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  1. “We call for intensifying international efforts to ensure the implementation of the relevant Council resolutions, promote peace in the service of international peace and security and enable the peoples of the region to live safely and peacefully.”

    2019-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8648 (2019) · source

  2. “That solution should follow a timetable that would lead to an agreement on the final status issues with international guarantees, including the status of Jerusalem. The Arab Group stresses that any effort or initiative to settle the conflict that does not take into consideration the aforementioned terms of reference and the two- State solution will fail to make any progress towards the settlement of the conflict. The Arab Group affirms once again that it stands with the State of Palestine in its endeavours to become a full-fledged Member of the United Nations. In conclusion, the Arab Group is committed to respecting international legitimate resolutions, international law and international humanitarian law.”

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  3. “We also call for the implementation of the Secretary-General's recommendations, issued in accordance with that resolution. Fourthly, we call on the international community to continue supporting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in order to allow it to carry out its mandate and overcome its current financial difficulties. The Arab Group reiterates that it stands ready to support any serious efforts to revive the peace process, end the occupation and reach a comprehensive and just solution to the Palestinian question, including the Israeli-Arab conflict, in accordance with the relevant international terms of reference, the Madrid principles and the Arab Peace Initiative.”

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  4. “We support the historical Hashemite custodianship of the Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, and we believe that the Jordanian Jerusalem Waqf Council is the only legal authority over the Al-Aqsa Mosque in terms of management, maintenance and organization of entry and exit. Secondly, we again condemn the so-called Jewish nation-State law, which perpetuates racism and denies the rights of the Palestinian people, especially their right to self-determination. Thirdly, we call on the international community, especially the Security Council, to assume its responsibility in providing the necessary protection to the Palestinian people, in line with the Geneva Conventions and the relevant United Nations resolutions, including those of the Security Council and the General Assembly - most importantly resolution ES-10/20, of 13 June 2018.”

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  5. “The Arab States renew their commitment to their principled positions, as announced by their leaders at various international and regional forums, including the most recent, the thirtieth summit of the League of Arab States in Tunisia and the fourteenth Islamic summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca. The Arab Group in New York would like to stress once again the following points. First, we reject all unilateral policies and measures taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to alter the historical, legal and demographic status of East Jerusalem and to violate Muslim and Christian holy sites in the city. We call on the countries of the world to not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and not move to their embassies there.”

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  6. “In furtherance of that policy, the Prime Minister of Israel announced last September his intention to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in flagrant defiance of international law, the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant United Nations resolutions, which would lead to further Violence and escalation in the region. The Arab world remains committed to peace as a strategic choice. However, that does not mean accepting Israeli occupation and aggressions indefinitely or the continued Israeli attacks on and killings of the Palestinian people. It does not mean accepting violations of international resolutions, attempts to change the historical and legal status of Jerusalem and other Arab and Palestinian territories or attempts to pre-empt the final status negotiations.”

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  7. “The Security Council must assume its historical responsibility for maintaining international legitimacy and compelling Israel to respect the United Nations resolutions, end its occupation of the Palestinian and Arab territories, cease its expansionist settlement activities and lift the unjust blockade on Gaza. The stalemate continues in the peace process as Israel continues to block all initiatives aimed at reviving it. The intransigent Israeli policies have led to serious escalation as Israel continues to impose a fait accompli and flout all relevant terms of reference, including by attempting to change the historical and legal status of Jerusalem, the occupied Syrian Arab Golan and the occupied Lebanese territory, as well as by violating the sovereignty of Lebanon by air, land and sea.”

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  8. “The region and the world cannot enjoy peace, stability and security without a comprehensive and just solution to the Palestinian question that would allow the Palestinian people to regain their legitimate rights, notably their right to self-determination and to establish an independent State on their territories, based on the 4 June 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital, and enable the settlement of all final status issues in line with the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative and the two-State solution. In order to achieve those goals, there must be an international desire for peace.”

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  9. “That has allowed Israel, the occupying Power, to continue its aggressive and repressive policies against the Palestinian people, its systematic Violations of holy sites and its expansionist settlement activities, thereby defying international will, rejecting peace and disregarding the relevant United Nations resolutions. This situation has prolonged the conflict and deepened the suffering of the Palestinian people. It has raised tensions in the region and threatened regional and international stability, peace and security, which are at the heart of the Security Council's mandate.”

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  10. “Mr. Bougacha (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): I am pleased at the outset to announce that Tunisia is delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States in New York. I thank you, Sir for convening this debate and commend your able leadership of the Council for the month of October. I also thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, on behalf of the Arab Group, for his briefing. Over the past decades, the Security Council has adopted dozens of resolutions on the Palestinian question in particular and the Israeli-Arab conflict in general. However, they are yet to be implemented.”

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  11. “In conclusion, my delegation joins international consensus on the need for urgent action by the international community, especially the Security Council, in order to make a real change in dealing with the Palestinian question and to provide a serious and credible opportunity to reach a peaceful, just and comprehensive solution, in accordance with the two- States vision. That would achieve peace, security and stability for all peoples of the region.”

