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Ladeb

lines on the record: 530
first: 2020-02-06
most recent: 2023-10-24
sittings or episodes: 77
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“There must be genuine political will based on foresight and a belief in the universal values of justice, peace, equality and human rights. There must be genuine international efforts that are free of bias and double standards so as to bring the occupation to an end and empower the Palestinian people to enjoy all their legitimate rights which are internationally recognized. That will end their suffering, achieve peace and restore security and stability in the region and the world.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“How long will we maintain an approach that consists of managing the conflict without resolving it, and without addressing the repercussions of the repeated cycles of violence and aggression, with thousands more dead and an ever-deeper humanitarian tragedy each time? How long will we wait until we address the root causes of all the crises and ills in the region, namely, the occupation, the failure to implement the more than 1,000 United Nations resolutions on the Palestinian question, the disregard for international law and the lack of accountability? Therefore, while underscoring the need to halt the aggression, provide relief to the Palestinian people and prevent their displacement, Tunisia stresses that the situation cannot be handled as it has been in the past.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The international community’s handling of the dangerous situation in the region and the genocide of the Palestinian people are in total contravention of the universal values, purposes and principles that underpin the Charter of the United Nations, international humanitarian law and the human rights system, which has undermined people’s trust in the international system, its institutions and ethical values. Do international human rights law and international humanitarian law not apply to all people under the Charter? Do they cease to apply at the border of the occupied Palestinian territories? Do Palestinian lives and security have no value? Do they not deserve to be defended?”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We stress that it is unacceptable by any standard for this state of affairs to persist; for the Security Council and United Nations organs to be held hostage to diversions and political calculations; for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations to be subverted at the expense of the lives, security and rights of millions of Pal- estinians; and for the occupying Power to exploit that as cover and a justification for continuing to perpetrate and intensify its crimes with total impunity, under the pretext of the right to self-defence and a policy of fait accompli.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It is ironic that today, on United Nations Day, the Organization commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations against the backdrop of the shocking failure of the international community and the Security Council to reach consensus on a ceasefire and on preventing aggression and ensuring security and a humanitarian response, which are the Council’s basic mandate for maintaining peace and security under Article 24 of the Charter. The killing, destruction, displacement and siege to which the Palestinian people are being subjected constitute the natural outcome of the long silence of the international community in the face of the violations, policies of aggression and disregard for international humanitarian conventions exercised by the occupying Power.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Ladeb (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): I thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Tor Wennesland and Ms. Lynn Hastings for their briefings. Despite the successive meetings held by the Security Council over the past two weeks and the related consultations and draft resolutions (S/2023/772 and S/2023/773), Council members have been unable to adopt any of them. Meanwhile, the occupation forces continue their massacres against the Palestinian population, with nearly 5,800 martyrs, more than 2,000 of whom were children, as well as more than 16,000 people injured and 1.1 million people forcibly displaced to unsafe locations, leaving the population of Gaza completely besieged and cut off from and deprived of the most basic means of survival.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We reiterate that long-overdue justice should be served with respect to the Palestinian people by putting an end to the occupation and restoring the rights of the Palestinian people, who should have a sovereign, independent State, and by ceasing the humanitarian injustice that has befallen Palestinians for generations.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“We also stress that security, peace and stability in the region should be based on a just and comprehensive peace, as called for by the resolutions of international legitimacy. Meanwhile, the rights of the Palestinian people are not subject to a statute of limitations, nor do they lapse by way of their killing and displacement on the part of the occupying Power, which is cutting off the most basic services, including water, medicine, food and electricity, and targeting innocent women and children, homes and hospitals, and relief and first aid personnel.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“We call on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security and to put an end to the current Israeli violations and practices; to endorse a ceasefire; and to put an end to the brutal aggression against the people of Gaza, prevent their forced displacement and guarantee their access to humanitarian and medical aid. We wish to recall that Council delays in shouldering those responsibilities mean new innocent victims and further humanitarian suffering as well as threats to security and stability. Tunisia is steadfast in its position in favour of the right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent State throughout the entire territory of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital. We stress that the reason for all the tragedies is the continued occupation.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“My country calls on the international community to shoulder its moral and legal responsibilities and to put an end to the policy of aggression and to hold the occupying forces accountable for the displacement and killing of civilians and civilian facilities along with collective punishment against the Palestinian people for decades. The failure by the Security Council to adopt a resolution regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza proves yet again that the international community has failed to take a stance with practical and binding measures to put pressure on the occupying Power so as to respect international humanitarian law.