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lines on the record: 48
first: 2003-02-19
most recent: 2006-06-30
sittings or episodes: 6
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“Secondly, the Council should hold the Israeli occupying authorities responsible for the safety of all detainees, prisoners of war and kidnapped persons in Israeli prisons and detention centres, and call for their immediate release. Thirdly, the Security Council should condemn Israel's aggression against Gaza and the West Bank and put an end to it and to any violations or acts of piracy against Syrian air space. Fourthly, the Council should call for the provision of international assistance for the Palestinian people and ensure that such aid reaches them as quickly as possible.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“They are also intended to provide cover for the barbaric crimes of Israeli forces in the occupied territories, and to serve as a means of reaffirming Israel's continuing policy of aggression and unjustified attacks in violation of international laws and norms. In the face of those serious challenges and threats to international peace and security, and in the face of this organized invasion of the territory and headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, we would request the Security Council to exercise its responsibility as follows. First, the Council should ensure adequate international protection for the Palestinian people and their legislative authority, in implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and other relevant international laws.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“The deterioration in the situation and the increasing complexity of the problems in the region are the result of Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestinian and Arab territories, its enforcement of a policy of creating a fait accompli and its adoption of continued criminal practices against civilians. They are also the result of Israel's siege and collective punishment of the Palestinian people and its intimidation of certain neighbouring Arab countries. Those actions by the Israeli authorities are tantamount to piracy and are a serious violation of the inviolability of a sovereign Arab country, namely, Syria.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“That aggression was planned and carefully considered for weeks, as confirmed by the Haaretz newspaper on its Internet web site - to the effect that the occupying army and the general security apparatus, the Shabak, had planned for weeks to detain the leaders of the Hamas movement and had sought special orders from Israeli courts under the signature of Attorney General Menachem Mazuz. That confirms that this was a premeditated act of aggression that has nothing to do with the claim of self-defence. Self-defence cannot take place in occupied territory, in which - in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, international human rights norms and practices and resolutions of international legitimacy - any intervention is a flagrant act of aggression against the rights of the Palestinian people.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“They should exercise their responsibility and denounce and condemn the premeditated and organized military campaign by the Israeli occupying forces against the unarmed Palestinian people. They should consider that aggression a crime and an act of collective punishment exemplifying international terrorism and proof positive of Israel's designs to counter any efforts at peace and a just solution of this chronic crisis. The international community, including the Security Council, should not be fooled by the claims made by Israeli occupying forces to justify their aggression as a response to the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier or a means of self-defence.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“Serious developments have arisen from the barbaric ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which culminated in the premeditated invasion and flagrant attack referred to as Operation Summer Rains - which was carried out on 28 June, targeting innocent civilians, power stations, bridges and other Palestinian Authority infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank - and from the detention of several members of the Government and of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Those acts are violations of international norms and laws, in particular the Fourth Geneva Convention. The international community, especially the Security Council and its permanent members, should assume the moral and legal responsibility to stand up to that cowardly and shameful action.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“Mr. Own: (Libyan Arab J amahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country's assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are confident that the President's experience and wisdom will enable her to make a great contribution to the promotion of international peace and security. I also cannot fail to thank her predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Congo, for wisely presiding over the work of the Council last month. I must also thank your delegation for its quick response to the request to hold this important meeting to discuss an extremely important matter that will have serious consequences for international peace and security in the region, in particular, and in the world in general.”
2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source
“The pursuit of its current policies and unilateral designs will not lead to peace - far from it. Violence and instability will prevail more than ever before. The international community in general, and the Security Council in particular, must therefore shoulder their full responsibility by pressuring Israel, the occupying Power, to cease such practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, to implement the relevant international resolutions and to withdraw from the occupied territories. This must be done if security and stability are to become realities in that region, which has long and continuously suffered from instability.”
