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Sadeghi

lines on the record: 63
first: 2006-05-30
most recent: 2008-07-22
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“This illegal and inhumane act runs against the most fundamental international rules and principles, and also contravenes numerous United Nations resolutions. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is of the strong view that the Israeli regime is responsible for those abductions and for the fate of the Iranian diplomats and the journalist. We call on the Security Council to take appropriate action to help secure their release and their safe return home many years after their illegal abduction and detention.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“As we have already communicated through the Secretary-General, on 5 July 1982, during the invasion of Lebanon and the occupation of Beirut by the Israeli regime, three members of the staff of the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Beirut, as well as an Iranian journalist, were abducted in Lebanon while returning in a diplomatic vehicle from Syria to the embassy of 08-43361 the Islamic Republic of Iran in west Beirut. There are various news reports and numerous signs indicating clearly that those Iranian officials were immediately handed over to the Israeli military forces after their abduction, as Beirut was occupied by the Israeli forces at the time. The reports further indicate that the abducted Iranian officials were subsequently taken to Israeli prisons and since then have been held in captivity by the Israeli regime.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“There is no doubt that the regime's wicked behaviour and policies, coupled with its clandestine nuclear arsenal, have made it the most serious and immediate threat that the civilized world is facing today. Before concluding, I wish to draw attention to the issue of the Iranian diplomats and the Iranian journalist who were abducted 26 years ago this month by an Israeli-sponsored paramilitary group in Lebanon during the Israeli occupation of that country.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The representative of the Israeli regime made some baseless and unworthy allegations and distortions against my country during today's meeting. I wish to place on record that my delegation rejects those absurd allegations and distortions. No one needs to be reminded that these are tired and well-known practices by that regime and its representatives, intended to distract the international community's attention from 08-4336] the horrendous crimes committed by the Israeli regime on a daily basis against the people under its occupation. Nor does anyone need to be reminded - including, let there be no illusion, the representative of the Israeli regime as well - that that regime has inflicted upon mankind only bloodshed, State terrorism, aggression, occupation and crimes against humanity.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“This is another example of the Israeli regime's contempt for the Security Council and for its decisions. The Security Council, as the organ of the United Nations with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, should live up to its responsibilities by preventing the Israeli regime from continuing to commit these atrocities and flout the will of the international community, as embodied in numerous United Nations resolutions. Regrettably, the Council has thus far failed to take any serious and tangible action in this regard due to the unconditional support extended to the Israeli regime by a permanent member of the Council. That support cannot but be regarded as explicit support for the war crimes and unlawful activities persistently pursued by the Israeli regime.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Together with others in the region, we have spared no efforts to encourage all the Lebanese and to help them make these remarkable achievements possible. While the Israeli war machine is relentlessly at work shattering the lives and livelihoods of Palestinians, the Israeli regime persists in its aggressive policies towards Lebanon - and against others in the region too. It continues to occupy the Syrian Golan Heights and parts of Lebanese territory. That regime is also violating Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), particularly through violations of Lebanese airspace. According to paragraph 10 of the most recent report of the Secretary General on the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006) (S/2008/425), Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace have increased to an "unprecedented" level.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“That serves as yet another indication that the Israeli regime's words about peace with the Palestinians are deceitful and of no validity. It was unfortunate that certain members permanently seated in the Security Council, by threatening to use their veto, did not allow to proceed the initiative of the Arab Group to submit a draft resolution to the Council condemning that illegal act. The Council should fulfil its Charter-based mandate by taking action against the Israeli regime to compel it immediately to cease all its settlement activities and to dismantle the settlement outposts. We commend the people of Lebanon for their efforts to bring about national unity and reconciliation. We welcome the election of Mr. Michel Sleiman as President of Lebanon and the formation of a national unity Government.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The international community must hold the Israeli regime accountable for its illegal and criminal actions in the occupied Palestinian territories. As the International Court of Justice also demanded in its Advisory Opinion, that regime must terminate its breaches of international law, cease forthwith the construction of the wall, immediately dismantle the structure, repeal and render ineffective forthwith all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto, and make reparations for all the damages that the apartheid wall has caused. In violation of numerous United Nations resolutions and despite repeated calls made by various United Nations organs and agencies, the construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories has continued and expanded.