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1. “It is also important to put an end to the settlements and lift the unjust and illegal blockade of Gaza. The Kingdom of Bahrain consistently reiterates its firm position with regard to the Palestinian issue, which is based on the need to implement the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly and to respect the pertinent international agreements. It is essential to work assiduously to find a comprehensive, fair and lasting solution to the issue of Palestine. This can be done only with the complete withdrawal of Israel of occupied Arab territories, the creation of an independent Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital, and in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the Arab Peace Initiative and the decisions of the Quartet.”

   2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source

2. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to congratulate the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. I would like to welcome Mr. Nasser Judeh, Minister for Foreign and Expatriate Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, for his attendance at this meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, affirmed that while our causes and challenges todays are complex and diverse, our principles and positions remain unchanged. At the top of those positions is the right of the Palestinian people to build an independent State on its territory with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with Council resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.”

   2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source

3. “Men of religion and knowledge must respond to that mentality. It attacks not only individuals but ethnic and religious minorities as well. Such people are being displaced and their cultural heritage is the being looted and destroyed. All of this is completely incompatible with the precepts of any religion. As mentioned in the concept note (S/2015/176, annex), the international community must assume its responsibility to ensure that the Middle East remains welcoming and open to all - a centre that protects minorities, both ethnic and religious, and allows them to flourish because of their variety and their cultures. This is why we are providing humanitarian assistance to groups that have been preyed upon by discrimination and displacement.”

   2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source

4. “We have woven a social fabric that is open and welcoming to all, no matter what religion or doctrine they may belong to. The mosque, the synagogue and the church sit close together in our capital Manama, within less than one square kilometre. One can see Christians and Jews in Parliament and as representatives abroad. Our leader, His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa, reiterated the need to build a new human civilization, which will serve as the basis of our fraternity and bind all of us together under the flag of human values to be protected from extremism and terrorism. Bahrain firmly believes in the need to fight extremist thinking, which not only degrades human nature but also damages the precepts of the Islamic religion, as we can see from the actions of Daesh and others.”

   2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source

5. “The Forum reiterated the fact that humanity is something that all persons share, no matter what their race, ethnic group, linguistic or other origin may be Dialogue is the very basis that brings people together in all their diversity to achieve peace, security, justice, development, equality, liberty and democracy. The use of hate speech is incompatible with humanity and civilization. Unfamiliarity with those who are different from us leads to hatred, which in turn leads to exclusion, discrimination, terrorism, confrontation instead of dialogue, violence instead of peace, and hatred instead of solidarity and friendship. Bahrain is an oasis of multiculturalism and multiracialism in the region that was the cradle of civilization.”

   2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source

6. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to begin by thanking you, Sir, for convening this important meeting of the Security Council. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights for their very comprehensive briefings at the opening of this debate. The Bahrain Declaration (A/68/959, annex), reiterated the outcomes of the Alliance of Civilizations Forum, held last May, with the participation of eminent representatives of several religions and doctrines as well as a worldwide network of universities.”

   2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source

7. “The meeting considered the possibility of holding a ministerial conference on the implementation of the declaration. The participants of the meeting would like to cooperate in combating terrorism with the United Nations Centre for Counter-Terrorism, co-founded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

   2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

8. “Among the recommendations put forth was a reference to the importance of follow up on evaluating the financing of terrorism and its sources, considering their means of implementation, and following up on all relevant activities, for example the financing of terrorist groups through the Internet and social media, the use of electronic payments or virtual currency by individuals or terrorist groups, the use of religious or academic institutions to finance terrorism or illegal financing through natural resources, the illicit trafficking of narcotics and even financing through charities. The statement stressed the need for participation in international efforts to combat terrorism, inter alia through legal assistance between countries and legal assistance to counter the financing of terrorism.”

   2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

9. “Many experts participated in those meetings, in addition to representatives of numerous regional and international organizations, including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Financial Action Task Force, as well as various bodies working in the Middle East. The end of the meeting saw the issuance of the Manama declaration on combating the financing of terrorism. The declaration contains many recommendations in line with international law and its provisions, as well as the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. It underscored the need for follow up on the prosecution of terrorists and the collective need for sanctions in combating the financing of terrorism.”

