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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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“It also proves that Israel does not take seriously the lives and rights of human beings and that it is violating international law and international humanitarian law. Those who commit such crimes must be held responsible. They should be tried for the crimes they have committed against humanity. Any reluctance to do so will only lead to more crimes. The occupation of Orient House is a clear and flagrant violation of the Oslo agreements, by which Israel undertook never to attack Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem. Moreover, excessive Israeli measures, founded on a policy of brute force, will have very negative and destructive results. They will not lead to peace or security; they will only serve to take the situation into chaos and destruction.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Israel's ongoing aggression against Palestinians and their territory is indeed a result of the fact that the international community does not want to interfere. This is reflected in the inability of the Council to take effective measures to end the inhumane acts and practices that the Israeli occupying forces are pursuing. That inability has given Israel some cover in its attempt to alter the balance of power in the region and to create new colonial facts on the ground before resuming negotiations on a final settlement. Israel has realized that the timing of the final settlement does not suit it and that the road to peace and settlement will not help it achieve its expansionist goals. The policy of murder and assassination being pursued by Israel only confirms the terrorist nature of the current Israeli Government.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Does the Council not see in the bloodshed and the growing number of demolitions a reason to intervene to preserve peace and security? Do not the aerial bombardment, artillery shelling, demolitions and burning undertaken by Israeli occupation forces give the Council reason to be concerned and, therefore, reason to involve itself? The serious developments taking place in the area call for the Security Council to stop being a neutral party and to take measures that can put an end to Israel's aggression and to the way it deals with the Palestinians. It is unacceptable and irrational to have neutrality between the aggressor and the aggressed. How can there be neutrality between a murderer and his victim? How can there be neutrality between the occupier and those who are defending their rights and calling for their independence?”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source
“They also believe that the current Israeli Government's official course of action includes kidnapping, assassination, eroding the authority of the Palestinian Authority and eliminating its leaders and demolishing houses. It is indeed regrettable that the Security Council continues to be a spectator while the forces of the Israeli occupation pursue their daily acts of aggression and indulge their addiction to violating human rights and to perpetrating crimes against the unarmed people of Palestine. Does not the Council see in the policies and practices of the Israeli occupation forces a need to apply international law? Does it not see in the violation of the rights of Palestinian human beings a need to intervene or call for the application of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War?”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Principles of international legitimacy are ignored. Human rights are discarded, and the right to self- determination and all norms and laws attached to it are swept under the carpet. The fact that the Security Council did not take necessary and effective measures to end Israel's transgressions and efforts to starve the Palestinian people and render it homeless, or to protect its legitimate rights, has increased that country's determination to pursue a policy of terrorism against the Palestinian people. The Palestinian people therefore believe that Israel is the only country that, with enormous and rather strange daring, does not recognize human rights and in fact disdains moral principles and disregards international public opinion.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source
“It would have been possible to save the victims and those wounded as a result of Israeli aggression. It would have been possible to put an end to the demolition and the violation of human rights. It would have been possible to put an end to violence and to calm the situation, if the Security Council had assumed its responsibilities and had maintained peace and security, which is its primary responsibility, and indeed the raison d'etre of the United Nations. A country that assassinates a people, usurps land, chases children, besieges the elderly, quashes values and violates rights is a State that is fond of terrorism and practises it. Yet, the Security Council is watching helplessly, instead of confronting the aggression, while others in the international community try to find illogical justification for the Israeli aggression.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source
“This comes as a result of the continuation of the bloody and unjust military campaign of the Israeli military forces against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem; a campaign that is spreading terror and fear among the unarmed population and that is increasing the pain and agony of the Palestinian people, who are experiencing punitive and inhumane actions and violations of their human rights. A few months ago, hundreds were killed, thousands were wounded, property was demolished, infrastructure was destroyed, farms were destroyed and the Palestinian economy has been damaged in order to make the Palestinians submit. It would have been possible to save the people who were killed during the Israeli occupation.