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  1. “Conquest, or the acquisition of territory by force, has been outlawed by the prohibition on the use of force contained in the Charter. Several Security Council resolutions reaffirm that prohibition, and state that the status of the West Bank and Gaza must not be altered by the occupier. Likewise, the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the alteration and annexation of occupied territories. Thus, given the enormity of what is at stake and the international consensus on the need to stop the unlawful construction of the wall in the West Bank, it is incumbent upon the Security Council to live up to the expectations of the international community and take the necessary action with a view to upholding international law. In particular, the time has come for the Security Council to demand that the separation wall be stopped and reversed.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  2. “Given the magnitude of the injustice of the separation wall for the Palestinians, at a time when other aspects of the oppressive Israeli policy continue unabated, the consequences of building the wall would be enormous for them and the whole region. That would make the Palestinians more disappointed with international efforts, a prospect that would lead to a further deterioration of the situation in the occupied territory. However, nobody should assume that the consequences of such a project will be felt by the Palestinians alone. Undoubtedly, the deterioration of the situation in the Palestinian areas would, in turn, further worsen the situation in the whole Middle East, which is already in turmoil and suffers from, among other things, the consequences of the adventures in Iraq.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  3. “Recent press reports indicate that Israel is building hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, further undermining and discrediting the road map and the efforts of its sponsors. The decision on the wall and new settlement units is further proof that the Israeli regime has never been serious about peace, and that its goal is to draw arbitrary borders and to sabotage the possibilities of establishing a viable Palestinian State. Israel's desire to stick to completion of the racist wall, coupled with its policy of settlement expansion, seeks to ensure in advance the defeat of any efforts aimed at enabling the Palestinians one day to have a viable State.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  4. “It will result in the confiscation of parts of the West Bank and of a percentage of its inhabitants, leaving the rest prisoners in cantons, which are merely open prisons. There are serious fears that the Palestinians caught between the wall and the armistice line will find life so unbearable that they will move to what remains of the West Bank on the eastern side of the wall, thereby creating a new generation of refugees. Moreover, the wall is to complement the expansionist policy of settlement building. The illegal settlements in the West Bank, built against the will of the international community, will be the principal beneficiaries of the wall. Likewise, the illegal Jewish settlements are expanding in parallel to the completion of the racist wall.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  5. “The construction of the separation wall means the confiscation of more Palestinian land, the demolition of more Palestinian houses and businesses, the ruin of more Palestinian lives and the further degradation of the environment. When completed, the separation wall will stretch for hundreds of kilometres, with wide buffer zones, trenches, barbed wire, an electric fence, a two-lane patrol road and no-go areas 70 to 100 metres wide. And that is what the Israelis deceitfully call simply a fence. Palestinians between the wall and the Armistice Line will effectively be cut off from their farmland, workplaces, schools and health clinics. The wall will cause direct harm to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in dozens of villages and towns.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  6. “I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for having convened this public meeting on the grave and deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territory. The separation wall, which is being built by the Israeli regime deep in the occupied West Bank, marks the beginning of a new phase in the plight of the Palestinian people. It is fast becoming a new, major source of injustice for the Palestinians and of tension in the Middle East. The wall is a new means of achieving the Israeli goal of depriving the Palestinians of their inherent national rights. As such, it is having serious impact on all aspects of the Palestinian question. What we are currently witnessing in the West Bank is a manifest and clear act of territorial annexation under the guise of security.”

    2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source

  7. “Regrettably, the exercise or threat of exercise of the veto has so far prevented the Council from discharging its constitutional responsibility in such a crucial issue and has thus raised profound international disappointment. Without a doubt, the Council's inaction emboldens Israel to defy the wishes of the international community. Recent events have further demonstrated the need for the Council to establish an international intervention, protection and observer force, with a view to protecting defenceless Palestinian civilians from ever-increasing atrocities at the hands of Israelis.”

