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Ettalhi

lines on the record: 360
first: 2008-01-09
most recent: 2009-01-21
sittings or episodes: 51
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“The first phase paved the way for the initialling of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union in December 2007; this was followed by the adoption of the two police reform laws. We share the concern of the Special Representative with regard to the tensions among parties. Paragraph 8 of his report (see S/2008/300) refers to inter-party tension due to the fact that 2008 is an election year. We also share his concern about unilateral actions to which he referred, and we support his affirmation that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are guaranteed by the Dayton Peace Agreement. We call upon all parties to find common ground, which would allow them to bring stability to the country.”
2008-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5894 (2008) · source
“Mr. Ettalhi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to welcome Mr. Nikola Spiric', Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank him for his valuable statement. We would like also to thank Mr. Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Union Special Representative, for his comprehensive briefing. We express our high regard for his efforts. My country welcomes the progress that has been made by Bosnia and Herzegovina, referred to by the High Representative in his briefing, in particular the reforms undertaken with regard to integration into European institutions, as represented by the agreement among party leaders on a two-phase police reform.”
2008-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5894 (2008) · source
“In conclusion, Libya once again reaffirms its support for all international counter-terrorism efforts and its support for all efforts to reach the international community's goal of eradicating terrorism and bringing about a world of peace and security for all.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“Libya believes it important to ensure that there is no contradiction among the provisions of resolution 1540 (2004), the United Nations Charter, existing multilateral treaties on weapons of mass destruction, other instruments adopted within international organizations in this sphere, and the role of the General Assembly. We believe that the important issue of preventing weapons of mass destruction from falling into the hands of non-State actors requires the active participation of all Member States. We believe that the subject should be considered in the General Assembly with a view to agreement on a legally binding instrument on this issue.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“Here, we stress that the Committee should consider the obstacles that impede speedy action on requests for exemptions, in particular the use of delays and holds to stymie such requests. With respect to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), Libya once again denounces the existence of weapons of mass destruction. We are convinced that the only guarantee against access by non-State actors to such weapons is their total elimination. Libya therefore believes that the goals of disarmament and non-proliferation are mutually supportive; continuous, irreversible progress must be made on both fronts.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“We therefore appreciate the Council's adoption of resolution 1735 (2006), which establishes coordination mechanisms to handle requests for the removal of names from the consolidated list, as a very important step towards improving the sanctions regime and increasing its transparency. We believe, however, that this step is not enough and that it does not meet the need for transparency in guaranteeing justice and clarity in these sanctions measures. We urge the Committee to continue to implement the provisions of resolution 1452 (2002) regarding exemptions, with a view to easing the severity of the sanctions on listed individuals and their families and addressing the humanitarian difficulties they may be facing.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“Turning to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) - the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee - Libya considers that there is a great need to improve the criteria for adding and removing names from the consolidated list, with a view to enhancing the accuracy and completeness of the list. We believe that the Committee should set criteria and terms for the submission of names for inclusion on the list, including the provision of accurate information on the individuals or entities in question. Libya stresses that our measures should be just and that the work of the Committee should focus on human rights; this would enhance the effectiveness of the implementation of the sanctions regime established under resolution 1267 (1999).”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“With respect to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), we have no doubt that the large number of Preliminary Implementation Assessments (PIAs) that have been adopted, as noted by the Chairman in his briefing, reflect the easing of demands on States to update their reports. We all hope that the new PIA matrices devised by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate will reflect every State's performance in keeping with the criteria of transparency and objectivity and will take account of human rights issues. We hope that the overall review of resolution 1373 (2001), which is expected to be included in the Committee's next report to the Council, will be accurate, cautious and realistic and will avoid hasty classifications.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“The progress achieved by the sanctions Committees in promoting national counter-terrorism capacities, implementing the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and fulfilling international transparency commitments can only enjoy our support as a very important step towards eradicating both the causes and the symptoms of terrorism. Our unanimous determination to reject any justification for terrorism cannot be at the expense of dealing objectively with the causes of terrorism. Occupation, the levelling of accusations against civilizations and cultures, the denial of the legitimacy of resistance to occupation and the application of double standards in the implementation of international instruments: those all give rise to much anger and violence.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“Mr. Ettalhi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): I am pleased at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We will strive to cooperate most positively with you. We also express our high appreciation for South Africa's effective leadership of the Security Council in April. We thank Mr. Jurica, Mr. Verbeke and Mr. Urbina, Chairmen, respectively, of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1373 (2001), 1267 (1999) and 1540 (2004), for their valuable briefings. We highly appreciate their efforts to ensure the Committees' success.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“Finally, it is our hope that the international community will be able to implement international priorities with respect to disarmament, nuclear disarmament and the destruction of weapons of mass destruction and to the regulation of the genuine root causes of armed conflict.”