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“It has indeed added to the suffering and difficult plight of the Palestinian people, who, at the same time, have been suffering and continue to suffer from other Israeli atrocities, such as appalling massacres, extrajudicial killings, home demolitions and other atrocious crimes. Instead of heeding the international community's calls to terminate such illegal acts, the said regime has continued the construction of the wall, entailing, inter alia, violations of the freedom of movement of the Palestinian people and of their rights to work, worship, health care, education and adequate living standards. It has also forced the eviction of Palestinian civilians from their homes and lands, which has in turn shattered many families.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“A case in point is the continuation of the brutal blockade of the Gaza Strip that has made the lives of the innocent Palestinians living there unbearable. Four years have passed since the International Court of Justice rendered its Advisory Opinion on the legal consequences of the construction of the illegal separation wall in the Palestinian territories. The construction of the unlawful separation wall is not only an illegal act with dire consequences for the Palestinian people, but is also a clear indication of the aggressive, racist and expansionist policies adopted and pursued by the Israeli regime. Despite the unambiguous opposition of the international community to the construction of the illegal wall, the Israeli regime has continued and even expanded the construction of the wall with full impunity.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The continuation of military operations against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the most recent inhumane and criminal Israeli acts against schools, medical centres and other civilian institutions in the West Bank, and the imposition of a humanitarian crisis on the entire population of the Gaza Strip through closures and restrictions on movement and access of persons and goods, even humanitarian and medical necessities, have once again highlighted the gross violation of the most basic human rights and the fundamental principles of international law by the Israeli regime. During the period under review and as a consequence of the Israeli military campaign, the human and material losses inflicted on the Palestinian people continued to rise.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“While the Israeli regime hypocritically speaks of peace, in practice it has persisted in and even increased its abhorrent crimes against the innocent Palestinians and others in the region. As realities on the ground abundantly suggest, its systematic pattern of human rights violations and massive breaches of international law and international humanitarian law have continued unabated.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Allow me to join other speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your able stewardship of the Council's work this month and in thanking you for having convened this open debate in order to address the grave situation in the Middle East and the unspeakable plight of the Palestinian people. I also avail myself of this opportunity to thank Mr. Pascoe, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, for briefing the Security Council on the subject matter before us today. In the period under review, as on every other day in the past six decades, the Palestinian people were subjected to the daily brutalities of the Israeli regime, which has continued to systematically violate the Palestinians' most basic, legitimate and inalienable rights.”
2008-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5940Resumption1 (2008) · source
“A case in point was the outrageous act committed on 1 April 2007 by the Voice of America's Persian Service television channel, in which the channel supportively and sympathetically provided the head of the Jundullah terrorist group with an opportunity to incite terrorism and violence in Iran and to shamelessly describe his vicious terrorist activities. That was a flagrant violation of the Security Council resolutions on terrorism and a clear example of public endorsement of and incitement to terrorism. We strongly believe that terrorism and terrorist groups should be condemned and fought without discrimination and that there can be no justification for any inaction, negligence or use of double standards in fighting this menace.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“There are certain other terrorist groups that, with the support of some Western countries, have committed acts of terrorism against the Iranian people. Over the past several years, the Jundullah terrorist group has attacked and killed dozens of people in the eastern and south-eastern parts of the country in an attempt to create an environment of intimidation and insecurity. Unfortunately, the terrorist acts of these groups have not been unequivocally rejected and condemned by certain countries in the West, and, in clear violation of Security Council resolutions on terrorism, these terrorist groups have even been given the chance to operate freely in certain European countries and in the United States and to plan and incite terrorism against our nation, including by using the media.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“The MKO was long supported and sheltered by the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and was also engaged in Saddam's bloody campaigns against the Iraqi people. Despite its heinous and appalling record of terrorist acts and incitement to terrorism - which are well known - and despite the fact that it was officially designated as a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union (EU), the elements and members of the MKO continue to enjoy support and receive safe haven in the United States and some European countries, including some EU member States. That support clearly violates the provisions of the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005).”