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first: 1992-01-21
most recent: 1997-04-15
sittings or episodes: 14
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“We in the OIC are certainly prepared to co-sponsor such a meeting, which may take place anywhere from Jeddah to Geneva, in Turkey or Germany; indeed, at any venue that is agreeable to all the Afghan participants. I hope that this approach will receive the support of the Security Council. The Secretary General of the OIC will soon visit New York, in response to the call of the Secretary-General, among other things, to consult on the advisability of such a meeting. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate the OIC's full commitment to continue to play its role, constructive and complementary, to that of the United Nations, in facilitating the overall peace process in Afghanistan.”
1997-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3765Resumption1 (1997) · source
“As I said a moment ago, we in the OIC are endeavouring to complement the work of the United Nations to assist the diverse Afghan leadership to bring peace and tranquillity back to their country and to restore precious human rights, including those of women and children, which have been much trampled in the ensuing turmoil. To this end, the convening of a meeting of all Afghan factions that are active both inside and outside Afghanistan, including the monarchy, and other potentially influential leaders, such as General Abdul Haq, to explore and develop a commonly acceptable framework for addressing the country's political and security issues and a peaceful transfer of power, has been proposed and is being actively pursued.”
1997-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3765Resumption1 (1997) · source
“While the prerogative of and the principal responsibilities for bringing peace to Afghanistan rests with the people - and especially the leadership, or leaderships of Afghanistan - other affected and interested countries in the region and elsewhere also have a role to contribute to the peace process. And it behoves those States that have influence over any particular political or military faction in Afghanistan to rise to the occasion and play a constructive role by preventing the sale and supply of arms to any of the factions in Afghanistan, by preventing the harbouring and training of militarists and by eliminating the devastating drug traffic, which has grown to an abominable volume and needs to be halted now before it reaches a catastrophic level.”
1997-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3765Resumption1 (1997) · source
“But if experience of other conflicts in that very region, as well as in other regions, is any guide, then there is a need, now more than ever before, for the cessation of hostilities and the serious resumption of the collective search for an honourable, workable and sustainable solution that would rescue the people of Afghanistan from the uncertainties and insecurities imposed on their lives by the devastating events of the past two decades. We fully share the Secretary- General's assertion in his report that no one should imagine that a military victory by one party over the others will resolve the Afghan problem in the long term.”
1997-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3765Resumption1 (1997) · source
“In this context, I would like to refer to paragraph 15 of the Secretary-General's report (8/1997/240), which deals with the detention in Kabul of two French humanitarian workers. I am pleased to report that following the calls for their immediate release by the Secretary-General and the Security Council, the OIC secretariat promptly responded by using its good offices with the Taliban authorities, and with their cooperation arranged for the release and safe return of these French nationals. The apparent overwhelming military successes of the Taliban over several of the areas previously held by the other Afghan factions have, indeed, sketched a different scenario of realities that face the country today.”
1997-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3765Resumption1 (1997) · source
“In our contacts with various Afghan leaders, especially during the OIC missions to the country, including those led by Ambassador Bakr after 1994, and the three that I led in the summer of 1995 and winter of 1996, we have consistently emphasized the futility of resorting to the use of force and seeking a military solution, instead of negotiation, in finding a common workable settlement to their present predicament. Mr. Norbert Holl, Head of the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan, with whom we have maintained close relations, has also advocated this view, and together we have endeavoured to defuse tensions and assist in fostering the spirit of mutual trust and confidence among the various Afghan factions so that a climate for peace may emerge.”
1997-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3765Resumption1 (1997) · source
“On behalf of the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and on my own behalf, I extend to you, Sir, our heartiest congratulations on your assumption of the high office of President of the Security Council. I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to your predecessor. The Organization of the Islamic Conference is collaborating with the United Nations in promoting the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan. Throughout the civil war in that country, the OIC has focused unreservedly on endeavours to promote a cessation of hostilities so that the necessary climate for a credible peace process, leading to the formulation of a broad-based representative Government, may be created.”