2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source
“At the regional level, coordination among Arab States is exercised through regular meetings of the focal points in charge of identification and tracing of small arms and light weapons, to ensure an exchange of data and experience and to analyse regional and international developments related to this issue. The secretariat of the League of Arab States is also a depositary of the texts of laws and regulations on small arms, which become a data base that makes full use of the capacity of the States in the region. Accordingly, our delegation supports the recommendation of the Secretary-General encouraging States to collect, maintain and share data on small arms. Combating the proliferation of small arms requires that we pool our efforts and engage in coordination at the bilateral, regional and international levels.”
2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source
“Although that instrument is non-binding, it is our hope that member States will implement all of its provisions. Cooperation among States in the area of tracing illicit small arms and light weapons is vital to success here. My country complies with international marking standards in order to make clear both the country that produces the weapons and the country to which they are being exported. Appropriate and strict control measures and national laws are being implemented in a regulated framework to govern the use of arms by the competent authorities. This is our contribution to deal with illicit trafficking in these weapons.”
2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source
“The Programme of Action includes numerous important measures and is underpinned by a number of principles, which provide a legal and legitimate basis for it, such as the right of States to self-defence, the right of all peoples to self-determination and the right of peoples under occupation to resist. Thus, we all need to cooperate and show the necessary political will to ensure the success of the review conference on the implementation of the Programme of Action to be held in July of this year. Libya supports all initiatives aimed at ensuring the tracing and marking of illicit small arms and light weapons to ensure credibility and verifiability. We therefore support the adoption by the General Assembly in December 2005 of an international instrument to this end.”
2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source
“What is needed is to promote synergy among the various bodies concerned, in particular the General Assembly and the Peacebuilding Commission, as noted by the Secretary-General in his recommendations. Member States should cooperate and collaborate in order to deal with this issue. Libya believes that the ability of the United Nations to deal successfully with the risks involved in small arms and light weapons hinges on consensus - on the consideration of the implementation of the Programme of Action on Small Arms, which the General Assembly adopted in 2001 by consensus.”
2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source
“Prohibiting the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons would have beneficial results: it would halt armed conflict and stop terrorism and organized crime. These are factors that could ensure stability in the developing world. As was stated by the representative of Costa Rica, this is first and foremost a question of political will on the part of States. While we are grateful to the Security Council for having dealt with the question of illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons within the framework of its mandate to maintain international peace and security, we need to take into account the broader dimensions of the issue.”
2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source
“The most recent studies have, in fact, shown that the cost of armed conflict in Africa is currently exceeding $18 billion. This indeed is a considerable cost to the continent. We are deeply concerned by the continued annual production of huge amounts of small arms. According to the report of the Secretary-General, more than 1,000 firms are manufacturing those arms in more than 100 United Nations Member States. The number of small arms produced annually is estimated at about 7.5 million units, a figure which, we believe exceeds States' needs for legitimate self-defence and prompts us to wonder about this surplus of weapons and the responsibility of arms-producing countries in the illicit spread of small arms.”
2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source
“Mr. Ettalhi (Libyan Arab J amahiriya ) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the subject. In addition, I also wish to thank Mrs. Hannalore Hoppe, Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her briefing this morning. Today, the Security Council is discussing the subject of small arms and light weapons and illicit arms, as it has for eight consecutive years. This shows the interest that the Council has manifested in this issue, an issue linked to international peace, security and stability. Indeed, those weapons stir up conflicts and have negative repercussions on development in all regions of the world, in particular on the African continent.”
