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1. “But Secretary-General Kofi Annan summed it up on Thursday, 18 April, when he said that he was deeply disturbed by the report he described as being of horrific devastation, which he received from two top United Nations officials in the Middle East who had visited parts of the Jenin refugee camps earlier that day. It was to these voices that the Security Council responded on 19 April by endorsing the Secretary-General's initiative to dispatch a fact- finding team to develop accurate information regarding recent events in the Jenin refugee camp.”

   2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525Resumption1 (2002) · source

2. “For instance, on Friday, 12 April, afraid to reveal its war crimes, Israel denied entrance to the camp to the visiting commission led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs. Mary Robinson, who was entrusted with carrying out tasks mandated by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Ms. Asma Jahangir, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, expressed clearly what happened that day when she pointed out that continued denial of access to the Jenin refugee camp by Israel would only lend further credibility to the allegations made by independent sources and said it was now urgent that the mission be allowed to enter Jenin. The list goes on and on.”

   2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525Resumption1 (2002) · source

3. “The world is watching, and Israel needs to end this pitiless assault on civilian refugee camps." The Director of UNRWA operations in the West Bank, Richard Cook, warned that "a humanitarian disaster is in the making in Jenin". UNRWA further reported on that same day that bodies were piling up in the corridors of the Jenin hospital, where 30 people were reported to have died in the previous 36 hours. These Israeli breaches of the human dignity of the Palestinian population, of all international covenants, international law, international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention and its Protocol will be repeated on a daily basis. The same calls for Israel to end these atrocities will be voiced by many other top officials of the United Nations and humanitarian agencies.”

   2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525Resumption1 (2002) · source

4. “He continued, saying, "We are getting reports of pure horror - that helicopters are strafing civilian residential areas; that systematic shelling by tanks has created hundreds of wounded; that bulldozers are razing refugee homes to the ground; and that food and medicine will soon run out. In the name of human decency, the Israeli military must allow our ambulances safe passage to help evacuate the wounded and deliver emergency supplies of medicines and food." On Israel's disrespect for international humanitarian law, the chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) noted that Israel was a signatory of international conventions that protect non-combatants in times of conflict. He said: "Those conventions are worthless if they are not adhered to precisely at times of the greatest blood-letting.”

   2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525Resumption1 (2002) · source

5. “Let us recall whom the Security Council was answering when it adopted resolution 1405 (2002) on 19 April. The cry that was voiced by top United Nations aid officials on Monday, 8 April, at the beginning of the Israeli massacres in the refugee camp in Jenin says it all. Mr. Peter Hansen, head of the United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees in the region, issued a strong statement that day, calling for the Israeli military to cease what he described as "the bloody assault" on camps in the West Bank. He further said that "the Israeli Defence Force has made a hellish battleground among the civilians in the Balata and Jenin refugee camps".”

   2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525Resumption1 (2002) · source

6. “Allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council and to express our usual confidence in you and your team. Not long ago, on 19 April 2002, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1405 (2002), welcoming the initiative of the Secretary-General to develop accurate information regarding recent events in Jenin through a fact-finding team. Furthermore, the Council explained that it unanimously adopted that resolution to voice its concern over the dire humanitarian situation of the Palestinian civilian population, and it called for further lifting of restrictions imposed, in particular on the Jenin refugee camp and on the operations of humanitarian organizations. It emphasized the urgency of access for medical and humanitarian organizations to the Palestinian civilian population.”

   2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525Resumption1 (2002) · source

7. “We have resolved to value that role out of respect for the partnership we have worked so hard to develop with the United Nations peacekeeping force since 1978. Lastly, the party that should be considered responsible for the current escalation of the conflict is Israel, which has, since May 2000, deliberately and repeatedly violated Lebanon's sovereignty on land, in the air and on the sea. Israel has even bombed some liberated villages in Lebanon, using lSS-millimetre- calibre howitzer cannons.”

   2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source

8. “Thirdly, Lebanon has made a formal apology and expressed its regrets at the highest level to the United Nations and the members of the Security Council for the tragic event in which four United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel were involved in southern Lebanon. We have committed ourselves to do everything possible to prevent the recurrence of such an event, and have decided to refer all those responsible to Lebanese justice for legal prosecution. Lebanon values the role that UNIFIL has played in southern Lebanon and highly appreciates the sacrifices it has made since 1978. We value that role out of our concern for peace and security and for our innocent civilians, who are constantly threatened by Israeli forces, even after the occupation.”

   2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source

9. “First, the Security Council, in 1978, adopted resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978) against Israel in view of its invasion of the territories of Lebanon, contradicting all international laws and norms, including the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. Secondly, the Government of Lebanon has reaffirmed its respect for the Blue Line and has explicitly declared that it has no intention of escalating the conflict or opening a new front. Accordingly, Lebanese forces have detained some out-of-control elements responsible for certain incidents near the border, and have referred them to military courts for legal prosecution. In that context, Lebanon reserves its right to liberate its territories in the occupied Shebaa farms using all possible means.”

