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Alsaidi

lines on the record: 119
first: 2002-10-04
most recent: 2010-06-16
sittings or episodes: 18
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“Here I should like to refer in particular to continued violations against Arab children in the occupied Palestinian territories. The international community is urged to meet its responsibilities by putting an end to the ongoing occupation and thus to enable Palestinian children to live in peace.”
2010-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6341Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The Government of Yemen is determined to include children's issue in future development programmes and in the reconstruction plans for Sa'dah province. In this respect, we call on the international community to support the efforts of the Government of Yemen in this field. Sixthly and finally, my country reaffirms the primary responsibility of the State to protect children and promote their rights. We also reaffirm the importance of ensuring the relevance and accuracy of the information and data collected, as well as the 10-40838 importance of consulting with the State concerned when reports are being prepared. In conclusion, we must note that despite the efforts and achievements made in protecting the rights of children in armed conflict, a great deal remains to be done to put an end to their suffering.”
2010-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6341Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Fourthly, Yemen has discharged its responsibilities to its citizens affected by the war, despite the very limited resources available to it. Our country cooperates with humanitarian agencies providing assistance to internally displaced persons and people affected by these events by ensuring and facilitating humanitarian access to refugee camps to enable these agencies to see the situation in the camps. The most recent visit to these camps was that of the Secretary-General's Representative for the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons. Fifthly, the Government of Yemen is currently striving to strengthen peace and security, launch reconstruction efforts and ensure the return of displaced persons by guaranteeing decent living conditions to all citizens, including children.”
2010-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6341Resumption1 (2010) · source
“First, we should like to reaffirm the complete commitment of Yemen to protecting children and promoting their rights. Secondly, during its violent clashes and military confrontations with rebels in Sa'dah province, the Government of Yemen paid due attention to the safety and security of all citizens and in its military actions acted prudently so as to ensure that there were no victims among the civilian population, especially children. We did so by ensuring the security of various public institutions, especially schools and hospitals. Thirdly, on 21 May, the political leadership of our country decided to release all detainees who had been arrested within the framework of the insurgency launched by rebels in Sa'dah.”
2010-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6341Resumption1 (2010) · source
“In addition to this legislative framework, the Republic of Yemen has set up institutional mechanisms to ensure that the legislation is implemented in practice, including the High Council for Motherhood and Children, the Ministry of Human Rights, which also attaches great importance to the rights of the child, and departments and offices responsible for children's issues within the framework of other ministries and institutions. Children's issues have had an extremely 10-40838 important place in all national development strategies, programmes and plans adopted since the 1990s. My delegation has familiarized itself with the ninth report of the Secretary-General on this topic (S/2010/181), which we have before us, and we should like to share with the Council the following clarifications.”
2010-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6341Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It has also acceded to that Convention's two Optional Protocols. In addition to submitting periodic reports on the implementation of these instruments, Yemen has ratified a number of international conventions in this field, including the Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment and the Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Furthermore, the Republic of Yemen has passed legislation on children, including Law 45 of 2002, on the rights of the child, and Law 24 of 1992, on assistance to minors. We have also incorporated provisions on the protection of the rights of the child elsewhere in our legislation.”
2010-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6341Resumption1 (2010) · source
“I pay tribute to the role played by Mexico in this area as Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. Our thanks go also to the Secretary-General, and we thank his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF for their introductory statements and for all their efforts in this field. I cannot fail to pay tribute to Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, for her outstanding role on the protection of children in armed conflict, including through her work which benefits Yemen. Based on our deep-rooted conviction that children are our future, the Republic of Yemen was among the first States to accede to the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, in May 1991.”
2010-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6341Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Mr. Alsaidi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I should like to thank Her Excellency the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico for having honoured us with her participation in the meeting this morning. I should also like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that you will demonstrate outstanding and wise leadership as you guide the work of the Council. I also take this opportunity to convey my gratitude to the delegation of Lebanon for its outstanding presidency of the Council last month. I should also like to thank you, Sir, for having organized this open debate on children and armed conflict, which, quite clearly, is an issue of great importance to all of us.”