2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source
“It is doing so not in order to help Iraq shirk its responsibilities, but to encourage direct coordination between Iraq and its neighbours to find solutions acceptable to all parties that will alleviate material and other pressures. We all know that Iraq is facing many challenges, but its history has always demonstrated the Iraqi people's ability to meet all challenges and overcome all difficulties with the utmost resilience and resolve.”
2008-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5878 (2008) · source
“We are under the impression that their number is steadily increasing. Some reports show that the number of detainees has now exceeded 51,000. We call on all concerned parties to remember that detainees also have legal rights that must be respected. Lastly, I should like briefly to raise two other issues. The first relates to the request for supplies under the oil-for-food programme that ended on 31 December 2007. The legal and financial governmental entities of Iraq can meet the country's needs only if the legal documents are provided. Secondly, the compensation committee is looking into Iraq's participation in activities to ensure that it can protect Iraq's legal and sovereign interests.”
2008-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5878 (2008) · source
“February's report of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and reports from non-governmental organizations all describe the magnitude of suffering and highlight the need to reach the target subscription of $265 million, only a small portion of which has been obtained. Even if the total amount were to be obtained, it would still be insufficient to meet the needs of all IDPs and refugees and to remedy the problems of the countries hosting them, Syria and Jordan in particular. Of course, it is Iraq's responsibility to cater to the needs of its own IDPs and refugees, but the international community also has a duty to help alleviate their suffering. Another important humanitarian issue that is not addressed in the report concerns the legal and humanitarian situation of Iraqi detainees.”
2008-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5878 (2008) · source
“We also welcome UNAMI's role in providing assistance, particularly to the Independent High Electoral Commission and the Constitution Review Committee, and to the Iraqi parliament as it enacts important legislation aimed at enhancing the security and political situation, the provincial Powers Law and the Law on Governorates. We urge UNAMI, whose activities we highly commend, to undertake further action on the humanitarian front. Indeed, the reports of governmental and non-governmental organizations reveal that the situation is worrisome, particularly with regard to Iraqi refugees in neighbouring countries, as is the situation of internally displaced persons, millions of whom are living in deplorable conditions.”
2008-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5878 (2008) · source
“We particularly encourage Iraq's endeavours in conjunction with its neighbours, and we welcome the statements emanating from the recent conference in Kuwait regarding the importance of respecting the national unity, full sovereignty, territorial integrity and Arab and Islamic identity of Iraq, as well as of respecting Iraq's internationally recognized borders, together with a commitment comprehensively to respect the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of Iraq and the right of the Iraqi people freely to decide their political future and to administer their national wealth and resources and financial affairs as they see fit. We welcome the political efforts made by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the expansion of its activities through the provincial liaison offices.”
2008-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5878 (2008) · source
“However, that can occur only if all factions and religious sects in Iraq truly believe that the door is open to equal participation in power and wealth-sharing. Fortunately, that is what the Government of Iraq is currently seeking to promote. We invite all political parties to genuinely participate in efforts to achieve national reconciliation and to foster dialogue and a spirit of accord. That being said, however, we feel that real progress has been made on all fronts and we hope that such progress will continue. We also welcome improved economic figures, particularly last year's growth rate, and the expected upward trend this year. My delegation is of the view that improved relations between Iraq and neighbouring countries, particularly Arab countries, are central to guaranteeing Iraq's stability.”
2008-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5878 (2008) · source
“According to the report before the Council at that meeting (S/2008/19), the number of violent incidents had fallen from 200 a day in July and August 2007 to approximately 90 in September and October. Unfortunately, the report before us today reflects a renewed upsurge of violent incidents, which average around 130 per day countrywide, and that figure does not take into account the most recent events. We hope that this situation is merely temporary. Libya supports all efforts intended to bring an end to violence in Iraq, whether by rebuilding Iraq's armed forces or its other security and police forces or by the demilitarization of the militias, ensuring that only the Government engages in such operations to restore security and law and order.”
