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Shobokshi

lines on the record: 191
first: 1999-05-14
most recent: 2006-11-09
sittings or episodes: 23
sources: un-security-council

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“We must respect the principles of international law that have governed our world for more than half a century. These principles and international legitimacy protect the international community from any erosion of the bases of international relations. The Middle East region cannot tolerate the repercussions of another destructive war. We need to put an end to the hotbeds of tension in the Middle East and work to make peace and security prevail. We must encourage cooperation, support development and enhance progress.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“This is the first of many steps to take care of any urgent needs, to alleviate the humanitarian suffering of Iraqi citizens resulting from military operations. Centres have been established in the region of 'Ar'ar on Iraq's international border. The Kingdom has already declared the region open for that purpose. We have also contacted international relief agencies, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross through the assistance of the Saudi Red Crescent Society to coordinate and deliver assistance to those in dire need after taking necessary legal measures through the United Nations. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia believes that the Security Council is the party that should decide whether or not Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The sins of the Iraqi Government and its failure to comply fully with Security Council resolutions during the past 12 years should not be visited upon the fraternal Iraqi people, which has suffered excessively and for so long. The Iraqi people aspires to reaching a peaceful solution, sparing Iraq and the world a war that no one really wants. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia insists on the unity, independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Iraq, and demands an end to the war and the withdrawal of foreign forces outside Iraqi international borders. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, acting upon its responsibilities by contributing to humanitarian efforts and in keeping with the directives of its leaders, provided full-scale humanitarian assistance to more than 24,000 displaced persons, including camps, food and medical assistance.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Reason dictates that military operations against Iraq be brought to a halt, that good offices and diplomatic efforts be resumed and that diplomatic work within the United Nations be resumed to solve the problem within a legitimate international context. Our work should be oriented towards preserving Iraq's national security and its civil institutions, which will break down under the pressure of war. We are all aware of the humanitarian and environmental devastation that this war will unleash against Iraq, not to mention the staggering political and economic costs. In line with our firm, principled position, we categorically oppose the occupation of Iraq. We believe that the Iraqi people are capable of assuming responsibility for governing their country and do not need to be governed by foreign authorities.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The two parties realized right from the earliest moments of the war that they would suffer great losses. War is a loss for both the victor and the vanquished. We now know all too well the horrendous scale of destruction in Iraq and the loss of life of thousands of innocent civilians. We know that lethal weapons do not distinguish between belligerents and non-belligerents. Nor do they avoid hurting children, women and the elderly. People with vision realize this tragic reality and understand the obvious need to favour wisdom and to study in depth the regional and international dimensions and repercussions of this crisis.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“No sooner had it become apparent that war was on the horizon than the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began efforts, individually or with our Arab and Muslim brothers and with the international community, to reach a peaceful settlement. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia became active on the Arab, Islamic and international levels. It proposed clear, logical and just ideas based on the absolute need for Iraq's full compliance with Security Council resolutions and its full cooperation with the inspectors and on the need to give diplomatic efforts a chance to reach a peaceful solution to the crisis. Regrettably, despite all the efforts to reach a peaceful and logical settlement of the Iraqi crisis, and despite international opposition to a destructive war, the sword has fallen.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): The world currently finds itself in an extremely dangerous situation. Our Arab and Islamic region is faced with a war that has grave repercussions and negative consequences for the international system and international relations. War is proof of the failure of diplomacy and the failure of the United Nations and the Security Council, in particular, to undertake the tasks entrusted to them for the preservation of international peace and security. This war will foment hostility, hatred, violence and extremism. It will also lead to many disasters that the world would do well to avoid.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Abiding by international legitimacy is the responsibility of all. No exceptions can be admitted, whatever pretext is used, whatever fait accompli is presented. What we seek and look forward to the principle of "right is might" and not of "might is right".”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Violence and extremism in the region are not a reason to give up the search for a solution to the question of Palestine; it is precisely because this issue has not been resolved justly and fairly, in accordance with international legitimacy and the principle of land for peace, that the current situation exists. Double standards are one cause of the extremism and violence in the region. They cause hatred and division among States. Injustice breeds extremism, and oppression leads to explosion. The worst oppression is indignity and the desecration of beliefs and all that is holy. Colonialism is the worst form of injustice. No matter how long and dark the night of injustice is, it will be followed by the dawn of freedom. The sun of freedom will shine; dawn is near. Peace and security are an indivisible whole.