1997-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3765Resumption1 (1997) · source
“President, that as soon as the necessary measures to restore peace and security in the area have been undertaken, improving the environment for the resumption of the peace process, the OIC and its 54 member States, representing the very serious concerns of more than one billion Muslims all over the world, will also reaffirm their wholehearted support for the peace process, in fulfilment of their collective desire to see peace and tranquillity return to the area.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“We would also like to request the international community to persuade Israel to lift the siege around Jerusalem and to stop the implementation of all decisions and practices that adversely affect the interests of the Palestinian people, especially the confiscation of Palestinian lands, the demolishing of Palestinian properties and houses, and the withdrawal of identity cards issued to Palestinians, designed to expel them from J erusalem, We also request the international community to prevent Israeli excavations around the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to make Israel cease forthwith the violations of Islamic and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. In conclusion, I would like to assure this Council, through you, Mr.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“We would like the Council to take the necessary measures to bring an end to the continuation of Israeli expansionism and settlement policies in the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories, including Jerusalem, and for it to consider all these Israeli policies and practices as violations of all relevant United Nations resolutions, of international agreements, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, and of international law.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“In this context, we in the OIC would like to request the Council to implement all of its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 252 (1968), 267 (1969), 465 (1980), 476 (1980), 478 (1980) and 1073 (1996), all of which concern Jerusalem; to take all necessary measures to prevent Israel from altering the geographical and demographic status of Jerusalem; and to prevent it from taking any action that in any way affects the status of Jerusalem, the final status of which is to be discussed in the subsequent stages of the peace process.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm the position of the OIC that a comprehensive and lasting peace in the region cannot be achieved without the full implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) which, inter alia, emphasize that Jerusalem is part and parcel of the territories occupied since 1967.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“In this regard, the Islamic Group at the United Nations, at its meeting held on 3 March 1997, called on the international community, including the Security Council, to take urgent steps to ensure that the Government of Israel reverses its decision and renounces we..." ".......... Fifty-second year 6 March 1997 all settlement activity in all the occupied Arab territories, in particular in East Jerusalem. In the spirit of our solidarity with the peace process in the Middle East, we condemn this latest decision by the Israeli Government concerning East Jerusalem, just as we condemned the opening of the tunnel under the western wall of the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“The latter constitutes the latest attempt by Israel to preempt the outcome of the negotiations on final status by changing the legal status and demographic composition of Jerusalem/Al-Quds Al- Sharif, a city that is of central importance to the Arab and Muslim worlds, as it is the first kiblak and the third holiest city of Islam, to the three major religions, and to the international community at large. The Israeli decision not only violates the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly, the Declaration of Principles and subsequent agreements, but threatens to undermine the progress that has been achieved in the Middle East peace process.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“We were very pleased, last January, when agreement was finally reached on the redeployment of Israeli troops from Al-Khalil, and we were prepared to continue to lend our full support to the attainment of the agreed goals and objectives of the peace process. Regrettably, our hopes, together with those of well- wishers in the international community, have been shattered by the unfortunate turn of events in Palestine, the responsibility for which must lie with Israel and Israel alone. The turmoil has been brought about by an accumulation of violations of various elements of the peace agreements by Israel, and the Israeli decision on 26 February 1997 to build a new settlement in Jabal Abu Ghneim in East Jerusalem.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“Laraki, Secretary- General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), I thank you for giving me the floor to address the Council on the situation in the occupied Arab territories. At the outset, let me say, as I have said before, that I wish I were taking the floor under better, instead of what have become bitter, circumstances. For we in the 01C joined forces with the international community in supporting the peace process in the Middle East in full measure, despite some of the disadvantageous elements that the relevant agreements contained affecting Palestinian interests. We were even beginning to feel hopeful about the future of peace in the area because of those few achievements that had already emerged during the early stages of the implementation of the Oslo accords.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“I would like, Sir, to extend to you my warmest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that your rich experience and known professional skills will serve the Council well in the successful discharge of the very complex task currently facing it. If the cordial relations that have historically existed between your country and the country i come from prevailed among the nations today, we would all be living in a much less troublesome world. I should like to take this opportunity also to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Mahugu, the Permanent Representative of Kenya, for, his able performance in steering the work of the Council during the month of February. On behalf of His Excellency Mr.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption2 (1997) · source