   2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source

10. “Humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, medical and humanitarian personnel, ambulances, and the press are being prevented from reaching the Palestinians, in clear violation of all international norms and laws, in particular the Fourth Geneva Convention. Despite Israel's media blackout on the massacres it has carried out against the Palestinian people, it has become clear that its actions in many Palestinian towns and villages, including Nablus and Jenin, are war crimes. In commenting on some statements made yesterday, the delegation of Lebanon would like to put some facts before the Council, which are as follows.”

    2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source

11. “While Council members, the Secretary-General and the heads of the States concerned, including the United States president, understood that the phrase "without delay" meant that Israel should withdraw immediately from the Palestinian territories, Sharon had his own interpretation of the resolution. He announced that he would accelerate the invasion and ordered his forces to finish their operations in the territories in fulfilment of his objectives and in clear defiance of the resolution. The time has come for the Council to put an end to Israel's disregard for Council resolutions. It should force Israel to implement them. The humanitarian tragedy of the Palestinian civilians is deepening. The aggression against the defenceless Palestinian people is escalating.”

    2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source

12. “Mr. Diab (Lebanon) (spoke in Arabic): In resolution 1402 (2002), the Security Council requested Israel to withdraw its forces from the Palestinian towns and villages that it had reoccupied. It called on Israel to seek peace by returning to the negotiating table. The Israeli response to that resolution was to escalate its acts of aggression against the Palestinian people, causing further death and destruction among Palestinian civilians. Within less than a week, in view of the seriousness of that escalation and Israel's intransigence in refusing to implement resolution 1402 (2002), the Security Council adopted resolution 1403 (2002), calling on Israel to implement the Council's previous resolution without delay.”

    2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source

13. “Israel must realize that the policy of violence and destruction can only lead to counter-violence and destruction and that peace and security will not be achieved unless a comprehensive and just peace based on relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), and the principle of land for peace are complied with.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

14. “The Arab leaders, by their resolution, have opted once again for a just and comprehensive peace as a strategic option. It was based on their conviction that a military solution to the conflict has not and will not achieve peace and security in the region. In spite of the call by the Arab leaders to Israel to follow their suit and opt for peace, Israel has rejected that Arab peace initiative and has responded to it with gunfire, a total occupation of the Palestinian territories and a siege of the Palestinian people and its leadership. The root cause of the conflict is Israel's continuation of its policy of occupying other people' s land.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

15. “The Security Council should demand that Israel immediately implement its relevant resolutions, withdraw from Palestinian territories under occupation and end the siege against the Palestinian Authority. The Council is also duty-bound to dispatch an international protection force and to provide adequate and prompt assistance to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people under occupation and put an end to the siege imposed upon them. The League of Arab States held a summit meeting in Beirut on 27 and 28 March. It adopted an historic resolution that was welcomed by the entire international community, with the exception of Israel. The Arab leaders adopted the initiative by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz as an Arab peace initiative.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

16. “In light of the escalation of acts of destruction and murder of the Palestinians, the cadres of the Palestinian resistance and its leadership, the Security Council is duty-bound to fulfil its mandate in accordance with the Charter to intervene to preserve peace and security and prevent further escalation of the situation in the region. In this context, the Council is called upon to force Israel immediately to end its acts of aggression in the occupied territories and to abandon its policy of siege, starvation and assassination against the Palestinian people. It should also show respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, being the occupying force in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

17. “This series of criminal actions by Israel against the Palestinian people has led, since the beginning of the intifada, to the death of more than 1,500 martyrs and to thousands of injured people among the Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom are civilians, particularly children. Human rights associations and organizations have reflected these facts in their reports and have exposed the criminal practices to which the Palestinians are subjected every day. They have repeatedly called for intervention by the international community with a View to putting an end to these practices. The situation is becoming more serious every day, a fact that has been recalled by the Secretary-General on more than one occasion.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

18. “The current serious deterioration in the occupied Arab territories and the abhorrent escalation of aggression by Israel against the Palestinian people and its National Authority represent a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, particularly the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 1949. What is more dangerous than all that is that Israel exercises this State terrorism and commits war crimes against a people whose land it occupies in blatant violation and defiance of the resolutions of this Council, which has repeatedly called upon Israel to implement its resolutions.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

19. “Mr. Diab (Lebanon)(spoke in Arabic): My delegation would like to associate itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Tunisia as Chairman of the Arab Group. It gives us pleasure, Sir, to see you presiding over the Security Council this month; we are confident that your wise leadership will guide the Council to the best possible results. We would also like to express our thanks to Ambassador Kolby for the strenuous efforts he made as President last month. My delegation would further like to express to you our utmost appreciation for your prompt response to the request to hold this emergency meeting of the Security Council to consider the extremely serious situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source