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Israel does not need to use weapons of mass destruction, but it does threaten the States and peoples of the region with such weapons. The issue is not the kind of weapon used; the issue is the results of a policy of premeditated and programmed destruction aimed at annihilating the Palestinian cause, at sowing despair in the hearts of Palestinians and at intimidating Arabs and Muslims. It has been said that one of the objectives of the war against Iraq is to fight terrorism. The fight against terrorism cannot ignore terror's main roots in the region: the Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab lands since 1967.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“That argument is to be rejected because Israel does in fact carry out mass destruction in the occupied Palestinian territories by killing people, razing homes, destroying the economic infrastructure, imposing a suffocating economic embargo, sabotaging farms, bulldozing fields, uprooting trees, assassinating Palestinian political activists, restricting the freedom of movement of Palestinians by closing checkpoints, expanding settlements and flouting the human rights of the Palestinian people under international humanitarian laws and norms. Israel has been able to use such excessive force while it holds the most lethal and destructive weapons, thanks to the unlimited assistance which is provided to it and denied to others.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The call for disarmament of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq must be accompanied by a call to destroy all weapons of mass destruction in Israel, which is the only country in the Middle East to stockpile nuclear and proscribed weapons. It is the only State in the region that refuses to accede to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. It is the only State in the region that refuses to submit its nuclear installations to international supervision. Israel's advocates justify that situation, saying that Israel has never used nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“It would send human society back into dangerous chaos at a time when the means of force and destruction are available to all. The use of such force has become possible in the absence of a central authority for the international community and through disrespect for international law. Even if all means available to implement the resolution are exhausted and the principle of war is accepted, the extent of military action must be limited. Its objective must not be to punish the brotherly people of Iraq, who have suffered for a very long time, through two devastating wars. Only God knows what a third war would lead to. We support all efforts to destroy weapons of mass destruction, whether in Iraq or in any other State.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“It is more important and urgent for the Council to seek peaceful solutions in order to act for international stability. That cannot be accomplished except by maintaining the security, stability and territorial integrity of all countries, including Iraq. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks to spare Iraq and the region war and its destructive consequences. We call for a solution to the question of Iraq through the United Nations. The solution must be to implement the relevant Security Council resolutions while maintaining the unity and territorial integrity of Iraq and avoiding its fragmentation under all circumstances. Insisting on the open use of force would weaken the credibility of the United Nations. It would create doubts about the fairness and strength of international law.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The possibility that there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is the best reason for the international inspectors to complete their task in order that any such weapons can be destroyed and their use prevented in any military confrontation, which would have grave humanitarian and environmental results The Security Council today faces a major test in the way it discharges its responsibilities for maintaining international peace and security. Since the Council acts on behalf of all United Nations Members, it represents the entire international community. Therefore, the Council cannot take lightly international objections to war on Iraq as long as the possibility exists to achieve the requirements of international legitimacy by peaceful means.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“This can be done by demanding that Iraq take measures and provide information for the inspectors to complete their mission, resolve the problem of missing persons and Kuwaiti prisoners, as well as third country nationals detained in Iraq, and return all Kuwaiti property, in accordance with international legality. This should be done so that the Iraqi question can be resolved comprehensively in all its aspects.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“These all bolster the possibility of a peaceful solution and stress the need to give the international inspection teams the necessary time to complete their mission and achieve the results that were foreseen in Security Council resolutions, the latest being resolution 1441 (2002). War is a serious matter. If it solves one problem, it may bring many others, with destructive consequences. Whatever the basic reason for war, the results would be disastrous at all levels - humanitarian, economic, political, legal and moral. The reason for justifying a war against Iraq must be the most consistent reason for preventing war, through increasing and intensifying inspections and continuing political efforts and diplomatic contacts, while stressing that Iraqi authorities must actively cooperate with the international inspectors.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): The drums of war are getting louder. Threats and warnings have become deafening. The omens of terrifying conflagration and mass destruction are thickening on the horizon. We are standing at the threshold of overwhelming disaster despite all the good intentions and genuine efforts made by peace-loving States and peoples. These States and peoples are seeking a peaceful solution to the Iraqi issue, seeking to dispel the clouds of war and spare Iraq and its brotherly people, as well as the region, this scourge that could have many unpredictable consequences. We listened very carefully to the reports of Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei, and we earlier followed their various statements.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“They are especially binding on the permanent members of the Security Council, because those countries have participated in drafting and adopting them. That commitment and the obligation to implement these resolutions have a bearing on the credibility of those States. It is assumed that the Security Council will take practical steps to ensure the implementation of its resolutions when the party concerned refuses to do so, as has occurred in many other parts of the world, including with respect to the Iraqi situation today.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption2 (2002) · source