“This would be followed by the convening of a meeting of representatives of various Afghan parties and personalities, and of important segments of Afghan society, to evolve an agreed programme for promoting a peaceful settlement of the Afghan problem. I should like to reassure the Council of my organization's full commitment to playing a constructive role complementary to that of the United Nations in facilitating the mission of the United Nations representative, Mr. H011, and the overall peace process in Afghanistan.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“I should like to take this opportunity to inform the Council that a high-level OIC mission is about to visit Afghanistan to complement United Nations efforts for reconciliation that are currently under way. I shall be joining that mission. In conclusion, I should like to reiterate the numerous calls of the Secretary General of the OIC, Mr. Hamid Algabid, the most recent of which was voiced here in New York only a few days ago, for the immediate cessation of hostilities in Afghanistan by all States and factions, for the prevention of the sale and supply of arms to all factions in Afghanistan and for the immediate introduction of confidence-building measures, including an informal meeting of interested countries to assist in the peace process.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“While renewing the call for such a broad-based meeting of Afghan leaders, we now believe, especially in the light of the latest developments, that it might be useful, as a preliminary and complementary move, to advocate the convening of an informal meeting of representatives of the interested Governments that would be in a position to assist the Afghan leaders in their reconciliation process and in the eventual rehabilitation of their country and its people. My organization is prepared to work with the United Nations in convening such an informal meeting of the representatives of other interested States and, subsequently, a meeting of the leaders of the various Afghan factions in any location agreeable to the participants, in pursuit of the objectives to which I referred.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“During these missions, discussions with various Afghan leaders led to the proposal and active pursuit of the idea of convening, in accordance with relevant United Nations and OIC resolutions, a meeting of representatives of all Afghan factions, from inside and outside Afghanistan, to explore and develop a commonly acceptable framework for addressing the country's political and security issues, including a peaceful transfer of power.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“We in the OIC are complementing the United Nations in our collective efforts to assist the diverse Afghan leadership, to the extent that it is humanly possible within our limited means, to bring back peace and tranquillity to the country and to restore, among other things, the precious human rights, including those of women and children, that have been so trampled in the turmoil. Towards this end, a number of high-level OIC missions have been sent to Afghanistan.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“To discourage the unstable conditions from continuing and to prevent further escalation of the internal armed conflict, we believe that it behooves all States to play a constructive role by preventing the sale and supply of arms to any and all factions in Afghanistan at this time. Their role in preventing the harbouring and training of terrorists and in eliminating the devastating drug traffic will also be crucial to the containment of the present problem in Afghanistan.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“While we all continue, as we must, to advocate neutrality and non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, we cannot remain oblivious to the fact that the effects of instability and chaos in the country are also felt beyond its borders. Let us recognize, therefore, that what is happening inside Afghanistan cannot leave its neighbours completely unaffected, and that the return of peace and tranquillity to Afghanistan would bring relief, in both political and economic terms, to the Governments and peoples of those other countries, which have also been, in varying degrees, the victims of, first, foreign occupation, and now of civil war in Afghanistan.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“In our contacts with the various Afghan leaders, especially during OIC missions to that country, including the two that I led in July and August 1995, we have consistently tried to show them the futility of resorting to the use of force and seeking a military solution instead of negotiating a common workable settlement to their present predicament. We have tried to help them to realize, through the lessons of history, that the results of a heroic struggle for liberation from foreign invaders are normally very different from those of wresting the reins of government from their own people, in their own land, through means that are not lawful or peaceful. A solution forced from the inside that does not carry the sincere commitment of all, cannot last and, more often than not, has a boomerang effect.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“At this meeting the OIC once again joins the United Nations, as it is continuing to do at the field level, in expressing its serious concern at the unfortunate turn that the Afghan conflict has taken in the past few weeks, and especially in the past few days, which have added to the enormous loss of life, heavy injuries and colossal destruction of property that the nation has endured since its liberation. Throughout the years of civil war my organization has focused unreservedly on endeavours to promote a cessation of hostilities in Afghanistan so that the necessary climate for a credible peace process leading to the formation of a broad-based representative government can be created.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“On behalf of the General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), I thank you, Sir, for calling on me to address the Council on the situation in Afghanistan. At the outset, I should like to take this opportunity to extend to you my warmest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I am confident that your professional skills and rich experience in the international arena will serve you well in leading and directing the complex work of the Security Council at this difficult time. I should also like to take this opportunity to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Cabral, the Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau, for steering the work of the Council so ably during the month of September.”