2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source
“On the other hand, should support be given for the unilateral measures announced by the Israeli Government, aimed at definitively preserving the Israeli settlements in the West Bank pending the return of the Palestinian refugees, and should the separation wall continue to be built, it will signal a reversal of the relevant decisions adopted by the Security Council and the General Assembly. That will preclude a peaceful solution to the problem through the emergence of a Palestinian State. Indeed, it will pave the way for further acts of violence likely to overspill the borders of the Middle East. If Israel is honest in its desire for peace, it must withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories, restore the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and allow them to build their independent State.”
2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source
“The international community must fully support that people, assist it in recovering all its legitimate national rights, and put an end to the injustice, inequality and suffering. The international community has remained silent for over five decades in that regard. The international community's ongoing disregard for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, stipulated in international agreements - including the road map, which calls for Israel's withdrawal from all the occupied territories and for the creation of a Palestinian State - will be a source of frustration and despair for Palestinians and only serve to fuel violence throughout the region.”
2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source
“This was an abominable act carried out by the occupying Power, reasserting and consecrating the practices of State terrorism conducted by the Zionists and the terrorist Sharon, with the support of the current United States Administration. In stressing the suffering so long endured by the defenceless Palestinian people at the hands of the shameless Zionist occupier, my delegation calls on the international community and the Security Council to condemn that barbaric, inhuman and criminal act. We urge the Council to act immediately to provide the necessary protection to the children of the defenceless Palestinian people, daily crushed by Israeli tanks and bulldozers and targeted by modern aircraft equipped with the most sophisticated American technology.”
2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source
“Mr. Own (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): In grave defiance of the United Nations Charter, international law and custom, and all relevant conventions, agreements and international resolutions, the Zionists - under the direct leadership of the terrorist Sharon - are pursuing their criminal and heinous behaviour, compounding their bloody past of which all are well aware. In the space of one month since the murder of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, yet another crime has been committed. In killing Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi and a number of his associates, Israel has ignobly committed an extrajudicial execution at a time when the victims were merely defending their legitimate right to a State, a nation and their holy places, expressed by their political stance within the framework of the Hamas movement.”
2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source
“We call upon all members to adopt it so that we can avoid a repetition of such criminal acts, break the cycle of violence and counter-violence, enable wisdom to prevail and resume negotiations to reach a just and comprehensive solution to this issue.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“If that does not happen, Israel will be held fully responsible for continuing the cycle of violence and instability, not only in the occupied territories, but also in the rest of the Middle East and perhaps in other parts of the world. My country calls upon the Security Council to fully shoulder its responsibilities and to take the measures necessary to force Israel to implement the relevant international resolutions and to return to negotiations with the Palestinian Authority and the other Arab parties concerned in order to find a just solution that will guarantee the rights of those parties and will return peace and stability to this explosive part of the world. My country supports the draft resolution submitted by the Arab Group.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“If Israel truly wishes to live in peace, all it needs to do is to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories and to put an end to the atrocious practices being carried out against the Palestinian people. Continuing the occupation, strengthening its grip on the Palestinian people, establishing settlements, annexing Palestinian lands by force and building a separation wall will never bring peace to Israel, because the Palestinian people will not accept this fait accompli and will forge ahead with their struggle to obtain their legitimate rights and to establish their national homeland with its capital in Jerusalem.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“It has obstinately and consistently refused to implement any of the relevant resolutions adopted by the Security Council, the most recent of which was resolution 1515 (2003), adopted on 19 November 2003, which contained the quadripartite initiative of the road map, whose ultimate aim was to provide a solution to the Palestinian problem. Israel is trying to exploit the circumstances that have prevailed since the events of 11 September 2001. It has been trying to link terrorism with the struggle of the Palestinian people, who are actually defending their land against the Israeli occupation and exercising the right guaranteed by all international laws and charters.