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first: 2006-03-30
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“In this regard, as was recently reaffirmed by President Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leadership maintains that peace negotiations cannot resume while Israeli settlement activities continue. Calling for a cessation of settlements is not a so-called precondition fabricated by the Palestinian side. The position of the Security Council, the Quartet, international humanitarian law and the international community as a whole on this matter is very clear. It is a crime to forcibly seize territory, colonize it and displace or expel the indigenous population. And there is no rational justification whatsoever for allowing or accepting continued settlement activities while we are trying to negotiate an end to this prolonged, illegitimate occupation.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“In this regard, it should be recalled that resolution 478 (1980), inter alia, specifically deemed Israel's enactment of the so-called basic law on Jerusalem to be a violation of international law, decided not to recognize the "basic law" and other actions by Israel aimed at altering the character and status of Jerusalem, and determined all such measures and actions to be null and void, calling for them to be rescinded forthwith. Israel's illegitimate de facto annexation of East Jerusalem thus remains unrecognized by the international community to this day. Yet Israel continues to breach the law with impunity and arrogance as it continues its destructive colonization campaign.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“In numerous resolutions, the Council has demanded the complete cessation of Israeli settlement activities and the dismantling of the settlements, and has directly addressed Israel's colonization measures in occupied East Jerusalem, calling for an immediate halt to all such measures and deeming the changes caused by those actions to be illegal. These resolutions include, but are not limited to, 252 (1968), 267 (1969), 298 (1971), 446 (1979), 452 (1979), 465 (1980), 476 (1980) and 478 (1980).”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“This is genuinely endangered by Israeli actions that are undermining the viability and contiguity of Palestinian territory; the viability, cohesion and development of Palestinian society; the viability and recovery of the Palestinian economy; the viability and credibility of and support for the peace process; and the viability and primacy of international law and our international system. We have repeatedly called the attention of the international community to the critical situation in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, and repeatedly appealed for action to implement the relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“All such illegal actions, undertaken under a variety of arbitrary and empty pretexts, are highly inflammatory, threatening local and regional stability, stoking religious sensitivities, sabotaging resumption of negotiations and jeopardizing the two-State solution. What is going on is unquestionably about the viability and prospects of actually achieving this two- State solution for a peaceful settlement of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and, in turn, the Arab-Israeli conflict as a whole.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“The fact that this is the highest number of revocations in a one-year period since the occupation began, over which time Israel has revoked the residency rights of nearly 9,000 Palestinians, is reflective of Israel's ill intentions in East Jerusalem. Clearly, as international consensus regarding the two-State solution on the basis of the pre-1967 borders and the need to resolve the question of Jerusalem as the future capital of two States continues to solidify, Israel is blatantly and arrogantly accelerating its efforts to artificially create an overwhelming Jewish majority there and further entrench its de facto annexation of the city.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“East Jerusalem remains the target of an aggressive and illegal Israeli policy aimed at altering its demographic composition, status and distinctly Palestinian character and identity, and at severing the city from the rest of the territory. In addition to settlement construction and the transfer of even more settlers to East Jerusalem, this unlawful agenda is being pursued via the expulsion or forced displacement of the indigenous Palestinian population through the demolition of homes, evictions and the revocation of the residency rights of thousands of the city's Palestinian inhabitants. In 2008 alone, Israel revoked the Jerusalem residency rights of nearly 5,000 Palestinians, forbidding them to live in the city that for thousands of them is their place of birth.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“Israeli settlement and wall construction, confiscation of Palestinian land, home demolitions, provocations against holy sites, settler terror and lawlessness against Palestinian civilians and property, often upon the incitement of officials and religious leaders and including the desecration of mosques and cemeteries, and the imposition of obstructions to freedom of movement continue unabated. Official Israeli declarations regarding the construction of new settlement units continue to be made regularly, in defiance of repeated international calls for Israel to cease all of its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory and to comply with international law, United Nations resolutions and its Road Map obligations.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“We reiterate in this regard that international humanitarian law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention, and United Nations resolutions, including Security Council resolution 1860 (2009), must be respected. Simultaneously, in the West Bank, the Palestinian people continue to witness and suffer from Israel's ongoing illegal seizure and colonization of their land, particularly in and around the heart of the Palestinian territory: occupied East Jerusalem.