2010-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6341Resumption1 (2010) · source
“In conclusion, we also need to state that the piracy crisis cannot be completely eradicated, regardless of the efforts made, because its root cause is the international community's wilful disregard of the situation in Somalia. The population there is at war, and the territory of Somalia provides the context for the settling of regional issues. The international community thus needs to give the attention and support needed to strengthen Somalia's central State institutions. It also needs to call upon the parties to form a Government of national unity and put an end to the conflict in Somalia so that the country can consolidate peace and security in its own territory - land, sea and air.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“That Agreement is in perfect harmony with the proposal put forward by the Republic of Yemen with regard to regional cooperation and combating piracy in our region. The Agreement will serve as useful guidance in drafting our own regional agreement. My country also believes that the issue of piracy is an inevitable result of the deterioration of the political situation and instability in Somalia. It is also the result of the absence of a functioning State for 17 years. It will be possible to overcome this problem only once a comprehensive political solution that takes all aspects of the issue into account has been reached. In this context, the Republic of Yemen reiterates the need for national reconciliation in Somalia.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“In that context, the Republic of Yemen welcomes the final communique adopted by the United Nations conference held in Nairobi on 10 and 11 December 2008, as well as the recommendations contained therein. My country believes that establishing a regional centre in Yemen for the exchange of information on piracy and for providing the necessary technical and material support could contribute to coordinating regional and international efforts to combat piracy and armed robbery at sea. In this context, my country looks to Asian countries party to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia, as explained by the representative of Japan in his statement this afternoon.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“Acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden have increased the social, economic and health-care burdens of Yemen because of the uninterrupted flow of refugees towards our country. There have been concurrent increased costs as well as increased need for the services of the coast guard in order to provide humanitarian aid and help rescue those who have been shipwrecked and who risk drowning because of the sea itself or because of the brutality of the shipowners. There have also been increased costs in insurance for ships navigating the seas in that area. Increased assistance to those coastal States can help eliminate piracy in the territorial waters off Somalia and the Gulf of Aden.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“My delegation reiterates our ability to protect our territorial waters and we are prepared to cooperate with concerned States in order to consolidate stability and security in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, and we call for concerted efforts to combat all acts of piracy and to provide assistance to the countries affected by that phenomenon by strengthening the capacity of their coast guards and providing technical and material support. My country supports international and regional efforts in the fight against the phenomenon. The Republic of Yemen reaffirms that those efforts must be in line with the relevant provisions of international law and respect for the sovereignty of countries over their territories and territorial waters.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“We welcome the communique adopted at the end of the meeting, which stated that the protection of international marine transport and the security of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are the responsibility of the coastal States and therefore, before any arrangements or operations are established, there must be prior consultation with those States in the context of the territorial waters and international waters adjacent to those States.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“Therefore, my country condemns and denounces all acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the territorial waters off the coast of Somalia, in the high seas and in the Gulf of Aden. In that context, the Republic of Yemen is working with the coastal States of the Red Sea and the international community with regard to the proliferation of acts of armed robbery and piracy and the best ways to put an end to that scourge. My country welcomes the consultative meeting of the coastal Arab States held in Cairo on 29 November under the joint presidency of Yemen and Egypt to discuss the phenomenon of piracy off the Somali coast and ways to combat it.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“Because of our geographic proximity, we in Yemen suffer the consequences of that deterioration in the Horn of Africa, and especially in Somalia. With Somalis fleeing the war and the dismal economic situation there has been a proliferation in piracy and the trafficking of human beings. Yemen has spared no effort, within its means, to resolve the Somali crisis through a series of initiatives to bring together Somali tribes, political parties and factions and leaders. With regard to the issue of piracy in the territorial waters off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden, which continue to increase, we believe those acts pose a serious threat to the safety and security of international maritime navigation in some of the world's most important international seaways.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“Mr. Alsaidi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, let me thank you, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to speak before the Security Council on the subject of the increase in acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships off the Somali coast. