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Salam

lines on the record: 964
first: 2007-07-19
most recent: 2017-10-18
sittings or episodes: 144
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“To conclude what could be my last statement as the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the Security Council, I can only hope that the Council will finally, and without delay, shoulder its responsibilities, as outlined in the Charter of the United Nations, and allow a genuine opportunity for fair and lasting peace to be achieved.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“The international community must also consolidate progress on the ground and support the efforts of Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura to resume negotiations in Geneva in order to reach a political solution to the crisis, pursuant to the relevant Security Council resolutions. The solution must take into account the aspirations of the Syrian people to live in peace and dignity in a sovereign and unified country. That will pave the way for a viable reconstruction process and for millions of refugees and internally displaced persons to return to their homes.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“It has now been more than 10 years since the General Assembly adopted a resolution, by an overwhelming majority, calling upon Israel to shoulder its responsibility and compensate my country for the oil spill it caused in 2006 when it bombed the Jiyeh power plant. My country has been treated unjustly. Peace and security cannot be maintained if States are not held to account for the damage they cause. It is in that spirit that we again call upon the Council to act without further delay to compel Israel to fulfil its responsibilities. With regard to Syria, Lebanon welcomes the considerable reduction in violence since the signing of the memorandum on the creation of de-escalation zones last May in Astana. We support the efforts of the co-sponsors of the process to maintain the ceasefire and facilitate humanitarian access throughout Syria.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“I would like to recall that those violations and repeated threats have been duly recorded in letters sent by the Lebanese Mission to the Security Council. It is high time that the Council shoulder its onerous responsibility and ensure that the rules and principles of international law are upheld in order to put an end to such acts. Could the Council not at least swiftly condemn the unspeakable remarks of Naftali Bennet, Israeli Minister of Education, who, after threatening to send Lebanon back to the Middle Ages, now threatens to attack "the infrastructure, the international airport and the Government institutions" of my country? I repeat that those remarks were made by Israel's Education Minister.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“Before turning to Lebanon, with your indulgence, Madam President, I would like to remind the downtrodden Palestinian people, in this difficult time, of these words from General de Gaulle: "[a]t the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in". As for Lebanon, my Government remains deeply committed to the full implementation of resolution 1701 (2006). In that regard, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has demonstrated that it is carrying out its thorny mission, and we reiterate our full confidence in it. Its mission is all the more important because the environment remains exacting. Not one day passes without Israel violating my country's sovereignty, or its leaders bombarding it with incessant threats, which is in direct Violation of the provisions of resolution 1701 (2006).”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“That expansionist policy, which has lasted more than half a century, was summarized by Ariel Sharon in the following terms: "Everybody has to move, run and grab as many hilltops as they can to enlarge the settlements; because everything we take now will stay ours. Everything we do not grab will go to them". There is no need to repeat that, as long as the Security Council remains a prisoner of its inability to put an end to those flagrant Violations, we will move further away from the two-State solution, with the greatest contempt for the relevant resolutions adopted by this organ.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“Despite this lugubrious reality, we must not fail to welcome the Palestinian reconciliation agreement reached last week, which rightly revives a certain hope. In that regard, it is also appropriate to thank Egypt for its sustained mediation efforts. Yet how can that hope be translated into reality when the Israeli authorities continue their relentless pursuit of colonization, which, it should be recalled, is illegal under international law? Simply note Israel's approval of new construction in Hebron, a first in 15 years. That should be resolutely condemned by the Council without further delay.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“Mr. Salam (Lebanon) (spoke in French): How many Security Council meetings have been dedicated to the situation in my region since I took office as the Permanent Representative of Lebanon in 2007? How many times have we witnessed the deterioration of peace prospects in the Middle East despite so many good intentions, including the commendable efforts of France? I have watched closely, and often with indignation, the growing feelings of injustice and disappointment fuelled by three deadly wars in Gaza, an unprecedented intensification of the occupation and a plethora of initiatives for negotiations that would never come to pass. All that is in addition to the underlying wounded memory that seems increasingly difficult to heal and that leads to the sad radicalization of minds.