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“More than a year after Israel's aggression against Gaza and nearly three years after imposition of the blockade, the Palestinian people and their leadership once again call upon - appeal to - the international community to take whatever steps are necessary to break the blockade and to compel Israel to immediately open Gaza's border crossings for the regular, sustained movement of persons and goods. This is essential for allowing the reconstruction of Gaza and economic and social recovery to finally begin, including the implementation of the Secretary-General's proposal for jump-starting reconstruction through United Nations civilian infrastructure projects, which Israel shamefully continues to reject.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“These are questions we pose to the Council today and that we will continue to ask as we persist in pursuit of accountability and justice, including in the follow-up of the Goldstone report (A/HRC/ 12/48), for the war crimes committed against our people. Our common humanity and humanitarian instinct - so proudly and vividly on display when the members of the international community rise together to assist those afflicted by disaster, tragedy and human rights violations around the world with speed and compassion - demand that we not remain silent in the face of this deplorable, immoral situation.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“It has caused the near collapse of civilian infrastructure, including that of the rapidly decaying health, water and sanitation systems; it has caused extreme socio-economic distress in all sectors and has sown the seeds of deep despair and hopelessness, with far-reaching consequences for the Palestinian people now and in the future. How can the world's conscience bear to continue witnessing the suffocation and deprivation of an entire people? What can justify forcing families to live in the ruins and disaster intentionally imposed upon them? How can the international community bear to allow the continued obstruction of the great quantity of aid that has been so generously pledged to help the Palestinian people recover and rebuild and to restore their communities and some sense of human dignity to their lives?”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“The ongoing illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza has only intensified the impact of the massive losses and destruction on the population, which has been prevented from recovering by Israel's deliberate obstruction of reconstruction. The humanitarian, socio-economic and psychological conditions of the Palestinian civilian population, especially of children, the infirm and elderly, remain dire and cause for great concern. The perpetuation of this unjust, absurd situation confirms beyond a reasonable doubt that this blockade is aimed at collectively punishing and debilitating the population, young and old. This man-made disaster has impoverished the population, with abject poverty and near-total aid dependency affecting more than 75 per cent of the population.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“Israel's impunity and intransigence have deepened the population's distress and thwarted efforts over the past year to restart the peace process. The situation in the Gaza Strip remains grave, and the precarious situation in occupied East Jerusalem threatens to further inflame tensions and destabilize the fragile situation in the area and throughout the region. We continue to Witness unbearable human suffering in the Gaza Strip. More than a year later, the population remains traumatized by the Israeli military aggression of last winter and the brutal crimes, including war crimes, perpetrated by the occupying Power during that aggression.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“Before proceeding, I also express appreciation to Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing about recent developments and the situation on the ground, which regrettably remains critical, with worsening humanitarian conditions and a continued freeze of the peace process. The Palestinian Government has declared that today, 27 January, is the day of solidarity with our prisoners, and from this Chamber I would like to salute the thousands of our heroic prisoners in Israeli jails. We hope that the day of their freedom is not very far away. The Palestinian people have begun yet another year facing formidable challenges and hardships. The situation on all fronts is critical due to ongoing Israeli violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“We express full confidence in their commitment to the Charter and to international law and the resolutions of the Council, and we wish them all success in upholding their responsibilities and fulfilling their duties on the Council over the next two years. Likewise, I wish to express Palestine's deep appreciation to those members of the Council whose terms ended in December: the friendly, fraternal countries of Libya, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia and Viet Nam. They served with consummate dedication, ability and an unwavering commitment to the pursuit of peace and security, including with regard to their efforts to address the question of Palestine in the Council.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“We thank the Secretary-General for being with us this morning. Mr. President, on behalf of Palestine, I warmly congratulate you and your friendly country China on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and on your wise stewardship of the Council this month. We express appreciation as well to Burkina Faso for its skilled guidance of the Council's agenda in December. On this occasion, I also extend Palestine's sincerest congratulations to the new members of the Security Council: the friendly, fraternal countries of Lebanon, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon and Nigeria.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source