“Israel has flouted all resolutions adopted since 1948 and heeds only those warnings made by powerful and influential countries. This in itself is a challenge to international legality and disregard for the peace and security of the region. Double standards and Israel's lack of commitment to the implementation of the resolutions of international legality diminish the Council's credibility. Indeed, they encourage other countries to flout and disrespect this legality. It cannot be claimed that resolutions not issued under Chapter VII are non- binding; if they are, of what value are they? Security Council resolutions, under whatever chapter they may be adopted, are binding on the international community, particularly since they address issues of international peace and security.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption2 (2002) · source
“The United Nations is not very satisfied with Israel's implementation of the many resolutions adopted by the Security Council and the General Assembly. There is no doubt that the United Nations lack of resolve to ensure the implementation of these resolutions of international legality and the international community's disregard of Israel's refusal to implement them are among the main reasons for the ongoing tragedy and instability in the Middle East. The statement of one minister of the Israeli Government that all Security Council resolutions should be filed in the dustbin brings home for us the fact that Israel is not committed to honouring resolutions of international legality. According to Israel, such resolutions are not to be implemented and have no inherent procedure for implementation.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption2 (2002) · source
“The inspectors would be expected to submit a report stating that Iraq is free from weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq is implementing all relevant Security Council resolutions, including the release of Kuwaiti and third country prisoners of war and the return of Kuwaiti property. This would undoubtedly lead to the lifting of the economic sanctions that have been imposed on Iraq and that are hurting the brotherly Iraqi people. This would also help to preserve the unity, security and territorial integrity of Iraq. In addition to the United Nations insistence that Iraq implement all resolutions of international legality, we cannot ignore the contempt that the Israeli Government has shown for such resolutions.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption2 (2002) · source
“The matter requires rationality and farsightedness in order to avoid the outbreak of another war that would have unforeseen and unpleasant results leading to instability in the region, and may have an adverse impact on the peace and stability of the entire world. Also, conducting such a war may lead to the rekindling of hatred, hostility, spite, vengeance and violence, as well as to humanitarian catastrophes that the world could very well do without. Iraq's acceptance of the return of United Nations inspectors, as well as its assurances of facilitating United Nations inspectors mission and its pledge not to impede their work, should lead to accelerating the return of the inspectors to complete their task.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption2 (2002) · source
“Bringing peace, security and stability to the world requires a more active role for the United Nations, as well as an intensification of diplomatic efforts and political endeavours. Undoubtedly, such diplomatic means, as well as a full and in-depth analysis of the different aspects of the problem, its impact and results on the regional and international levels, are the best means of maintaining international peace and security, instead of resorting to the use of force. The present phase of the situation in the Arabian Gulf region is very sensitive and fraught with a myriad of risks.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption2 (2002) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to extend to you, Mr. President, my sincere congratulations for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are fully confident that your capabilities and wisdom will guide the work of the Council to our desired objectives. I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to your predecessor, my friend the Ambassador of Bulgaria, for directing the work of the Council last month. I would also like to extend thanks to my friend, the representative of South Africa, for requesting the convening of this meeting to hear the views of States and their positions vis-a-vis the issue.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption2 (2002) · source