    2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source

  12. “Tunisia stresses once again the illegality of recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan, which is in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of international legitimacy, including resolution 497 (1981). My country's delegation emphasizes, in line with the statement of the Arab League summit in Tunisia, that legitimizing the occupation is a totally rejected approach. The most recent United States position on the Golan does not alter the legal status ofthe Syrian Golan as a Syrian territory occupied by Israel in 1967. That position has absolutely no legal effect and does not give rise to any commitment or create any rights.”

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  13. “Tunisia expresses its support for any serious effort to revive the peace process and return to negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis on the basis of agreed international terms of reference, the Madrid principles and the Arab Peace Initiative. That would be according to a specific timetable during which an agreement should be reached regarding final-status issues with international guarantees, including the issue of Jerusalem. We reaffirm that any endeavour or initiative to settle the conflict that does not take into consideration the aforementioned criteria and the two-State solution is doomed to fail and will not achieve progress.”

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  14. “Arab leaders called on the international community and the Security Council to shoulder their responsibilities and provide the necessary protection to the Palestinian people. They also renewed their commitment to contributing financially to the budget of the State of Palestine in order to enable it to cope with its economic and financial difficulties, especially under the arbitrary measures of the occupation authorities. The Arab leaders also called on the international community to continue supporting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East so that it can provide basic services to Palestinian refugees.”

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  15. “They also affirmed that peace, security and stability can be achieved only when it is based on a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question and the Arab-Israeli conflict as a whole. The Arab leaders renewed their rejection of all the unilateral steps and actions of the occupying Power to change the historic and legal position of East Jerusalem. Moreover, Arab leaders called upon the countries of the world not to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel or move their embassies there, as well as to comply with resolutions 476 (1980) and 478 (1980). They renewed their rejection and condemnation of the so-called Jewish nation-State law as a consecration of racial practices and a denial of the rights of Palestinian people, especially their right to self-determination.”

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  16. “This is critical if we hope to achieve any progress towards reaching a settlement to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in accordance with international law, the Arab Peace Initiative and the principle of the two-State solution. That would ensure the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian State within the lines of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, leading to a comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian question and helping to achieve stability and peace in the Middle East. In the final statement of the Summit of the League of Arab States, held on 31 March in Tunisia, Arab leaders affirmed the central status of the Palestinian question and committed themselves to making every effort to relaunch serious negotiations in accordance with a certain timeframe.”

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  17. “This meeting takes place against the backdrop of a tense and deteriorating situation due to Israel's ongoing occupation and violation of international resolutions, while establishing a de facto policy through its settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem - which are all provocations, aggressions and violations of all the rights, shrines, territories and national capacities of the Palestinians- in addition to its suffocating economic siege of the Gaza Strip. Tunisia reiterates its appeal to the Security Council and the international community to assume their full responsibilities and take serious and urgent action to pressure the occupying Power to comply with the resolutions of international legitimacy, including resolution 2334 (2016), to end settlements and occupation.”

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  18. “Mr. Bougacha (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): It is my pleasure at the outset to express the appreciation of my country for your leadership, Mr. President, of the Council during the month of April. Likewise, I thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for her very valuable briefing. We also pay tribute to the role of civil society in promoting a just settlement to the conflict in Middle East.”

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  19. “We highly value the cooperation with the relevant United Nations agencies, especially the Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, in helping our national system freeze terrorism-related assets. Tunisia is keen to further and expand that cooperation. We are faced today with ever-evolving threats at the structural level and with regard to the way in which terrorist operations are carried out, as terrorists exploit existing gaps to achieve their goals. The adoption of resolution 2462 (2019) is a commendable response in that regard. In conclusion, Tunisia renews its call on all Member States and other stakeholders to join those efforts and further cooperate to effectively fight this scourge, which we believe continues to represent a threat to international peace and security.”

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  20. “A risk-based approach was also adopted to identify charities that are at the highest risk of being misused for financing terrorism. Charity associations were also included in the recent law on the national charity registry to foster the transparency of economic and financial transactions of natural and legal persons while ensuring that national legislation complies with the relevant international norms. I emphasize the importance that Tunisia attaches to international cooperation in that regard and the need to contribute to the relevant initiatives, such as the Working Group on Countering the Financing of Terrorism in connection with the global coalition against Da'esh.”

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  21. “At the legislative level, the National Counter-Terrorism Committee oversees and assesses the implementation of the relevant United Nations resolutions and makes decisions with regard to freezing the assets of individuals and organizations that have been shown to have links with terrorist crimes. In January 2018, a Government order was issued concerning measures to implement the relevant United Nations resolutions to counter the financing of terrorism. That was an important legislative step towards the implementation of the basic counter-terrorism law. The Tunisian Government also adopted a plan of action on anti-money-laundering and combating the Financing of terrorism in line with the relevant Security Council resolutions and international norms included in the FAFT recommendations.”