“We hope that that provision and others will be borne in mind when the Security Council next deals with the question of Palestine.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In closing, having reviewed the seven pages of resolution 1894 (2009) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, just adopted by the Council, we took careful note of the applicability of the overwhelming majority of the provisions of the resolution to the situation being faced by the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem and, in particular, the Gaza Strip. We wish to emphasize, in that regard, the extreme importance of operative paragraph 4 of the resolution, which reiterates the Council's willingness "to respond to situations of armed conflict where civilians are being targeted or humanitarian assistance to civilians is being deliberately obstructed, including through the consideration of appropriate measures".”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“A clear and firm message must be sent to the occupying Power that the international community will no longer tolerate its illegal actions, violations and crimes because commitment to the principles of international law must be above any other consideration that may make a mockery of our international system. Such firm intolerance and a principled commitment to the law will help us break this cycle of impunity and bring an end to the crimes that have caused so much suffering and prolonged this tragic conflict, as well as truly ensure the protection of the Palestinian civilian population.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Moreover, in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel's evictions of Palestinian families - some of whom we brought to the United Nations, including the Fourth Committee, a few days ago - and its demolition of Palestinian homes have rendered hundreds of civilians homeless, forcing us to ask the Council: When will the rights of those civilians, including their right to protection, be ensured? As long as Israel continues to flout its legal obligations towards the Palestinian civilian population under its occupation, the international community, in particular the Security Council, must act to uphold its responsibilities and ensure compliance by Israel with international law and United Nations resolutions.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Regrettably, the situation in the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, also remains volatile. In that regard, Israel continues its raids and arrest operations in the West Bank, as well as its settlement colonization campaign and wall construction throughout the territory, in grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and its Additional Protocol I and in total disregard of United Nations resolutions, the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice and Road Map obligations. Settler violence has also intensified, with violent, extremist Israeli settlers continuing to harass, intimidate and terrorize Palestinian civilians, violating their rights to life, liberty and security of person, and to destroy Palestinian property and crops.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In addition to the efforts made to address this serious issue in the General Assembly, we will continue to call on all relevant United Nations entities, including the members of the Security Council, to shoulder their responsibility and on the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to shoulder their individual and collective legal obligations and responsibilities in order to embark on a new era for our peoples based on respect for international law, the true guarantor of peace, freedom, security and human dignity. We must bring an end to this cycle of impunity on the part of Israel and pave the way for the pursuit of accountability for the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip by Israel, the occupying Power.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It is exactly that culture of impunity, which Israel has enjoyed for more than four decades, that has not only deepened the injustice and suffering endured by the Palestinian people, but has also undermined the credibility of international law and of the international system as a whole. In that regard, resolution 64/10 adopted by the General Assembly last week, on 5 November, is an important step towards beginning the process of ensuring accountability and justice.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“1893) and included "wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, and extensive destruction of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly" (ibid. para. 1935) - all of which give rise to Israeli criminal responsibility. The fact that Israel proceeded to unrelentingly pound the Gaza Strip with its entire lethal arsenal for 22 days enforces the statement made by the Goldstone Mission that the absence of accountability and - worse still - the lack, in many instances, of any expectation thereof are what allow violations to thrive to a large extent.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In that regard, the investigation carried out by the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which was headed by Justice Goldstone, led to findings clearly confirming that Israel, the occupying Power, had committed serious human rights violations and grave breaches of international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, amounting to war crimes and even crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people. Even more shocking and deplorable, the report concluded that the aggression on the Gaza Strip had been planned in all its phases as "a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population" (A/64/490, annex, para.