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your presiding over the Security Council this month. I am confident that, with your well-known experience and wisdom, you will lead the work of the Council to the ends that we all desire. Allow me also to express my thanks and appreciation to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of China, for his excellent leadership of the Council last month. The Security Council is meeting once more to discuss the deteriorating and dangerous situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Here again, I want to reaffirm that we wish to preserve the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq, and that we look forward to Iraq's return to the fold of the international community, once it has implemented the Council's resolutions, as a responsible member playing a constructive role in the international arena through the efforts of its able and dynamic people.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“We wish also to stress that Iraq must prove its good intentions with concrete actions, and must refrain from provocative or aggressive action towards Kuwait or other neighbouring countries, by the terms of resolution 949 (1994). Strict Iraqi compliance with and implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait and full cooperation with the United Nations and its agencies constitute the best way to resolve this crisis, to build confidence and to restore security and stability, thus paving the way for cooperation to the benefit of the countries of the region.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“It has become abundantly clear to the international community that the continuation of the international sanctions imposed on Iraq is due to policies adopted by the Iraqi Government, such as the non-implementation of some of the major aspects of relevant Security Council resolutions. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia feels empathy with the suffering of the brotherly Iraqi people and wishes to highlight its support for putting an end to their suffering, for enabling Iraq to obtain the necessary materials to achieve this goal and for lessening the constraints on civil trade, all in conformity with the resolutions of the Security Council and without affecting the security and safety of neighbouring countries.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“Our initiative has highlighted the necessity for Iraq to fully abide by its obligations regarding Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti prisoners of war and missing persons, as is mentioned in relevant Security Council resolutions, especially in paragraph 30 of resolution 687 (1991). Our initiative aims at putting an end to the suffering of the brotherly Iraqi people and to guaranteeing the security, safety and stability of neighbouring countries. Furthermore, our initiative was adopted by the League of Arab States and was rejected by Iraq. Iraq has also rejected the Arab initiative agreed to by the Arab leaders during the Amman Summit, held on 27 and 28 March 2001.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“Sanctions should be restricted to the acquisition of arms, military equipment and dual-use materials as stipulated in relevant Security Council resolutions, especially the resolutions relating to the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, be they nuclear, chemical or biological, and of any other military potential that might endanger the sovereignty, safety, security and stability of neighbouring countries. This requires an effective long-term monitoring programme based on a number of checks and balances defined by credible, efficient and neutral international monitoring agencies. This would guarantee the fulfilment of the task in an efficient, impartial manner. The end result of the activity would be the alleviation of the suffering of the Iraqi people and the assurance that revenues would not be used for any other illicit purposes.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“In that meeting, we called for a re- examination of the sanctions regime. We also called for an overhaul of this regime to put an end to the suffering of the Iraqi people by enabling Iraq to import all its basic humanitarian needs, medical supplies, foodstuffs and educational material, without requiring the prior consent of the Council. This would enable Iraq to provide for its basic livelihood in a dignified fashion and would start the necessary economic development process. On the other hand, Iraq is required to fulfil all its international financial obligations, such as reparations, as well as payments for costs incurred due to the constant monitoring of banned weapons in Iraq.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“This is why our relations with all countries are based on good mutual relations, on the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of others, and on the peaceful settlement of conflicts. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia deeply believes in the brotherly bonds binding Arab countries and in humanitarian principles, and is truly keen on achieving and guaranteeing the security and stability of the region through good neighbourly relations and respect of the Security Council resolutions. This is precisely why we have taken the initiative in proposing a settlement for the situation in Iraq. The Saudi initiative was that of the Committee of Arab Action emanating from the consultative ministerial meeting of the Arab foreign ministers held in Cairo on 28 January 1999 to put an end to the suffering of the Iraqi people.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“The Security Council is meeting today to discuss the situation between Iraq and Kuwait and to look into ways of improving the humanitarian situation in Iraq, as well as of implementing all Security Council resolutions related to Iraq and of settling of the situation in the wake of the conflict that beset the Gulf region, as mentioned in document S/2001/597 dated 18 June 2001. It is no secret to you, Mr. President, or to the members of the Security Council, or to the whole membership of the United Nations, that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia spares no effort in consolidating security and stability in the Gulf region and in establishing an environment conducive to economic development and fruitful cooperation between neighbouring countries.