2008-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5878 (2008) · source
“Mr. Ettalhi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his report (S/2008/266). I would also like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, for his briefing to the Council on recent developments in Iraq. I also wish to thank the Permanent Representative of the United States, Ambassador Khalilzad, for his briefing on the activities of the multinational forces in Iraq. We welcome the presence of our brother Mr. Hamid Al Bayati, Permanent Representative of Iraq. During our consideration of this item on 21 January (see S/PV.5823), hopes arose that the security situation would improve in the light of figures from the fourth quarter of 2007.”
2008-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5878 (2008) · source
“Only such a partnership will enable us to face the real challenges and, as stated in the most recent report of the Secretary-General, to develop more planned, consistent and reliable arrangements. In conclusion, I should like to thank the delegation of South Africa for the draft resolution before us. We fully endorse it and look forward to its adoption at the end of this meeting.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“Finally, I believe that we must now begin our work to formalize a global-regional partnership, in which all United Nations bodies should be encouraged to participate. Such a partnership should guarantee, in the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter, the integration of resources, priorities, capacities and mandates, assigning them according to comparative advantages and areas of strength. Contrary to the notion that the United Nations must not provide funding unless it has control, it should provide support to the African Union and its security structure both logistically and financially. We hope that that will be the outcome of today's deliberations.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“Structural strategies aimed at conflict prevention in Africa have evolved as a result of valuable reports submitted regularly by the Secretary-General, particularly since the end of the last century. Two important reports have been submitted in the past few months. It is now up to us to implement the recommendations set out in those reports and to capitalize on the exceptional momentum achieved thus far. In Addis Ababa last year, the foundations were laid for relations between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council. Annual meetings have been scheduled. Sharing experiences and information with regard to current conflicts and seeking ways to cooperate in order to prevent such conflicts have become established practices that are welcomed by all.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“There has been increasing appreciation for the growing role of the African Union, under difficult circumstances, particularly since the establishment of its Peace and Security Council, as an entity entrusted with decision-making, in partnership with the United Nations. The Council has been active in many of the cases that have been raised here this morning. Africa does not seek a narrow continental interest nor do we seek to be dealt with with modesty, as the late leader Leopold Senghor said. Africa's security and development are an essential component of the collective global security system. Furthermore, the mandate and procedures of the United Nations Security Council cannot be separated from those of the African Union Peace and Security Council.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“We are also incurring enormous expenditures related to conflict management, as well as peacekeeping operations with no end in sight. No one, of course, would argue that there is one simple prescription for prevention. Such an effort would require a diagnosis of the causes of such conflicts, which are complex and interrelated. The prescription is necessarily complex: internal, regional and, specifically, international. Article 1 of the United Nations Charter includes, among the purposes and principles of the Organization, upholding principles of equal rights and self- determination for all peoples and assisting them in solving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“There has certainly been recognition of Africa's development and its role in a collective security organization based primarily on the efforts of regional and subregional organizations in the prevention of disputes. However, let me also state that, frankly, we continue to need to prove that practical measures must take precedence over rhetoric and that long-term conflict resolution remain the priority. The Secretariat continues to lack the necessary resources for logistical support of national and regional capacities, and therefore insufficient efforts have been made to prevent conflicts at their source. The price has been very high. We now face humanitarian situations with spreading tragedies and ramifications.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“The Charter, in Chapter VIII, specifically recognizes such a role for those organizations. Many international resolutions and declarations have stressed the importance of the participation of regional and subregional organizations - particularly with regard to conflict prevention and finding effective joint measures to deal with the root causes of threats to peace - as being fundamental international commitments and objectives provided for in the United Nations Charter. My country, Libya, has been committed to the prevention and settlement of African conflicts and, as an African member of this Security Council, we have come to understand the urgent need for a more comprehensive international framework for such efforts.