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Pérez Ayestarán

lines on the record: 129
first: 2021-12-09
most recent: 2023-12-07
sittings or episodes: 12
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“For its part, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will continue in its resolute commitment to all international efforts aimed at facilitating the achievement of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace with regard to the Palestinian question, based on a two- State solution, with both States living side by side in peace and security. It is time for the Palestinian people to live — not coexist or merely survive — on their own ancestral land, which is currently illegally and forcibly occupied.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“From this Chamber, we call for ending the prevailing cycle of impunity that for years has only emboldened Israel to continue with its crimes; bringing to justice those who are responsible for so much pain and suffering; providing international protection for the Palestinian people; guaranteeing respect for the Charter and the full implementation of all Security Council resolutions; and ending all unilateral measures or actions that are likely to escalate tensions, remove the political horizon and further prolong the conflict.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Perhaps that is the best reason for dismantling the order based on supposed rules that the United States and its allies seek to impose — an order based on alleged exceptionalism, unilateralism, supremacy, double standards and the convenient interpretation of their international obligations, all of which have no place in the framework of the founding Charter of the Organization, which is the sole set of rules accepted by the entire international community in governing its actions and relations.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Incendiary speeches inciting fanatical groups and encouraging the commission of, inter alia, hate crimes and attacks against religious sites by Israeli settlers and security forces, as well as instances of collective punishment, such as that in the Gaza Strip, also persist. The outlook is definitely not encouraging. And although there are those who choose not to condemn it publicly, the reality of the situation is based on putative facts, constituting a flagrant, systematic and grotesque violation of the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the most basic norms of international law.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The barbarity and brutality of Israel’s forces of aggression continue unabated. The human rights of the Palestinian people continue to be systemically violated, with absolute impunity. The Palestinian people continue to be discriminated against in their own land. The arbitrary arrest and detention of innocent Palestinian civilians and journalists also continue, as do the criminalization and detention of human rights defenders and the persecution of Palestinian civil society organizations. The annexation of Palestinian land, the construction of settlements, the policy of eviction and the demolition of Palestinian homes persist unabated.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The occupation forces have indiscriminately attacked worshippers and the civilian population in general at the entrances to the holy sites, in flagrant violation of their sanctity and the status quo. It is clear that the situation on the ground has in no way improved since we last met (see S/PV.9246) and that it continues to deteriorate daily, as confirmed in the reports of the United Nations system, which have informed us that the occupying Power has no intention of ending the occupation; that its policies seek to take full control of the occupied Palestinian territory, including by attempting to alter its demographic character; that 2022 was one of the deadliest years for the Palestinian people since 2005; and that the first quarter of 2023 saw four times the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces than in 2022.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“That is no surprise at all, since the resolution was totally incompatible with their positions, principles and actions. Both countries have historically been enemies of multilateralism and diplomacy, let alone peace. In recent months, we had hoped that the recent meetings held in Aqaba and Sharm El-Sheikh would lay the groundwork for immediately resuming the necessary political dialogue and credible, serious and direct negotiations between the parties. However, Israel chose once again to reject an opportunity to achieve peace, as illustrated by the images that the whole world recently saw, as the forces of the occupation tainted the month of April, while disregarding that it coincides with important dates for the Muslim, Jewish and Christian faiths.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“That reality has resulted from the framework of impunity that has been maintained over time by the most faithful protector of the Israeli regime, which is also a permanent member of this organ, whose mandate is precisely the maintenance of international peace and security. In that context, it is worth recalling that only yesterday we commemorated the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, an initiative that my country took the lead on and submitted to the General Assembly in 2018, when resolution 73/127, which established that important Day, could not be adopted by consensus owing to the unexpected call for a vote by the United States. However, the resolution was adopted by an overwhelming majority, with only two countries, Israel and the United States, voting against it.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We meet once again in this Chamber to address one of the most painful conflicts that has faced humankind for almost 75 years, during which time the suffering of an entire people has been prolonged and during which they have not tired, and will never tire, of demanding their rights, namely, their inalienable right to exist, their inalienable right to return to their homes and their inalienable right to live in a free, independent and sovereign State of Palestine. Those inalienable rights, however, are trampled upon day after day by the occupying Power, which in the face of the inaction of the international community, especially that of the Security Council, continues, inter alia, to pursue its policy of colonial occupation, apartheid and the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Pérez Ayestarán (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, we are grateful for the convening of this quarterly open debate, the briefing by Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the update provided by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, to whom we convey our respects. My delegation also endorses the statement to be made by the representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We believe that that is the best path to ensuring the effective implementation of the commitments and decisions that we adopt in this forum, achieving the goals and purposes envisioned in the Charter of the United Nations and giving free rein to the great power of multilateralism. In conclusion, today, as we commemorate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, we reaffirm that we are confident that multilateralism and diplomacy can strengthen progress on the three pillars of the United Nations and that we will spare no effort in upholding the Charter of the United Nations and its tenets, which all are vital to devising solutions to the major common challenges that humankind is facing today.