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his thorough briefing on the subject, as well as the recommendations contained within his report (S/2008/709), with regard to measures to be taken by the international community to resolve the issue. According to the information contained in the report of the Secretary-General, the humanitarian and security situation in Somalia is deteriorating rapidly day by day. In spite of improvements and the negotiations between the Transitional Federal Government and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, the violence and warring continue to worsen.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“The Arab Group believes that it is also time to release Lebanese prisoners who have languished in Israeli jails for many years, in violation of humanitarian and legal principles. In conclusion, we reserve the right to once again raise before the Council the issue of the deterioration of the situation in the occupied Arab territories. We hope that the Council will compel Israel to abide by the resolutions pertaining to this conflict. The Council should also assume its responsibilities and compel Israel to become seriously involved in the peace process and to respond to Arab initiatives, in particular the Peace Initiative endorsed by the Beirut Summit in 2002 and reaffirmed at the recent Riyadh Summit.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“We are also in full solidarity with Lebanon, its Government and its people in the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006), especially as regards the return of Lebanese territory still under Israeli occupation - including the northern area of the Ghajar region, the Shab'aa Farms and the Kafr Shuba hills. We also support the efforts of the Government of Lebanon to extend its authority over all of its territories. The Arab Group urges the Council to shoulder its responsibilities, compel Israel to cease its daily violations of Lebanese air, ground and maritime borders and to provide Lebanon with a map of the landmines it has laid in the country. Israel must also provide full information about the cluster and fragmentation bombs dropped on Lebanese territory, which pose a threat to the safety and security and livelihood of civilians.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“A lasting solution will be possible only if we put an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories in accordance with internationally binding resolutions, as well as with the terms of reference of the Madrid Peace Conference, the principle of land for peace, the requirements of the Road Map and the Arab Peace Initiative, ensuring that the Palestinian people can fully regain their legitimate political rights. At last they could thus achieve the establishment of an independent State of their own on their territory, with Jerusalem as its capital. The Arab Group asserts its full solidarity with Syria and demands that Israel fully withdraw from the occupied Syrian Arab Golan to the 4 June 1967 borders.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“All of those are illegal actions that flagrantly violate international law, United Nations resolutions and the Quartet Road Map, which the Council adopted in resolution 1515 (2003). They not only have serious consequences for the security and stability of the region and the world, but they also undermine international efforts to relaunch the Quartet peace process, as well as any just and lasting comprehensive solution to the Israeli-Arab conflict, at the very heart of which is the Palestinian question. Such a solution will not be attainable so long as Israel continues its unilateral measures to establish a fait accompli and influence the results of final status negotiations.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“Those measures are also in violation of the Hague Convention of 1954, which stipulates that no measures or acts of hostility should be undertaken against religious sites, which are the special heritage of peoples. In addition to continuing its acts of demolition and excavation around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israel is also continuing its military incursions and repeated acts of aggression in territory under the control of the Palestinian Authority, namely, Gaza and the West Bank. It is also continuing its economic blockade and the illegal construction of its racist expansionist wall. It is establishing a cordon of roads intended to strangle Palestinian villages and towns, rendering all movement and communication between them extremely difficult. Israel is continuing to build and expand settlements.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“Those actions are threatening the religious and cultural identity of Jerusalem. Moreover, they constitute an act of provocation, an affront to the feelings of Muslims and a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. Those irresponsible practices are also flagrant violations of 16 relevant Council resolutions, especially resolution 465 (1980), which emphasized that all measures, and legislative and administrative actions, taken by the Israeli occupying Power to change the legal character, demographic composition, institutional structure or status of occupied Jerusalem had no legal validity. That is in addition to the fact that Israel's actions are in flagrant violation of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, which applies to all territories occupied by Israel in 1967, including Jerusalem.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“At a time when the Islamic world is commemorating the setting ablaze of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israel is continuing its irresponsible actions. Chief among those are its demolition and excavation work within the area surrounding the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque itself, in flagrant violation of its sanctity, threatening its structural integrity, and attempting to obliterate the character and religious symbols of the Mosque. We resolutely condemn such hostile Israeli actions, which undermine the third most Holy Place, and the first Qiblah of the Islamic faith. We therefore call upon the Security Council, the body primarily responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, to assume its responsibilities and intervene immediately to compel Israel to respect resolutions of international legality and halt its actions.