“This urgent demand is not just a Palestinian or an Arab demand. It has increasingly become the demand of the moderate forces of peace in the world, since the current policy of the present Israel Government has shown that security and peace cannot be generated by repression, aggression and coercion and cannot be brought about in the light of injustice and the absence ofjustice.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Therefore, we cannot accept the fact that Israel has an exceptional status in the international community, protecting itself under the pretext of security, thus allowing it to transcend international legitimacy and use the policy of force and that of faits accomplis. Breaking out of the spiral of violence in the region has become an international responsibility, one requiring finding a political settlement based on international legitimacy and leading to Israel's withdrawal from all Arab territories occupied since 1967 and to the establishment of a Palestinian State with Eastern Jerusalem as its capital, side by side with the State of Israel and bringing about peace, security and stability for all the peoples of the region. This is what the Arab initiative provides and what the Quartet is trying to achieve.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The fact that the Israeli political discourse is not serious or logical is reflected in its focus on blaming only the Palestinian Authority on security matters. This is at a time when the Israeli occupation forces have undermined the Authority and deprived it of the means to act. Blaming only the Palestinians for security, and making it responsible for the violence and insecurity, is not realistic and does not help to solve the problem. Security must be garnered through mutual commitments and responsibilities. Security is a comprehensive and integral concept. Being committed to it is the responsibility of all parties. However, that commitment loses its credibility when some are exempt from fulfilling it.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The continuing spiral of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories will not be halted unless the Palestinian people regain their legitimate rights, which are endorsed by the entire international community and ratified by international law, and which have become a legal matter pursuant to the agreements made by various Israeli Governments with the Palestinian party. Concentrating on the security side only has become an obstruction, and not a bridge, to the resumption of political negotiations. It has shown the impotence and futility of Israeli policy, while the Israeli Government's attempt to dictate its conditions and impose its will has led to more bloodshed and more innocent victims.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We should force Israel to stop its practices and its attacks, to submit to the requirements of international humanitarian law, to provide the necessary protection for innocent civilians, and to implement the Fourth Geneva Convention, of 1949. The siege of President Arafat's headquarters should end, and Israeli forces should withdraw from Palestinian cities to their positions before September 2000. The intervention of the Security Council is no longer for protection, but to put an end to the killing of a whole people and to save it from being expelled from its homeland, along with restoring its usurped rights and putting an end to its humiliation. There is a dire need for intervention by the international community to help both parties to control the worsening situation and to put an end to this spiral of violence and destruction.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“All of this has occurred before the eyes of the international community, which has seen all forms of Palestinian struggle as a form of terrorism while seeing Israeli terrorism as legitimate self-defence, contrary to all human ethical values. The Security Council has a responsibility to face injustice, denial of rights and threats to international peace and security stemming from Israeli practices, which provoke Palestinians and continue to suppress and terrorize them, putting an end to their aspirations. They find nothing before them in terms of dignity, justice and the restoration of their usurped rights, except to use violent acts, which leads in turn to Israeli terrorism. The international community cannot stand by in the face of the deteriorating situation without doing anything.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It has adopted this as a method of governing that falls within a systematic policy of targeting the Palestinian people and their leadership. The most recent instance of this is the siege of the headquarters of the Palestinian president, and the threat to bomb the headquarters with all those who are in it to force them to submit to Israeli demands and surrender. The Israeli security forces continue to interfere in the affairs of the Palestinian Authority, while the Israeli army continues to kill or displace civilians and demolish their houses. Intelligence units have continued their arrests and assassinations pursuant to what the Israeli Chief of Staff has said: that its country aims to abolish what he called the Palestinian cancer and bring about the moral and military defeat of the Palestinians, in order to abolish their rights.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It has imposed a suffocating economic siege; restricted the movement of the Palestinians; destroyed houses and institutions; demolished the Palestinian economic infrastructure; destroyed farms; bulldozed fields; uprooted trees; killed children, elderly people, the disabled and women; continued to liquidate political activists and Palestinian leaders; closed crossing points and international borders; and continued to expand Israeli settlements, while violating the human rights of the Palestinian people and breaching international humanitarian law. As a result, violence has escalated. And each violent act led to another. Much bloodshed and killing ensued. The Israeli Government has insisted on using excessive force with its entire military arsenal, as a means of killing and destruction.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“That ominous visit was the spark that ignited the Palestinian intifada, which is an expression of the Palestinian people's rejection of having its holy sites desecrated. Since the present Israeli Government came to power, it has accelerated its plan to sabotage any attempt to resume the peace talks and to reach a peaceful settlement that would restore peace and security while providing a just and permanent solution to the problem.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to wish you every success. My thanks go also to your predecessor, Ambassador John Negroponte, for his work as President of the Council last month. I thank you, Sir, for convening this emergency meeting to consider the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is quite clear to the international community that the dangerous escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories has continued since the provocative visit by the present Prime Minister of Israel to the Al-Aqsa mosque, accompanied by a large contingent of soldiers, in clear defiance of Arab and Islamic feelings.