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We would therefore like to take this opportunity not only to reaffirm our commitment to the revitalization and strengthening of both the role and the intergovernmental nature of the United Nations in today’s world but also to call on all members of the international community to put an end to zero-sum games; supremacist or cold- war mindsets; punitive, divisive or confrontational approaches; provocative, reckless actions and double standards; and the deepening of divisions and the imposition of visions and agendas of a dubious nature. Instead, we should stake our bet once and for all on win-win cooperation, commitment, good-faith interaction and mutual accommodation, with a view to bridging positions and forging broad consensus.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In the light of the aforementioned, the United Nations is called on to play a key and central role in addressing attempts to undermine multilateralism, mindful of the fact that that our Organization is the platform with the greatest legitimacy, convening power and normative capacity to, in an increasingly interdependent world, address jointly and in a coordinated and decisive manner — on the basis of dialogue, understanding and tolerance as well as mutual respect, solidarity and consensus-building — all issues related to international cooperation for economic development and social progress, peace and security, the peaceful settlement of disputes, human rights and the rule of law at the international level, as well as the pressing challenges and emerging threats that lie ahead of us, many of which are common to us all, without any kind of distinction.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We also believe in that regard that finding solutions to the new and complex challenges that we face today requires the strengthening and revitalization of a truly inclusive multilateralism in which all countries, large and small, are effectively engaged in a discussion, because each and every national contribution is essential to achieving the goals that motivated the establishment of the Organization in 1945. Consequently, that also requires, on the one hand, achieving the democratization of international relations as well as consolidating a multipolar system that is necessarily rooted in the Charter of the United Nations, and, on the other, the total elimination of unilateralism in all its forms and manifestations.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We are certain that to proceed in any other manner would only divert us from our common aspiration of establishing a more peaceful and prosperous world — a truly just, democratic and equitable world order — while at the same time hindering our ability to provide for a dignified life and a future of peace and development for all our peoples, in line with our pledge to leave no one behind. Multilateralism is collective action and a joint quest for solutions to common problems. That is why we concur with the statement contained in today’s concept note that multilateralism indeed makes it possible to facilitate, inter alia, long-term stability, indivisible security and good-neighbourliness.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that context, we stress the importance we attach to ensuring compliance with and strict adherence to both the letter and the spirit of the Charter of the Organization and to the timeless principles contained therein, ranging from the sovereign equality of States to self- determination, non-interference in the internal affairs of States and the need to refrain from the threat or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It is in the light of that reality and in response to the increasing threats against the Charter of the United Nations, and therefore the urgent need to reaffirm and defend its purposes and principles, which are as relevant today as they were in 1945, that almost two years ago a cross-regional group of countries came together and decided to establish this Group of Friends as part of its firm commitment to preserving, promoting and defending the validity and relevance of the universal code of conduct that is given us by the Charter of the United Nations.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Such illegal measures have not only created a systemic crisis in the entire system of international relations, which is continuing to erode multilateralism, but also deliberately exacerbated the multifaceted global crisis while increasing uncertainty, instability, mistrust and tensions around the world. That is the reason why we cannot but continue to stress the pressing need for the complete, immediate and unconditional lifting of those measures.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In parallel, there is also a growing resort to unilateralism, which can largely be seen in the illegal application of unilateral coercive measures against more than 30 countries worldwide, in flagrant violation of international law. There are efforts to ignore and even obscure that reality, which is negatively affecting the daily lives of more than one third of humankind. Those so-called sanctions, whose number has exponentially increased over the years and which can be defined as a new form of attempted domination and neocolonialism, have become the preferred tool of certain Governments to apply pressure, especially on developing countries, in order to bend the sovereign will of another State in order to obtain from it advantages of various kinds while at the same time causing untold suffering to entire peoples.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We are referring to attempts to ignore or even replace the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations with a new set of so-called rules that to date remain unknown, and to attempts to disregard the obligations and commitments arising from the international agreements and treaties to which members of the international community are party, including on the basis of claims to a non-existent exceptionalism. There are also attempts to divide our world into blocs and to adopt selective approaches to or accommodative interpretations of the norms of international law, as well as continued attacks against multilateralism, of which the United Nations is the main standard-bearer.