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“At the same time, Israel has continued its unlawful blockade in collective punishment of the entire population of Gaza, which continues to live in misery in the rubble of their homes and communities. Humanitarian access, which is one of the key components of the protection of civilians in armed conflict, also continues to be impeded, and much-needed exports continue to be totally prohibited, by the occupying Power.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In essence, that has not only absolved Israel from honouring its legal obligations as an occupying Power, but has also emboldened it to continue its perpetration of crimes without fear of punishment. No one needs to be reminded of the tragic consequences of Israel's military aggression launched on 27 December 2008 against the defenceless Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, of whom more than 1,400 - including hundreds of innocent children and women - were brutally killed and more than 5,500 injured. Undoubtedly, that was an appalling and fatal illustration of Israel's complete disregard for the human rights and right to protection of the Palestinian civilian population.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Unfortunately for Palestine, the selectivity and inaction of the international community, including the Security Council, has only allowed Israel, the occupying Power, to continue its violations of international law, international humanitarian law and human rights law against the Palestinian civilian population in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Regrettably, the international community's repeated failures to hold Israel accountable for its violations and war crimes has reinforced Israel's impunity and lawlessness, permitting it to continue using military force and collective punishment against the defenceless Palestinian people under its occupation.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Throughout those 10 years, the Security Council has repeatedly demanded that all parties to armed conflicts comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect the civilian population. However, the failure of States and parties to comply with and ensure compliance with their legal obligations in that regard is still rampant, and civilians continue to bear the brunt of war and aggression and their cruel consequences. Therefore, as we look ahead, we must continue - and in fact redouble - our efforts to ensure that the protection of civilians in armed conflict is addressed and guaranteed for all civilians, without selectivity or inaction based on political considerations.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Let me begin by thanking the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria for presiding over today's meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his participation in this thematic debate on a matter of immense importance to Palestine. We would also like to commend the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for his informative briefing and his tireless efforts to promote the protection of civilians in armed conflict, as well as the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights for her principled statement. Before proceeding, Palestine wishes to align itself with the statement made by the representative of Egypt in his capacity as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement. This year marks the tenth anniversary since the Security Council first considered the matter of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“If faced with continued Israeli defiance, the international community must use the political and diplomatic tools at its disposal - foremost via the Security Council - to collectively take the measures necessary to bring Israel into compliance with the Charter, international law and United Nations resolutions, including with regard to the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Only this will create a different environment, in which the talk of and the efforts for peace will actually have a chance to succeed, bringing an end to the entire 1967 Israeli occupation of Arab lands and enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights in their independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, which is the key to the realization of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in our region.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“We thus await the report of the Human Rights Council fact-finding mission and call for follow-up of its findings and recommendations as well as those of the Secretary-General's Board of Inquiry. This is crucial for ending impunity, redressing the searing sense of injustice among the thousands of victims and allowing genuine healing to occur. It is unquestionable that this is also essential for the long- term prospects for peace, reconciliation and coexistence. The international community must remain active and consistent in the efforts to advance the international consensus vis-a-vis the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The recent encouraging developments must be seized upon.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“The proposal of starting with $93 million, made by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the United Nations Development Programme, which was agreed upon two years ago - and the funding is there - is the first step that should be undertaken. The only party that does not agree with this proposal - all of us agree, including all Council members - is the Government of Israel. The Secretary-General is awaiting a positive answer from the Government of Israel in this connection. Moreover, we reaffirm the need to pursue accountability for Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people. No Member State should be permitted to breach the law so shamefully, systematically and unapologetically without consequences.