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Monsignor Hansen

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10

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2019-11-19

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2020-01-22

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1. “To this end, the Holy See encourages all parties to promote open and constructive dialogue based on the principles upon which this Organization was built 75 years ago.”

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2. “As the Secretary-General starkly points out in his December 2019 report (S/2019/938), the sad alternative is that the situation is destined to steadily worsen, diminishing even further the viability of the two-State solution based on the 1967 lines. What Pope Francis recently stated with regard to Israel and Palestine could apply to the wider region and indeed across the world at the threshold of the seventy-fifth anniversary celebrations of this Organization, where so many people — struggling but not discouraged — still await a time of peace, security and prosperity. In conclusion, allow me to assure the international community of the Holy See’s steadfast commitment to peace and its support for all initiatives that strive to ensure the advancement of negotiated solutions.”

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3. “The Holy See and Pope Francis continue to focus particular attention on the Holy City of Jerusalem and its vocation as a city of peace, one called to be a symbolic place of encounter and of peaceful coexistence, where mutual respect and dialogue are cultivated. Indeed, the appeal for maintaining the status quo of the holy sites of Jerusalem — dear to Jews, Christians and Muslims in virtue of their religion and important for the cultural heritage of the whole human family — is one that has also been repeatedly made by this Organization. Furthermore, the Pope used his traditional January address to reiterate the urgent need for the entire international community to reconfirm, with courage and sincerity, and in respect for international law, its commitment to supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.”

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4. “In particular, the Holy Father has affirmed that steadfast and effective engagement is needed to counteract the pall of silence that risks falling over the war that has devastated Syria over the course of the last decade. Pope Francis has stressed that it is imperative to devise suitable and far-sighted solutions capable of enabling the beloved Syrian people, exhausted by war, to regain peace and to begin the reconstruction of their country. Moreover, silence and indifference, as Pope Francis has warned, risk to worsen the conflict in Yemen, which is suffering one of the most serious humanitarian crises of recent history.”

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5. “The Holy See joins other delegations in thanking Viet Nam for convening this open debate. In his recent address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis underlined anew his concern for the Middle East, where, since the start of this year, worrying news continues to arrive. We are witnessing a deterioration of the situation in the whole region, from the heightening of tensions between Iran and the United States to the crises in Iraq and Lebanon, setting the groundwork for a vaster conflict that all of us would want to avert. It is of the utmost importance that the support and the commitment of the international community keep the flame of dialogue alive and that these challenges be addressed with a holistic approach.”

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6. “A key element in ensuring that peace may truly flourish is to guarantee that initiatives are also implemented at, and rise up from, grass-roots and community levels, in which church communities and religious leaders have an indispensable role to play - one that can never allow for ambivalence or political manipulation. In that regard, it is also important to engage all relevant actors, including members of civil society that were formed in, and who form, in their turn, cultures of peace.”

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7. “However, genuine reconciliation in no way minimizes the suffering; rather, it must deal with it. Genuine reconciliation examines what led to dispute and conflict in the first place and uses appropriate means to find a way to a lasting and durable peace, which, of course, is not possible without justice. Promoting reconciliation is not simply wiping the slate clean and can never be seen as an excuse for impunity. The guilty must be held accountable and those whose lives have been so sorely affected should receive some form of reparation. In that regard, societies that have been fractured should make use of mechanisms, such as transitional justice, to set the foundations on which the rule of law might be re-established and universal human rights be enjoyed by all.”

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8. “Religious leaders must stand together and show to those in their pastoral care that diversity - whether that be ethnic or religious - need not be an obstacle to a nation's unity and that divisions can be overcome when we commit to fraternity. The Pope's invitation to the Imam ofthe Central Mosque in Bangui to ride with him and greet the people together from the Popemobile was a powerful sign and had an incredibly positive impact. Reconciliation, of course, involves differences; it acknowledges divisions and seeks to overcome difficulties that all too often lead to people being killed and suffering violence and other violations against their human dignity, and it requires magnanimity to see the bigger picture, seek the common good and invest in a more just, humane and prosperous future.”

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9. “They courageously set up an interreligious platform at the national level, the experience of which was repeated at the level of local communities across the country. In spite of the inevitable problems and difficulties encountered along the way, the initial and inspired vision of those three religious leaders remains. Furthermore, the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to that divided and impoverished land, in November 2015, points to such efforts as the only way forward. It was and remains inconceivable for people of faith and members of major religions to make an unjust use of weapons for one group to dominate others.”

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10. “The Holy See wishes to thank the United Kingdom for convening this open debate on the role of reconciliation in maintaining international peace and security. The theme is both crucial for the peace and stability of present and future generations and central to the mission of the Catholic Church, which, throughout its history, has sought continually to be a sign and instrument of unity among peoples. A powerful example of reconciliation came about after violence erupted in the Central African Republic and various stakeholders sought to amplify or, indeed, manipulate the religious nature of the conflict, so as to further compound artificial divisions among the population. Three men stood up and said "no": the Catholic Archbishop of Bangui, an evangelical pastor from the city and an imam.”

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