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Nevertheless, the fulfilment of the promise contained in the Charter of the United Nations remains elusive to humankind. The three pillars of our Organization — international peace and security, sustainable development and human rights — are yet to be fully realized. While the United Nations has indeed had many success stories to show — for instance, averting a conflagration on a global scale — today’s world is not exactly a safer one from the perspective of security or at the economic, financial, environmental, energy or food-security level. That reality, as we are aware, is the result of multiple factors. Nevertheless, several are worthy of mention here today in the light of the tremendous impact that they have had over the years on the international relations system.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Pérez Ayestarán (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations. At the outset, allow us to welcome you, Mr. President, and your whole team to New York and to convey our appreciation to the delegation of the Russian Federation, a fellow member of our Group of Friends, for having convened this open debate on such an important and critical theme, particularly at the current international juncture. We also express our appreciation to the Russian delegation for having prepared the concept note (see S/2023/244) that was previously circulated in order to guide today’s deliberations. Over the past 77 years, the United Nations has registered great achievements in various fields.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“For our part, we have the political will and firm commitment to work actively, purposefully and constructively to that end, in order to ensure that the Organization will be able to adapt to the realities of today’s world and to fulfil the commitments contained in the preamble to its founding Charter.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“That is why we are sounding the alarm about the continuing efforts of a handful of countries to impose group unilateralism and a so-called international rules-based order. Those rules are in fact unknown, and therefore do not enjoy consensus or form part of international law. Nor can they be seen as substitutes for the genuine multilateralism that humankind needs. In conclusion, we emphasize that it is up to us, as representatives of our peoples and Governments, to preserve the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the commitments undertaken therein, to realize our peoples’ aspirations for peace, security, sustainable development and human rights and to ensure that the United Nations continues to be a beacon of light in our shared efforts to make the world better for all.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Peace, sustainable development and the full enjoyment of human rights, as key pillars of our Organization, also continue to evade the peoples of the United Nations. Considering that, we believe that any proposal aimed at making progress on challenges common to us all must not only propose a holistic vision but also ensure full and ongoing compliance with and respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter. They are the basis of international law, and they are shields that guard against the aggressions of those who have not only created a systemic crisis in international relations but have also deliberately undermined multilateralism, the United Nations and everything they represent.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“It provides a platform with the greatest legitimacy and representativeness for jointly addressing pressing challenges and threats in a coordinated and determined manner, using dialogue, understanding, mutual respect, cooperation and solidarity. We want to take this opportunity to reaffirm our full commitment to the revitalization and strengthening of the role of the United Nations in today’s world. We agree with many of the statements made by your delegation, Mr. President, in the concept note for today’s important open debate. Indeed, today’s world is not the same as it was 77 years ago. However, many of the challenges we had back then still exist today. The decolonization process has not been completed.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Perhaps the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration for the Establishment of a New International Economic Order can provide a unique opportunity to improve coherence and consistency within the international monetary, financial and trade system. It might also enable us to put an end to prevailing asymmetries that over time have perpetuated the underdevelopment and dependency of our countries in the South, especially at what is a critical moment in our ability to achieve the timely realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. The United Nations is called on to play a crucial role.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Solving that problem means eliminating unilateralism. Instead, we must strengthen and revitalize a genuinely effective, representative, inclusive and participatory multilateralism. That will not be possible without democratizing international relations and strengthening the multipolar system, grounded in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. We therefore affirm with absolute certainty that this is the path to a more peaceful and prosperous world, in which all our peoples can live a decent life and enjoy a future of peace and development. We acknowledge that to make genuine progress that benefits our peoples, we must correct the imbalances in the global financial architecture and reform the Bretton Woods institutions.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“If that principle is understood, embraced and practised in line with the diversity that underpins our Organization, each national contribution then becomes essential to achieving the goals that prompted the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. Today the maintenance of international peace and security must be a priority on our agenda. We understand that there can be no development until genuine and lasting peace is achieved in the world. The crisis facing humankind affects every area of life. It can be seen in issues related to the environment, health, food, economics, finance and energy, and it has significantly rolled back development gains. What is even more serious is that today we are facing a crisis of trust, leadership and values, which is weakening multilateralism and threatening the very survival of the human species.