1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source
“In conclusion, I should like to assure the Council that as soon as the necessary measures to restore peace and security in the area have been undertaken, improving the environment for the resumption of the peace process, the OIC and its 53 member States, representing the very serious concerns of more than one billion Muslims all over the world, will also reinforce their wholehearted support of the peace process in fulfilment of their collective desire to see peace and tranquillity return to the area.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“We in the OIC believe in speeding up the peace process and aim at putting it back on track with a View to establishing a just and comprehensive peace in the region and restoring the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to return, their right to self-determination and their right to build their own independent State on their national soil with Al-Quds al- Sharif as its capital, as well as a complete and speedy Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan and occupied Lebanese territories.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“We therefore appeal to all Member States actively to pursue their support for that people and their national authority so as to give them the means to overcome the ordeal through which they are going, to establish firmly their national institutions and to continue to take an active part in the peace process, to which they remain deeply committed.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“In particular, we condemn the latest act of the opening of an entrance to the tunnel under the esplanade of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and demand its immediate closure by the Government of Israel. We also strongly urge that, while encouraging bilateral discussions between the Palestinian authorities and the Government of Israel aimed at defusing the present explosive situation brought about by Israel in Palestine, the Security Council resume its responsibilities for the maintenance of peace and security in Palestine, including in the first instance measures to close the tunnel extending under the western wall of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian people, at this crucial period in their history, expect and deserve more support from the international community.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Here, a well-known saying comes to mind: "If a nation wants to keep another nation in the ditch, it can only do so by staying in the ditch with it." Today, nobody needs to be reminded of this more than the present Government of Israel, and our sincere message to them is the following: If you want to breathe the air of peace, tranquillity and a secure environment, then change your attitude and ways towards the peace process and the Palestinian people, and you too will very soon be out of the ditch. In the spirit of our solidarity with the peace process in the Middle East, we condemn the continuing atrocities that are being inflicted by the Israeli authorities on the Palestinian institutions and people in flagrant disregard of the peace agreements and human rights.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“In order for the peace process to be allowed to work, it is imperative for all sides to create a climate of confidence and to show, by their actions, their resolve to pursue the implementation of the accords as a whole, without being selective. The Palestinians, despite the obstacles being placed in their way, are doing all they can to abide by the provisions of the peace agreements. It is now up to Israel to do likewise if it genuinely seeks and deserves peace.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“If not this, then what else can be expected from such troublesome activities as the inexplicable delay of as long as six months in the redeployment of the Israeli army in Hebron; the unilateral suspension of negotiations; the demolition of Palestinian homes; the continuing blockade imposed upon the City of Al-Quds al-Sharif and other Palestinian territories; the attempts to alter the demographic set-up of Jerusalem, thereby replacing the Arab-Islamic identity of the Holy City with the artificial judaization of the place; the authorization to Jews to invade the Islamic precincts of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the third holiest site for Muslims after Mecca and Medina; the restrictions placed on the functioning of the Palestinian institutions; and now the latest: the opening of an entrance to the tunnel extending under the western wall of the Al- Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, thereby constituting a serious threat to the security of this important shrine.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“The unfortunate state of affairs emerges from the hesitation that the new Israeli Government is openly showing about the principles and foundations of the peace process, about the principle of "land for peace" and about honouring the commitments that the country and its people have made solemnly, in black and white, under the peace agreements. Thus, instead of ushering in an era of peace, tranquillity and economic and social development, what the new Government of Israel is bringing in, with impunity, is an era of insecurity and restlessness coupled with economic and social chaos.