    2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source

  8. “The international community in general and the Islamic world in particular are deeply concerned at the unceasing atrocities committed by Israeli armed forces. Israel's latest act is undoubtedly likely to further exacerbate the Middle East crisis, unless the international community and the United Nations intervene to stop its brutal campaign against the Palestinian civilians. There is no doubt that the Security Council in particular is expected to act appropriately, with a view to putting an end to these violations by the occupying Power and for paving the way to bring those responsible to justice. So many times in the past, the Council was called upon to shoulder its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security by putting an end to the inhuman and aggressive acts of the Israeli regime.”

    2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source

  9. “It is very unfortunate that the very few Governments that criticize the Palestinians and hold them responsible for the ongoing violence in the area ignore the crimes perpetrated by the Israelis and do nothing to stop them. There should be no doubt that occupation lies at the centre of the Palestinian conflict and the overall tension and instability in the Middle East. The shocking developments of the past two years have brought into closer focus the fact that unless the principal cause of conflict is effectively addressed, the crisis will never subside. Therefore the right of the Palestinian people to resist Israeli aggression and occupation is a legitimate one and is ensured by international laws and conventions. We reject the contention that Israeli aggression is an act of self- defense.”

    2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source

  10. “We believe that the recent escalation of violence in the occupied territories should be seen from this perspective, and the Israeli regime should be held fully responsible for the start-up of a possible new cycle of violence. There should be no doubt that the Israeli campaign of targeting residential areas and the extrajudicial killing of Palestinians on the basis of hit lists are flagrant violations of the key tenets of natural justice and international humanitarian law. The words and deeds of the Israeli leadership have made it obvious that resorting to such acts has become part of the regime's policy. It amounts to organized acts of terrorism by a regime, and the international community should not turn a blind eye to it.”

    2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source

  11. “The international community should react accordingly, and bring the perpetrators of that crime to justice. A criminal act was committed in the wake of some political developments in the occupied territories. Familiar with the pattern of actions, and aware of the possible reactions, the Zionist officials authorized this air strike knowing that it would disrupt any efforts that might increase pressure on the Israeli regime to end the occupation of the West Bank. What they did yesterday fits into the pattern of previous actions by the Israelis aimed at interrupting any calm in the region by trying to provoke the Palestinians.”

    2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source

  12. “The Israeli regime, in pursuit of its bloody campaign and its racist and aggressive policy, is employing more vicious measures against the defenceless Palestinian people. It has once again reacted excessively and disproportionately in the occupied territories, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. The human toll from Israeli air strikes against a residential area of Gaza, launched from an F-16 fighter jet, was the most devastating suffered by Palestinian civilians in a single attack in almost two years. It is totally unacceptable to claim that the criminals who planned the attack did not know about the presence of a large number of civilians in the neighbourhood, including women and children. What the Israelis did yesterday was clearly a war crime.”

    2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source

  13. “As far as the Statute of the International Criminal Court is concerned, we expect that all members of the Security Council take note of and accept the fact that the Council is not authorized to interpret or amend treaties concluded among States in accordance with the law of treaties - a law that recognizes that only parties to a treaty are competent to interpret or amend it. The Islamic Republic of Iran has signed the Statute of the International Criminal Court, and studies are under way in my country with a view to presenting it to the parliament for ratification. We believe that the principles and values laid down in the Statute will enable the Court to become an effective organ for the international community to combat the most serious crimes and render justice to victims of war crimes.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  14. “My delegation regrets that a one-sided approach adopted by one member of the Security Council, which frequently resorts to the veto to serve its own national interests, is, inter alia, putting in jeopardy the future of United Nations peacekeeping. The threat to do the same with regard to other peacekeeping mandates that come up for renewal is most troubling. Undoubtedly, such an approach runs counter to the spirit and letter of the Charter, especially Article 24, which maintains that the Council acts on behalf of the general membership. My delegation does not see any logic whatsoever in the attempts over the past few weeks to disrupt the work of a successful United Nations mission, which includes, among other things, combating organized crime and terrorism.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  15. “There is no doubt that the premature termination of UNMIBH's mandate will leave its programmes uncompleted and jeopardize the previous achievements of the international community in Bosnia. Such a prospect may also hurt the ongoing efforts in the wider region. It is unfortunate that the disagreement on the International Criminal Court is not only casting a shadow on the existence of UNMIBH but is also jeopardizing United Nations peacekeeping operations in other parts of the world. Therefore, we believe that the potential implication of the current impasse for the whole of United Nations peacekeeping should also be taken into account. United Nations peacekeeping is a very important and effective tool for the international community to promote peace and security across the world.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  16. “I wish to begin by thanking you, Sir, for holding this open debate on an important development in the Security Council, which is of great importance to the general membership of the United Nations. The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) has thus far been a stabilizing factor for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the whole Balkan region. It has played a very important role in implementing the peace agreement in that country by helping its Government train and equip a professional police force. However, given the fact that the peace process is still fragile and the new Bosnian institutions continue to be under pressure from some nationalist forces, it is important that the Mission continue its work and wind down in an orderly way at an appropriate time.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  17. “The lingering violence in the occupied territories has further demonstrated the need for an international protection force to be established by the Council, with a view to protecting defenceless Palestinian civilians. The resort to the veto last year to discard draft resolutions intended to authorize the establishment of such a force proved a disservice, as can be seen from the worsening situation in the area. The presence of such a force on the ground could have forestalled more violence and more bloodshed and saved many precious lives.”