   2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

10. “The meeting emphasized the need for collective efforts to halt the financing of terrorism and deal with any suspicious transfers through three means, including the implementation of all international resolutions to combat the financing of terrorism, primarily Security Council resolutions, and the recommendations of the working groups and the Financial Action Task Force, as well as strengthening cooperation internationally and through specialized bodies and exchanges of experiences and approaches in combating the financing of terrorism.”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

11. “The Kingdom reiterates the need to curb the financing of terrorism, which represents half the battle in the fight against terrorism. There is also a need to ensure effective mechanisms to put an end to all financial support for terrorist groups and organizations. In that regard, specialized conferences aimed at finding ways eradicate all forms and manifestations of terrorists and terrorist groups that pose a significant threat to international peace and security are of growing importance. The meeting I spoke of reflected the importance of bank and financing flows in the framework of international efforts and counter-terrorism.”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

12. “Thirdly, we must deal with the financing of terrorism, which enables them to purchase weapons and materiel and attract vulnerable young people. In the framework of international efforts to combat terrorism, on 9 November the Kingdom of Bahrain hosted a meeting in Manama on combating the financing of terrorism within the context of efforts to eradicate financing in all its forms and manifestations. It was part of an effort to implement the Kingdom's policy in the framework of the International Conference for Peace and Security in Iraq, held in Paris in September. We have also put forth an initiative to host a conference to coordinate international efforts to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

13. “In the statement delivered on behalf of my country during the general debate of the current session of the General Assembly (see A/69/PV.17), the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, His Excellency Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, stressed three main areas for action. The first of these is the security and military area, owing to the growing threat posed by these terrorist groups as they acquire heavy weapons that enable them to occupy cities for use as safe havens and bases from which to launch terrorist operations that disrupt the stability and security of our region. Secondly, we must combat all ideology that runs counter to human nature and betrays true Islam by distorting its precepts.”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

14. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting devoted to counter-terrorism and extremism. These two scourges are the cause of untold suffering across the world. The international community should galvanize its efforts through international cooperation, which is increasingly important, to tackle the challenges of international peace and security undermined by acts of terrorism perpetrated by extremist groups, which pose a threat to numerous regions across the world. The Kingdom of Bahrain has joined the international coalition.”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

15. “The Kingdom of Bahrain will always support the principles of peace, freedom, justice, self-determination and coexistence. We support moderation and international resolutions, and will continue to act and work to ensure the implementation of resolution 1515 (2003).”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

16. “Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, when he called for the international protection of the Palestinian people and their occupied land, Israel to commit to implementing the Fourth Geneva Convention, a specific timeline to end the Israeli occupation and the realization of the aspirations of the Palestinian people to set up their own independent State of Palestine on the basis of the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital. All of this must be undertaken pursuant to the Arab Peace Initiative, the two-State solution, international legitimacy and relevant United Nations resolutions. We pay tribute to the key role played by the Arab Republic of Egypt in securing the ceasefire and as co-host with the Kingdom of Norway of the International Conference on Palestine, "Reconstructing Gaza".”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

17. “The most recent brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip, which led to the widespread destruction and more than 2,000 martyrs, clearly demonstrates Israel's violations and its breach of all international resolutions, laws, norms and treaties owing to its expropriation of Palestinian land, construction of illegal settlements, their expansion and the imposition of the blockade. The Kingdom of Bahrain underscores the words of His Excellency Mr.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

18. “Just peace can be obtained only through a complete Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories and the lifting of the illegal Israeli siege of Gaza. A peaceful settlement of the Middle East issue requires putting an end to the illegitmate Israeli occupation of Arab and Palestinian lands, including East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan. as well as a Israel's complete withdrawal from other occupied Lebanese territories, in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

19. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to sincerely thank you, Madam President, for having convened this open debate of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Allow me also to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing to the Security Council. The Kingdom of Bahrain reaffirms that a lasting and comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian question will be achieved only through the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital in accordance with United Nations resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative and the decisions of the Quartet, as well as all international terms of reference in that regard.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

20. “To conclude, King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of Bahrain has affirmed that the Kingdom will continue to adhere to the principles of peace, freedom, justice, self-determination and coexistence, is committed to the implementation of the resolutions of international legitimacy, fervently champions the spirit of moderation, and supports the Palestinian people in attaining the fulfilment of their alienable rights.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

21. “In addition, we assert the need to implement the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council and to respect without condition the principles of international legitimacy, particularly with regard to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, which prohibits any demographic change in territories under occupation. The most important issue remains the continued suffering of the Palestinian people. We are in dire need of reaching a just, lasting and comprehensive solution that would guarantee the basic and legitimate rights of the Palestinian people like all other peoples. In that regard, it is important for all parties to honour their commitments to end the suffering of the Palestinian people, terminate the blockade of Gaza and halt the construction of settlements.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

22. “A peaceful settlement of the situation in the Middle East will be achieved only through an end to the occupation of Arab lands, including Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan, in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions; the establishment of an independent Palestinian State on the basis of the 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital; and the achievement of a just and lasting peace that guarantees the right of return to the Palestinians in accordance with General Assembly resolution 194 (III).”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

23. “We commend the historic achievement of and wisdom shown by the Palestinian leadership in ending years of intra-Palestinian division. We support the step taken by President Abbas in signing the accession documents to 15 international instruments and treaties. That is a step in the right direction and a legitimate right of the brotherly people of Palestine.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

24. “We continue to demand that the illegal blockade of Gaza be lifted. We welcome the Palestinian national reconciliation agreement, signed in Gaza on Wednesday, 23 April, between Fatah and Hamas. We express our hope that the agreement will end the internal divisions and help the Palestinian people to attain their full rights, like any other people in the world. Most important among these is the right to achieve a lasting solution to the situation based on international legitimacy, the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital. We also fully support the aspirations of the Palestinian people in all their efforts to achieve ajust and lasting peace in the region.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

25. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): I thank you, Madam President, for convening this quarterly debate. I would like to congratulate Nigeria on its able leadership of the Council. I thank Mr. Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing. Bahrain continues to reiterate its position with respect to the Palestinian question, which is based on the need to implement the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, respect the terms of reference and work to find a just, lasting and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question. Such work can be successful only with the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative and the decisions of the Quartet.”

    2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source

26. “We call once again on the Security Council and other mechanisms, including the Quartet, to exert every effort to resolve this historical crisis in a manner that serves the interests of the peoples of Israel and of Palestine and preserves regional and international peace and security.”

    2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source

27. “We would reiterate also the need to implement all relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and to unconditionally abide by the resolutions of international legitimacy, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits any demographic or geographical changes to areas under occupation. Let me say in closing that peace in the Middle East is not just one option; rather, it is the only option. That will require the implementation of the two-State solution, of which the Arab Peace Initiative is one of the most important foundations. That requires that Israel, the occupying Power, stop its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, which only undermine all efforts, be they Arab or international, to achieve peace.”

    2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source

28. “A peaceful resolution of the Middle East problem must ultimately lead to an end to the Israeli occupation of the Arab and Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan, as well as the resumption of Israel's withdrawal from the remaining occupied Lebanese territories, in keeping with the relevant Security Council resolutions. It must also entail the establishment of an independent Palestinian State within the 4 June 1967 borders, with holy Jerusalem as its capital, and offer ajust solution that would guarantee the return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 194 (III).”

    2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source

29. “His Majesty also noted the need to adopt a new approach to the peace process in order to achieve ajust and comprehensive peace in the region, as well as the need to revitalize its mechanisms on all tracks, as those mechanisms have been brought to a standstill by Israel's refusal to abide by all relevant international resolutions. Such efforts should be carried out in coordination with the international community as a whole, on the basis of the terms of reference of international legitimacy, the Arab Peace Initiative adopted at the 2002 Beirut summit and the principle ofland for peace, ensuring that an end is put to the Israeli occupation, which started in 1967, and to settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories, including in particular holy Jerusalem.”