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“But my Government remains firmly committed to implementing resolution 1701 (2006) in its entirety and urges the Council, one more time, to show leadership and compel Israel to abide by its clear obligations under that resolution. Lastly, do I need to remind the Council that Lebanon has been commended for fighting terrorism? I would like to thank your Government, Madam President, along with many others represented on the Council, for their greatly appreciated commitment to supporting my country and strengthening our army's ability to address the multiple challenges that it is now facing, ranging from combating terrorism to maintaining stability and safeguarding Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Nothing is more barbaric than threatening civilians. As to the outrageous threat to return Lebanon to the Middle Ages, the only thing it is reminiscent of is the darkness of the Middle Ages. With all these threats, and Israel's continued violations of my country's sovereignty, documented and recorded in numerous letters addressed by my mission to the Security Council, I would now like to ask if it is not high time for the Council to condemn those actions as blatant and deliberate violations of the Charter of the United Nations, the basic rules and principles of international law and humanitarian law and the relevant United Nations resolutions.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“In a letter to the Secretary-General, my Government responded to these threats by reiterating Lebanon's long-standing commitment to international law and in particular to the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea regarding the delimitation of maritime borders. However, these were not the only Israeli threats against my country, as only few weeks later, Naftali Bennett, Israel's Minister of Education, threatened, in an interview with Haaretz on 3 March, to launch "a massive attack on the civilian infrastructure along with additional air and ground action" targeting "the Lebanese institutions, its infrastructure, airport, power stations, traffic junctions" along "Lebanese army bases" with the aim of "returning Lebanon to the Middle Ages". The least one can say is that those are despicable words.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“And while we were looking forward to receiving, in this regard, an update on the results of the efforts of the Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Israel, in utter defiance of international law and in a clear attempt to undermine the Secretary-General's good offices, threatened, in a letter dated 2 February, that it would "not allow" what it referred to as "unauthorized economic activities, including, inter alia, the granting of rights by another State to any third party; exploratory activities, drilling or exploration of natural resources in maritime areas in which Israel asserts sovereign rights and jurisdiction".”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Last January, during a debate on preventive diplomacy (see S/PV.7857), my delegation reminded the Council of Lebanon's initiative in 2016 to seek, based on the Charter of the United Nations and operative paragraph 10 of resolution 1701 (2006), the good offices of the Secretary-General in the delineation of the disputed maritime border and exclusive economic zone between Lebanon and Israel, emphasizing that the non-resolution of that issue shall remain a source of conflict that threatens peace and security in our region.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Indeed, how can ajust and durable solution be achieved and an independent, viable and contiguous Palestinian State emerge when, first, the construction of 6,000 new Israeli units in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has been approved by Israel since the beginning of the year; secondly, a law retroactively legalizing settlements built on the occupied Palestinian territory was adopted last February; and, thirdly, when only a few weeks ago Israel approved the construction of a whole new settlement site?”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“I am sure that you, Madam President, and all members of the Council would agree with me that we in the Chamber all share the same frustration of having the Palestinian question agenda item discussed every three months. We all wish that this item, the oldest and still ever present on the agenda of this body since the creation of the United Nations, were taken out, had a just and durable settlement to the Middle East conflict been achieved and implemented, based on the numerous resolutions adopted by the Council and in particular the principle of land for peace. Unfortunately, it must be recognized that such a prospect keeps slipping away, and consequently the Palestinian question keeps rooting itself deep in the agenda of this body.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Hence it is our firm belief that it is now the responsibility of the Council, as the main organ entrusted under the United Nations Charter with the maintenance of peace and security, to act without delay to ensure that Israel compensates Lebanon for the damage related to the oil spill it has caused.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“And for 10 consecutive years, the General Assembly has been adopting, by an overwhelming majority of States from all regional and cross-regional groups, a resolution requesting Israel to pay prompt and adequate compensation to Lebanon for the damage caused by the oil spill, deemed to be in the amount of $856 million, as per the relevant report ofthe Secretary- General. Allow me to conclude by reiterating today what I said before the Council in July 2016: it is almost impossible to maintain peace and security if States are not held responsible for their internationally wrongful acts.