    2002-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478Resumption1 (2002) · source

  18. “There is no doubt that the Security Council is expected to act appropriately, with a view to putting an end to the violations by the occupying Power and to paving the way for bringing those responsible to justice. Regrettably, the exercise and the threat of exercise of the veto have so far prevented the Council from discharging its constitutional responsibility with respect to so crucial an issue, to the profound disappointment of the international community. Undoubtedly, the inaction of the Security Council is emboldening Israel to defy the wishes of the international community, which are reflected, inter alia, in numerous General Assembly resolutions.”

    2002-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478Resumption1 (2002) · source

  19. “We further concur with him that security cannot be dealt with in isolation and that it has to be addressed alongside key political issues, particularly the question of land, and economic and social issues, including the increasingly critical and desperate conditions of the Palestinians. We believe that the international community should stand by the Palestinians and lend support to the establishment of a viable, sovereign Palestinian State, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. A complete end to foreign occupation and the full restoration of all of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination and to return to their homeland, should be the main pillars of any solution.”

    2002-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478Resumption1 (2002) · source

  20. “The uprising of the Palestinian people constitutes a legitimate response to the occupation and aims at achieving their right of self- determination in their own homeland. The shocking developments over the past few months have brought closer into view the fact that, unless the principal cause of conflict is effectively addressed, the crisis will never subside. Undoubtedly, repressive acts by Israel are prone to further exacerbate the Middle East crisis unless the international community and the United Nations intervene immediately to stop the brutal campaign against civilians carried out by Israeli armed forces. We fully concur with the Secretary-General, who, in his latest speech in the Council, alerted the international community to the possibility of the region's nearing the edge of the abyss.”

    2002-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478Resumption1 (2002) · source

  21. “Such acts have frustrated efforts made by Western envoys and have also pushed back some positive initiatives taken by some Western countries that could provide new opportunities for addressing the flagrant injustice the Palestinian people have faced for decades. At the same time, it is unfortunate that Israel, through a massive disinformation campaign, which includes resorting to levelling accusations against other States, aims at exacerbating the tension in the region in an attempt to cover up its campaign of aggression against the Palestinian people and undermine the support of international public opinion for them. Occupation lies at the very origin of the Palestinian conflict and overall tension and instability in the Middle East.”

    2002-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478Resumption1 (2002) · source

  22. “Israel's resort to state-of-the art weapons, such as F-l6 warplanes, Apache helicopter gunships and heavy tanks, to target Palestinian installations and invade civilian areas in the occupied territories, have outraged the international community in general and the Islamic world in particular. Suffocating closures and the siege imposed on Palestinian people and officials are further worsening the situation. The continuation of targeted assassinations and the bulldozing of civilians' homes by Israel brought an end to a few weeks of relative calm in December and January and have once again demonstrated that Israeli repressive acts lie at the origin of each new cycle of violence.”