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“The Israelis' announcement that their Prime Minister personally and directly supervised the assassination and the fact that he congratulated the military establishment on having successfully carried out that terrorist operation is yet more evidence of the nature of the Israeli Government and of its Prime Minister, because it reveals their intransigence and pride in perpetrating acts of terrorism and assassination. However, that is to be expected from Sharon, who has been responsible for past massacres committed in Sabra and Shatila. It is now clear to the entire international community that Israel does not want peace and is taking advantage of every opportunity to abort any initiative in that regard.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“Sharon is experiencing a moral crisis that daily prompts it to deliberately violate the most basic human rights and to completely disregard human dignity in a way that is utterly unprecedented in the international community. My country, as it denounces this atrocious crime and the other crimes being committed daily against the Palestinian people, holds Sharon's Government responsible for the consequences of those crimes and the genocide being carried out against the Palestinian people. It calls upon the international community to shoulder its legal and moral responsibility to put an end to the atrocious crimes to which the Palestinian people are being subjected.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“Mr. Own (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for responding to our request to convene this meeting. I congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also thank the representative of China for his efforts in leading the Council during the month of February. The Israeli occupation has committed another crime, which can be added to the record of its heinous crimes against innocent, unarmed Palestinian civilians - barbaric crimes, committed indiscriminately. Yesterday morning, the Israeli terrorist war machine assassinated Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and a number of his colleagues. The murder of this paralysed, defenceless, elderly man is yet further evidence that the Government of Mr.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“We are asking the Security Council to condemn this aggression against the people of Iraq, to stop the aggression by all available means, to ask the invading countries to withdraw their troops immediately and unconditionally, outside of Iraq's international borders, and to confirm the sovereignty of Iraq, its political independence, its unity and territorial integrity. The people of Iraq must be able to choose their future under their own sovereignty and in their own national interests, so that they can maintain their wealth without interference in their internal affairs in order that peace, security and stability can be restored in Iraq and all countries in the region.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“The right of veto has been used by these States within the Security Council to block the adoption of a resolution calling for the occupying Israeli State to follow the Fourth Geneva Convention and to protect the Palestinians from daily killings. We point out that 11 Council members were opposed to military action; 116 Non-Aligned Movement countries and 57 countries from the Organization of the Islamic Conference were all opposed to the use of force, because it represented a threat to their States and to international peace and security. My country, as the current President of the 119th session of the Council of Ministers of the Arab League, categorically states that we support our Council of Ministers resolution.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“It is protected by the aggressor State, which uses the right to veto in the Council, therefore making it impossible to take any measures against Israel, including the implementation of resolutions, the withdrawal of occupying troops from the Palestinian territories, allowing the Palestinian people to exercise its right to self-determination and establish an independent State on its territory. It is ironic that the invading States are calling for the implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention on prisoners of war in spite of the illegality of this war, even though these same States reject the implementation of the Convention on the Palestinians' territory.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“They are not living in the so- called freedom camps that the aggressor States thought they would fill with millions of refugees. We see a clear connection between these evil designs against Iraq and the tragedy that is taking place in the Arab world, ignored by the aggressor States. I am talking about the killings perpetrated by the Zionist occupying forces in the occupied Palestinian territory. These are killings of an unarmed people by an occupying State that has highly sophisticated weapons that it uses against civilians. Dozens are dying daily and these so-called democratic States do not lift a finger.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“Is it reasonable to just provide humanitarian assistance to the victim and let it go at that? Should we not demand that this unjustified and destructive war be stopped immediately, since it is against international legality? Is it not just to demand the withdrawal of all forces from Iraqi territory and to compensate the Iraqi people for the destruction and killing? The people of Iraq do not need the humanitarian assistance that is being requested by some of the coalition States that are trying to provide it from the wealth and resources of Iraq, although they have stopped the oil for food programme. The people of Iraq have refused to head off towards the camps that have been prepared in the border regions of their country. Iraqis who live outside their country are returning to their country to defend it.