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We must come together to strengthen solidarity, expand international cooperation and recognize that even amid the differences that might exist, only through multilateralism will we be able to forge the necessary consensus to together take the decisions and champion the reforms that will enable us to overcome the multifaceted crises we are dealing with and the challenges that may arise in the future. Isolationism, exceptionalism and unilateralism have no place whatsoever in the twenty-first century. The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that prioritizes the principle of the legal equality of States above all. The United Nations is not a mere club of friends with similar ideologies.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We understand multilateralism to be cooperative action — the sum of all efforts made by each and every member of the international community, without exception or exclusion of any kind, to together address our multiple, emerging and complex challenges, many of which are common to all of us. Among other things, the coronavirus disease pandemic confirmed that we live in an increasingly interconnected world, which means that we must come together to bridge gaps, not widen or deepen them.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Pérez Ayestarán (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): Allow us to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting to discuss an issue of enormous importance, given the current international situation. We also thank your delegation for its efforts in drafting the concept note circulated beforehand to guide today’s discussion (see S/2022/880). The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela firmly believes that the world needs more multilateralism and diplomacy, not less, and the United Nations has a central and indisputable role to play in such efforts.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“To conclude, we reaffirm our unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people, as well as our irrevocable position in support of the defence of their independence and inalienable right to self-determination and the realization of their legitimate national aspirations in their own State of free, independent and sovereign Palestine, within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and as a full Member of our Organization. The Security Council cannot continue to delay satisfying the yearning for peace, justice and freedom of the heroic Palestinian people.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“For our part, Venezuela has no choice but to continue insisting on calling on this organ to play a constructive role in the peaceful resolution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, including through the promotion of an environment conducive to the resumption of a necessary political dialogue and credible, serious and direct negotiations between the parties; to comply with the mandate entrusted to it by the Charter of the United Nations; and to enforce the provisions of its resolutions. This organ has the ethical, political and moral duty to put an end to double standards and to non-existent exceptionalisms.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Thirdly, there must be an end to the illegal policy of settlements, evictions and demolition of homes, expropriation of Palestinian land, discrimination against Palestinians, arbitrary arrests and detentions of innocent Palestinian civilians, the persecution of Palestinian civil society organizations, incendiary speeches that only encourage fanatical groups and that encourage, among other things, the commission of hate crimes or the assault on religious sites, and all unilateral actions and measures. We are convinced that all of this will help not only to reduce tensions and the continuing cycle of violence, but ultimately to stop the conflict.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Secondly, as long as that historical injustice is not ended and there is no progress in terms of accountability, and as long as the occupying Power pursues its shoot-to-kill policies, indiscriminate aerial bombardment, violence and terror committed by the Israeli occupying forces and settlers, among other cruel and inhuman practices that are committed daily against the Palestinian civilian population, we must move forward without further delay in adopting those measures provided for in international humanitarian law that provide and guarantee international protection for the heroic Palestinian people.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Israel must be held accountable before international justice for the crimes against humanity and war crimes it has committed over the years. It is precisely that lack of accountability, supported by the framework of international impunity that has been provided over time by the Government of one of its main partners, which is also a permanent member of the Security Council, that has encouraged all the criminal practices and policies that Israel carries out on a daily basis, to date, with total impunity.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In that regard, we believe that it is essential to guarantee a political horizon that leads to the end of the Israeli occupation and to a just, lasting and comprehensive peace, in accordance with internationally recognized parameters, international law and the provisions of the relevant resolutions of both the General Assembly and the Security Council, and based on the solution of two States living side by side, in conditions of peace and security. It is time for the Palestinian people to live, and not merely survive, on their own ancestral lands, now illegally and forcibly occupied. If that is to happen, however, it is essential to move forward with a sense of urgency in at least three critical areas: First, the prevailing cycle of impunity must be ended.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The international community and, in a very special way, the Security Council, cannot continue to remain inert in the face of the policies of aggression, colonial occupation and apartheid carried out by the occupying Power, which, to date, have resulted in the death of more than 10,000 Palestinian men and women, including at least 2,000 girls and boys, over the past 20 years. This main organ of the United Nations has a central responsibility, not only to maintain international peace and security, but also to enforce its resolutions, which are legally binding on all of us who subscribe to the founding Charter of the Organization.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“A clear example of that is the situation of collective punishment in the Gaza Strip, the largest prison in the world, which has been subject to a criminal blockade for more than 15 years, resulting in a disastrous humanitarian situation. and in deplorable socioeconomic conditions for more than 2 million Palestinians. We must remember in that context that the month of August was marked by a series of indiscriminate aerial bombardments by Israeli forces of residential areas, including refugee camps located in the Gaza Strip. The result was more death, more pain, more destruction and more forced displacement for dozens of Palestinian families who join a long list of victims of that cruel Israeli aggression. This situation is truly unsustainable.