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2018-01-25
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  1. “We remain hopeful and urge both sides to resume the peace process for a comprehensive, just and lasting resolution of the Palestinian issue.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  2. “We would like to emphasize that the funding for UNRWA should be sustainable, predictable and sufficient. For its part, South Africa will continue to support UNRWA through its financial contributions. Furthermore, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people through the India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum fund. In conlcusion, South Africa remains firmly convinced that continued dialogue in support of a peaceful solution is the only viable option that can effectively address the issue. To ensure that, the efforts of the international community need to move towards building trust among the parties and not lead to the entrenchment of divisions and long-standing hatred.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  3. “Furthermore, the city of Jerusalem remains a sacred space for all the major Abrahamic religions, which is one reason why it continues to be one of the most disputed aspects of the peace process. To prejudge the outcome is most likely to put the entire peace process, in particular the two- State solution, in jeopardy. South Africa continues to call for more financial support for United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which provides assistance to, and protection for, more than 5 million Palestinian refugees. The continued strong and generous support of the international community is necessary to ensure the Agency's continuity of services, and is especially needed in the light of the recurrent and severe financial shortfalls that continue to affect its vital humanitarian programmes.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  4. “While the immediate injustice of those abuses cannot be overstated, it is the psychological and developmental harm to those young individuals that is most troubling. Furthermore, such abuses merely seek to reinforce hatred among the two sides to the conflict, prolonging the crisis and doing nothing to reconcile the parties. South Africa is deeply concerned that unilateral action by some Member States to recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel undermines the revival of a peace process. The relevant United Nations resolutions and mutual agreements on the status of Jerusalem should remain a central aspect of any negotiated solution, to be resolved by the parties.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  5. “The fourth factor is the commitment to multilateralism in order to secure a sustainable solution and a rules-based international order. No unilateral act by any party should pre-empt the final-status issues. South Africa wishes to use today's debate as an opportunity to highlight an issue of particular concern to our delegation, that is, the plight of the children in military detention in Israel. Those children experience widespread systematic and institutionalized ill- treatment in military detention and are easily hidden from the public eye. Nevertheless, reflecting on data from UNICEF, we are concerned about the high rates of physical abuse, strip searches and the use of solitary confinement in the context of interrogations, as well as threats and verbal abuse.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  6. “South Africa continues to believe that the best option for the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict is premised upon the following. The first element is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and independence, which entails a principled position against the military occupation of the Palestinian people and their land. The second element is the right of the peoples both ofIsrael and of Palestine to live side by side in peace in their own States, based on the borders of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine. The third factor is the belief that there can be no military solution to the conflict and that peaceful negotiation is the only means of ensuring lasting peace, security and stability.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  7. “We congratulate you and your delegation, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. It is hoped that the onset of the new year will renew the commitment of the Security Council to contributing towards a peaceful resolution of this long-standing agenda item. We cannot allow another year to pass without progress on the Middle East peace process, as every year that goes by makes peace appear even more elusive. New challenges, as we have seen recently with the developments pertaining to the status of Jerusalem, have compounded existing negative developments, such as the continuing Israeli illegal settlement activity.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source