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): Mr. President, allow me, as my predecessors have done, to congratulate you and your brotherly country on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. I am confident that your experience and wisdom will successfully guide the deliberations of the Council. We would also like to thank your predecessor, Mr. Cunningham, the deputy representative of the United States, for his outstanding steering of the deliberations of the Council last month.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“Peace cannot be made through the hubris of the generals and their use of tanks and planes. It can be achieved only by accepting the terms of rights and by forcing the aggressor to stop its aggression and to end its occupation. Stability in the area is linked to the achievement of a comprehensive and just peace. The peace negotiations were based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and the principle of land for peace. Just as peace cannot be dealt with piecemeal, the land cannot be partitioned either. In order for a just and comprehensive peace to be established, all Arab territories occupied since 1967 must be returned so that stability, security, understanding, coexistence and cooperation can be achieved.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“It must do this in implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, which applies to all territories occupied by Israel. It must do this in accordance with Security Council resolution 1322 (2000) and with the General Assembly resolution adopted during its emergency special session. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia supports the Palestinian request that the Security Council assume its responsibility and implement its commitments to send an international observer force to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, to protect those who are still alive among the Palestinian civilian population. These are innocent people who only aim to recover their rights and to live like everybody else - like all nations, in peace, security and freedom.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The developments in occupied Palestine right now mean that the Security Council must assume its responsibility. It must adopt the necessary measures to protect the Palestinian people - to protect innocent children from the bullets of the occupiers, to protect the young people whose dreams die before they are even born and to protect mothers with tears in their eyes while they hold their dead sons and pray to God to rid them of the injustice of the occupiers. The Council must adopt measures to protect the fathers and the elderly who have lost their sons and their grandsons to the occupation. It must do this to affirm the international responsibility of the United Nations vis-a-vis the question of Palestine, until it has been resolved in all its aspects.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The father dies, and the son goes out the next morning carrying the picture of his martyred father. Then the son dies, and all of the fathers and mothers receive the hordes of people who come to pay their condolences. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia feels that Israel is the only party responsible for all these acts of aggression committed against the Palestinians. Therefore, we denounce and deplore all Israeli measures which run counter to all humane principles and all norms of the revealed religions and international law. We call upon the international community to prevail upon Israel to stop its continued aggression against Palestine and the Arabs. The international community entrusted the Security Council with the task of maintaining international peace and security.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Israel has showed no sincere and serious desire to establish a climate of confidence regionally and to coexist with its neighbours in security and peace. The Commission on Human Rights sent a fact- finding mission led by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs. Mary Robinson, in spite of all Israeli's attempts to mislead the Commission and its attempts to obstruct her movements by firing on her car to remind her of the fate of Count Bernadotte, who was assassinated by Zionist terrorist gangs. The Commission confirmed the suffering of the Palestinian people, their pain, their wounds and their continued tragedy. The Palestinians have lost their territory; their houses have been demolished and they have experienced much suffering. Death has become a daily event for them.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Israel has discussed simple and commonsensical issues without talking about the basic issues - issues of destiny - to gain time and to impose new realities on the ground. Whatever agreement is reached, Israel tries to empty it of its content. Israel prevaricates when it comes to making agreements and delays when it is asked to implement. The uprising has made the claims of Israel perfectly clear regarding its desire for peace. It has become obvious to the international community that Israel does not desire a peace based on justice and that it has no intention of recognizing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among which are the rights of return and self-determination and the right to establish an independent State, with Arab Jerusalem as its capital.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Current developments in occupied Palestine are not violence carried out by those who oppose peace, as Israel claims. No. They constitute a popular uprising that rejects surrender, the usurpation of the rights of Palestinians, the confiscation of Palestinian territory and the confinement of Palestinians to isolated areas where Israeli extremism is dominant and where they cannot even secure the basic necessities of life. The Palestinian uprising is an expression and a reflection of the impatience of the Palestinians vis-a- vis the barrenness of the peace negotiations. The Palestinians have been offered so far the peace of time bombs, by which the Israeli side has insisted on imposing its conditions and adopting the approach of the victor towards the vanquished.