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“At the same time, another priority is the lifting of the Israelis' blockade of Gaza and the sustained opening of all border crossings, in accordance with international humanitarian law, United Nations resolutions and the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access. The free movement of persons and goods, including unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance, the commercial flows necessary for the revival of the collapsed economy and the entry of construction materials and adequate fuel supplies, are a matter of urgency. In this regard, we support the Secretary-General's proposal for the immediate launch of long-overdue United Nations projects in Gaza as a start for reconstruction.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“All settlement activities, including so-called natural growth, are unlawful, unnatural and contradictory to the principle of land for peace and the main objective of the peace process, which is the establishment of an independent State of Palestine, living side by side with Israel in peace and security on the basis of the 1967 borders. In this connection, attempts to characterize Israeli acceptance of the two-State solution as a concession must also be rejected. The two-State solution not only finds its basis in Security Council resolutions, but also dates back to General Assembly partition resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947, to which Israel owes its very existence.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“A settlement freeze and the dismantlement of all outposts is a priority. In the debate today, all Member States who spoke unanimously concurred with this request: an immediate and total settlement freeze. Israeli colonization is destroying the contiguity, integrity and unity of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, thus destroying the viability of the future Palestinian State and the prospects for realizing the two-State solution. Attempts to minimize, belittle or distract from the settlements issue must be rejected.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“That these illegal, provocative colonization measures are directly aimed at creating and entrenching massive facts on the ground in order to alter the demography and character of the territory and to prejudge the negotiations can no longer be denied. Moreover, this colonization drive has been most intense in and around East Jerusalem, the heart of the Palestinian territory, where the lives, communities and growth of the indigenous Palestinian inhabitants of the city are being deliberately stunted and suffocated by the occupying Power's aggressive pursuit of de facto annexation. It is widely recognized that the current situation is abnormal, unjust and untenable. Yet, regrettably, no real collective action has been taken in response. The obvious question then is, what can and must be done by us - all of us - to redress this situation?”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“Among the unlawfully imprisoned and arbitrarily detained are hundreds of children and women, as well as democratically elected officials, and their numbers continue to grow with Israel's daily arrests. At the same time, in flagrant defiance of international law and the international community's demands for the cessation of all settlement activities, Israel continues its construction of settlements and the wall, its transfer of Israeli settlers, its land confiscations, its home demolitions, its excavations and its imposition of hundreds of checkpoints in the West Bank. The current Government's zealous support for the illegal settlement enterprise has also further emboldened settlers, whose acts of violence and depravity against Palestinian civilians and property have sharply escalated.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“The disastrous impact of the Israeli military aggression on Gaza's socio-economic, humanitarian and security situation is far from being ameliorated, as Israel continues to blockade Gaza and prevent its reconstruction, in grave violation of international humanitarian law and United Nations resolutions, including resolution 1860 (2009), and with total disrespect for the repeated calls to lift its inhumane siege and to cease forthwith its imprisonment and collective punishment of the entire Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. In that regard, we must also recall that more than 11,000 Palestinians remain captive and suffering in Israeli jails and detention centres.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“That was the case with the previous Government, which launched the Israeli military aggression against Gaza and accelerated settlement activities, and it is the case with the current Government, which continues to flout the law, further inflaming tensions and obstructing the resumption of negotiations. In the Gaza Strip, Israel continues to inflict vast deprivations on the Palestinian civilian population which it has so gravely traumatized and terrorized.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“Indeed, Israel has repeatedly undermined confidence and progress by refusing to refrain from illegal, destructive and unilateral measures prejudicing the outcome of negotiations on the core final status issues - Jerusalem, settlements, refugees, borders, security and water. It has continued to establish facts on the ground, creating even more obstacles with which to contend, in addition to its relentless oppression and humiliation of the Palestinian people, including the perpetration of gross human rights violations and war crimes. Israel's credibility as a peace partner has thus remained in serious question.