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2023-09-20

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2023-10-24

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1. “The Netherlands calls on the Council to provide the leadership required to manage the crisis, contain it and provide a prospect of sustainable peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians as the only way forward. In that context, I would like to thank the United Nations for its efforts and express my gratitude to its staff acting on the ground. We cannot go back to the status quo. A two-State solution is more urgently needed than ever because both sides need it, both are entitled to it and both deserve it.”

   2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source

2. “In that context, we will continue providing our development aid for stability. The Palestinian Authority has an important role to play, and has it in its power in preventing further deterioration. It deserves our strong support. Settler violence is also worsening an already tense situation, and that must stop. Let me conclude by saying that our thoughts and prayers are with all the victims and the hostages, who should be released immediately and unconditionally. When the United Nations was created in the aftermath of the Second World War, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was one of the first major crises needing urgent attention. Today, more than 75 years later, the need to find a solution to this conflict is more pressing and crucial than ever.”

   2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source

3. “Humanitarian pauses are crucial to enabling much-needed aid to get through, and a permanent humanitarian corridor is the only way to prevent the situation getting much worse. The Netherlands will step up its humanitarian response. We have committed an additional €10 million for immediate humanitarian relief, of which €8 million is earmarked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. That funding is aimed at improving living conditions for Palestinian citizens, including through mental health and psychosocial support. We are extremely concerned about the conflict spreading beyond the borders of Israel and Gaza, and we call on all concerned to prevent that from happening. We also urge all the parties to do their utmost to prevent further escalation in the West Bank.”

   2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source

4. “That means that every possible measure must be taken to protect civilians, humanitarian workers must be able to do their job safely and without hindrance and United Nations premises and personnel must remain safe from harm. All of that requires Israel to show restraint in the use of force, The Kingdom of the Netherlands shares the concerns that have been voiced by so many today. The situation for civilians in Gaza is catastrophic. They are in dire need of aid, and we cannot afford to lose more time. So far, while the first convoys have entered Gaza, we need a sustained flow of humanitarian aid covering all basic needs, and much more is needed, including fuel. Water supplies must be restored immediately.”

   2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source

5. “I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. On 7 October, the world witnessed a horrific terrorist attack on Israel. The horrendous violence carried out by Hamas was not aimed at military targets. Rather, it was an attempt to destroy people’s souls by taking hostages and murdering civilians, and this threat from Hamas is far from over. In that context, we should all stand united by supporting Israel and its right to self-defence against the terror threat of Hamas. As we have said before, the use of force in self-defence must be necessary and proportionate, and international humanitarian law must be respected by all parties.”

   2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source

6. “We are providing financial support and giving Ukraine the means with which to defend its sovereignty. We will continue to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

7. “Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and its manifest violations of the Charter must stop. It constitutes a breach of the peace and a threat to international security. Russia will be held accountable for those violations. All of us here are committed to fostering international peace, prosperity and security. All of us are committed to meeting our obligations under international law. We must therefore join forces to prevent further violations, protect civilians against the violations that are ongoing and prosecute the perpetrators of past violations. We must do that by taking action when the Charter’s principles are violated and by supporting the relevant resolutions and accountability initiatives. The Kingdom of the Netherlands stands with Ukraine and with its people.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

8. “Russia’s aggression is destroying the lives of the Ukrainian people every day, a people who continue to show immense resilience and courage in the fight for freedom and independence, a people who as we speak are dealing with indiscriminate killings, unlawful attacks on civilian infrastructure, sexual and gender-based violence and the forcible transfer and deportation of children. As we all know, the impact of those violations extends well beyond Ukraine. Our energy and food supplies, our economies, our safety and security are all intertwined, and they are being affected everywhere. Vulnerable countries are also being disproportionately affected. That could all end now if Russia ended its unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine. It is our duty, as peace-loving nations, to send a clear message.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

9. “I would like to thank the Albanian presidency of the Security Council for arranging today’s open debate, one that we need to have in the Council right now, during the opening week of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. This is a week in which the world demonstrates its commitment to the Charter of the United Nations, the United Nations system and the international rules-based order that the United Nations represents. It is now more essential than ever that we show that commitment, because the rules-based order is under pressure. Exhibit A, as the Secretary-General said yesterday (see A/78/PV.4), is Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which is also an attack on the United Nations Charter and the rules-based order.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source