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“As I said earlier, the application of double standards in dealing with terrorism and terrorist groups is yet another important matter of grave concern that seriously undermines the international community's collective fight against terrorism. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been subjected to various acts of terrorism by certain terrorist groups over the past three decades. In that regard, a particular reference should be made to the terrorist Mujaheddin e Khalq Organization (MKO), which has thus far carried out more than 600 terrorist operations in Iran, resulting in the killing and wounding of many civilians and officials and in damage to our nation's property. That terrorist group has also designed numerous atrocious ploys to incite acts of terrorism within and outside the country.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Just two days ago, a group of Iranian pilgrims who had made their way to Karbala to pay tribute to their late Imam were martyred there by terrorists, together with dozens of innocent Iraqi people. The increasing heinous and cold-blooded State terrorism perpetrated by the Israeli regime in the Palestinian territories are also of serious concern to the international community. With deep anguish and concern, the entire world has been witnessing the unspeakable crimes of the Israeli regime against the Palestinian people. The State terrorism perpetrated by that regime in the Palestinian territories and its shocking war crimes have been continuing, in the absence of any meaningful action by the Security Council.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“In order to continue this fight, it is imperative that the international community make a more serious contribution, and pay greater attention, to this important aspect of fighting terrorism. As one of the first victims of terrorism in the region, Iran has been unwavering in its efforts to fight this threat and has always strongly condemned this vicious menace in all its forms and manifestations. We have been suffering from the atrocious terrorist activities that have been perpetrated in Iraq and Afghanistan against our diplomats and nationals. Iranian diplomats and an Iranian journalist were among the first victims during the Taliban occupation of Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan in 1998. The terrorist activities in Iraq have also inflicted much pain and suffering on our nation.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“The concrete steps that our country has taken to implement the provisions of those resolutions, including intensifying our efforts to exert control over and maintain security on our borders, are elaborated in those reports. Moreover, Iran has fought a costly and deadly war against drug trafficking, which originates in Afghanistan. Given the fact that drug trafficking has served as one of the main sources of financing for certain terrorist groups that are based in Afghanistan, our efforts to fight drug trafficking have unquestionably made a fundamental contribution to the global fight against terrorism. Thus far, Iran has shouldered this burden almost single-handedly.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Indeed, the success of the CTED and other counter-terrorism mechanisms of the United Nations in discharging their immense responsibilities depends on adopting and pursuing an integrated, non-selective and balanced approach to their implementation of the relevant Council resolutions. Iran has taken serious steps in implementing the Security Council resolutions on terrorism, including resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005). We have presented five national reports on our implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), and have included a section on the measures we have taken to implement resolution 1624 (2005) in our latest report to the Counter- Terrorism Committee.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“For instance, an opposing unilateralist trend has, from the very outset, run the risk of arresting the momentum and undermining the universal consensus and thus damaging the overall effective fight against terrorism. The application of double standards by certain Powers in tackling terrorist activities and in fighting terrorism is yet another disturbing problem that the international community has witnessed for years, if not decades. Therefore, the counter-terrorism bodies of the United Nations should address such shortcomings more seriously and with more dedication.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“At the outset, I wish to thank you very much, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate. I also wish to thank Mr. Smith for the briefing to the Council this morning. The global fight against terrorism, with the United Nations at the forefront and playing a leading and central role, remains a priority for the international community. Undoubtedly, the role that the United Nations counter-terrorism bodies, including the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) should play to help Member States tackle this problem is of high importance. Despite certain achievements made by the United Nations counter-terrorism mechanisms in dealing with the menace of terrorism, the international community's efforts to tackle this threat have faced certain impediments along the way, which need to be addressed appropriately.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“We hope that the efforts under way in the General Assembly will lead, inter alia, to an independent international investigation into the recent aggression in Gaza and its implications for and under international humanitarian law. Before concluding, I would like to place on record the fact that my delegation rejects the baseless allegations raised once again against my country at today's meeting. Indeed, no one present here nor any other member of the international community needs to be reminded of how absurd those allegations are. None of us need to be reminded that no smokescreen can conceal the atrocities and the crimes of the Israeli regime in Palestine and in the wider region.