press statement should be issued nor any action taken after the open debate, especially any statement or action that may undermine the authority or mandate of relevant organs, processes and instruments or that might in any way effect the cause of climate-change negotiations, including the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention scheduled to be held in South Africa at the end of 2011.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“In this regard, the Group stresses that it supports the two letters to the President of the Security Council from the Non-Aligned Movement (S/2007/203) and the Group of 77 and China (S/2007/211) regarding the Council's open debate on energy, security and climate on 17 April 2007 (see S/PV.5663). It also supports the letter of 14 July 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Egypt, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, to the President of the Security Council concerning the open debate entitled "Maintenance of international peace and security: the impact of climate change" (S/201l/427).”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“These commitments were made at Rio, Johannesburg and other major United Nations conferences on economic and social issues. The Arab Group firmly believes that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the best forum in which to deal with the dangers of climate change and to consider measures to be taken on the basis of the principles therein. Measures must be taken in accordance with the Convention, particularly the need for developed countries to take urgent measures to fulfil their commitments to reducing emissions in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol. Developed countries that have yet to adhere to the Protocol should do so. The Arab Group stresses the need to agree on a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol and to ensure that there is no gap between the first and second periods.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Responsibilities for sustainable development are borne by the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their relevant subsidiary bodies, including the Commission on Sustainable Development and the United Nations Environment Programme. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a binding agreement on climate change, and there is the Kyoto Protocol. There is no role provided for the Security Council in any of that. We believe it necessary for all Member States to support sustainable development by adhering to the Rio principles, particularly the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and by fully implementing Agenda 21 and other commitments related to the provision of financial resources, technology transfer and building the capacities of developing countries.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“on the overlap of the role of the Security Council with the roles and responsibilities of the other principal bodies does not conform with the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter and may infringe on the authority of those bodies and the rights of Member States as a whole. Secondly, climate change is also of an integral part of sustainable development in its three aspects: economic development, social development, and the protection of the environment, which must be tackled in a holistic way. Thirdly, the issue of climate change is of the utmost importance for sustainable development.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The Arab States stress that the potential consequences of climate change will have adverse effects on the Arab region, especially in arid and semi-arid areas. The Arab Group would like to stress the following points. First, the responsibility for maintaining international peace and security falls primarily on the Security Council, specifically as per the mandate in the Charter of the United Nations, while taking into consideration the role of the General Assembly in this area, particularly in accordance with Assembly resolution 377 (V) of 3 November 1950.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Mr. Alotaibi (Kuwait) (spoke in Arabic): Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Arab States to explain its position on the issue of the maintenance of international peace and security and the impact of climate Change. At the outset, I wish to express our support of the statements made by the representatives of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and of Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. Statistics and reality confirm that developing countries 4 particularly the least developed countries, African countries, landlocked countries and the small island developing States 4 are most harmed by the negative effects of climate change.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“In that context, I reaffirm the Arab position demanding Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territories occupied since 4 June 1967, including Shab'a farms, Kafr Shouba and the village of Ghajar in southern Lebanon, in accordance with Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002) and 1515 (2003), as well as the Road Map, the Arab Peace Initiative and the principle of land for peace, which are all aimed at achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“Given the fact that there is no serious Israeli interlocutor willing to shoulder its international responsibility, we fear that the Arab Peace Initiative may become a dead letter because of Israel's illegal practices and policies and its unilateral measures aimed at changing the demographic and geographic character of the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem. Israel is seeking to circumvent the underlying principles for the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with Jerusalem as its capital.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“Israel is harming religious sensitivities by desecrating holy places and by placing the Ibrahimi and Bilal bin Rabah mosques on its heritage list. These buildings lie within occupied Palestinian territory, and their identity cannot be changed, which is what Israel is doing when it seeks to change the Arab character of East Jerusalem and other occupied Arab land. The Arab Group appreciated the resolution adopted by the Executive Board of UNESCO, rejecting Israel's unilateral measures to change the demographic character and the status of Jerusalem.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“The international community today must reject Israel's arguments as it seeks to justify its settlement activities and must pressure it to respect Security Council resolutions 465 (1980) and 497 (1981), on this issue. It is obvious that Israel interpreted the Arab Peace Initiative as a sign of weakness, so it persisted in its aggressive practices and violence against the Palestinians and intensified its blockade of Gaza, with its consequent humanitarian tragedy, as witnessed by the Board of Inquiry and by the Secretary-General during his recent visit to the region. The Secretary- General stated that the blockade had led to unacceptable human suffering and that Israel must lift it and abstain from implementing measures to block humanitarian aid.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“That has contributed to Israel's persistent lack of respect for United Nations resolutions and the resulting political instability and insecurity in the region. That is why the Security Council today must shoulder its legal responsibility and adopt measures to create an independent Palestinian State, with its capital in East Jerusalem, within the 4 June 1967 borders. The Quartet met in Moscow last month and condemned Israel's settlement activities. We call upon the Quartet to remain faithful to its basic position of principle that calls for an end to Israel's settlement policies in Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and to so-called natural growth, which are serious obstacles to a just and comprehensive peace.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a speech last month in which he said that Jerusalem is Israel's eternal capital and that settlements will continue. That is proof of Israel's intransigence and contempt for Security Council resolutions and the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Times of War. The international community condemns such provocations and escalation. It is clear that the persistence ofthe occupation is not only due to Israel's refusal to accept the will of the international community and its international obligations vis-a-vis the Security Council and the United Nations Charter, but also because the Security Council allows it to behave in all impunity, as if it were above the law.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“Israel's practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip; its inhuman siege of Gaza, its construction of the separation wall; restrictions on the free movement of people; the Judaization of Jerusalem; and the recent decision by the occupation forces to deport tens of thousands of Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank and in Jerusalem while enabling Jews from all over the world to settle in Palestine, including Jerusalem East, are all proof that Israel, the occupying Power, is simply the defying international community, international law and United Nations resolutions. That contradicts the claims of the Israeli authorities that Israel is a partner in the peace process and that it respects its commitment to a two-State solution.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“It is unfortunate that after more than 60 years of considering the Palestinian question, which is at the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the international community remains preoccupied with the issue as a result of its inability to achieve a peaceful solution for the Palestinian people and to restore their land to them. Israel, the occupying Power, ignores the will, resolutions and repeated appeals of the international community. It continues to occupy Arab and Palestinian territories and to stifle peaceful efforts to relieve its illegal occupation, which has gone on since 1967, in defiance of the international community.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“Mr. Alotaibi (Kuwait) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to echo the words of previous speakers by conveying my sincerest condolences to the Government and people of China and the families of the victims of this morning's devastating earthquake. It is an honour for me to speak on behalf of the Arab Group to assess the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. We would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe for his briefing earlier. It was important, as it reminded the international community of its responsibilities towards the Palestinian people suffering a terrible occupation by Israel, which persists in contravention of its international commitments and continues to occupy Arab territories.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source