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“At the core of the ministerial declaration of the Government of Lebanon, based on the acceptance speech of the newly elected President of the Republic, is the safeguarding of the sovereignty of Lebanon and its stability. In this regard, my Government reaffirmed its firm commitment to the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), which helped to put an end to the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon. During this war, Israel bombarded the Jiyyeh power plant, which resulted in an unprecedented oil spill on Lebanese shores, with a substantial environmental impact.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Here we welcome the efforts undertaken by Russia and Turkey to facilitate the establishment of a ceasefire in Syria, and the resumption of the political process through the meeting that will be held in Astana later this month. We would also like to acknowledge the efforts by the Government of Kazakhstan to organize and host this very important meeting, and we look forward to the resumption of negotiations in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations. Finally, as for Lebanon, despite the extremely volatile situation in the Middle East, the resumption of the normal functioning of State institutions is a clear demonstration yet again of the resilience of my country and the attachment of its citizens to their democratic traditions.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“I would also like to commend the Government of France - and here I wish to say, thank you, France - for all the efforts it has deployed to ensure the convening of the Middle East Peace Conference in Paris on 15 January and to welcome its outcome in the form of a joint declaration that reaffirmed the commitment of all the participants to a negotiated political solution based on two States, and "underscored the importance of the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 as a comprehensive framework for the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict". Let me now turn to Syria. Almost six years into the conflict, the time has come to end this crisis, which has claimed hundreds of thousands ofinnocent victims, destroyed livelihoods and laid waste to much of the people's property and to the country's infrastructure.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“As a matter of fact, resolution 2334 (2016) mainly reaffirms - and let me stress the word "reaffirms" - what has emerged for many years as a consensus within the international community: that Israeli settlements have no legal basis and constitute a major impediment to the two-State solution. If there is any bias in the matter, it would then be that no concrete measures have yet been taken to compel Israel to abide by its obligations under Security Council resolutions, the Charter and international law.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“However, the only disproportionate matter here is the number of years the Palestinian people have been waiting for the implementation, yet to come, of dozens of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions recognizing their legitimate aspirations of ending the occupation and their right to live, like all other peoples on the planet, in an independent and viable State of their own. There is no bias whatsoever when United Nations resolutions recall, year after year, Israel's lack of compliance with its obligations under the Charter and international law.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“And as the days, weeks, months and years pass, more Israeli settlements are built on occupied Palestinian territory, thus rendering the prospects for a just, comprehensive and durable peace, based on the principle of a two-State solution, less and less attainable. Amid this grim reality, the latest breakthrough achieved with the adoption of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) must be welcomed. Regrettably, and in reaction to the adoption of this resolution, we have also witnessed Israeli inflammatory rhetoric and hatred towards the United Nations and the international community, denouncing a so-called bias and a disproportionate number of resolutions against Israel.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“As the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza enters its fiftieth year, the words of the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish resound more than ever: "The Palestinians are the only nation in the world that feels with certainty that today is better than what the days ahead will hold. Tomorrow always heralds a worse situation". For almost half a century now the Palestinians have had that certainty ingrained in their minds. I need hardly remind the Council that for the Palestinians the situation on the ground has continued to deteriorate for five decades, with daily violations of their basic rights, including countless killings, arbitrary arrests and detention, confiscation of their private property, demolition of their homes and forcible displacement.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations, which entrusts the Secretary-General with the authority to "bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security", should always be considered in the context of shared responsibility in the maintenance of peace and security. Regular briefings, frank reviews of situations and open debates, just like the one we are having today, will pave the way towards the collective ownership of conflict prevention and sustaining peace.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Moreover, in the context of conflict prevention, I remind the Council of Lebanon's initiative in 2016, namely, to seek, based on the Charter of the United Nations and paragraph 10 of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), the good offices of the Secretary-General in the demarcation of the disputed maritime border of the exclusive economic zones between Lebanon and Israel, emphasizing that the non-resolution of that issue will remain a source of conflict that threatens the peace and security of our region.