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“That carnage has claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians, including sick and injured people, women, children and medical and paramedical personnel. That carnage underscores once again that the occupying Power disregards all international and humanitarian instruments and all calls to stop its aggression against the Gaza Strip and all the Palestinian territories. Tunisia expresses its condemnation in the strongest terms of the cowardly aggression against Palestinian civilians. We call for an end to impunity for the war crimes and genocide perpetrated by the occupying Power against the Palestinian people for more than seven decades.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“Mr. Ladeb (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): We align our- selves with the statement delivered by the representative of Jordan on behalf of the Group of Arab States. I would like to thank Mr. Wennesland and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings. We also express our heartfelt condolences to the brotherly Palestinian people for their victims, in the aftermath of the brutal aggression perpetrated by the occupying forces in violation of all international and humanitarian instruments. It is but a new round of the atrocities and massacres that are perpetrated every single day against the Palestinian people. Amid deafening silence from the international community, the occupation forces perpetrated a heinous war crime by bombarding the Al Ahli Hospital, in grave violation of international law and international humanitarian law.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“We call for addressing food-related issues according to a new vision based on genuine human solidarity and effective synergies, and for refraining from exploiting this vital good in any way to achieve political and economic ends. There is also a need to address all the factors that fuel and prolong conflicts, especially considering that the consequences of such crises have no borders and that no one in today’s world is immune to them.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that context, it is more than ever the duty of the international community to address the root causes of crises and take proactive measures to reduce famine worldwide and contain the consequences of conflicts. The maintenance of global food security is a pillar of international peace and security and a benchmark for a more balanced, united and equitable world. In that regard, we reiterate the proposal made by President Kaïs Saïed of Tunisia at the Food Systems Summit held by the United Nations in Rome on 24 July, in which he called for creating a strategic grain stock that could be used in times of need in order to prevent food from being turned into a weapon, especially against developing countries.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In addition to climate change and the economic and energy crises, armed conflicts are one of the main causes of starvation, exposing millions of people around the world to the dangers of famine and its effects on global food security, and to disruptions of production chains, distribution routes and price stability. Recent wars and armed conflicts have revealed the interconnected nature of global food systems, the extent of their fragility and their grave implications for global food security. The effects of conflicts are not limited to the regions where they take place, especially given the links between the trading system and the reliance of many countries, particularly developing countries, on food imports that are vulnerable to global price increases.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The choice of today’s topic, famine and conflict- induced global food insecurity, stresses the issue’s importance and our growing collective awareness of its gravity, as well as the need for the international community to join forces in order to find good solutions that can mitigate its consequences and contain its ramifications, especially for developing and least developed countries, which continue to witness increasing rates of poverty and starvation. In that context, it is important to focus on the factors that are directly or indirectly affecting food security around the world.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Ladeb (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I congratulate the United States of America on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and commend its initiative in convening this important debate. Tunisia aligns itself with the presidential statement (S/PRST/2023/4) issued on the topic of today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the briefers for their valuable insights.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, Tunisia renews its steadfast solidarity with the Palestinian people in efforts to restore their legitimate rights, especially the right to self-determination, by ending the occupation and establishing their independent and sovereign State on their land along 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that regard, we call on the international community to launch serious and effective negotiations within a specific timetable in order to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peace based on the agreed terms of reference and international resolutions. As we approach the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Nakba, we recall the major sacrifices of the Palestinian people and their prolonged suffering. We call upon the international community and the Security Council to protect the Palestinian people and to compel the occupying Power to put an end to its aggressive practices and collective punitive measures taken against the Palestinian people, as well as to comply with international law and all relevant United Nations resolutions. We also call for holding the occupying Power responsible for all its violations.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Tunisia strongly condemns the policies of the occupation and its attempts to change the legal and historical status quo of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem, especially through plans for settlements, home demolitions, the displacement of Palestinians, as well as flagrant violations of human rights. We hold the occupation forces responsible for the actions taken in the occupied Palestinian territories that could impede peace efforts in the region. We stress the Hashemite Jordanian historical custodianship of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in the city of Jerusalem. Addressing the Palestinian question at the international level should not consider only the repeated vicious circles of violence without truly focusing on the root causes of the situation, namely, the occupation.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The international community recently witnessed the flagrant escalation of aggressive practices and restrictive policies adopted by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people, especially during the sacred month of Ramadan, as the occupation authorities deliberately violated the sanctity of the holy sites and raided the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque through settlers and occupation forces. They attacked worshippers and detained hundreds who were inside the Mosque in blatant disregard for Muslim sentiment and a flagrant violation of international conventions and treaties.