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Maged Abdelfattah Abdelaziz

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2020-04-23

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2021-05-16

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1. “Although Israel is the party that caused the Palestine refugee crisis, and although the international community bears primary responsibility for engaging with Israel to ensure that Palestine refugees can enjoy all their rights in accordance with international instruments and standards, the Arab side has always been proactive in filling gaps in the Agency’s funding in order to shore up its material and field capacities. It has done so because of the bonds of solidarity among the Arab peoples and Governments, bonds that reach their fullest expression in the League of Arab States. Similarly, the League supports all efforts to unite Palestinians. It has backed efforts to achieve intra-Palestinian reconciliation.”

   2020-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1055 (2020) · source

2. “The League has therefore adopted no shortage of resolutions at the ministerial and summit levels addressing the Palestinian question in all its main aspects, including the refugee issue, which is a major concern for the League and its States members. The League and its States members believe in the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and support any action to ensure that it is effectively fulfilled. The League is strongly convinced that any attempt to thwart or call into question the Agency’s mandate would strike at one of the most important of the five main negotiating issues for a final settlement to the Palestinian question.”

   2020-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1055 (2020) · source

3. “Notwithstanding the proliferation of opinions regarding the best way to reach a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, the League of Arab States and its States members remain convinced that stability in the Middle East region depends on finding a just solution to the Palestinian question on the basis of international law, in accordance with the agreed terms of reference and, in particular, land for peace, the two-State solution, the Madrid and Oslo understandings, the Arab Peace Initiative and the numerous resolutions of the Security Council. The goal is clear — the establishment of a Palestinian State on the borders of 4 July 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, through direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine with support from the Quartet.”

   2020-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1055 (2020) · source

4. “At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on presiding over the Security Council this month and on all your ongoing efforts to support international peace and security, particularly in the Middle East region. I thank the Secretary-General and his Special Coordinator, Nickolay Mladenov, for his outstanding briefings on the developing situation in the Arab region and, in particular, the response of the United Nations to the Palestinian question. The Palestinian question has always been and will remain the central issue and fulcrum of the Arab-Israeli conflict.”

   2020-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1055 (2020) · source

5. “Fifthly, the Council should make earnest efforts to ensure that Israel abides by the same international rules of accountability that are applied to all other States. There can be no preferential treatment, discrimination or double standards. The Council must send a clear message in that regard and unequivocally warn Israel against persisting in its violations of international law, international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly as regards partial or total annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.”

   2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

6. “Thirdly, the Council should work to implement and revitalize regional initiatives, chief among them the Arab Peace Initiative, in support of the peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and eschew any course of action inconsistent with the terms of reference of the peace process, whose purpose is to realize a two- State solution based on direct negotiations addressing the five parameters for a comprehensive and just final settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Fourthly, the Council should strive to revitalize and expand the Quartet in order to restore its role in the peace process between the Israeli and Palestinian sides, leading to the establishment of an independent, contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State, existing in security and peace within the borders of 4 June 1967.”

   2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

7. “It encourages the Security Council to make earnest efforts, first, to put in place practical mechanisms, inter alia, to provide protection to the Palestinian people, and work to put forward alternative initiatives to improve the prospects of the two-State solution on the basis of internationally recognized principles, with a view to ending the occupation and all illegal Israeli practices targeting the defenceless Palestinian people. Secondly, the Security Council should reaffirm that the so-called annexation of any part of the occupied West Bank or the Jordan Valley would be null and void and would not be recognized, and work to put an immediate stop to the construction and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.”

   2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

8. “It insists that an agreement must be reached on the five final-status issues through direct negotiations, under the neutral auspices of the international Quartet, whose role should be strengthened and expanded to include influential stakeholders in the peace process. The League of Arab States looks forward to continuing to work closely and in earnest with the Security Council to confront the dangers facing the entire Middle East, on the one hand, and the Palestinian question, on the other hand, in particular by cooperating effectively to address Israeli plans to annex the Palestinian territories.”

   2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

9. “The League of Arab States reaffirms the centrality of the two-State solution that the international community has adopted as the basis for resolving the Palestinian question, premised on the establishment of an independent State of Palestine within the borders of 4 June 1967, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. It reiterates its opposition to any peace plans that may be announced or implemented without direct negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli parties, or that include any proposals to change any of the main terms of reference of the peace process or to modify the status of the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. The League of Arab States opposes any attempts to recognize Israeli sovereignty over any of these territories, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif.”