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“We have set great expectations on that meeting, as the topic falls squarely within the core functions and objectives of our two Councils as stated in their statutes. The topic is very important and not enough time has been provided to expand on it. Therefore I shall provide a written statement for distribution and will merely stress some important points here today. My country fully agrees with the statement made by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania and Chairperson of the African Union, Mr. Jakaya Kikwete. This proceeds from the important concept paper prepared by the presidency stressing the need for a practical movement ensuring effective long-term participation by both regional and subregional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“Mr. Ettalhi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): It is indeed a great honour, Mr. Mbeki, to see you personally assume the presidency of Security Council today. It is my pleasure to convey to you the greetings and support of your brother, Colonel Al-Qaddafi. We are also honoured to have with us heads of State or Government, ministers and heads of delegations. We welcome the presence of Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and Oumar Konare, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission. We certainly appreciate all of their efforts. I congratulate you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, as it paves the way for our meeting tomorrow with the African Union Peace and Security Council.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“In conclusion, Libya is honoured to say that it will always stand on the side of justice and condemn injustice and immorality in international law.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“Finally, I should like to remind the Council of resolution 497 (1981), adopted more than 25 years ago. In that resolution, the Council underscored the fact that Israel's decision to annex the occupied Syrian Golan and impose its laws there was null and void and without international legal effect. Israel has refused to accept the resolution, has continued its policy of judaization, making life difficult for the Syrian population, and has attempted to attract immigrants from all over the world to populate the region. Syria has chosen a just peace as a strategic option in return for its territories occupied prior to 1967. But Israel has chosen to continue its occupation, to defy the resolutions of the Council and to violate the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“We are also concerned about the deliberate obstruction of efforts to demarcate the Blue and Green Lines, including Israel's confronting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon as it tries to demarcate those Lines. That is further evidence of the fact that Israel disregards and flouts - and I have chosen the words very carefully - the resolutions of the Council, especially resolution 1701 (2006). I should once again like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the document circulated by the Permanent Representative of Lebanon with regard to that matter. I believe that the Council's ongoing disregard of Israeli practices has the effect of undermining its credibility. It also leads us to conclude that the Council has double standards.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“The intervention of foreign Powers in that brotherly country has created a complex crisis in the political situation, whereby the Lebanese parties have been unable to elect a president of the Republic, leading to a political vacuum. My country supports the actions of the Arab League to help our Lebanese brothers to find a solution compatible with the Taif Agreement. We are concerned about Israel's ongoing daily violations against Lebanese air space, territorial waters and territory, which were referred to in the latest report of the Secretary-General; its continuing attacks and acts of aggression, including abduction and killings, against people in the border areas; as well as the ongoing occupation of the Shaba'a farms and other Lebanese territory.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“At the same time, the Israeli courts decided to prevent Palestinians from using public roads in the occupied territories. What kind of racist discrimination or injustice could be worse than that? Israel's actions prove that it is not committed to peace and is striving to ensure the failure of the current peace process. Israel is an entity based on injustice, ethnic cleansing and massacre and cannot act against its own nature. Those who insist on bringing the peace process to a successful conclusion have been the first to call on the Security Council to condemn the settlements and siege and on the Israelis at least to enunciate an intention to cease such activities, if only by pronouncement. The situation in Lebanon is a source of concern to my country.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“I would remind members of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which I believe is very well known to them all. Since the Council last met on this issue, the Israelis have continued to expand their settlements and their Prime Minister has emphasized the fact that they will continue to settle. When reminded of the commitments he undertook at the Annapolis conference and in the road map, he said that the settlement activity is taking place in land annexed by Israel to its own territory and that there was no further need to negotiate since there was nothing to negotiate about. Worse yet, in recent days, the competent judiciary body authorized the Israel Defense Forces to kill those who protest against the separation wall and determined that even a peaceful demonstration is an appropriate justification for murder.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“The Council surely knows that, since this issue was considered last month, the Israel Defense Forces has killed more than 150 Palestinians, among whom, as Mr. Pascoe noted this morning, were 36 children and a 60-year-old peasant who was driven to his farm by hunger. As all have heard, Israel has announced its resolve to launch a holocaust of the Palestinians, as noted by the Israeli Deputy Defence Minister, not to mention those who have been arrested and detained in Israel, about whose suffering we heard in this morning's briefing. Does the Security Council not see that the war crimes of the occupying Power and its determination to annihilate the Palestinians collectively represent an attempt to ethnically cleanse the population by making life unbearable for them in the West Bank?”