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  22. “I would like to stress that the promotion of national systems to counter terrorism must not distract us from the need to address the root causes of extremist ideologies, while respecting international humanitarian law and international human rights law, because failing to pay attention to prevention and solely focusing on security solutions will jeopardize all other efforts and hinder development. All Member States should therefore adopt national strategies that take into account all security, economic, social and cultural challenges. Tunisia has taken important legislative and procedural measures to support its national framework to counter the financing of terrorism.”

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  23. “At the Arria Formula meeting sponsored by France, Peru, Australia and Indonesia on 31 January concerning the issue at hand, Tunisia stressed the need to adequately focus on the matter while jointly addressing terrorism financing in an effective manner. My country's delegation therefore welcomes the role of the relevant United Nations agencies and their contribution to enhancing the capacities of Member States. We take note of the report to be issued before the end of the year on the measures taken by Member States at the national level, which will provide an opportunity to learn from best practices in that regard.”

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  24. “We thank all briefers for their valuable contributions, which reflect the need to continue our efforts to address the challenges related to combating the phenomenon of terrorism financing and drying up its sources. The Security Council's unanimous adoption of resolution 2462 (2019), on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism, reflects the true commitment of the international community to further implement international conventions and the relevant United Nations resolutions and best practices at the national level in line with the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). In contributing to international efforts inthat regard, Tunisia co-sponsored this important resolution.”

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  25. “Mr. Bougacha (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): I would like at the outset to congratulate France on its presidency of the Security Council and on its pioneering role. We welcome the initiative of France to hold this open debate on combating and preventing terrorism financing, a phenomenon that continues to threaten international peace and security. Many terrorist groups, including Da'esh, have adapted their methods of carrying out terrorist operations and developed new funding mechanisms. They are involved in an ongoing quest for renewable financing resources for their terrorist activities, including donations, direct extortion and proceeds from transnational organized crime, such as ransom, weapons, drugs and trafficking in cultural property, as well as using modern technology and other means to transfer funds.”

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  26. “Undoubtedly, the genuine reforms undertaken simultaneously by both organizations demonstrate a shared vision and the importance of adapting institutions to current situations at the international level. The African Union Master Road Map of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020 is one of the components of Africa's common action. The Road Map reflects Africa's aspirations to put an end to wars on the continent and focus on economic and development issues. We appreciate the Security Council's support for the efforts made towards the adoption of resolution 2457 (2019), which, we hope, will be followed by other resolutions along the same lines.”

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  27. “Thirdly, resolving the root causes ofconflict is a key lever for protecting peoples and countries. We therefore reiterate Africa's efforts to achieve comprehensive, sustainable and inclusive development; to reaffirm democracy, the rule of law and good governance; and to promote human rights and the role of women and young people in all aspects of life. Fourthly, the success of the Silencing the Guns by 2020 initiative is a sine qua non condition for the African continent to be able to fulfil the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union's Agenda 2063. Fifthly, institutional dialogue between the United Nations and the AU constitutes a solid foundation for an effective partnership that will be able to implement shared priorities.”

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  28. “That is an important positive message from the Security Council, and the United Nations in general, of the very strong support for the African Union and the efforts of Africa and its leaders in conflict management. We co-sponsored the resolution to reiterate our support for all initiatives that ensure effective Council measures to maintain international peace and security, including in the African continent. Secondly, the African Union currently has in place the necessary resources, mechanisms and political will to work in partnership with the Security Council in this vital area. It also works to further strengthen the existing means of preventive diplomacy at the African level, including the Panel of the Wise, the Continental Early Warning System and the African Peace and Security Architecture.”

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  29. “We have been contributing to the peaceful settlement of conflicts for decades. For example, a regional initiative launched in 2017 by President Essebsi, in coordination with the Presidents of Algeria and Egypt, to support the comprehensive political settlement in Libya and give momentum to reconciliation and dialogue between Libyan brothers, as well as to support the efforts of the United Nations envoy in this fraternal country. In addition to aligning itself with the statements made on behalf of the Group of Arab States and the Group of African States, Tunisia would like to underscore the following points. First, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2457 (2019), on supporting peace and security in Africa as well as supporting the African Union's Silencing the Guns by 2020 initiative.”

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  30. “African leaders announced their determination to put an end to wars in Africa by 2020 and make Africa a conflict-free zone. At the beginning of this month, they adopted the African Union Master Road Map of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020, thereby reaffirming their collective political determination to prioritize the defusing of conflicts and overcoming other major challenges, such as fragile development, terrorism, organized crime, climate change and illegal migration, among other things. Tunisia actively participates in the efforts of the African Union (AU) and the Security Council, in particular, and the United Nations, in general, to establish peace in Africa - from the 1960 Peacekeeping Mission in Congo to the deployment of an air transport unit in Mali at the beginning of this year.”

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  31. “Mr. Bougacha (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): I would first like to convey to you, Mr. President, and to our brother country of Equatorial Guinea, my sincere congratulations on your successful presidency of the Security Council in February. We also thank you for organizing today's open debate on cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union for the implementation of the initiative on silencing the guns in Africa by 2020. I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under- Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, African Union High Representative, for their briefings. I also want to thank Mr. Vasu Gounden, who introduced the programmes undertaken in this area by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source