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“For what has brought about the turmoil is the sum of a series of violations of various elements of the peace agreements by Israel and blatant acts of aggression by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinian people, the results of which we are witnessing today: hundreds of dead and seriously wounded Palestinians and Israelis. Unless the Israeli violations are checked immediately, the situation threatens to get out of control and to assume a much greater dimension than we have witnessed so far, thereby rendering irreparable damage to the peace process.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“For we in the OIC had joined forces with the international community in supporting the peace process in the Middle East in full measure, despite some of the disadvantageous elements that the relevant agreements carried affecting Palestinian interests. We were even beginning to feel hopeful about the future of peace in the area because of the few achievements that had already emerged from the early stages of the implementation of the Oslo accords, and we were prepared to continue to lend our full support towards the attainment of the agreed goals and objectives of the peace agreements. Regrettably, our hopes, together with those of the well-wishers in the international community, are shattered by the unfortunate turn of events in Palestine, the responsibility for which must lie with Israel and Israel alone.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“I should like to extend to you, Sir, my warmest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should also like to take this opportunity to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Eitel, the Permanent Representative of Germany, for his able performance in steering the work of the Council during the month of August. On behalf of the Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), I thank you for calling upon me to address the Council on the situation in the occupied Arab territories. At the outset, let me say that I wish I were speaking under better - instead of what have become bitter - circumstances.”
1996-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3698Resumption1 (1996) · source
“It is incumbent upon the international community, as represented in this great world Organization, to ensure that the opportunity is taken and not lost.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Towards this goal, the resolve behind the ongoing peace process must be maintained, and the pace of its progress must be accelerated through the united efforts of the international community in assisting the Palestinian National Authority to gain fuller and firmer control over all its nation-building tasks so that the Palestinian people may re-emerge as a proud, productive, independent, sovereign nation with its own flag flying over all of its territory, including Al-Quds al-Sharif, and having full status as a State Member of the United Nations. In the current peace process the prospects of achieving peace and prosperity for all countries of the Middle East region, including Israel, are within sight.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“I should also add that, in the spirit of the peace process, Israel needs to be persuaded not to carry out any geographic or demographic change in holy Jerusalem during the interim phase which may jeopardize the outcome of negotiations on the final status of the city, and to stop Jewish settlement in the occupied Palestine and Arab territories, including Al-Quds al-Sharif. Once again, on this occasion and on behalf of the Secretary General of the OIC, His Excellency Mr. Algabid, whose statement on the latest crisis was issued this morning, I bring to the Council a message of peace, a call for reason and an appeal for the extension of every support to the Palestinian people to help alleviate its sufferings from long years of occupation, repression and the denial of the exercise of their inalienable, natural human rights.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“I should add here that the Organization of the Islamic Conference does not condone terrorism of any kind, and it has always supported proposals for the containment of terrorism in all international forums. We in the OIC want to continue to encourage and support the ongoing peace process, but I must point out that this cannot be accomplished without a visible change of attitudes and practices. Time is of the essence; the time is now. We would like to see without further delay the implementation of United Nations resolutions, particularly resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 425 (1978), and Israel's withdrawal from all the Palestinian and Arab territories, including Al-Quds al-Sharif, the occupied Lebanese territories and the occupied Syrian Golan. We particularly demand an immediate halt to the Israeli military actions in Lebanon.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Instead, Israel's resort to such drastic actions as the latest fierce aerial attacks on Lebanese territories, including Beirut, causing the displacement and mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians; its bombing even of ambulances; its indiscriminate destruction of civilian property and demolition of Palestinian homes; its decision to freeze the peace negotiations; its continuing occupation of Arab territories in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon; and its frequent closing of borders on the Palestinian population, depriving Palestinians of their livelihood and access to much-needed medical and other essential facilities, are all only hindering peace and throwing the peace process into further jeopardy.