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“It is imperative to build upon the preventive initiatives taken by other agencies, such as UNESCO in the field of education and the United Nations Development Programme in the area of good governance, democratic processes and elections, just to name a few. My region, the Middle East, is a clear example of the importance of placing the need to address the root causes of conflicts at the top of our agenda.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Moreover, partnerships with regional and subregional organizations, youth, women, civil society and academia will improve our early-warning systems' ability to identify the source oftension, to address it and to consolidate the national, regional and international support needed to support peaceful and developmental processes built on respect for human rights. We, the Member States, should remain committed to achieving the reform of the United Nations, which will strengthen its ability to fulfil its mandate in our increasingly interconnected world with its new threats to peace and security. While wishing to respect the mandates of the various organs, we can see that the nature of those challenges requires an integrated approach within the United Nations.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“The United Nations currently has at its disposal a significant array of assets in the field of conflict prevention, including the Secretary-General's good offices, envoys, resident political missions, United Nations country teams, situation briefings, the Mediation Support Unit of the Department of Political Affairs, regional offices, peacekeeping operations, groups of friends and their diplomatic support, fact- finding missions, inquiries and investigations. We look to the Secretary-General for a reinvigorated approach to strengthening those assets and streamlining their roles. Close cooperation between the Council and an effective and efficient Secretariat is pivotal in our preventive endeavours.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Today's debate on the topic "Conflict prevention and sustaining peace" should be an opportunity to sharpen the existing tools on prevention and to restore our faith in multilateralism's ability to push forward the agenda for peace and its sustainability. In an attempt to answer the questions raised in Sweden's concept note (S/2017/6, annex) framing the debate, allow me to highlight the following points.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“It has also been the central piece of many debates in the Security Council, including the one organized by Lebanon in September 2011 (see S/PV.6621), to which my country, as President, submitted a concept paper entitled "Strengthening and consolidating preventive diplomacy" (S/2011/570, annex). That concept has been reinvigorated in three global policy reviews and many reports and resolutions adopted by the General Assembly. Suffice it to mention here the preamble to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Goal 16. Yet at the beginning of 2017, our world continues to face a multitude of challenges: from occupation and protracted conflicts to large movements of refugees and migrants to extreme violence, terrorism, violation of human rights and crises in global governance.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“The idea of preventive diplomacy is rooted, as we all know, in the purposes and principles of the United Nations, which are defined in its Charter, in particular in Article 1, paragraph 1, "[t]o maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace". That has inspired successive Secretaries-General, from Dag Hammarskjold - your fellow citizen, Madam President - to Boutros Boutros Ghali and our current Secretary-General, to move the United Nations "from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention", as is often said.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Hagai El-Ad, said at the informal Arria Formula Council meeting last Friday, so that his words can be recorded in the annals of the Council: (spoke in English) "The reality facing the international community is this: absence of action not only effectively gives the oppressor a licence to proceed without having to suffer too many repercussions, but also gives the oppressor the power to decide when will be the right time to start considering alternatives. 'Wait', demands Israel, 'now is not the right time'. But 'wait' has almost always meant 'never', responds Martin Luther King Jr.: 'The time is always right to do what is right'. That time is now: the time to, at long last, take action. The Security Council has more than just power: it has a moral responsibility and a real opportunity to act with a sense of urgency".”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“Time and again, we have cautioned against the increasing terrorism by Israeli settlers as well as the practice of arbitrary detention. We have always stressed that Jerusalem, with all its holy sites, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque, will continue to be the capital of all the faithful. We have called for an end to the Israeli attempts, which have been condemned, to change the pluralistic character of the city of Jerusalem. It should not be made exclusive to any one religion. In this regard, we cannot but underline the resolution adopted by UNESCO in this regard. In closing, I wish to reiterate to the Council, which is meeting today in a formal setting, what the Executive Director ofthe Israeli organization B'Tselem, Mr.