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Alwasil

lines on the record: 86
first: 2022-10-13
most recent: 2023-11-20
sittings or episodes: 12
sources: un-security-council

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“We underscore that efforts should be made to facilitate grain exports and other foodstuffs, as the rise in food prices will lead to hunger. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has contributed significantly in that area, as our overall contribution in the area of food and agricultural security has reached nearly $2.89 billion. Along with its brotherly countries in the region, our country announced the allocation of $10 billion for that purpose by coordinating and unifying the efforts of 10 development funds at the national and regional levels. In order to consolidate its commitment to work to sustain global water resources and ensure the ability of communities around the world to access clean water resources, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the establishment of the Global Water Organization, headquartered in Riyadh.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We have launched two initiatives, namely, the Saudi and Middle East Green Initiatives, in support of the national and regional efforts in that regard. We have announced ambitious objectives to diversify energy sources and promote their production and consumption efficiency. We also proposed initiatives to protect the environment and promote sustainable afforestation. We have pledged to reduce emissions by 278 million tons per year by 2030, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. That is in line with the Kingdom’s development plans and economic diversification plans. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia works with its international partners to alleviate the negative impact of armed conflict and its adverse effects on food security, such as the disruption of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically the Goal to end hunger.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Such efforts should be consistent with the Paris Agreement on climate change and take into account the requirements for gradually moving towards various energy sources that are more sustainable and contribute to balanced energy markets by investing in fossil fuel energy and its clean technology for the upcoming two decades. The goal is to respond to increasing global demand while meeting the interest of producers and consumers and spare the world the negative effects of unrealistic policies, which exclude key energy sources and ignore their negative impact on international supply chains, inflation, rising energy prices, increased unemployment and other negative socioeconomic and security impacts. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always been a leader in sustainability.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Addressing that issue is a top national objective of my country and requires concerted international efforts and the promotion of cooperation and a unified, just and balanced approach to deal with the increasing environmental challenges. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has proposed initiatives for environmental protection, including sustainable afforestation and emissions reductions, in order to promote development in countries with investment opportunities that are presenting themselves as international partners in many security, economic and development areas.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We urge countries of the region to avoid escalation and to focus on exchanges that result in meeting the hopes and aspirations of the peoples of the region and the entire world through multilateralism based on the United Nations principles. The goal is to strengthen international cooperation to address the challenges our world faces, with active participation that would lead to a more just and peaceful world and achieve a promising future for our peoples and future generations. There are myriad common challenges to international economic and social development. The most important of them are a lack of food and energy, the inflexibility of supply chains and environmental and climate change issues.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The exchange of views on contributing to common development to sustain peace and security; adopting a comprehensive approach to support conflict-affected countries in achieving sustained peace through promoting peace and supporting their capacities in the area of sustainable development; and addressing the root causes of conflict such as unbalanced and unequal development are undoubtedly issues that require international cooperation in order for the various impediments to sustainable development at the international level to be addressed. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia supports all efforts aimed at establishing security and stability while focusing on comprehensive development and dialogue and reducing tensions.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Alwasil (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the People’s Republic of China for convening today’s open debate on the issue of promoting sustaining peace through common development. Indeed, we must discuss this issue extensively and constructively now more than ever before, given its importance and sensitivity and its effect on the stability of international peace and security. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General, Mr. António Guterres, Ms. Dilma Rousseff and Mr. Jeffrey Sachs for their invaluable briefings.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also reiterates our firm position in support of the Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen and hopes that the ongoing efforts will achieve a comprehensive political solution. We continue to call on the Houthis to prioritize wisdom, reason and the interests of the honourable Yemeni people over everything else.”
2023-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9396 (2023) · source
“Saudi Arabia has announced the allocation of $1.2 billion in support of economic stability in Yemen and has deposited $1 billion at the Central Bank of Yemen in a demonstration of our continuing interest in supporting our brother people of Yemen, and we reiterate our interest in achieving stability and security in Yemen and the entire region. We call on all the Yemeni parties to accept political solutions in order to restore security and stability in Yemen and ward off threats in the region. We reiterate our strategic initiative to end the war in Yemen and reach a comprehensive political solution. We emphasize our support for United Nations and international efforts to achieve a political solution in line with resolution 2216 (2015).”
2023-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9396 (2023) · source
“Finally, Yemen is currently enjoying an unprecedented period of calm and stability that has been significantly reflected in the humanitarian and security situation throughout Yemen. That is a result of the tireless mediation efforts for peace in Yemen, which have continued to call for prioritizing the country’s national interests over all others, finding common ground among the parties in order to address the outstanding political and economic problems hindering the improvement of the Yemeni people’s economic welfare and halting all provocative military operations that could prevent a permanent political solution in Yemen.”