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“Is this democracy? Is this the freedom we hoped for at the start of the twenty-first century? Who are the great Powers on whom the international community has bestowed the right and responsibility to maintain peace and security and the right of veto? How can this privation and these killings be justified? How can we make sure that the rights to life, security, food, health services and water are respected? Is it reasonable to stop programmes that have been established by the international community to provide the Iraqis with their essential needs for survival? How can we justify stopping the oil for food programme without a decision by a legal body, the Security Council in this instance? Is it wise to conduct a war unequalled in scope and in destructive capacity?”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“It became clear to everyone that the objective was not to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction, for this had already been realized and confirmed by the chiefs of the inspections teams in statements and in reports and, in particular, in the work programme. The two States declared that regime change in Iraq, establishing freedom and democracy and respect for human rights, was the main objective. So, we wonder whether it is legal to commit aggression against another State and to change its regime. How can freedom and democracy be carried out with missiles and bombings that destroy all civilian institutions and facilities in Iraq and cause hundreds of deaths, including women, children and the elderly? This aggression has torn and destroyed their bodies, their homes, their schools, their hospitals, their towns and their villages.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“It is a blatant violation of the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and it disregards all the efforts of the institutions that are responsible for maintaining international peace and security, including this Council. The resolutions that have been adopted - most recently resolution 1441 (2002) - do not authorize the use of force against Iraq. Moreover, this was explicitly stated by the representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom when the resolution was adopted. They stated that resolution 1441 (2002) did not stipulate automatic use of force and that they did not have hidden motives except the disarming of Iraq.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“One of the major States of the United Nations has violated the collective spirit; collective legal efforts were abandoned. This Organization, established by our fathers and our grandfathers, has become marginalized, even though it has been the place to settle disputes through peaceful means. It is clear that substantial damage has been done to the United Nations and its institutions, and it will be in a difficult state for a long time. The evil aggression that is being conducted by the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as a small number of other allied nations, against an independent and sovereign State that is a Member of the United Nations constitutes a flagrant violation of all laws and international norms.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“There has been continuous daily bombing of cities, villages and the infrastructure of the Iraqi people, with many innocent civilian casualties. We see this on all television stations except those of the aggressor States, which are hiding what is going on and providing erroneous information, although they pretend to be defending freedom and democracy. At the beginning of this aggression, which went outside the scope of international legality, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as well as Security Council members, said that it was a sad day for the United Nations and the international community. Millions of people around the globe shared this feeling of disappointment. This war has frightened them and touched their souls. It is a sad day that the international community is experiencing.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“Mr. Own (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having promptly granted the request to hold this meeting to discuss a grave situation in which international peace and security are threatened because of aggression against the people of Iraq. First, I express my respect and admiration for the resisting people of Iraq, who are fighting courageously in these critical moments of their history and the history of the Arab region. At a time when there would be repercussions in the Middle East, it is regrettable that the few and poorly armed people of Iraq would be targeted by powerful nations on an unprecedented scale, by air, ground and sea attacks and by advanced conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“In conclusion, we are confident that the promotion of peace and security in the Middle East region and neighbouring areas can be achieved only through a just and comprehensive settlement of all outstanding problems and issues through resort to reason, which has been given by God to man alone of all His creatures; the renunciation of the use of force and the voluntary and full renunciation of all weapons of mass destruction; the transformation of the region into one free from weapons of mass destruction, through effective international arrangements and actions without discrimination or exception; the granting to the Palestinian people of their full rights, the establishment of an independent State on all their national soil and the withdrawal of all forces from Arab territories under Israeli occupation; support for the inspections and the efforts of the inspectors, whose success is undeniable; and the immediate lifting of the sanctions imposed against Iraq since 1991.