    2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source

30. “We call on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and to immediately move to lift the siege and alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people living in the Gaza Strip. At the summit held recently in Doha, His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain stated that many recent developments and variables had set new conditions and created platforms for a peace in the Middle East based on the two-State solution, through the establishment of an independent Palestinian State on its national soil, with holy Jerusalem as its capital.”

    2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source

31. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset, Sir, to thank you for having convened this meeting and to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency this month. The Kingdom of Bahrain has consistently reaffirmed its firm stance on the Palestinian question, which is based on the need to implement the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions and to respect internationally agreed terms of reference. Efforts to achieve a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question can be successful only on the basis of the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in keeping with United Nations resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative, the decisions of the international Quartet and the calls to lift the continued illegal Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.”

    2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source

32. “We must also ensure compliance with the Fourth Geneva Convention in the occupied territories. Lastly, the two-State solution is the only possible lasting option and the Arab Peace Initiative is a key foundation of that option and solution. I greatly fear that the current stalemate in the peace process is due to Israeli policies, which have undermined all Arab and international efforts to achieve peace. We call upon the Security Council and other mechanisms, such as the Quartet, to spare no effort in seeking an end to the stalemate, for the benefit of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples alike and in the service of regional and international peace and security.”

    2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847Resumption1 (2012) · source

33. “We urge the international community to assume its responsibilities and to work immediately to bring an end to the blockade. The Middle East question will be resolved only if Israel withdraws from the Palestinian and Arab territories that it has occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan and all occupied Lebanese territories, in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions. AnindependentPalestinian State mustbe established on the basis of the 4 June 1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as the capital. It is important to achieve ajust solution on the repatriation of Palestinian refugees, based on General Assembly resolution 194 (III). In addition, we call for reactivating the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly that call for an end to all Israeli violations and aggression.”

    2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847Resumption1 (2012) · source

34. “At the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held in Mecca on 25 August, the King of Bahrain reiterated the importance of the matter and the fact that we need to work in earnest to bring about a just, comprehensive and lasting solution to the issue, resulting in an independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the Arab Peace Initiative, the decisions ofthe Quartet and United Nations resolutions. Moreover, the Minister for Foreign Affairs reiterated before the General Assembly (see A/67/PV.14) the principled position of Bahrain that it has put forward in all bodies and forums. The Kingdom of Bahrain reiterates the need to ensure the implementation of the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly that call for the lifting of the ongoing illegal blockade of Gaza.”

    2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847Resumption1 (2012) · source

35. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to thank you, Sir, for convening this debate. I also thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing this morning. The problem of the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, remains a matter of great importance to the Arab countries and to the international community as a whole. At the same time, the issue has seen no progress despite all the efforts undertaken on all fronts and all levels. A comprehensive settlement of the Middle East issue, and in particular the Palestinian question, calls for concerted international efforts to guarantee the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and to ensure justice and right.”

    2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847Resumption1 (2012) · source

36. “In conclusion, the Kingdom of Bahrain again appeals to the Security Council to intensify its efforts towards a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, based on relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council; to put an end to the Israeli occupation that has endured since 1967; and to establish a sovereign, viable, contiguous Palestinian State living side by side in peace with the State of Israel.”

    2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source

37. “I would like to reiterate the position clearly expressed by His Majesty King of Bahrain in his statement before the General Assembly on 22 September 2011 (see A/66/PV.15). His Majesty called on the international community to take this opportunity to give help our brothers, the Palestinian people, to realize their legitimate aspirations by recognizing their State on their own land inside the June 4 1967 borders. He called on the international community to put an end to the conflict by ensuring full Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab land to the June 4 1967 lines, including from the occupied Syrian Golan and lands occupied in southern Lebanon, in accordance with relevant international resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative. That is a firm position of Bahrain on the situation in the Middle East.”