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Since then, we have received a copy of two communications sent to the President of the Security Council by the Ambassador of the State of Palestine, in which he presents ongoing reports that constitute a historical record of the brutal Israeli aggression during the last 20 years. It is those communications, together with the reports that we receive periodically from other instances of the United Nations system, that make us affirm once again today that the situation continues to deteriorate day after day, while the suffering of the noble Palestinian people, a victim of violent attacks by the Israeli occupying forces, is continually perpetuated down the years.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Pérez Ayestarán (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela): We appreciate the convening of this quarterly open debate on a topic to which our country attaches special importance, due to its historic position of principles and its firm support for the just cause of the heroic Palestinian people. We also appreciate the briefing by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. We also endorse the intervention to be made by the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. Unfortunately, since we last met in this very Chamber and in this very format (see S/PV.9099), the situation on the ground has in no way improved.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, we reaffirm our unwavering position in support of the defence of the independence and inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self- determination and to realize their legitimate national aspirations. We renew our commitment to continue working towards the achievement of a free, independent and sovereign State of Palestine, within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital and as a full Member of our Organization. The Council must stop depriving the heroic Palestinian people of peace, justice and freedom.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099Resumption1 (2022) · source
“For our part, we in Venezuela can only continue to insist that this organ, in line with the powers conferred on it by the Charter of the United Nations, not only play a constructive role in the peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including by fostering an environment conducive to the resumption of a necessary political dialogue and credible, serious and direct negotiations to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peace based on the two-State solution, with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security, but also to move forward by taking concrete measures to ensure, without further delay, the accountability of Israel, the occupying Power, before international justice.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099Resumption1 (2022) · source
“How many more Palestinian lives must be lost before the Council holds Israel accountable for its crimes once and for all? How much more time must pass before justice is served and the prevailing cycle of impunity is ended? How much longer will it take for the Council to hold Israel accountable for its crimes, implement the relevant resolutions and demand that Israel stop its continued aggression against Palestine or agree to provide international protection for the Palestinian people?”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In that regard, it is clear that the Government of one of the permanent members of the Security Council has been perpetuating that context of international impunity over time, serving only to support Israel’s routine criminal practices and policies, with total impunity. However, we welcome, as an important first step towards accountability, the potential inclusion of the United States partner, Israel, on the list of perpetrators of violations against children, in the event that there are no noticeable improvements and the indiscriminate attacks against that vulnerable group continue. We want to know how much more time must pass before the Council demands that Israel put an end to its continued aggression against Palestine?”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099Resumption1 (2022) · source
“That is not a new conclusion, but rather a confirmation of what we have been denouncing for years — that the lack of accountability is being leveraged by the occupying Power to continue its brutal aggression against Palestine; pursue its policies of colonial occupation and apartheid, violence and collective punishment against Palestinian civilians; advance its illegal expansion and construction of new settlements; continue arresting and detaining innocent Palestinians arbitrarily; pursue its policy of evictions and demolition of homes, including in Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan and Massafer Yatta, and the expropriation of Palestinian land; and continue perpetrating crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Palestinian people.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Worse still, the report notes that, faced with what it calls “an occupation in perpetuity”, the occupying Power “has no intention of ending the occupation” and that on the contrary, it is pursuing “clear policies for ensuring complete control over the occupied Palestinian territory, and is acting to alter the demography through the maintenance of a repressive environment for Palestinians and a favourable environment for Israeli settlers” (A/HRC/50/21, para. 70).”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099Resumption1 (2022) · source
“On 7 June, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, published its first report, concluding, among other things, that ending the Israeli occupation, including the illegal settlement policy, as well as the discrimination against Palestinians, is fundamental to stopping the conflict and the persistent cycle of violence, and that the prevailing culture of impunity fuels resentment and tensions on the ground, which in turn increases instability and prolongs the conflict.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We therefore insist that that deliberate policy, which seeks not only to inflict pain and suffering on the Palestinian civilian population but also to fragment the Palestinian territories and destroy the viability of establishing two States on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, is jeopardizing the possibility of achieving a just and lasting peace in that region.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099Resumption1 (2022) · source