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Ladeb (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): First of all, I would like to congratulate the Russian Federation for presiding over the Security Council for this month. In that regard, I would like to thank in particular Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia for convening this meeting at the ministerial level. I would also like to welcome the participation of Mr. Riad Al-Malki, Foreign Minister of Palestine in this session. I appreciate the efforts of Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Accordingly, we call for urgent and immediate action to explore ways to launch meaningful and effective negotiations within a specific time frame in order to reach a lasting, comprehensive and fair settlement in the Middle East based on resolutions of international legitimacy. In conclusion, Tunisia reiterates its firm and principled support for the Palestinians’ rights, above all their right to self-determination, ending the occupation and the establishment of their own independent sovereign State along the 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The impasse in the peace process, the continued deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the limited international response to addressing the repeated cycles of violence without focusing on their root cause — namely, the occupation — will lead only to further escalation and complications in the region and will increase the suffering of the Palestinian people. In that regard, we reaffirm that security and stability in the Middle East must be achieved through a fair, comprehensive and lasting solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, based on international law and United Nations resolutions.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The occupying Power’s persistence in collectively punishing the Palestinian people once again reflects its efforts to evade its commitments under international law and international humanitarian law. In that context, we express our rejection and condemnation of the Israeli Government’s decision to impose further collective punitive measures on the Palestinians and their leadership and civil society following the adoption of General Assembly resolution 77/247, which requested the International Court of Justice to render an advisory opinion. We reaffirm the Palestinians’ right to resort to United Nations entities.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Tunisia categorically condemns and rejects those practices and the repeated violations of the holy sites in Jerusalem. We also call for preserving the status quo of Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and we reiterate the primacy of the Hashemite custodianship over the holy sites of Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem. We furthermore call on the international community to assume its legal and historical responsibilities related to supporting the Palestinian people and acting swiftly and effectively to provide them with protection and to decisively address Israel’s provocative practices, such as the storming of Al-Haram Al-Sharif courtyard by the Minister of National Security. Such practices threaten to further destabilize the region and prolong the cycle of violence.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Ladeb (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to sincerely congratulate you, Mr. President, on Japan’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to wish you every success. I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his valuable briefing. I would also like to express our appreciation for the efforts of the Secretary-General to revive the Middle East peace process. The occupying Power continues its disregard for international law and Security Council resolutions through its measures of imposing, de facto on the ground, its settlement policy, the forced displacement of Palestinians and the confiscation of their homes and land, while trying to change the historical, demographic and legal status of the city of Jerusalem.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Today more than ever, the Security Council is required to devise comprehensive approaches to international peace and security, including in terms of its interaction and cooperation with other United Nations organs, regional organizations, especially the African Union, and international financial institutions, in order to support national and regional efforts to build resilient communities and facilitate complementary and coherent responses for sustainable peace.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181Resumption1 (2022) · source
“They might even have a spillover effect that amplifies insecurity at the regional level, given their cross-boundary nature. It is clear that those security challenges require the Council to reflect further on how to ensure that peace operations respond in such fragile contexts through better coordinated and tailor-made mandates that also integrate effective measures for building resilient communities and bridging efforts related to State institution-building.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The disastrous impact of environmental shocks due to climate change, combined with threats to food security, risk reviving intercommunal violence and add another layer of complexity when it comes to addressing peace and security in those contexts. Some Council members may argue that some underlying drivers of instability and conflicts do not fall within the mandate of the Security Council. It has to be pointed out, however, that failing to address those issues properly has clearly impacted the efficiency of the Security Council and undermined its credibility. If left unattended, such structural factors could jeopardize efforts aimed at restoring peace and security and contribute to the resurgence of conflicts during or after peace operations.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Such drivers include the spread of terrorism and violent extremism benefiting from the illegal trafficking of natural resources, organized crime and the smuggling of small arms, chronic poverty, mass unemployment, exclusion and growing inequalities, which have all fuelled tension and discontent among populations. The absence of State authority and efficient institutions often provide breeding grounds and safe havens for terrorist groups, transnational crime networks and violent non-State actors, who use those contexts as strongholds to conduct their destabilizing operations locally and on a larger scale, threatening the stability, security and even the territorial integrity of neighbouring States.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In fact, despite the active engagement of the Council in the maintenance of international peace and security by making use of the various tools at its disposal as provided for in the Charter of the United Nations, sustainable peace remains beyond reach in many parts of the world. That is especially the case in fragile contexts in Africa, where a number of underlying, diverse and interconnected drivers have undermined the resilience of populations, exacerbating existing tensions, fuelling cycles of violence and protracting conflicts.