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“This is an approach aimed at destroying the Palestinian entity from within, destroying the Palestinian economy and infrastructure and sabotaging national interests. This approach is also aimed at eradicating Palestinian society, which lives under blockade in geographical cantons in which Palestinians are separated from each other, from their brethren in the Arab world and from the outside world. Those inhumane and unjustified methods presage a dangerous deterioration in the security situation, add to the current tensions and demonstrate the true intentions of the new Israeli Government. Israel describes the intifada as violence. It turns a blind eye to the fact that it is resistance to occupation, which is a legitimate right and, indeed, a national duty that has been exercised by all peoples to rid themselves of occupation and injustice.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Israeli terrorism has even pursued Palestinians to Sabra and Shatila. The Mossad and its agents have pursued Palestinian personalities outside Palestine and have killed a large number of them. By admission of Israeli officials themselves, it is now known how those agents worked, and continue to work, to assassinate Palestinians using numerous terrorist methods, including bombing with helicopters and planes. By deploying occupation forces around densely populated areas and Palestinian cities and villages, the Israeli authorities recently divided the West Bank into 43 sections and the Gaza Strip into four sections. This has led to greater isolation for those cities and villages, thereby limiting the movement of their citizens and deepening the suffocating economic blockade.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to extend my congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are confident that your knowledge and experience will serve you in conducting the work of the Council in the manner to which we all aspire. I would also like to express our gratitude to our brother, the Permanent Representative of sisterly Tunisia, who conducted the work of the Council last month with wisdom and competence. An examination of history will reveal many documents and testimonies accurately documenting all the massacres perpetrated by Israel against innocent Palestinian civilians - in Deir Yassin, Ayn Kibya, Gaza, Al-Husan, Qualquilya, Kafr Kassim, Khan Yunis, Rafa, Al-Quds, Ramallah and other cities and villages of Palestine.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“And we must also compensate both those Palestinians who have been harmed by the Israeli acts of suppression and terrorism and their families.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“In many of its relevant resolutions the Security Council has stressed that this Convention does indeed apply to all the Palestinian territories, including Al-Quds. We welcome the Paris and Cairo meetings. We express the hope they will rectify the situation and put an end to the bloodshed and the acts of violence and encourage the parties to return to the peace negotiations with a genuine desire and serious determination to achieve a comprehensive and just peace. However, those responsible for the despicable events must be held accountable and investigated. The provocative visit by the Israeli opposition leader must be publicly condemned. We have to work seriously to avoid the recurrence of such an action.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Al-Quds is also covered by Security Council resolution 242 (1967), since it is a Palestinian area that was occupied in June 1967. We call on the Security Council to fulfil its obligations and shoulder its responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security. We call on it to take all necessary measures to guarantee the protection of the Palestinian people against being killed or uprooted and the protection of the Islamic holy sites against further Israeli violations. We call on the Security Council to reiterate the importance of the implementation of its resolutions and of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 relative to the protection of civilians in occupied territories.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The Arabs have stressed on more than one occasion that peace is their strategic choice. The Arabs have demonstrated that they are willing to establish a just and comprehensive peace on the basis of international law, of resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and of the principle of land for peace. It is obvious that any desired just peace would require Israel to withdraw from all the occupied Arab territories - including Palestine and, above all, Al-Quds Al-Sharif, as well as from the Syrian Golan and the remaining parts of southern Lebanon and the western Bekaa valley. No proof or evidence is needed to establish the Arab character of Al-Quds. Al-Quds Al-Sharif is part and parcel of the occupied Palestinian territories covered under international law, as are all the occupied territories.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“It believes that during the recent events, Israel, by persisting in its policy of using all kinds of weapons against unarmed citizens, has breached the most basic principles and international norms; it has defied the feelings of the Palestinians and of the Arab nation and the Islamic world; and it has breached the inviolability of the Islamic holy sites. The Israeli actions are a departure from the principles of peace and the agreements in international law that aim at restoring peace to the region. The barbaric Israeli practices witnessed by the world call attention to Israel's unwillingness to restore just peace and to Israel's persistence in the creation of obstacles and in resorting to violence against an unarmed people, defying all international instruments and conventions.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Perhaps - with a view to imposing a fait accompli and establishing Al-Quds Al-Sharif as Jewish- the Israeli Government's inhumane action was intended to continue the process that Sharon had started by desecrating the Islamic holy site and intimidating the Palestinians who defended their sacred sites and defended their dignity. The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns Israel's brutal aggression against Palestinian citizens in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and in the occupied Palestinian territory.