2023-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9396 (2023) · source
“My Government had repeatedly warned of the consequences of such a catastrophe and called for years for pooling regional and international efforts to establish a clear international plan aimed at dealing with such a crisis. We are also among the largest donors funding the salvage operation, having so far provided $10 million to the United Nations agencies involved in the rescue operation, and we will continue to provide every kind of support to UNDP and OCHA until the operation is completed. We would like to take this opportunity to call for completing the measures related to the tanker that were agreed to with the Yemeni parties concerned before the rescue operation began, so that all the Yemeni people will be able to benefit from the oil revenue, in accordance with the initial United Nations plan.”
2023-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9396 (2023) · source
“In that context, we can say without doubt that the international community marshalled its resolve and ensured a salvage operation in which a tremendous quantity of oil was successfully transferred from the FSO SAFER to the oil tanker Yemen. We cannot imagine the scale of the economic and environmental catastrophe that would have resulted had an oil spill occurred, and we appreciate the efforts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), OCHA and the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen in that regard. I would like to note in that regard that Saudi Arabia was among the first countries to call the international community’s attention to the catastrophe that could have ensued had we failed to take action on the tanker.”
2023-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9396 (2023) · source
“On behalf of my country’s Government, I would also like to express our sincere condolences to the family of World Food Programme staff member Moayad Hameidi, who was killed in Taiz. We firmly condemn that act of treachery. We recently witnessed an excellent example of international cooperation, with positive and significant results with regard to the humanitarian situation in Yemen, which ultimately prevented an environmental catastrophe for Yemen, its neighbours and the entire world that could have resulted from the wreck of FSO SAFER, which was carrying more than 1 million barrels of crude oil near the port of Al-Hudaydah.”
2023-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9396 (2023) · source
“Mr. Alwasil (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Hans Grundberg, for his briefing and his exemplary and tireless efforts to achieve peace in Yemen. I would also like to thank Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for her valuable briefing. We greatly appreciate OCHA’s continued efforts, which are helping to alleviate the suffering of our brother people of Yemen. And I welcome Ms. Amat Al-Hajj, Founder and President of the Abductees’ Mothers Association, and thank her for her briefing. We wish her every success in her noble mission.”
2023-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9396 (2023) · source
“We always emphasize the importance of promoting the values of pluralism and international cooperation, as stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations, in order to overcome growing international challenges, bring about a more inclusive and just world, and promote prosperity and well-being for all peoples.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Such efforts have contributed to improving food security indicators in the Kingdom. In conclusion, my country attaches great importance to development issues and humanitarian efforts that help to support the countries most in need, promote their sustainability, support them in addressing common challenges and risks, improve food security and eliminate hunger and poverty, in implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 2. The Kingdom’s foreign policy attaches the utmost importance to consolidating security and stability, supporting dialogue and political and peaceful solutions, and providing conditions that support development and fulfil the aspirations of peoples for a better tomorrow, whether in the Middle East or in the entire world. Our peace efforts testify to that goal.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Undoubtedly, challenges related to security and armed conflicts pose the greatest challenges and threat to global food security and development. The situation becomes even worse when conflicts and wars intensify and spread, as development and food security can never be achieved without peace. We also recall that, in addition to conflicts and wars, climate change exacerbates the food security crisis. Therefore, the Kingdom stresses the importance of international efforts to strengthen climate action and the resilience of Member States, in particular developing countries. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has taken important steps to enhance food security. We have developed strategies aimed at promoting food growth and addressing the challenges of climate change and the scarcity of water resources.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Kingdom will continue its humanitarian efforts to respond to the call for relief throughout the world. Addressing the drivers and root causes of conflict has become urgent and imperative. If we fail to do so, we will be unable to ensure food security around the world, particularly as the nature of conflicts has changed and become unpredictable in terms of the forms they may take. That has been concurrent with increased levels of famine and food insecurity in many regions. The international community should therefore make concerted efforts not only to provide relief to people in need, but also to find political, economic and development solutions that will contribute to ending ongoing conflicts and reducing the likelihood of their emergence in other regions.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Those efforts include ensuring food security in various conflict areas throughout the world, beginning with our brotherly and neighbouring countries in the region, such as Yemen, Palestine, Syria, the Sudan, Lebanon, Somalia and other friendly countries and peoples, such as Pakistan, Ukraine, the Rohingya refugees and those in need in many other countries. That is in addition to the aid that we provide to many humanitarian non-governmental organizations and United Nations relief and humanitarian bodies and agencies worldwide. The aid provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has surpassed $87.13 billion, making it the largest donor of humanitarian and development aid at the Arab and Islamic levels and one of the three major donors at the international level.