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Israel must give up its policy of systematic Violence and coercion, and must be compelled to work to bring about conditions conducive to peace. The current situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is extremely critical in the light of its possible repercussions not only on the efforts for peace in the region but also on the peace and stability of the region as a whole. We cannot remain silent; we cannot accept such occurrences as commonplace in the occupied Palestinian territories. We cannot simply continue day after day to count the killed and wounded. This tragic situation requires that the international community - in particular the Security Council - act with determination and sincerity to avert the unpredictable dangers that threaten the region's future.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“Its withdrawal from all Arab territories occupied since 4 June 1967, and the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital, would bring about peace and stability. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns the heinous act of aggression perpetrated by the Israeli forces in Gaza. It also condemns all Israeli practices that ignore the most fundamental human rights. It calls upon the international community to shoulder its responsibility with regard to this grave situation, which threatens international peace and security, and to move immediately and resolutely to confront Israel with its responsibilities in conformity with relevant Security Council resolutions and international conventions.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“What is the value of the life of humiliation, deprivation and injustice that they endure? No one would accept the murder of innocent civilians, regardless of their nationality or religion. But violence cannot be ended by continuing the assassinations and the destruction and by erecting security barriers and ethnic shields. History shows that official violence will only beget more violence, and that peace can be attained only in an environment conducive to the advancement of the peace process. There is no alternative to ending the occupation and to implementing the peace strategy based on the Madrid Conference and confirmed by the Saudi initiative adopted at the Beirut Summit. Israel's withdrawal from the Palestinian territories that it has occupied since September 2000 would end the violence.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“Faced with the Israeli occupation and Israel's premeditated acts of murder - acts that Israel not only has admitted but apparently takes pride in; faced with the deliberate and systematic destruction and the siege imposed on the Palestinians, with summary detentions, the annexation of Palestinian territories, settlement expansion and the imposition of unjust laws, as well as attempts to erode the peace process; faced with continued despair and devastating frustration, with the international community's failure to compel Israel to submit to international legitimacy, with the Security Council's failure to force Israel to respect its resolutions or even to work to protect the Palestinian people so that Israel will end its assassinations, destruction, confiscation of land and siege; and faced with Israel's attempts to ignore all commitments and to circumvent all agreements; faced with all that, the Palestinians ask what their choices are.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“Israel's intransigence and its predetermined resolve to resort to a policy of excessive force - regardless of its catastrophic results and of the retribution and revenge associated with hatred - in the hope of sanctifying its occupation, has led to the exacerbation of the situation. Israel's insistence on occupying the Palestinian territories and on expanding its settlements there, its Judaization of the occupied Palestinian cities and the imposition of its laws and jurisdictions by force, contrary to resolutions of international legitimacy, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and failing to respect the Palestinian people's human rights, all confirm Israel's lack of seriousness with regard to bringing about peace with the Arabs.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“Despite the international and regional efforts under way to end the violence and to create conditions conducive to the resumption of the peace process, despite the contacts between the Israeli and the Palestinian parties to calm the situation, and despite the many declarations by a number of leaders of Palestinian forces expressing their readiness to end the suicide attacks, provided that Israel commit itself not to kill Palestinian civilians, the premeditated Israeli shelling of residential buildings in Gaza and the murder of their residents reflect Israel's unwillingness to calm the situation or to seek peace and stability.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“No logic can justify this heinous crime that Israel has committed; it is a terrorist act that cannot be justified under any pretext. It is a heavy blow to all the efforts that have been undertaken to put an end to violence and to press the parties to the conflict to resume peace negotiations in order to restore peace and stability in the region.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“President, and to other Council members our appreciation for your quick response to our request to convene this open meeting to discuss the grave situation in the occupied Palestinian territories - a situation that has so seriously deteriorated because of Israel's occupation of nearly all the cities of the West Bank, its refusal to implement Security Council and other United Nations resolutions, and the fact that it has never really heeded those resolutions or taken them seriously, which has led to continued conflict and bloodshed. The world followed the premeditated, deliberate Israeli shelling of a heavily populated residential quarter of Gaza City that claimed the lives of 15 persons - nine of whom were children - and injured more than 100 civilians, including women and children.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I am confident that your expertise and skill will lead the Council to the success for which we all hope. I should also like to express thanks and appreciation to my brother Mr. Mikhail Wehbe for the distinguished manner in which he conducted the affairs of the Council last month. In addition, I should like to express to you, Mr.”