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“So far silence and inaction have been interpreted by the Israeli regime as consent, and even encouragement, for more criminal activities. The international community should firmly condemn and denounce Israel's scorn for international law and its contempt for the purposes and principles of the United Nations. More importantly, the impunity with which the Israeli regime carries out its criminal acts should be brought to an end. The Israeli regime should be made to understand that it cannot continue to violate the basic elements of human rights and international humanitarian law in the Palestinian territories and to occupy Palestinian land with impunity. Its practices in the occupied Palestinian territories must be investigated, and it must be assigned 28 criminal responsibility for the destruction that has resulted from its aggression.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“As the Council has been seized of this matter for several decades, its failure to put an end to the Israeli occupation has denied hope to the people of Palestine and left them with no other choice but to stay the course of resistance. Under these circumstances, there should be no doubt that those who impede justice and accountability for Israeli war crimes by repeatedly abusing the veto power bear responsibility for the bloodshed that we are witnessing time and again. They are also responsible for the undermining of the authority and credibility of the Security Council brought about by their actions. The international community should not allow periodic Israeli military aggressions against an exhausted and defenceless civilian population to continue, as their impact on the region and beyond are growing increasingly severe.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“We are convinced that durable peace in Palestine and the Middle East will be possible only through justice; an end to discrimination and to the occupation of Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories; the return of all Palestinian refugees; and a democratic mechanism through which all inhabitants of Palestine, as well as Palestinians driven out of their homeland, would have the possibility of determining their future in a democratic and peaceful fashion. Given the huge threat that the Israeli occupation poses to regional and international peace and security, it should be treated as the most important item on the agenda of the Security Council.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“The tragedy of Palestine lies at the heart of the Middle East conflict. It is the major source of the anger and desperation that is being felt throughout the Muslim world. Israel's criminal acts against the Palestinians and other peoples of the region and their impact on the Islamic world represent the gravest challenge to global security. It is evident that full restoration of the rights of the Palestinian people and the establishment of a democratic Palestinian State with Al-Quds as its capital are imperative for the attainment of comprehensive and lasting peace and stability in the Middle East and beyond. Peace in the Middle East cannot be achieved through aggression, State terrorism, intimidation or occupation.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“It represents the continuation of the established Israeli policy of using military force to dictate a solution to the rightful resistance that would be mounted by any people under occupation. If we take history as a guide, we will see that no occupying Power has ever been able to force an occupied people into submission, and the approach that the Israeli regime is taking now has been tested time and again under similar circumstances and has always proved futile. Likewise, all signs indicate that resistance against the occupation of Palestine has only been growing in ferocity and strength in the past several decades, and the result of the actions of the occupiers and those who support them has been more tension and turmoil in the region, with a growing impact across the world.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“Given the nature of occupation, Israeli provocations are showing no sign of abating, as the occupiers are doomed to constantly planning further acts of aggression. Consequently, while Palestinian homes and civilian infrastructure are completely at the mercy of the Israeli air force and artillery, the Israeli regime continues to violate resolution 1701 (2006), including through daily violations of Lebanese airspace and harassment of UNIFIL forces, as United Nations and UNIFIL spokespersons repeatedly report to all of us. What we have witnessed over the short span of time since last summer is indicative of what generations of Palestinians and others in the region have gone through in the past several decades. Some wish to make it a routine matter, an inescapable fixture of the region.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“This meeting of the Security Council offers an opportunity to review the difficult circumstances and the gravity of the security and humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider region in the light of the developments of the past several months, developments that have resulted in the cruel loss of innocent human lives and in significant destruction of the basic infrastructure in the Palestinian and Lebanese territories, in flagrant violation of international legality. Recent rounds of aggression resulted in a display of more images showing the inherent dynamics of occupation, sustained by collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of military force and utter disregard for international human rights and humanitarian law.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“Allow me to begin by expressing our deep sorrow and condolences to the people and the Government of Lebanon in connection with the criminal and terrorist act that took place in Lebanon today. We were shocked to hear of the assassination of Mr. Pierre Gemayel and strongly condemn this heinous terrorist act. The fact that this criminal act took place on the very day when the Security Council is discussing yet again Israeli crimes and atrocities in Palestine and the wider region of the Middle East raises serious questions and concerns.”