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“The settlements have been a major obstacle to the peace process, and the continuing settlement policy has undermined the two-State solution. This has been universally condemned by all Member States. The most recent example was the strong condemnation by the United States Administration of the Israeli authorities' decision to build 298 settlement housing units in the West Bank. Israel continues with its illegitimate practices, flouting its responsibilities as occupying Power. The Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs reported that the Israeli authorities have destroyed 726 Palestinian homes since the beginning of the year. That coincided with an unprecedented increase in violence by Israeli police and army personnel against Palestinian civilians and the adoption of the "shoot to kill" policy.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“There has been no answer to the requests made by the various investigation commissions to look into practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, or to the appeals made by the Secretary-General. The State of Palestine is continuing to build up its constitutional institutions and its international legitimacy, despite the fact that its occupied territories continue to be developed by Israeli settlers, according to the briefing given by Mr. Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General. He informed us that the Israeli authorities, from early June through the end of August, had approved 1,000 housing units in East Jerusalem and 735 in the West Bank.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“The United Nations is no stranger to dealing with mass movements of refugees and migrants. It has coped with one of the oldest, long-running human tragedies from the very beginning: the tragedy that usurped the Palestinian people's territory, forcibly uprooted them from their land and caused hundreds of thousands of them to become refugees in neighbouring countries, including my country, Lebanon. Perhaps the aggressive Israeli practices that have been documented in the scores of reports issued by the United Nations and its organs, as well as in those issued by human rights bodies, are the most compelling testimonials oflsrael's persistent disregard for the norms and principles of international law and its defiance of the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“Lebanon therefore calls for the Security Council and the International Syria Support Group to redouble their efforts to end the hostilities in order to restart negotiations among the Syrian parties in Geneva, with a view to achieving a lasting political solution, on the basis of the resolutions of the Security Council, that would fulfil the aspirations of the Syrian people to live in safety and dignity in a united, sovereign State. In response to this terrible, widespread tragedy and the displacement of millions of our Syrian brothers from their cities and villages, the United Nations brought together last September Government leaders and representatives of civil-society organizations in the context of two high-level meetings in order to discuss the wide-scale movements of refugees and migrants.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“Mr. Salam (Lebanon) (spoke in Arabic): We are meeting today as the great tragedy in Syria continues to unfold, despite the announcement in September by the co-Chairs of the International Syria Support Group, the Russian Federation and the United States of America, that they had reached an accord that included a cessation ofhostilities throughout Syria as a whole and in Aleppo in particular. That announcement revived hopes that the violence would decrease and that it would facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to those in need throughout the country. But the continued fighting and the failure by the Security Council over the past few years to address the grave situation in Syria dealt a heavy blow to the hopes of the Syrian people and the international community that the end of this massacre was nearing an end.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“Let me clarify, in this regard, that the amount of $856 million adopted by the General Assembly, and which Israel has been requested to pay in compensation, is simply drawn from a report of the Secretary-General, which relied on independent studies, mainly conducted by the World Bank, to quantify the said damage. I am sure that Council members will agree that it is almost impossible to maintain peace and security if States are not held responsible for their internationally wrongful acts. It is therefore our firm belief that it is now the responsibility of the Council, as the main organ entrusted under the Charter of the United Nations to maintain peace and security, to act without delay to ensure that Israel compensate Lebanon for the damage related to the oil spill it caused.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“Considering the Secretary-General's reply, we now look forward to the role to be played in that respect by his Special Coordinator in Lebanon. Finally, need I recall that during its 2006 war on Lebanon, in July Israel bombarded the Jiyyeh power plant, causing an unprecedented oil spill on Lebanese shores, with heavy environmental impact, especially on fisheries and biodiversity? This is why, for 10 consecutive years, the General Assembly has adopted, by an overwhelming majority of States from all regional and cross-regional groups, a resolution requesting Israel to offer prompt and adequate compensation to Lebanon for the damage related to the oil spill it caused.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“We would also wish to reiterate on this occasion our readiness to work with the Secretary-General to close the chapter of the Shab'a Farms and Kfarshouba hills occupation by Israel and to recall that my Government welcomed the territorial definition of these farms as published in his report S/2007/641 of 2007 as a starting point to address this issue, while Israel has not yet responded to the Secretary-General on this matter. In April, I informed the Security Council (see S/PV.7673 Resumption 1) that based on the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and on paragraph 10 of resolution 1701 (2006), my Government sought the good offices of the Secretary-General in the matter of the delineation of the disputed maritime border and exclusive economic zone between Lebanon and Israel.