   2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

10. “The Secretary-General of the Arab League clearly highlighted at the previous meeting that the only way to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict was by safely implementing the two-State solution, because all parties were convinced that Israeli annexation plans would both harm the current peace process and destroy any prospect of peace in future. The Palestinians would lose faith in the prospect of a fair, negotiated settlement, and the Arabs would lose interest in regional and international peace. Annexation would lead to dark days for the conflict and for the region as a whole (see S/2020/596, annex 3).”

    2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

11. “They also condemned those plans and the detrimental effects that they would have not only on the peace process and the principle of land for peace on which it was established, but also on the two-State solution — one of the pillars of international legitimacy, alongside the Arab Peace Initiative, the Oslo Accords, the Madrid principles and the numerous resolutions of the Security Council on the Palestinian question — and on the security and stability of the entire Middle East region. That meeting confirmed, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the international community stands united against annexation and that it is intent on opposing it.”

    2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

12. “Today’s meeting of the Security Council naturally follows the Council’s ministerial meeting held on 24 June (see S/2020/596), in which the Secretary- General of the United Nations, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and a large number of foreign ministers of States members of the Security Council participated actively. Highly significant interventions were made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine (see S/2020/596, annex 19) and other ministers in attendance, who submitted their statements for inclusion in the record of the meeting. In those statements, they all clearly expressed their staunch opposition to Israeli plans to annex the occupied Palestinian territory.”

    2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

13. “Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the assumption by Germany of the Security Council presidency for this month, as well as to commend your efforts and those of your delegation in steering the work of the Council in an efficient and effective manner. I also wish to thank Mr. Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and his team for the outstanding briefing and for their efforts on the ground, in extremely difficult conditions, especially with regard to the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), on illegal Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory.”

    2020-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/736 (2020) · source

14. “The Arab League looks forward to strengthening joint action with the Security Council with a view to achieving a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East; establishing an independent Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, within the 1967 borders; effectively addressing other conflicts in the Arab region, in Syria, Libya, Yemen and elsewhere; and to address the various threats to the region, including the current increase in external interference, in order to achieve international and regional peace and security. We trust that the Security Council will spare no effort in seeking solutions that are consistent with international law and strengthen the role of the United Nations and the multilateral international system.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

15. “That vision was endorsed at the thirtieth Arab Summit, which was held in Tunisia and dubbed by Arab leaders the Summit of Determination and Solidarity, thereby clearly underscoring how essential joint Arab action is, the prominence of the Palestinian question and the importance of reaching a just and comprehensive settlement, as the delegation of Qatar set out in its statement today on behalf of the Arab Group, which the League of Arab States supports.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

16. “A guarantee should be given that the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including its right to self-determination and statehood, will be upheld. That guarantee should be part of a commitment to the comprehensive vision that the Palestinian President has twice personally put before the Security Council, which provides for the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, its international recognition and its admission as a full and effective Member of the United Nations. For that purpose, an international conference should be convened bringing together all parties for an immediate start to direct, serious and constructive negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides that would culminate in the achievement of the two-State solution.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

17. “That it continues to insist on implementing the principle of the two-State solution, which has long been held by the whole international community as the basis for a just and comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian question, and on the right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, within the borders of 4 June 1967, through direct negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides on final-status issues, under impartial international supervision and in full compliance with Security Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 478 (1980) and 2334 (2016), and other international terms of reference established since 1948.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

18. “That it utterly rejects a one-State solution, which Israel and its allies aim to impose as a fait accompli, and that it categorically refuses to accept the annexation or subjugation to its sovereignty by Israel of any part or parts of the occupied Palestinian territory, which has abjectly exploited the humanitarian crisis that is afflicting the international community because of the worsening coronavirus pandemic and the temporary state of paralysis that has resulted from the application of social distancing policies in an attempt to limit its spread.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

19. “Instead of just managing the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Council must formulate practical solutions and work to implement them in order to de-escalate the conflict and strengthen the frameworks for achieving a just and comprehensive peace. To that end, the Council must, first of all, affirm the following points.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

20. “It is regrettable, and indeed shameful, that all those shocking violations of the human rights of Palestinians, above all their rights to self-determination and to the establishment of an independent State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, within the borders of 4 June 1967, are being committed just as certain States are acting to shield Israel, the occupying Power, from being held accountable before the International Criminal Court. Israel must abide by the same international rules of accountability as are applied to all other States. There can be no preferential treatment, discrimination or double standards. The Council must send a clear message in that regard and warn Israel unequivocally against persisting in its violations of international law, international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