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Let me first congratulate you, Madam, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and wish you and your able team every success during this month. I thank the briefers for their insightful presentations and commend you on the decision to dedicate your first signature event to discussing the issues of effective resilience-building in peace operations for sustainable peace. I am glad that today’s topic recalls similar discussions initiated by previous African members of the Council aimed at highlighting the need for this organ, in discharging its primary responsibilities, to take into consideration the changing security landscape and fully address the underlying causes and drivers of conflict.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We also support enhancing the peacebuilding architecture, which is an important tool for enabling the United Nations to face the changing nature of conflict, especially on the African continent. That can be undertaken through new and innovative financing mechanisms to guarantee adequate, sustainable and predictable funding for peace processes and sustainable peace. We hope that the implementation of Our Common Agenda (A/75/982), launched by the Secretary-General, will contribute to helping the African continent build its capacities and promote sustainable development while achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063, given that there can be no sustainable peace and security without sustainable development.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The success of this kind of approach, based on building local capacities and enhancing legitimacy, is closely linked to making use of local assets and adopting clear strategies to ensure the inclusive participation of every sector of society, granting a special role to women, young people, civil society and the private sector at all stages of the building process. In parallel, cooperation and effective partnerships among the United Nations, Governments, regional and subregional organizations and international financing institutions will help to guarantee the success of that approach, promoting its preventive dimensions and the sustainability of its results. In that context, Tunisia commends what has been achieved in terms of cooperation and partnership between the United Nations and the African Union.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106Resumption1 (2022) · source
“While achieving peace requires great effort at many levels, the fact is that preserving and sustaining peace requires even greater efforts, along with a long- term vision that includes strategies for enhancing the role of institutions and supporting sustainability and resilience. In that context, strengthening the nexus between peace and security, development and human rights — through the adoption of political solutions, capacity-building, strengthened institutions and enhanced, sound governance and sustainability — helps guarantee that the transition from conflict to peace will not be reversed. It also allows for the adoption of strategies that are adequate to tackling existing and emerging challenges in the fields of development, the environment, politics and security, as well as peacebuilding and human rights.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Such an approach should also focus on preventing the onset of violence and its escalation, persistence and recurrence; building, sustaining and preserving peace; strengthening stability; and dealing with the root causes of conflicts, violence and vulnerabilities. Among those causes are political, economic and social exclusion and marginalization, the absence of an effective State in certain areas, and weak governance, including ineffective implementation of the rule of law and a failure to provide basic services and ensure the equitable distribution of wealth. All of those weaknesses are in some cases worsened by external interference and widespread corruption, an issue that Tunisia raised in a high-level meeting convened under its presidency of the Security Council in January 2021 (see S/2021/24).”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106Resumption1 (2022) · source
“That leads to humanitarian tragedies, growing numbers of displaced persons and refugees and increasing violations, in addition to the consequences of such situations for peace and security in the neighbouring countries and regions and at the regional and international levels. The coronavirus disease pandemic, climate change and recent international developments have all exacerbated those situations. There are a number of factors and structural challenges that create obstacles to the sustainability of peace and demand that we work harder to address issues of peace and security on the African continent through a more comprehensive approach that takes account of all those challenges rather than being limited to simply ending conflicts.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Ladeb (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I congratulate China on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I wish its delegation every success. I commend the choice of today’s topic, which has special importance given the situations and developments witnessed on the international scene and on the African continent. I also thank the briefers for their valuable interventions. Despite United Nations efforts through peace missions, the initiatives and contributions of the African Union and subregional organizations, national efforts and the Silencing the Guns initiative, several countries and regions on the African continent are still suffering from conflicts and a lack of security, peace and stability.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We also urge the international community to further support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, given the vital role it plays as one of the most important foundations for stability in the region. In conclusion, Tunisia reiterates its unwavering and principled support for the rights of the Palestinian people, which have no statute of limitations. We always stand ready to pursue our efforts to achieve a fair and lasting peace and end the long suffering of the Palestinian people.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We once again call for the strengthening of the Quartet and the efforts made by the Security Council, in line with its responsibilities. We also call on the parties concerned to respond positively to the call for the holding of a fully-fledged international conference to engage in a genuine peace process so as to resolve the conflict. Given the deteriorating humanitarian and living conditions in the occupied territories, including in the Gaza Strip, Tunisia reiterates the need to increase assistance to the Palestinian Authority. We commend the efforts made by the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of the International Assistance to Palestinians and the support of the donor community to ease the crisis.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source