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“My country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is following with great interest developments at the regional and international arenas concerning the many crises and conflicts that have regrettably undermined the international community’s ability to address their impacts on food security and States’ stability, let alone the humanitarian consequences on peoples. The Council is well aware of my country’s efforts related to the provision of humanitarian aid in response to urgent and non-urgent humanitarian appeals.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Alwasil (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, my country aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Oman on behalf of the States members of the Gulf Cooperation Council. I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the United States of America, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We would like to thank the United States for convening this timely debate on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity, as the entire international community is facing increasing challenges. We, the members of this Organization, must spare no effort to find practical solutions to address the crisis of famine everywhere and prevent its severe ramifications for States and communities due to conflict-induced food insecurity.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We assert that it is important to revive the efforts of the international community in order to resolve the longest conflict in the history of the United Nations, thereby preserving all the legitimate rights of the fraternal Palestinian people, in accordance with the purposes and principles upon which the United Nations was founded.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, we call on the Israeli Government once again to respond to the calls for peace and to work seriously towards settling the conflict with the Palestinians. There is no doubt that resolving the conflict will help the entire region, including Israel, on which we call to engage in serious negotiations in good faith in order to achieve peace on the basis of the two-State solution in a way that guarantees stability in the Middle East. Reaching a just solution expeditiously will ensure the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We again call on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities and implement its resolutions to put an end to all illegal unilateral, provocative and escalatory actions; the violations that Israel continues to commit unabated in order to build and expand its illegal settlements; the targeting of Palestinian presence in Jerusalem; attempts to change the legal nature and demographic composition of the city; and attempts to modify the special arrangements for Islamic holy sites and to impose Israeli sovereignty over them. We call for the urgent provision of international protection to the Palestinian people, pursuant to the proposals of the Secretary-General that were welcomed in the General Assembly.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“A just and comprehensive peace cannot be achieved amid the ongoing acts of aggression and intimidation by Israeli extremists, the confiscation of lands and the displacement of the Palestinian people. Peace, security and justice can be achieved only through a two-State solution establishing an independent Palestinian sovereign State along 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital — pursuant to resolutions of international legitimacy, Security Council resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative launched by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2002.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“My Country’s Government condemns and denounces that flagrant incursion and those systemic practices, which constitute a flagrant violation of international norms and conventions and provoke the outrage of Muslims worldwide. We strongly condemn the repeated aggression against the city of Jenin recently and deplore the extremist settler attacks against certain Palestinian villages in the West Bank. There is no doubt that those practices contravene international norms and principles and undermine peace efforts. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reiterates its unwavering position in support of all efforts to end the occupation and reach a comprehensive and just solution to the Palestinian question.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“This meeting is being held against the backdrop of critical circumstances for the fraternal Palestinian people and the whole region as a result of the ongoing Israeli violations against the defenceless Palestinian people, who have been suffering for decades from the consequences of Israel’s occupation of their lands and control over their fate. It is extremely unfortunate that the Israeli Government continues its daily aggression against the Palestinian people, their holy sites and properties, the latest of which was the raid, carried out by the Israeli Minister of National Security and a group of settlers, on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Alwasil (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate the United Kingdom for presiding over the Security Council this month. We express our deep appreciation to the United Kingdom for convening this important meeting, which requires the attention of the entire international community. I would like to thank Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, for his valuable briefing. We value his role and constructive efforts in that regard.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“That is equivalent to rehabilitating 40 million hectares of land and will increase protected areas to more than 30 per cent of our total land and sea acreage. In addition, we are also working on local projects such as the establishment of the King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve, which covers 130,000 square kilometres in northern Saudi Arabia and aims to restore ecosystems and protect wildlife.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It should be noted that one of the most important outcomes of the twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was the launch of the Glasgow– Sharm El-Sheikh work programme, which seeks to promote adaptation capacities and strengthen resilience, limit the impacts of climate change in line with the Paris Agreement target temperature range and ensure sustainable development pursuant to differing national circumstances and capacities. In conclusion, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is keen to promote adaptation, as it is an important issue and in line with our projects such as the Saudi Green Initiative, which seeks to plant 10 billion trees across the country.