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“We would like to issue a warning about the tragedies and human suffering that would result from such a war for all parties and the repercussions that would widen the circle of violence and terrorism and create instability, not only in the Middle East but throughout the world. Such a war would have adverse effects that would undermine the strength and coherence of the international alliance established to combat global terrorism. The fact that some are insisting on moving towards war, even without a mandate from the Security Council, sets a dangerous precedent for the United Nations and endangers the very survival of this great international Organization, which has maintained international peace and security for the past five decades.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“We are certain that history and the international community will not forget this brave and sincere stand on the part of those States in the interests of consecrating international legitimacy in the service of the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter and the promotion of international peace and security. While strongly affirming the decisions taken at the summit meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kuala Lumpur, of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and of the Arab League, as well as the declarations by the African Union and the European Union regarding Iraq, we strongly reject war as an option for eliminating proscribed Iraqi weapons.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“That resolution did not set out a specific time frame for the monitoring and inspection process; that process will eventually lead to the peaceful disarming of Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. This is a historic moment; it is the first time since the end of the cold war that the international community has firmly stood up to those who have gone against its collective will. In this regard, we express our appreciation for the States members of the Security Council that have refused, despite blackmail and threat, to acquiesce to the orders that some States have become accustomed to issuing in the Council whenever they want the cover of legitimacy for acts aimed at the preservation of their and their allies' economic and political interest, even at the cost of causing devastation and suffering for other peoples.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“Blix to promptly supply a list of the outstanding questions with regard to weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, given the substantive importance of this question. In spite of these positive developments, it seems that some States are still marching - indeed, rushing - towards war. They are carrying out an unwarranted media campaign aimed at distorting the facts and providing information to justify such an approach - information that has been shown to be invalid by the inspections. Such States are also acting outside the scope of international law when they declare their desire to change the regime in Iraq. Such an objective is outside the purview of resolution 1441 (2002).”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“It has done so, because it has found the case for war unconvincing and views it as unjust and unwarranted. This is particularly true given that Iraq has accepted resolution 1441 (2002) unconditionally and without restrictions and with clear political will - a will expressed at the highest level - and begun to implement it in full. Iraq has provided effective cooperation, as is borne out by the reports submitted by Mr. Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, and Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Those reports affirmed the importance and benefit of continued inspections and called upon the Council to provide more time - not weeks or years, but months. I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to Mr.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“We are also witnessing for the first time since then the emergence of a clear will by the international community to reject the methods that were applied throughout that period of imposing decisions on this Council and using it as a cover for actions that run counter to the purposes and principles of international legitimacy. The international community has spoken unambiguously, at the State and Government levels - at the high-level meetings of Non-Aligned Countries, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the League of Arab States, the African Union and the European Union - or at the grass-roots level, through mass demonstrations, especially in Europe and America, and has thus shown that it rejects war or the threat of war against the people of Iraq.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“Mr. Own (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to say what a pleasure it is to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the current month. I wish you every success in your work. I would also like to acknowledge the tremendous efforts made by your predecessor, the representative of Germany, during his presidency of the Council last month. Once again, for the third time, we are meeting in the Council Chamber, which represents international legitimacy, to take up the Iraqi crisis. This is the single most serious crisis faced by the world since the end of the cold war.”