    2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source

38. “It stressed that a lasting, just and comprehensive peace can be achieved only through the creation of an independent Palestinian State within the borders of June 4 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital; that East Jerusalem is a red line; and that its support for Palestine's application to United Nations membership is legitimate, just and a further encouragement to the peace process. The Security Council has another historic opportunity today to resolve the question of Palestine through the two-State solution by accepting the membership of the State of Palestine within the June 4 1967 borders. It is clear that the UNESCO decision to accept Palestine as a full-fledged member was an important milestone on the road to creating an independent Palestinian State on Palestinian land.”

    2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source

39. “If the peace process is now at a stalemate, one of the most serious and principal causes of the paralysis is Israel's insistence on pursuing its policy of colonial annexation, to the frustration of the Palestinian side as expressed in the activities of the Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Israel's refusal to implement United Nations resolutions, the Madrid terms of reference, the road map, and other resolutions of international legitimacy is a flagrant violation of the rules of international law, which will inevitably lead to further confrontation, tension and strife throughout the region. The Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council, at its thirty-second session in December last year, took up developments surrounding the question of Palestine.”

    2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source

40. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on an issue that has preoccupied the Organization for over six decades and will endure until the Palestinian people recover their full rights, including the right to establish their own State, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Allow me also to welcome Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo to membership in the Security Council. Some weeks ago, we celebrated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On that occasion, as on previous ones, it was clear that the question of Palestine lies at the core of the crisis in the Middle East and that the Israeli settlement policy is the major obstacle to peace.”

    2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source

41. “This should be considered when the Palestinian Authority's request for Palestine's full membership of the United Nations is being addressed. We therefore encourage the Organization, the Security Council and the international community to accede to their request.”

    2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source

42. “However, the fine diplomacy and flexibility demonstrated has been greeted by nothing but more settlement and displacement activities, without regard for all the international resolutions prohibiting such activities. I remind the Council of what we have already heard in previous meeting - the Palestinian Authority is capable of managing State affairs, as has been acknowledged by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. The Palestinian Authority has proved its ability to establish sound institutions and provide security for a viable State. We pay tribute to President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad for this achievement, whereby the Palestinian Authority has attained the goal it set itself two years ago.”

    2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source

43. “8) It no longer makes sense to continue to address the Palestinian question in a routine manner. The international community must take a bolder step forward, not only in order to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people but, more importantly, to see justice done after so many decades of occupation and unilateral attempts to achieve a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question. The whole world, and the Quartet in particular, has seen the Palestinian Authority make repeated concessions in its efforts to attain its inalienable and legitimate rights, chief among them the establishment of an independent and viable Palestinian State, even as the international situation evolves within this Organization.”

    2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source

44. “In his address to the General Assembly during the general debate, His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of Bahrain said that "Today more than ever, the international community has a propitious opportunity to do justice to the brotherly Palestinian people and to help them to achieve their legitimate aspirations by recognizing an independent Palestinian State on their own national soil, with East Jerusalem as its capital. That would put an end to an era of bitter Arab-Israeli conflict, contingent on a complete Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories to the lines of 4 June 1967 in Palestine, the occupied Syrian Arab Golan and the occupied territories in southern Lebanon, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative". (A/66/PV.]5, p.”

    2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source

45. “In every position it has taken on the Middle East, the Kingdom of Bahrain has supported all efforts aimed at achieving a peaceful settlement of the Middle East question on the basis of a two-State solution in which Israel and Palestine live side by side in peace and security, with Palestine guaranteed as a viable, independent State within the 1967 borders. We continue to play an active role on the Arab Peace Initiative Committee, believing it to be the best framework within which to achieve a peaceful settlement.”

    2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source

46. “Mr. Alrowaiei (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): I thank you, Madame President, for convening this meeting. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing. At the outset, I would like to offer my sincere condolences to the King, Government and people of our sister Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to the Arab and Muslim nations on the passing of His Royal Highness, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Aviation Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. I also offer my deep sympathies to sisterly Turkey and its people in the wake of the devastating earthquake there, which has claimed many lives and inflicted great material damage.”

    2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source