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“All these violations have been recorded and documented in tens of letters addressed to the President of the Security Council and issued as official documents of the United Nations. We reiterate today our call on the Security Council to strongly condemn all these violations and to compel Israel to put an immediate end to them. Moreover, Israel continues its occupation of the northern part of Al-Ghajjar, in violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and in a deliberate dismissal of the two initiatives launched by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in 2008 and 2010 to ensure Israel's withdrawal from that area.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“By their nature, these dangerous, volatile submunitions cannot distinguish between combatants and non-combatants, foreseeably endangering civilians for months or years to come." I would like to take this opportunity to also recall my Government's firm commitment to the full implementation of resolution 1701 (2006), which helped put an end to the Israeli aggression, and to stress the need to move from the precarious situation of a cessation of hostilities to a permanent ceasefire. While Israel claims to abide by the terms of resolution 1701 (2006) - which first and foremost calls for respect for Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity - over the past 10 years it has committed no fewer than 11,856 violations of my country's sovereignty - 8,561 by air, 1,024 by sea, and 2,274 by land.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“The estimated number of cluster submunitions fired into my country during the 2006 war was between 3.2 to 4.6 million, according to another Human Rights Watch report of 16 February 2008, in which we also read: "Research in more than 40 towns and villages found that the IDF's use of cluster munitions was both indiscriminate and disproportionate, in Violation of international humanitarian law, and in some locations possibly a war crime. In dozens of towns and villages, Israel used cluster munitions containing submunitions with known high-failure rates. These left behind homes, gardens, fields and public spaces - including a hospital - littered with hundreds of thousands and possibly up to 1 million unexploded submunitions.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“We were encouraged by the mention in the communique of "the prospect of convening before the end of the year of an international conference", and would like to stress in that respect how critical to its success would be the participation of all directly concerned parties and their full engagement in the required preparatory works. Allow me now to recall that on this very day of 12 July, 10 years ago, Israel launched a 33-day war against my country that according, to a Human Rights Watch report dated 5 September 2007, resulted in "at least 1,109 Lebanese deaths, the vast majority of whom were civilians, 4,399 injured, and an estimated 1 million displaced". An important feature of this war was Israel's massive resort to one ofthe most vicious and disgusting weapons of all times - cluster bombs.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“With the ongoing acts of collective punishment, best illustrated by the systematic campaign of house demolitions in the West Bank, and the increasingly inflammatory and provocative rhetoric of Israeli officials, such as Mr. Naftali Bennett's call for the kidnapping of Palestinians, the situation on the ground remains very gloomy indeed. However, I welcome the meeting convened in Paris at France's initiative on 3 June and the joint communique which reaffirmed the need to end the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and which highlighted the importance of the implementation of the Arab Peace Initiative.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“Time and again, we have warned the Security Council of the dangers of the continued construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. Over and above their flagrant violation of public international law, international humanitarian law and numerous Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, such activities have come to constitute the most serious obstacle to any negotiated political settlement. In fact, with his recent approval of the construction of 800 new housing units in the occupied territories, how could anyone take Mr. Netanyahu's statements that he is ready to negotiate a political settlement with the Palestinians more seriously than that of the man who pretends to negotiate over the sharing of a pizza while he keeps eating it?”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“Netanyahu of Israel's obligations under resolution 497 (1981), which reaffirms the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and to condemn his declaration in the strongest possible terms?”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673Resumption1 (2016) · source
“A failure to do so would not only constitute a moral and political abdication, it would amount to granting Israel permission to continue its blatant violation of the numerous resolutions of the Council and the General Assembly on the question of Palestine, let alone the principles enshrined in the Charter and the rules of international law. In fact, the Council's failure to live up to its responsibilities made it possible for Mr. Netanyahu to declare on Saturday, "It's time that the international community finally recognizes that the Golan will forever remain under Israeli sovereignty." Is it not, rather, time for the international community, represented by the Council, to remind Mr.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673Resumption1 (2016) · source