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Saudi Arabia stresses the importance of balanced solutions for international cooperation on adaptation and mitigation through injecting investments into both in order to strengthen and ensure the recovery of the global economy and address the challenges of climate change. However, adaptation is just as important as mitigation. As the world focuses on mitigation, we should also work on adapting to the target temperatures in the Paris Agreement, which are between 1.5°C and 2°C, especially in developing countries and the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Adaptation helps to build a more resilient environment and ensure the continuation of sustainable development while reducing emissions at the same time.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Saudi Arabia is fully aware of the need to increase expectations for addressing environmental challenges related to climate change, especially in the current decade. That is why we will be increasing our nationally determined contributions through reducing our emissions by 278 million tons annually by 2030, which is more than double what we announced in 2015. We have also announced an ambitious plan to ensure net-zero emissions by 2060, in line with the circular carbon-economy approach, and have joined the Global Methane Pledge, which seeks to reduce global methane emissions by 30 per cent of what they were in 2020. In addition, we have committed to generating 50 per cent of our electricity from renewable sources by 2030.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“With regard to reducing emissions, there are three key pillars for energy transitions — energy security, economic development and climate change — and it will be important to focus on achieving all three pillars equally, without prioritizing one at the expense of the others. Technologies and solutions must be inclusive and financing should be provided for all available promising solutions, and we should focus on emissions without prioritizing specific energy sources. That is why Saudi Arabia is adopting a balanced approach to reducing emissions and achieving net-zero emissions in line with its development plans. We are working on enabling economic diversification without affecting supply chains, while developing technologies that reduce emissions in cooperation with various other countries.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Uniting the efforts of the international community to implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement clearly represents a balanced approach to adaptation and mitigation. Sea level rise is one of the most challenging effects of climate change for every country, especially small island developing States and least developed countries, and if we are to mitigate its impact and address its possible consequences we must work together. In that regard, we have launched the Saudi and Middle East Green Initiatives, which aim to address climate change by implementing a circular carbon-economy approach, planting trees, rehabilitating lands and protecting coral reefs, at the regional level as well as in Saudi Arabia itself.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Alwasil (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to congratulate the sisterly United Arab Emirates on presiding over the Security Council for this month. I would like to express my deep appreciation to the United Arab Emirates for convening this important meeting at a time when the international community is facing increasing environmental challenges that require concerted international efforts to find constructive solutions and protect the communities exposed to environmental threats and sea level rise resulting from the serious repercussions of environmental deterioration. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always stressed the importance of seriously addressing the challenges of climate change and their impact on sustainable development at the economic, social and environmental levels.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that context, we appreciate the efforts and cooperation of the Sudanese authorities in facilitating the evacuation operations, as well as in securing corridors and facilitating the evacuation of civilians.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9310 (2023) · source
“Mediation efforts are ongoing with the support of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, who has continued to conduct talks with all Sudanese, international and regional parties. Saudi Arabia has responded to the requests for evacuation. In fact, the Saudi Royal Navy, supported by various branches of the armed forces, began initial essential evacuation operations from the Sudan at the start of the crisis. We have evacuated hundreds of Saudi nationals and other citizens of brotherly and friendly States, including diplomats and international officials, providing all the basic needs to ensure that foreign nationals can be repatriated.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9310 (2023) · source
“The interests of the Sudanese people should be prioritized so as to preserve life and property and restore the framework agreement towards a political declaration that can lead to stability, security and prosperity for the Sudan and its people. We reiterate the importance of enforcing the current ceasefire and protecting civilians and diplomatic missions. Humanitarian corridors must be established to enable humanitarian actors to conduct their work and to facilitate operations aimed at ensuring the evacuation of civilians. My country is currently working with international and regional partners to maintain the truce in the Sudan in order to enable a resumption of the political dialogue between the parties concerned and to establish a ceasefire throughout the Sudan.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9310 (2023) · source
“Mr. Alwasil (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): We are meeting today to discuss the critical circumstances facing our brother people of the Sudan. My country has been closely following the events in the Sudan with considerable concern and sympathy since the outbreak of the conflict on 15 April. We deplore the events that have unfolded and extend our condolences to the families of all the victims who have died in the recent clashes. We extend our condolences to Egypt following the death of the country’s assistant military attaché in Khartoum while on his way to the Embassy to coordinate the evacuation of Egyptian citizens. My country reiterates its call for a swift end to the military operations and for maximum restraint and de-escalation.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9310 (2023) · source