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“I hope that he will remain in touch with us and remain involved with the Palestinian question. The Security Council has before it today the issue of the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. This is one of the most important items on the Council's agenda, as it has been for more that five decades. As the Council is aware, this issue, with all its ramifications, is at the core of the Arab- Israeli conflict. The events of recent years have confirmed the rightness of the international community's conviction that solving this question is indeed at the heart of a comprehensive and just solution to the conflict. Since the Council debated the situation in the Middle East last month, the occupied territories have been a theatre for the pernicious escalation of acts of violence by the Israeli occupation authorities.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“Mr. Alsaidi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me, Mr. President, on behalf of the Arab Group, to express my congratulations on the way in which you have guided the work of the Council for the month of August. Our Group is fully confident in the work of the Council under your wise and skilful guidance. I would also like to express our appreciation to the Permanent Representative of China for assuming the presidency in July with skill and efficiency. We also express our appreciation to Mr. Michael Williams, Special Coordinator for the Peace Process in the Middle East, for his briefing on the current situation in our region. I thank him on behalf of the Arab Group for the constructive role he has played and to wish him every success in his future endeavours in London.”
2007-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5736 (2007) · source
“My country therefore believes that it is now essential for the Council, which is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, to adopt a binding resolution on an immediate ceasefire and the dispatch of an international observer force to monitor that ceasefire and protect Palestinian civilians. It must also make a serious political effort to return the parties to the negotiating table, in accordance with international resolutions, the Arab initiative, and mutually concluded agreements.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“One blockade has been imposed on the Palestinian people for quite some time by the occupation authorities, who disregard the moral norms set out in the instruments of international law, and the other is an international blockade that has increased desperation and suffering since the Palestinian elections at the beginning of 2006. If the situation continues to deteriorate, it will lay fertile ground for extremism and terrorism and stifle the voices of wisdom, reason and moderation. It will also lead to chaos, instability and grave consequences.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“We believe that the Council's inability to take practical deterrent measures that prevent the recurrence of aggression - which would further inflame the already burning situation in the region and broaden the cycle of violence there - and the Council's hesitation to take decisive steps to silence the tanks, artillery, helicopters and Israeli jets targeting a defenceless, imprisoned people living in an open jail, crying out in deteriorating conditions of poverty and destitution, have given rise to a double blockade.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“The Republic of Yemen, while expressing its deep concern and strong condemnation of those barbaric acts, calls upon all members of the family of nations, including the Security Council, to take a firm stand against the State terrorism carried out by the Israeli occupation forces so that they halt their ceaseless violations of the rights of the Palestinian people, who have been subjected for more than half a century to all kinds of repression, oppression, injustice, coercion and torture.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“It was a horrific war crime against the rights of the Palestinians and of humanity as a whole - a barbaric act that runs counter to any rational, logical or legal justification other than the desire of Israel, the occupying Power, to continue a systematic war of genocide, targeting humans, trees and animals and all forms of life. The question now is: will the international community stand idly by in the face of this brutal massacre?”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“Mr. Alsaidi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): On the morning of Wednesday, 8 November 2006, the peoples of the world, together with the remaining inhabitants of beleaguered Beit Hanoun in Palestine, were shocked to awaken to the sight of scattered body parts, houses razed to the ground and squares drenched with blood and filled with the remains of children, the elderly and women - a surreal, abhorrent, alarming and painful scene rejected and despised by any sane human being. That scene resulted from Operation Autumn Clouds, in which the occupying Israeli forces rained artillery shells down on the residential areas of Beit Hanoun, a densely populated village with innocent and defenceless elderly persons, women and children.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“It also should work to speedily implement final status negotiations in accordance with internationally binding resolutions, the decisions of the Quartet and the Arab Peace Initiative.