“That will enable the region to restore security and stability by achieving a just and comprehensive peace in order to give the Palestinian people their legitimate rights in an independent and fully sovereign State within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as provided for in United Nations resolutions, the internationally agreed parameters and the Arab Peace Initiative. Tunisia confirms the statement of the Arab Ministerial Committee and stresses that ending this situation, which is contrary to all international and humanitarian conventions, is an urgent need that cannot be delayed further. Tunisia therefore calls on the international community to pool its efforts in order to create the conditions conducive to relaunching serious negotiations based on a fixed timetable.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source
“It is deplorable that the international community’s reaction to the situation in Palestine has been affected by the episodes of violence and escalation that continue to occur as a result of the occupying Power’s practices, without focusing efforts on addressing the root causes of the situation, which are precisely the occupation and aggressive practices of the occupying Power. The Palestinian question has continued for more than seven decades, always marked by the suffering and violations that the Palestinian people have been subjected to, including through the general instability in the Middle East. We believe that the only way out is by taking the road of peace and international legitimacy.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We condemn all measures aimed at changing the demographic structure and the legal and historical status of the Palestinian occupied territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly the settlement policies whereby land is confiscated and Palestinian homes are demolished and Palestinians forcibly displaced. Tunisia once again urges the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities towards the Palestinian people and reiterates the need to ensure the protection of the Palestinian civilian population from the violence of settlers and the occupation forces and their excessive use of force, including against women and children.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Ladeb (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I congratulate the United Kingdom on presiding over the Security Council for this month, and we wish you every success, Mr. President. I also thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing and his efforts to halt the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories and foster the chances for peace in the Middle East. Tunisia reiterates its condemnation of the aggressive practices of the occupying forces and settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially East Jerusalem. We also condemn the Israeli violations of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its attacks on worshippers and desecration of holy sites during the month of Ramadan.”
2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source
“I thank all colleagues and delegations of Member States for their cooperation and positive interaction over the past two years, despite all the difficulties and challenges faced by the Council. I also thank the Council’s secretariat, headed by Ms. Hasmik Egian, and all her colleagues for their assistance and cooperation, and wish the new Member States that will join the Council on 1 January 2022 all the success. We reiterate our readiness to continue cooperation with all Member States pertaining to all issues in the service of peace and security and in support of multilateralism.”
2021-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8940 (2021) · source
“We stress the vital role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which provides assistance to around 5.5 million Palestinian refugees and supports stability in the region. There is an urgent need to promote and increase the support addressed to UNRWA. In conclusion, we reiterate Tunisia’s steadfast and principled support for the rights of Palestinian people, which are not subject to statute of limitation. We are always ready to pursue our efforts for achieving lasting and comprehensive peace. Since this is Tunisia’s final scheduled meeting as a member of the Security Council, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your able leadership of the Council this month.”
2021-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8940 (2021) · source
“In that regard, we reiterate Tunisia’s call for the convening of a full-fledged international conference with the participation of all relevant parties to engage in a genuine peace process based on international law, United Nations resolutions, the relevant terms of reference and the Arab Peace Initiative. We hope that the Middle East Quartet will maintain its support of peace and redouble its efforts to break the current impasse in the peace process. The socioeconomic and humanitarian situations in the occupied Palestinian territories are deteriorating. We therefore call on international donors to increase their economic and humanitarian support to Palestine. We also call on the international community to compel the occupation authorities to lift the restrictions imposed upon freedom of movement and to end the embargo in Gaza.”
2021-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8940 (2021) · source
“How long will this situation of violence and escalation last as a result of the occupation practices, such as those carried out in May? We must confront the root causes of the situation, namely, the occupation. There can be no security and stability in the region without a just and comprehensive peace that restores the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and enables them to enjoy their liberty and dignity in an independent sovereign State within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. The terms of reference of such a solution are well-known. There are numerous United Nations resolutions to that effect. International efforts must now be made to ensure that those resolutions are upheld and implemented in order to launch serious, credible and time-bound negotiations to arrive at a just and comprehensive settlement.”
2021-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8940 (2021) · source
“In view of the flagrant violations of the rights of the Palestinian people by the occupying Power, Tunisia calls once again on the international community and the Security Council to fully shoulder their responsibilities and ensure that the occupying Power upholds its obligations under international law, international humanitarian law and international human rights law. We reiterate the need to protect Palestinian civilians from the violence perpetrated by the settlers and the occupation forces, which use excessive force, including against women and children. Defenceless Palestinian civilians are repeatedly attacked. Restrictions are being imposed upon their freedom of expression and organization. Palestinian civil society organizations are targeted, including six that have been classified as terrorist organizations.”
2021-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8940 (2021) · source