2003-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717 (2003) · source
“The inspections process must be given adequate time, and this issue must be addressed in the context of international legitimacy, through the United Nations and through Security Council resolutions, by beginning the lifting of the sanctions against Iraq, which have lasted for 12 years, and by implementing paragraph 14 of resolution 687 (1991) to make the Middle East region a zone free of weapons of mass destruction, including those of Israel. Once again, we call for the voice of reason to prevail and for the inspections process to be given enough time to address this issue within the framework of the international community in a way that preserves Iraq's territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty and that saves the region and the concerned parties from a war that would claim the lives of many innocent people.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“That requires that we fulfil our responsibilities to our peoples and to history in order to put an end to international crisis flashpoints, particularly the Palestinian crisis, by enabling the Palestinian people to enjoy their legitimate rights and to establish a Palestinian State on their national soil, like all other nations, at a time when the crime of occupation has become a stigma for humanity and for those who claim to be civilized. We hope that the Powers that are beating the drums of war will respond to the calls of their peoples, as demonstrated in massive demonstrations in many of the world's cities, and to the appeals made by the international community in this forum, and that wisdom will be our guide as we deal with the Iraqi crisis, renouncing the policy of using or threatening to use force.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“At the same time, the Security Council is unable to fulfil its mandate of maintaining international peace and security owing to attempts to hinder the adoption or implementation of resolutions that would end the conflict and would bring about peace and the establishment of a Palestinian State. The sense of injustice and frustration, the unfair treatment of issues and the double standards, especially with regard to the Middle East and the wider Arab region, will not only lead to more violence and instability there, but will also affect other regions. The world is not what it was yesterday; it has become a small village. Interests have become intertwined, and the crisis will have spillover effects around the world.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Even worse, the Security Council has done little with regard to Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, including the use of the most advanced weaponry, such as aircraft, missiles and tanks, against an unarmed population that lacks even the basic needs of life. Those practices include the random killing of women, children and the elderly, the destruction of homes, the displacement of entire families, collective detention and the continued policy of siege and starvation directed against the Palestinian people. As all of that is happening, the international community remains silent, failing to put an end to these horrendous crimes, which are unprecedented in modern history.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“While the resolutions adopted by the Security Council concerning Iraq are to be implemented in the light of the repeated charge that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction and that it poses a threat to international peace and security, we see the Council turning a blind eye to its resolutions against Israel. Israel is not subjecting its nuclear facilities or ballistic missiles to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards system, although it possesses a nuclear weapons arsenal and it refuses to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The haste shown by some Powers to rush to war and use force, with the potential for destruction in the region; to renounce the logic of reason and wisdom that would give a chance to the inspections process to remove weapons of mass destruction peacefully; and to attempt to create flimsy pretexts for war without any concrete evidence, employing intensive information campaigns to justify a war against Iraq: all this raises serious questions in the minds of all prudent and fair- minded people concerning the real invisible agenda behind a war against Iraq and that country's occupation. This way of dealing with the Iraqi crisis reveals total bias and double standards in addressing issues of the Arab region.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The views expressed that war or the threat of it should be averted and all peaceful means supported, and the massive public rallies and demonstrations in many countries of the world, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, by millions of people of various nationalities - all this is proof of the fact that the world favours a peaceful solution to this crisis through international legitimacy.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In response to international demands, Iraq is cooperating seriously and is determined to abandon proscribed weapons, as it emphasized recently by taking a series of measures. For instance, it has enacted effective legislation and formed committees to that effect. The inspection process must run its full course in order to fulfil its mandate, especially since inspections are proceeding smoothly and effectively. That was made clear by Mr. Hans Blix and Mr. ElBaradei here in this Chamber. This is also the wish of the members of the international community, as demonstrated clearly in the discussions that have taken place during Council meetings and by the large number of participants in this debate.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“It would pose a threat not only to the unity, territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Iraq, but also to the entire region, with unforeseeable consequences. My country strongly opposes any attack against Iraq that has no reason or justification, especially given that Iraq has been cooperating fully with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors, as indicated in the briefings of Mr. Hans Blix and Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei recently, on Friday, 14 February. Those briefings made clear that Iraq is implementing resolution 1441 (2002) and that the inspection process is moving forward satisfactorily. No proof has been shown of the presence or development of weapons of mass destruction since 1991.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Own (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I should like to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. President, and to express our thanks and appreciation to you for having convened this important meeting on Iraq. At this meeting we are discussing an extremely serious issue that poses a threat to peace and security in the Middle East and internationally, through the huge massing of troops and all kinds of military hardware and the unprecedented preparations that are under way with the goal of waging war against Iraq. Such a war would have dire consequences for the Iraqi population, which has suffered for so long as a result of the sanctions.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source