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“We would like to stress once again that, in order to achieve peace and stability, pressure must be brought to bear on Israel to respect international instruments. Israel should be stopped. It cannot continue to act as if it were above the law. Israel's crimes generate hatred and incite violence and tension in the region. We are convinced that any defenceless people subjected to intermittent acts of aggression would definitely feel frustrated and hopeless. Frustration generates hatred and terror. Terror feeds on an environment in which there is no justice or fairness. The international community must therefore put an end to Israel's acts of aggression and hold Israel accountable.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“It has become clear that the military actions and threats began prior to the detention of the Israeli soldier, which has been used by Israel as a pretext for its acts of aggression. This shows that Israel does not really seek peace. Perhaps it cannot live without triggering disputes and conflicts in the region as a justification for usurping and annexing additional Palestinian territory so as to establish settlements there, bringing settlers from all parts of the world. Israel persists in this behaviour because it knows full well that the international community, and the Security Council in particular, are paralysed. Not only that, it enjoys protection from punishment. No one even questions what it does or its actions, which run counter to international law and to divine codes.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“The Republic of Yemen condemns the acts of aggression committed against the occupied Palestinian territories. It condemns also the violation by Israeli warplanes of Syrian airspace and requests that an end be put to such acts of aggression, that the Israeli forces withdraw to their previous positions, and that the Cabinet ministers and Palestinian officials who were detained be released, as they were elected in free and democratic elections. We call once again for respect for the inviolability of Syrian airspace. It is strange indeed that these Israeli acts of aggression follow on the heels of the Palestinian national reconciliation movement, aimed at allowing Palestinians to speak with one voice and responding to the internationally agreed provisions related to the peace process in the region.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“The Council knows full well that this is not the first time that the forces of the Israeli occupation have practiced State violence against a defenceless people. Israel has bombed densely populated cities and refugee camps - refugees it has displaced from their lands. What is new here is that the Israeli forces have taken their acts of aggression to new heights by killing innocent civilians on the Gaza shore, destroying Palestinian infrastructure, kidnapping Cabinet ministers and Palestinian officials, and intensifying the scale of its aggression by sending its warplanes to violate the airspace of the Syrian Arab Republic, with a view to destabilizing the region and pushing it into a state of war - as if our region was lacking in tragedy.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“Mr. Alsaidi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): Madam President, allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate you on presiding over the work of the Council for this month. Given our friendship, we are fully aware of your wisdom, and we know that you are a person of vision. Allow me also to express our gratitude and appreciation to your predecessor, the Ambassador of Congo, for the manner in which he conducted the work of the Council during the month of May. We would like to endorse the statement made by the representative of Algeria, who spoke on behalf of the Arab Group, and the statement made by the representative of Malaysia, who spoke on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. To those I would like to add the following. The Security Council is meeting once again to put an end to the arrogance of Israeli might.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“We do not believe that this is the correct message to send to the region. The international community is therefore in duty bound not to condone a policy that penalizes a people for exercising their right to free choice. Therefore the Security Council - as the organ entrusted with the preservation of international peace and security and the body considered as the cornerstone of the international order - must not fail in its duty to put an end to Israel's aggression against the Palestinian people. Finally, it is our conviction that if peace is to prevail in the tormented, vital region of the Middle East, no country must be treated as if it were above the law.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“Quite the contrary - they will result in greater bloodshed and instability in a region in dire need, and, I daresay, will, in the final analysis, benefit neither the occupier nor the occupied. For peace to prevail, Israel, the occupying Power, must be made to respect its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention and the relevant norms of international humanitarian law, and it must desist forthwith from carrying out these misguided policies. The intensification of the military campaign against the Palestinian people in the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, as well as the policy of blocking the import by the Palestinian Authority of necessary food commodities, have no explanation other than to punish the Palestinian people for exercising their inalienable right to select their representatives in free and fair elections.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“I will refrain from repeating the arguments I made on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on this issue at the Security Council meeting held on Thursday, 30 March 2006 (see S/PV.5404). Suffice it to reiterate the following points. The resumption of the massive Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the extrajudicial killings and the policy of starving the Palestinian people are motivated by the erroneous belief that such policies might lead to the capitulation of the Palestinian people and the imposition of a unilateral settlement that would disadvantage the Palestinian people and benefit the occupier. We in the Organization of the Islamic Conference believe that those policies are misguided and will not lead to a sustained, peaceful settlement of the dispute.