2006-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5568 (2006) · source
“My delegation also rejects the unfounded allegations raised against my country by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom in this Council today. It is unfortunate that that representative, whose Government shares the responsibility for the Israeli crimes because of its support to the Israeli regime in its State terrorism, failed to mention even one word or one sentence about the atrocities and the crimes of the Israeli regime and instead made baseless allegations against others.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“Obviously, the Israeli regime is the single existing obstacle for the establishment of a nuclear- weapon-free zone in the Middle East. This regime, which has been extensively assisted by the United States in its continuous clandestine operation of unsafeguarded nuclear facilities, has never been a party to the international instruments on weapons of massive destruction, namely, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Biological Weapons Convention and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It has also paid no attention to the constant international call in different forums, particularly in the 2000 NPT Review Conference, which called upon this regime by name to accede to the NPT immediately and without conditions.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“In this context, particular reference should be made to the wicked and mischievous policies of the Israeli regime on the nuclear issue, which is a clear example of its dangerous and unabated pursuit of a nuclear arsenal during the past decade. Undoubtedly, the Israeli regime's clandestine nuclear weaponry coupled with its dangerous missile capability and its irresponsible policies and practices present a real threat to international peace and security, and also to the volatile region of the Middle East. Therefore that regime should be kept under continuous pressure by the international community to abandon its terrorist acts and its nuclear programme and place all its nuclear facilities under international monitoring.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“Therefore, it is not surprising that the representatives of such a regime, ruled constantly by perpetrators of various crimes against humanity and war crimes, would make such baseless and fabricated propaganda as a remedy for the illegitimacy of that regime and in an attempt to draw the international community's attention away from its various crimes in the region. Moreover, it has also become a patented practice of the Israeli regime to deliberately and constantly defy many international rules and regulations, not to mention hundreds of Security Council resolutions, in clear contempt for the international community and for the fundamental principles under which it operates.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“These allegations are part and parcel of a preplanned Zionist scam to break resistance to aggression and invasion in the region and deflect attention from the root causes for all tensions in the Middle East, namely, the Israeli regime's aggression, occupation and State terrorism. Undoubtedly, the State terrorism in the truest sense of the word has been on display by the criminal Israeli regime in the Middle East in the last six decades. This regime, which has been perpetuating a never-ending practice of State terrorism, killing, war crimes, crimes against humanity and property destruction, has been deeply suffering from the lack of legitimacy from its very inception.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“It has become a patented and indeed a tired practice and a smokescreen for the Israeli representative to raise baseless and absurd allegations against others, including my country, in this Council in a failed attempt to deflect the international community's attention from the horrendous terrorist acts and crimes against humanity that have been and continue to be perpetrated by the Israeli regime in the Middle East. Before concluding, allow me to place on record that my Government categorically rejects the baseless allegations against Iran that were repeated today in the Council by the representative of the Israeli regime.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“It is regrettable that, despite such unspeakable crimes by the Israeli regime and so much shocking suffering inflicted on the Palestinian people, the Security Council has been rendered incapacitated to address this issue, thus completely failing to live up to its responsibility in addressing a crisis which is in the truest sense of the word a threat to international peace and security. Undoubtedly, attaining a peaceful and just settlement of the question of Palestine is imperative for the realization of comprehensive and lasting peace and stability in the Middle East. Aggression, State terrorism, intimidation and occupation will not bring about peace in the Middle East.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“Egeland, the top United Nations humanitarian affairs official, referring to the misery and hardships inflicted on the innocent Palestinian as a result of the illegal practices of the Israeli regime, said recently that Gaza "is a ticking time-bomb" - as was also mentioned by Mr. De Soto this morning. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) also recently warned that the Gaza economy could shrink next year to the level of 15 years ago and unemployment could rise to more than 50 per cent.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“Indiscriminate use of force by the Israeli army, collective punishment, extrajudicial killings, targeted assassinations, abduction of the Palestinian authorities and the expansion of illegal settlements are but a few of the other clear breaches of basic international standards and law committed by the Israeli regime in the Palestinian territories. In addition, in defiance of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice and the unambiguous calls of the international community, the Israeli regime not only continues the construction of the illegal wall in the occupied Palestinian territories but has even accelerated plans for completion. Moreover, the Palestinian economy is already strangulated and under an unjust and illegal embargo. In this regard, Mr.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“The Gaza Strip was enduring the same aggression by the Israeli regime when Lebanon was attacked. The criminal Israeli regime is continuing those atrocities unabated. Warplanes, tanks and thousands of troops invaded the Strip only a few days before the Israeli regime's onslaught in Lebanon, targeting civilians and purely civilian infrastructures, destroying main bridges, disabling the only power plant, making main roads impassable and bombarding the Strip with heavy artillery fire and from the air.