21. “That stance shows a blatant disregard for the calls by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States for a ceasefire to allow countries in conflict-affected regions, in particular the State of Palestine, to muster all their strength to combat the pandemic, for the joint statement issued by the Special Envoys of the Secretary-General to conflict areas in the Middle East, including Special Coordinator Mladenov, and for the latter’s individual statement on the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, all of which have the full support of the League of Arab States.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

22. “As of 15 April, the spread of the virus had left 369 Palestinians infected and two deceased. That impact should be added to the devastating humanitarian effect of the illegal operations conducted by Israel over the same period, with 267 Palestinians arrested, three killed and 52 wounded, and underscores the extent to which the suffering of the Palestinian people under occupation has been redoubled by the spread of the pandemic and the tight restrictions placed by Israel, the occupying Power, on the delivery of international aid that would enable the defenceless Palestinians to deal with the adverse effects of the virus.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

23. “It is no secret that such developments not only pose a threat to international peace and security, but also to the credibility of the multilateral international system, as represented by the United Nations and its bodies, and in particular to the credibility of the Security Council. Israel aims to take all those illegal steps under the cover of one of the greatest and gravest of humanitarian crises to strike humankind, namely, the coronavirus that is sweeping the world, while making use of the fact that the international community is wholly preoccupied with, on the one hand, preventing its spread and, on the other, addressing its devastating health, human, economic and social impact. The seriousness of the situation is compounded by the impact of the pandemic on the Palestinian people.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

24. “The situation is made worse by the fact that some in Israel are pushing for the expansion of settlements, an accelerated timetable for annexation and even the ratcheting up of human rights abuses against Palestinians to gain leverage as they and their parties jockey for position in the electoral campaigns currently under way in Israel, to escape criminal prosecution in Israel or to garner support for the idea that it is imperative to establish what is falsely and antagonistically touted as Greater Israel on the entire territory that historically belongs to Palestine. That would pave the way for subjecting the Palestinian people to a still more abject form of apartheid. The perpetrators will need to be held to account before the relevant international criminal courts.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

25. “Addressing that historic meeting (see S/PV.8717), the President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, stressed in no uncertain terms that the Arab States utterly rejected the United States peace plan, warned the international community against killing the Palestinian people’s hope of reaching a just and comprehensive peace through free and direct negotiations without external mediation or dictates, and warned of expected moves by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory to take advantage of the plan. Their calls have been echoed not only by many European leaders but also by various Parliaments, including prominent members, from both parties, of the United States Congress itself.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

26. “Arab leaders and peoples are also increasingly concerned about the increasing frequency recently of statements by Israeli ministers and senior officials on the pressing need to seize the opportunity provided by the United States peace plan announced on 28 January 2020. That plan was rejected not only by the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the African Union, but also in the strongest possible terms by 14 members of the Security Council on 11 February 2020.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

27. “This is a blatant challenge to the wishes of the international community, which are anchored in the well-established terms of reference of the peace process, notably, the Oslo, Madrid and Annapolis decisions, the Arab Peace Initiative, the decisions of the Middle East Quartet and the numerous resolutions of the Security Council, all of which themselves are based on the premise of the two-State solution and direct negotiations between the State of Palestine and Israel on the five final-status issues. There should be no dictating of terms by outsiders and no artificial peace plans put forward by parties that are not committed to those clearly defined terms under international law. Such initiatives are designed only to serve narrow interests that are not remotely connected with the peace that is yearned for in the Middle East.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

28. “The League of Arab States has been following — and denounces with mounting concern — the recent serious developments in the occupied Palestinian territory, namely, the growing intensity of waves of settlement, the confiscation of land, the destruction of Palestinian crops and the demolition of Palestinian homes, with the aim of establishing Israeli settlement units, as well as the related violations of the human rights of Palestinians. Murder, imprisonment, forced detention and displacement are all part of the vicious expansionist settlement policy of Israel, the aim of which is to finally execute its plans to annex the entire occupied Palestinian territory, including all the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and the Jordan Valley.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source

29. “Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your presidency of the Security Council for this month and by expressing the appreciation of all the Arab States for the intensive efforts being made at this difficult time by the United Nations team and the Special Coordinator, Mr. Mladenov. I wish to thank him for his oral report relating to the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), which we were unable to attend owing to the social distancing policy in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.”

    2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source