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“I have the distinct honour to speak on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on an important topic, namely the Israeli military bombardment and starvation of the Palestinian people. But, it would be remiss of me if not to first convey warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are certain that, given your diplomatic experience and your knowledge of the issues, you will guide the Security Council's work to a successful conclusion. Let me take this opportunity also to express gratitude to the delegation of Argentina for its fine handling of the Security Council's work during its presidency last month.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“The Security Council - notwithstanding Israel's daily harsh practices in the occupied territories and its pronouncements that it will impose unilateral solutions - is duty-bound, given its responsibility for the preservation of international peace and security, to help to find a fair resolution of this long conflict.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“Moreover, we believe that to withhold aid following the results of a fair and free election is to send a wrong message to the Middle East region. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to call upon the international community to provide the necessary economic and financial assistance to the Palestinian people. In that context, it is imperative that Israel respect its obligations under the relevant agreements and release to the Palestinian side what Israel owes it in tax and custom duties levied on goods destined for the Palestinian territories. In conclusion, if peace is to reign in the Middle East, a just and comprehensive resolution of the Middle East conflict must be found.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“Furthermore, we believe that the Security Council and the Quartet have to move expeditiously to find a comprehensive, just and durable solution to the Middle East conflict on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, the principle of land for peace, the Arab peace initiative adopted at the Arab summit held in Beirut in 2002 and the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force. The daily Israeli practices of weakening the Palestinian infrastructure and casting doubt on the democratic choice of the Palestinian people are not conducive to restoring peace and stability. Nor are the blockades of territories - which deprive Palestinians of goods necessary for daily life - anything but violations of Israel's obligations as the occupying Power according to the Fourth Geneva Convention.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“For peace to prevail, however, Israel must withdraw from the territories it occupied in the 1967 war, including the Syrian Arab Golan Heights and the remaining occupied lands in southern Lebanon, and must allow the creation of a Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital. With that in mind, the OIC believes that it is incumbent upon the international community to exert pressure on the State of Israel to end its policy of creating and expanding settlements and to respect and abide by the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice and demolish the separation wall.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“It is the view of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference that there can be no peace in the Middle East unless and until the Arab-Israeli conflict is resolved on the basis of the principle of land for peace, the road map and the relevant United Nations resolutions and through negotiations between the parties. We are confident that the Palestinian National Authority is a good partner in the quest for peace. In that context, we believe that unilateral solutions will not promote the cause of peace in an area that has suffered enormously from the lack of it.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“I have the honour to address this body on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. We have immense confidence that your experience and wisdom will lead the deliberations of the Council to a satisfactory conclusion. Let me also avail myself of this opportunity to express the OIC's thanks and gratitude to Ambassador Bolton and the delegation of the United States for the efficient and prudent manner in which the work of the Security Council was handled last month. The Council is meeting today to discuss an issue that has been on its agenda for decades, namely, the issue of the Middle East, which regrettably has not found its way to a just, comprehensive and lasting solution.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“I wish in conclusion to stress once again how important it is that the international community and, in particular, the Security Council shoulder their responsibility with regard to the suffering Palestinian people, a nation like all others, which aspires to a life in peace in an independent State on its own national territory, with Jerusalem as its capital, and which seeks full and genuine independence in a viable State in which it can express its Palestinian national identity.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source
“The Security Council must tell Israel that withdrawal from the Gaza Strip means complete withdrawal both from Palestinian lands and from Palestine's territorial waters, as well as respect for Palestinian airspace, and that it must be followed by negotiations on final status. Moreover, the Israeli withdrawal should not be used as an excuse for continued colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem; rather, it should be a step towards the implementation of the road map.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source