    2002-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478Resumption1 (2002) · source

  23. “Let me first congratulate you on the assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of February and express my full confidence in your leadership and ability to steer the work of the Council. I should also commend the Ambassador of Mauritius for the able and effective manner in which he conducted the work of the Council last month. Once again the ongoing Israeli repression of the Palestinians has warranted another open debate - and possibly an action - by the Security Council. Excessive and disproportionate measures adopted by the Israeli Army, in full disregard for any established principles of international law and humane standards, continue to take a heavy toll on Palestinian civilians.”

    2002-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478Resumption1 (2002) · source

  24. “We expect the Security Council to fulfil its responsibility this time and take concrete and appropriate measures to this end.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  25. “Undoubtedly, the unchecked acts by Israel will further exacerbate the situation in the Middle East as a whole. The defeat in the Council last December of a draft resolution to authorize the establishment of a United Nations observer force to protect Palestinian civilians led to more violence and more bloodshed. Since then more than 70 Palestinians have lost their lives, more destruction has occurred, and the plight of Palestinian civilians has been further exacerbated. In the face of this worsening situation, the Palestinian authorities and a vast majority of the Member States of the United Nations - including the Islamic, Arab and Non-Aligned States - have called for an international force to be stationed in the occupied territories with a view to protecting civilians and putting an end to the bloody campaign by the Israeli forces.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  26. “In this context, we deplore some recent remarks that amount to encouraging the occupying regime in the pursuit of its bloody campaign against Palestinian civilians. The recent reiteration of commitment by a Member State of the United Nations to transfer its embassy to occupied Al-Quds - which, among other things, constitutes a violation of Security Council resolutions - represents one-sided support for the Israeli regime, is likely to further escalate tension in the region and represents a clear bias towards occupation and aggression. In our view, the international community and the United Nations - especially this Council - have a responsibility to intervene to stop the brutal campaign by the Israeli armed forces against civilians.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  27. “The fundamental question the international community - represented by the United Nations and the Security Council - now faces is to what extent we can normally justify the loss of Palestinian blood and life, the homelessness and agony before the occupiers and aggressors are tamed and the fundamental rights of the Palestinians to self-determination in their own land is realized. The international community in general and the Islamic world in particular continue to be deeply concerned about the ongoing atrocities being committed by Israeli troops. The disdain of Israeli leaders for the principles of international law and the decisions of the United Nations is no secret to anyone in this Chamber. That disdain is commonly acknowledged, deplored and condemned. But very little, if anything, is done about it.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  28. “The crimes being committed by the Israeli armed forces are consistent with the aggressive and expansionist policies of the occupying Power. Israel's repeated crimes and heavy- handed approach run counter to all its high-sounding and empty claims of seeking peace. This regime is the main cause behind the tension and instability in the region. While deceitfully negotiating peace with the Palestinians, it embarked on violently assaulting the oppressed and defenceless people of the occupied territories.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  29. “The tightening of blockades against the Palestinian territories by the occupiers is further preventing Palestinians from having access to basic necessities and medical treatment, travelling to work and trading their goods throughout the area. Without a doubt, this amounts to collective punishment and a stranglehold on a whole people in the name of security for the occupiers. The pursuit of this policy over several months has devastated the Palestinian economy, created financial a crisis in the Palestinian institutions and plunged more families into poverty. Indiscriminate killings and the besieging of the Palestinians negate the Israeli pretence of peaceful intentions or a desire for pacific co-existence with the Muslims and Christians in the region.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  30. “Since last September, the occupying forces in the Palestinian territories have been engaged in an excessive and disproportionate act of violence and collective punishment against the rightful protests of the Palestinians against the protracted occupation of their homeland. Over the course of recent months, the whole of the Palestinian territories have been the scene of the killing of hundreds and injuring of thousands of defenceless civilians. Moreover, there has been an increase in tension and the level of violence in the Palestinian territories since a more aggressive Israeli faction took up the reins of power. Among other things, this has led to an intensification of the policy of suffocating and besieging cities and villages in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  31. “I wish to extend my congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. We have full confidence that, under your wise guidance, the Council will make progress in dealing with the issues on its agenda. Let me also extend my felicitations to your predecessor, Ambassador Said Ben Mustapha of Tunisia, for his skilful stewardship of the Council's activities last month. I should also like to thank you for convening this important meeting of the Security Council at this critical time for the Palestinian people.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source