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“Ever since the adoption of resolution 1701 (2006), another tired and expected pattern of defiance by the Israeli regime has been on display. As the result of such Israeli defiance, the Secretary-General stated on 19 August 2006 that he was "deeply concerned about a Violation by the Israeli side of the cessation of hostilities". Later on, the Secretary-General, in his report dated 12 September (S/2006/730), further reported many instances of Violations by the Israeli regime of the cessation of hostilities and of resolution 1701 (2006). These violations have continued to date and need to be seriously addressed and resolutely countered by the Security Council. The crimes of the Israeli regime have continued and even increased in the Palestinian territories as well.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“The people of Lebanon courageously resisted and defeated the wicked Israeli aggressors and proved yet again that while the war machine of the aggressor may be able to shatter the lives and livelihoods of the people and lay waste to buildings and infrastructures, it is impossible to intimidate a nation that is determined to resist aggression, is resolute in the fight for its dignity and is unwavering in its determination to live free from occupation and terror. Although belatedly called for, the cessation of hostilities was nevertheless a relief for Lebanese civilians and for the whole international community, which was frustrated by the horrors of Israel State terrorism and disappointed by the inaction of the Security Council.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“He further said recently, "What is shocking and completely immoral is that 90 per cent of the cluster bomb strikes by Israel occurred in the last 72 hours of the conflict, when we knew there would be a resolution, when we knew there would be an end". He also said that the bombs may have been manufactured "in a number of places, including the United States". All this simply went on while inaction and handicaps, were imposed on the Security Council for many weeks, preventing it from fulfilling its primary responsibility. That inaction allowed a whole population to suffer such terrible pain and loss and proved very costly to the Council's credibility and integrity.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“What we did there was crazy and monstrous." The same Israeli military official has said, "Multiple-launch-rocket-systems platforms were used in Lebanon despite the fact that they are known to be highly inaccurate and that a high percentage of them do not explode and become mines. Even reserve soldiers were shocked by the army's decision to use these rockets in Lebanon because these are the judgment-day weapon that would be used only in a full-scale war." Describing the Israeli regime's use of cluster bombs in Lebanon as immoral, the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Jan Egeland, also reported very recently that thousands of civilians in south Lebanon are at risk from unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Israeli forces in the last three days of the war.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“Throughout that period of horror and Israeli terror, the whole world witnessed the unbridled and indiscriminate barbarism of the Israeli regime against Lebanese civilians as, joined by its allies, particularly the United Kingdom and the United States, it pursued their desire to wreck havoc in a whole country despite the tragic human toll. The brutality of the Israeli regime was too blatant to be concealed by their own mass media, and the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported recently that "Israel flooded Lebanon with cluster bombs and phosphorous shells" during its deadly aggression. The same newspaper reported that the Israeli army fired more than 1,800 cluster bombs, containing over 1.2 million cluster bomblets, during that onslaught. It quoted an Israeli military official as saying, "we covered entire villages with cluster bombs.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“The Israeli regime has based its very existence on pursuing war, violence and bloodshed in Palestine and in the wider region. Just recently, the people of the United Nations, particularly those in the Middle East, witnessed with anguish and indignation the blatant ill-intended and preplanned aggression and multiple war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli regime against the peoples of Palestine and Lebanon. For 34 long days an extensive indiscriminate and unspeakable bombing campaign against civilians and civilian infrastructure across Lebanon went on before any action was taken by the Security Council. As a result, thousands of innocent Lebanese civilians were murdered or maimed and hundreds of thousands turned homeless, while the stability of the wider region was also seriously threatened.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this timely and important debate to address the pressing issue of the Middle East, particularly the crimes of the Zionist regime in the region. We appreciate your skilful stewardship of the Council's work for this month. We extend our sincere gratitude to the ambassador of Greece and his colleagues for the efficient way they presided over and handled the work of the Council last month. I also thank Mr. de Soto for his comprehensive briefing this morning. For almost six decades now the atrocious Israeli aggression and its State terrorism, coupled with several unfortunate efforts on the part of some quarters to support the atrocities of the Zionist regime as the source of crises and conflict in the region, have made the Middle East the most tense region in the world.”
2006-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5552 (2006) · source
“My first statement was not, in fact, a response to the first statement of the representative of Israel, as that representative said, but this one is indeed a response to what the representative of Israel just said. 1 shall be very brief and will limit my response to one sentence. What the representative of Israel just said was a big lie. and it shows that all the other things they say are the same. the proof being that the secretariat of the Security Council received our letter, requesting that our delegation be included in the list of speakers, on Friday.”
2006-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5446 (2006) · source