2002-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4588 (2002) · source
“We express our appreciation for the efforts of the United States, the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Secretary-General, and we hope that their contribution will help put an end to the humanitarian tragedy of the Palestinians and to Israel's brutal occupation, since 1967, of Arab lands, including Al-Quds, so that violence will end, security will return, fear will vanish, peace will prevail, destruction will end and prosperity will be restored.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The United Nations has shown no great interest in Israel's persistent aggression, its contempt for international legitimacy or its failure to implement the numerous resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly, particularly Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), and the more recent resolutions 1397 (2002), 1402 (2002), 1403 (2002), and 1405 (2002). The fact that the United Nations and the international community have ignored Israel's failure to implement resolutions of international legitimacy is why conflict and instability in the Middle East continue. The Arabs have chosen the strategic option of peacefully addressing and resolving the Middle East question through negotiations and of reaching a just, lasting and comprehensive political resolution of the problem.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“That is being done to stop the growth of the elements of an independent economic and political Palestinian community, to impose forced migration on the largest possible number of Palestinians through the implementation of a transfer plan, to restrict the remaining Palestinians in compliant groups, living in isolated bantustans besieged by military settlements and military bases, and to isolate and restrict them by means of racial laws and apartheid. The Israeli Prime Minister's article, in which he invented a strange interpretation of resolution 242 (1967), reflects the absolute rejection by the present Israeli Government of the search for a final solution, because that would put an end to its expansionist ambitions.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“A few days ago the Israeli Prime Minister affirmed in an article published in The New York Times what we have long been saying: that he has no plan for peace. Yet, he has plans that reject the establishment of a Palestinian entity on the land of historic Palestine; he continues to work to strangle the spirit of Palestinian steadfastness, he extinguishes the torch of Palestinian resistance and he destroys everything the Palestinian Authority has built in terms of basic infrastructure for the Palestinian State.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“That initiative has received unprecedented international acceptance and was adopted by all Arab States at the Arab Summit in Lebanon. While Arab leaders continue their efforts and contacts, in keeping with the Arab peace initiative, Israel continues its deliberate destructive policies in the Palestinian territories and its arbitrary and inhumane practices, committing war crimes for which it could be tried under international agreements. Israel is reoccupying parts of the Palestinian territory and is imposing a military siege against it. As soon as it withdraws from one region, it enters another, sowing terror and horror in the hearts of civilians, who are deprived of their most basic human rights, and increasing the suffering and pain of the Palestinian people.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The world has been following the suffering of the Palestinian people and the unjust and coercive practices that violate religious values and contravene international norms and moral principles. That has led to frustration in efforts to bring about peace, security and justice. Wisdom and rationality had to prevail, and this gave rise to the Saudi peace initiative, which is based on international legitimacy, which affirms Arab rights and which calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of Arab territories occupied since 5 June 1967 and for the establishment ofthe independent State of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital, in order to bring security, peace and stability to all the peoples and States of the region.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source