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Instead of fulfilling its obligations and duties, instead of assuming its responsibility for the maintenance of security, and instead of preventing Ariel Sharon from violating the sanctity of the Islamic Holy sites and provoking the believers, the Israeli Government - while fully cognizant of the aims and goals of Sharon's visit and of the extent of his defiance of the feelings of Muslims, and while also cognizant of the ramifications of his visits for the situation in occupied Palestine and for the peace process - instead of responding appropriately took to killing defenceless civilians and bombarding Palestinians with rockets and laying siege to their towns with tanks, guns and helicopters.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“His father was seriously injured while trying to protect his son. This scene is a most eloquent expression of the tragedy that the Palestinian people are living through in their occupied land. The scene stirs the hearts and awakens the consciences of those who have been ignoring the need forjustice. May it also serve as a reminder to the international community, as represented by this Council, of the need to find a comprehensive and just solution to the ordeal of the Palestinian people, of the need to enable the Palestinian people to regain their legitimate rights and to choose their own destiny.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The international community has followed with great pain and anger the abhorrent massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the forecourt of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and in other parts of occupied Palestine. In this massacre, dozens of martyrs were killed and hundreds of defenceless, innocent Palestinian civilians - young people, the elderly, children, men and women - were wounded. Their feelings were provoked and their anger was fanned by the visit to the Al-Haram Al-Sharif forecourt by the extremist leader of the Likud Party, Ariel Sharon, whose bloody past is well known from the Sabra and Shatila massacres. We were all moved watching the heartbreaking scene of an innocent Palestinian child being killed in the arms of his father, killed by the bullets of the occupation forces.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to join earlier speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I am confident that, with your skills and sagacity, you will steer the deliberations of the Council to the desired results. I should like to thank you and the members of the Council for your speedy response in convening this meeting to discuss the grave situation in occupied Palestine. It testifies to your determination to discharge your responsibilities seriously and firmly. I also extend my thanks to your predecessor, Ambassador Moctar Ouane of Mali, who guided the Security Council last month with his well-known wisdom, knowledge and expertise.”
2000-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption1 (2000) · source
“This committee includes a number of Saudi relief organizations including the Saudi Red Crescent. It coordinates its work with international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia joined in sponsoring this evening's resolution because of its conviction that the people of Kosovo must be enabled to return to their homeland and to exercise their legitimate rights. The haemorrhage of refugees must be stanched. The genocidal practices of the Serbs must end. The Serbs must withdraw immediately from Kosovo. War criminals must be brought to justice. I thank the Security Council; with the adoption of this resolution, it has shown that it stands for right, justice and peace.”
1999-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4003 (1999) · source
“It further calls upon the entire world earnestly to support the helpless, peace-loving people of Kosovo, which is the victim of the worst kind of ethnic cleansing and persecution at the hands of the Serb aggressors. The result of such action has been horrific suffering for the people of Kosovo both within and outside its territory. It has also resulted in great shortages of food, medicine, clothing and other basic human necessities. The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been forthcoming in providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Kosovo. It has steadily sent urgent medical and food assistance to displaced Kosovars and a hospital has been established in Albania in that connection. A central committee has been set up to collect assistance for the Muslims of Kosovo.”
1999-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4003 (1999) · source
“It is therefore necessary for the international community to make a concerted effort to end this humanitarian crisis and to coordinate humanitarian relief efforts in order to ease the plight of the refugees and displaced persons. The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expresses its great distress and deep concern at the suffering of the people of Kosovo caused by the scourge of acts of barbarism against children, women and old people, as well as at the confiscation of their rights and their property. My Government states its unswerving support for the right of the refugees to return to their homeland and to live in peace and security.”
1999-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4003 (1999) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): It gives me pleasure, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I wish you all success as you carry out your duties. My appreciation goes also to your predecessor for the fine way in which he guided the work of the Council last month. Ethnic cleansing, the expulsion of citizens and the destruction of property in Kosovo and the stripping away of the rights of its people bring shame upon all humanity. This goes against human rights, international law and divine principles, and violates international conventions relating to human rights and to the rights of refugees.”
1999-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4003 (1999) · source