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“It has made historic concessions and repeatedly reaffirmed its commitment to the two-State solution for peace; has made well-documented progress in the fulfilment of its obligation to promote security and the rule of law in the areas under the Palestinian Authority; has strived, with the support of the international donor community, to build the institutions of the future Palestinian State; and has also continued to pursue much-desired national reconciliation and unity. All of that has been undertaken despite the unending cycle of Israel's violations, including of its obligations as an occupying Power under the Fourth Geneva Convention, of previous agreements and of its obligations under the Road Map.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“Despite those developments, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, remains grave and the peace process remains frozen. That is because of Israel's continued violation of international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, and its rejection of the appeals to cease its violations and instead truly pursue peace on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003) and 1850 (2008) and the principle of land for peace, underpinning all tracks of the peace process. In contrast, the Palestinian leadership has consistently endeavoured to uphold its obligations under international law, agreements reached and the Road Map.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“Over the past few months, we have also been encouraged by the more active, balanced approach being taken by the new United States Administration of President Barack Obama towards the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and the Arab-Israeli conflict as a whole, based on a clear commitment to the two-State solution for peace and justice. President Obama's speech in Cairo last month, as well as the diplomatic efforts of his Special Envoy George Mitchell, have renewed hopes in the vast potential of responsible, fair United States leadership to contribute positively to the achievement of a solution that will make peace and security a reality for the Palestinian and Israeli peoples, as well as for the Middle East region as a whole.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“As evidenced in that debate and in other recent deliberations on this matter, the achievement of a just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine is a political, security, legal, human rights, humanitarian and moral responsibility and an imperative for the international community that can no longer be delayed. That, too, was the clear message conveyed in the Quartet statement issued on 26 June 2009 in Trieste, as well as in recent statements by the European Union, which, inter alia, reaffirmed the Union's commitment to the principles and the basis of the peace process and which also bolster the overwhelming international consensus that has existed for so long regarding a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“Other encouraging developments have been the reaffirmation of the international consensus on the necessity and parameters of a peace settlement and the reassertion of the Security Council's central role vis-a- vis the achievement of such a settlement. These were reflected in the Council's adoption of a presidential statement (S/PRST/2009/14) on 11 May 2009 at a ministerial meeting held under its Russian Federation presidency (see S/PV.6123). In following up to resolution 1850 (2008), the Council, inter alia, reaffirmed the two-State solution, the irreversibility of the peace process and support for an international conference in Moscow this year on the Middle East peace process, which, under the appropriate circumstances, could constitute an important forum for the resumption of peace negotiations that we all seek.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“In late March, the twenty-first summit of the League of Arab States, held in Doha, Qatar, reaffirmed the Arab Peace Initiative, which has emerged as a key component of the regional and international efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and of the Arab-Israeli conflict as a whole. Significantly, in a testament to the genuine Arab commitment to and readiness for peace and coexistence, the Initiative was renewed in spite of the deep anger, mistrust and tensions permeating the region following the criminal Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip earlier in the year. The opportunity provided by the Arab Peace Initiative for the advancement of peace must be urgently seized.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“Mr. President, on behalf of Palestine, I warmly congratulate you and your friendly country, Uganda, on your presidency of the Security Council and express our confidence that you will ably guide the Council as it works on this month's agenda. We also express our appreciation to Turkey for its wise stewardship of the Council in June. I also wish to express our appreciation for today's monthly briefing to the Council delivered by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Fernandez-Taranco. It remains an important barometer of the situation on the ground and of the many challenges that we continue to confront in our search for peace and security in the region. In the few months since the Security Council's most recent open debate on the situation (see S/PV.6123), there have been some encouraging developments.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source
“If Israel as the occupying Power continues to defy the Council's calls, the Council must take appropriate and concrete measures to protect the civilian population and ensure respect for the instruments of international law that are supposed to provide civilians with protection from human rights violations and crimes, including in situations of foreign occupation. We are convinced that the international community has no choice but to make progress in this regard and create a different and safer situation than that faced today by the Palestinian civilian population under Israeli occupation.”
2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source