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Similar practices at the hands of Israeli authorities are adversely affecting the promotion of Palestinian trade, especially exports to other countries. These practices continue to be at variance with the spirit of compromise and cooperation which should characterize all ongoing and future dealings between the Palestinian and Israeli authorities in the implementation of the peace agreements.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Last November, in my intervention during the General Assembly's debate on its agenda item 42, on the question of Palestine, I drew attention to the fact that, with a scarcity of resources, the task of United Nations funds, programmes and agencies in furnishing much-needed humanitarian and technical assistance to the Palestinian people in their reconstruction and development efforts has been difficult enough. What has added to the international community's costs and frustrations is what can only be described as the non-cooperative attitude of the Israeli authorities, whose difficult bureaucratic formalities designed to deal with the population of the occupied areas are continuing to be enforced even after the conclusion of the peace agreements.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“They now have the challenging tasks of reviving and modernizing national institutions, designing and developing both the human and physical infrastructure and rebuilding the economy by revitalizing agriculture, industry, trade and social services, all with extremely limited resources and formidable impediments. But those challenges can not be dealt with freely until such time as all the Palestinian and other Arab territories under illegal Israeli occupation, including the holy city of Al-Quds al-Sharif, are fully restored to the Palestinian people and their sovereignty is once again established over the entirety of what was and is legitimately their land.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“In the year that has passed, the peace process has advanced a few steps forward. The signing of the peace treaty between Jordan and Israel on 26 October 1994 and the signing of the Declaration of Principles in Washington, DC, on 28 September 1995 have been the high points of these initiatives in this period. I have very happy memories of my association with the process of observing the recent historic elections in Palestine, when the enthusiasm, organizing ability and restraint of the Palestinian people and their leadership won the admiration and congratulations of us all. Following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and Jericho and the assumption by the newly established Palestinian National Authority of its functions, the Palestinians have commenced the process of reconstruction and development.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Mr. Ansay: I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to address the Security Council once again during your presidency. I wish to speak this afternoon on the situation in the occupied Arab territories. When I addressed this body a few days ago on another issue, I took the opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to your high office. Permit me to reiterate my Organization's assurances of its fullest cooperation in the discharge of the important responsibilities you are shouldering this month. The Middle East peace process, launched about four years ago with the objective of achieving a just and comprehensive solution of the question of Palestine and the related conflict in the Middle East, continues to attract the strong support of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (01C).”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“We believe that our proposal regarding the convening of an intra-Afghan meeting under joint United Nations/OIC sponsorship, to be joined at a later stage by other countries directly concerned, leading to the emergence of a fully representative, broad-based authority for Afghanistan, provides a viable alternative. In conclusion, we would reaffirm the general principles enunciated in General Assembly resolution 50/88 as well as in the Secretary-General's recent report to which I have just referred, and the resolve of the OIC to continue, in close cooperation with the United Nations, its efforts to assist the people of Afghanistan in their endeavours to find a fair and lasting solution to their longstanding, painful predicament.”
1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source
“As can be deduced from my own talks with the leadership of the various Afghan factions, including the Kabul authorities, these proposals would be agreeable to them, given some time, patience and perseverance. We believe that these should be seriously considered in all relevant forums and supported. It is in this context that we welcome the Secretary-General's latest report, contained in document A/50/908 of 3 April 1996, and especially his recommendations and conclusions concerning alternative ways of seeking a satisfactory solution to the Afghan question.”
1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source