“We call for finding a just solution that will guarantee the Palestinian people’s legitimate rights, and we underscore the need to mobilize the international community to resolve the longest-lasting conflict in the history of the United Nations in a manner that can assure all the legitimate rights of our brother people of Palestine in accordance with the pillars and principles on which the United Nations was founded.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, we call on the new Israeli Government to respond to the calls for peace and to engage seriously in efforts to resolve its conflict with the Palestinians. Settling the conflict is unquestionably in the interests of the entire region, including Israel itself. We call on Israel to participate in serious negotiations in good faith in order to achieve peace on the basis of a two- State solution and in a manner that can ensure stability in the Middle East.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We further demand that Israel cease targeting the Palestinian presence in Jerusalem and put a stop to the attempts to change the city’s legal and demographic composition and to alter the status quo of the Islamic holy sites and impose Israeli sovereignty on them. We call urgently for international protection for the Palestinian people in accordance with the Secretary-General’s proposals, which were also welcomed by the General Assembly. In the light of the General Assembly’s resolution 77/247, requesting an advisory opinion on this issue from the International Court of Justice, we must put pressure on the Israeli Government to immediately rescind the punitive measures unilaterally imposed on the Palestinian people and their leadership and civil society.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Peace, security and justice can be achieved only through a two- State solution and the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian State along the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy, including those of the Security Council, and the Arab Peace Initiative, launched by Saudi Arabia in 2002. We therefore renew our call to the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities and ensure that its resolutions are implemented in order to put an end to all of the illegal, unilateral, provocative and escalatory measures and violations that Israel continues to perpetrate relentlessly, including its construction and expansion of illegitimate settlements.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Saudi Arabia condemns that blatant violation and categorically rejects such practices, which are undermining peace efforts and contravening international principles and norms with regard to respect for the holy sites. We reiterate our firm position in support of every effort to end the occupation and arrive at a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question. Israel’s measures will inevitably undermine the prospects for peace in the Middle East and for a two- State solution. We all know that a just and comprehensive peace will be impossible as long as those aggressive practices continue, especially the ongoing settlement activities, the confiscations of Palestinian land and the evictions of Palestinians from their homes.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We are meeting today while our brother people of Palestine and the entire region are living in critical conditions, a result of Israel’s continuing practices against the defenceless Palestinian people, who have suffered for decades from the consequences of Israel’s occupation of their territory and control over their daily lives. Unfortunately, the Israeli Government has continued its daily acts of aggression against the Palestinian people and their holy sites and property, most recently through the provocative actions that we witnessed at the beginning of this month. The occupation forces raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, attacked worshippers and arrested several Palestinian citizens, causing Muslims all over the world immense pain.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Alwasil (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Russian Federation on its presidency of the Security Council, and to thank Russia on behalf of my Government for holding this important meeting on a topic that demands the attention of the entire international community. We welcomed the participation of Russia’s Foreign Minister, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, and the Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mr. Riad Al-Malki, in this meeting (see S/PV.9309). We would also like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his valuable briefing. We appreciate his pivotal role and constructive efforts in that regard.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We call for guaranteeing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and reiterate the need for the international community to address the conflict in a manner that fulfils all the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Israeli Government must immediately reverse its unilateral punitive measures against the Palestinian people, their leadership and civil society following the adoption of General Assembly resolution 77/247, which requests the International Court of Justice to render an advisory opinion. In conclusion, we call on the newly elected Israeli Government to heed the calls for peace and act seriously to settle the conflict with the Palestinians. Resolving the conflict will serve the interests of the entire region, including Israel. We call on Israel to commit to meaningful negotiations in good faith in order to achieve peace on the basis of a two-State solution and to ensure stability in the region.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We therefore call on the Security Council once again to shoulder its responsibilities and implement its resolutions to end all unilateral, illegal and provocative measures; all continued Israeli violations related to the building and expanding of Israel’s illegal settlements; the targeting of Palestinian residents in Jerusalem; attempts to alter the legal and demographic status of Jerusalem; and the special measures taken against Muslim holy sites in order to place them under Israeli control. We urgently call for international protection for the Palestinian people in line with the proposals of the Secretary- General, which the General Assembly has endorsed.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Such Israeli measures will necessarily lead to undermining the possibility for peace in the Middle East. A lasting and just peace will be achieved only through a two-State solution, not through continued settlement activities, displacements and confiscations of property. Peace and security will be achieved for all through a two-State solution, based on the establishment of an independent sovereign Palestinian State within the 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with international and Security Council resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative, which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia introduced in 2002.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source