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“The evidence lies in the six million refugees and displaced persons living on assistance in refugee camps; the 1.5 million under siege in the Gaza Strip with no way of earning a living, and we believe that the right to life is among the most sacred of human rights; and the more than 2 million people in the West Bank who are humiliated daily. Pregnant women die at Israeli checkpoints, of which there are more than 600; children are terrorized every day on their way to school; and workers are unable to get to their jobs. They are all exposed to death, detention and arrest at any time. The Security Council surely knows that, even according to Israeli sources, 40 per cent of Palestinian young people in the occupied territories have been detained or arrested at least once.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“All I can hope is that the Victims and perpetrators of the aggression are being kept in mind throughout such vacillation. Once again, if any situation calls for the Security Council's attention, it is the question of Palestine. Whatever standards the Council applies in determining its priorities, that question should be foremost among them. If there is a threat to peace, the issue should be clear. Among issues with humanitarian and human rights dimensions, is there any suffering in the world worse than that of the Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli occupiers?”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“That threat has been considered by the Security Council for more than six decades now and has led to numerous wars and continual aggressive assaults and attacks that have caused the great suffering of which we are all aware. The examples thereof cited by Mr. Pascoe this morning are but a few among many. Developments have led to us to pause and consider how the threat has become increasingly serious and expansive with passing time. And yet, the Security Council, entrusted by the general membership of the United Nations under Article 24 of the Charter with the principal responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, has failed to assume the responsibility referred to in Article 1 of Chapter I of the Charter. We must ask why the Council is pussyfooting and unable to address the issue.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“Mr. Ettalhi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I wish to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East. We also express our appreciation for the presence of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon among us this morning and thank Mr. Pascoe for his valuable briefing. I wish to endorse the statement made by the Permanent Observer of Palestine and that to be made by the representative of the Sudan as the leader of the Group of Arab States this month. There is no doubt that the situation in the Middle East in general and the Palestinian question in particular has represented and continues to represent one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, if not the most serious ever.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859 (2008) · source
“Within that context, my delegation supports the extension of the mandate of CTED and would like to express its appreciation of the continuation of its efforts and others' efforts to bring about the objectives of the international community, namely, to eliminate terrorism. All societies, without exception, suffer from that scourge, and we support any efforts to achieve a world in which security and peace prevail.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“These are all symptoms of frustration, hatred and despair that manifest themselves in many parts of the world in violent acts. My country, Libya, which has been the victim of terrorist activities in different manifestations and acts, has adopted, within the framework of the United Nations and the geographic groups, various regional and international conventions, agreements and protocols. It condemns all forms of terrorism, including direct and indirect State terrorism. We continue to support international activities that aim at ending this scourge and eliminating its symptoms and causes.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“The diagnosis or objective treatment of the causes of terrorism is at the core of any serious efforts to deal with this disease or scourge. The fact that there is no balanced and transparent diagnosis and treatment of the causes of this disease, makes our meetings and documents no more than mere condemnations and briefings about such repeated human tragedies. Occupation and its injustices and terrorist aspects; disregard for human rights and the rights of peoples; accusations against cultures and civilizations; ignoring the legitimate objectives of resistance against occupation; and double standards in international legitimacy do not simply represent hatred in a moral sense, but rather contravene all heavenly religions and beliefs.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“The international community's efforts to combat terrorism - which constitutes the worst and most flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations as well as of the principal tenets, beliefs and moral values of the world's main religions - would be more effective if they were more comprehensive and transparent. We cannot reach this objective through selective measures and procedures. If it is not possible to justify terrorism in any way then we should not confuse its justifications and its causes. Our consensus in excluding justifications should not lead us to ignore the causes of terrorism or adjust them to agree with the pretexts of self-defence according to some, or with terrorism according to others.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source