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Zahid

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2000-03-15
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2001-03-19
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  1. “The path to peace, just like the path to security and prosperity in the region - and this includes for Israel - necessarily means a resumption of negotiations, an end to Israeli aggression and a withdrawal from all the Palestinian and Arab occupied territories, including Al-Quds al- Sharif, as well as the exercise by the Palestinian people of their rights, in accordance with the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions. The deterioration of the situation has now reached cataclysmic proportions. As we know, violence breeds more violence. The international community today has a more and more pressing obligation vis-a- vis the Palestinian people. Together we must undertake urgent action that responds to the gravity of the situation, to avoid the inevitable, for it is we, all of us, who will bear the responsibility.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  2. “We are convinced that this is the only way likely to ensure the security of Israel itself, as well as that of the peace and security of the entire region. The Palestinian people must enjoy its inalienable rights, including its right to establish its own State on its own territory, with Al- Quds as its capital. The Security Council should, without delay, once again consider sending a protection force to the occupied territories. At any cost it must also bring the Israeli authorities back to the negotiating process on the basis of the Madrid and Oslo agreements. In order to restore peace to the Middle East, the Palestinian people must recover all of their territory occupied since 1967. They must also be able to establish their State on their territory with Al-Quds as the capital.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  3. “It is for these reasons that, once again, we call upon Israel to comply with the relevant provisions of the Geneva Convention on the protection of civilian populations and that it put an end to the repression and to the closures that can only heighten the violence and reduce even further the chances for the peace process to resume and be successful. This process already has been made very fragile by the long crisis that the region has been experiencing for too long now. Morocco is very concerned at the grim prospects for the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, and we associate ourselves with all the peace- and justice-loving States in asking that the Security Council establish appropriate measures to allow the Palestinian people to live in peace on their own territory.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  4. “Hundreds of Palestinians, victims of Israeli violent excesses, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who are victims of the closures of Palestinian territories require urgent action on the part of the international community. We must ensure the protection of these civilian populations that have suffered so much and avoid the economic collapse of the young Palestinian State. In order to re-launch the peace process, the repression and the economic sanctions against the Palestinian population must come to an end.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  5. “The grave deterioration in the security situation of the Palestinians has compounded the deterioration of their daily economic lives because of increasingly frequent and lengthy blockades. All the media have shown us images of children who cannot go to school and mothers who do not have any access to hospital. The Palestinian people should have been, and should be, spared this type of suffering, which has gone on now for half a century. These are conditions that can only exacerbate violence. Morocco is very concerned at this explosive situation, which threatens the peace and security of the entire region, a region that is struggling for its right to peace, security, stability and prosperity.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  6. “We listened very attentively to the many statements on the alarming, tragic and exasperating situation in the Palestinian territories, and Morocco wishes to echo all of the cries of distress and all of the appeals to reason that have been made from this rostrum. For many months now, violence has ravaged the occupied Palestinian territories because of the impasse in the peace process and the repression, of which the civilian populations of these occupied territories are the victims. Persistent efforts have also been made to hold responsible the Palestinian victims of the violence. This violence unfortunately has been the echo of yet more violence and of many other acts of provocation.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  7. “Mr. Zahid (Morocco) (spoke in French): First of all, Mr. President, I wish to express my congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month of March. I also wish to thank you for the diligence with which you have convened this meeting of the Council to examine the grave situation in the Palestinian territories as a result of the increased repression of the Palestinian population and the tightening of the blockade around the Palestinian towns. May I also congratulate your predecessor, the Ambassador of Tunisia, who guided the work of the Council with remarkable competence, and who focused the international community's attention on the grave crisis confronting our African continent.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

  8. “Morocco believes that there can be no just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region unless the principles that emerged from the Madrid Conference are respected, particularly that of land for peace, and Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) are fully implemented, so as to help the Palestinian people regain their inalienable and legitimate rights, primarily the right to establish an independent State in their territory, with Al-Quds Al- Sharif as its capital. We sincerely hope that the meetings that a number of countries, including France, the United States and Egypt, are attempting to organize will be successful, for there is no alternative to the imperative need to continue the peace process, regardless of the obstacles it faces.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

  9. “The international community should understand that if peace, which has once again been jeopardized, does not soon see the light of day and is not defended by all, both the immediate and the long-term future of this region near to all our hearts will be doomed. Morocco extends its condolences to the families of the martyrs and reaffirms its support for the peace process.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

  10. “It is inadmissible and nothing can justify it. The Palestinian people did not have to be tested again in such a horrible way. They have made enough sacrifices and have paid their dues for peace and independence. Let them at last be allowed to live in peace and to bind their deep wounds. Everything that has happened is so ghastly that those responsible for it should be ashamed of themselves. They should know that those who have unleashed these events and massacres undoubtedly wanted to destroy all the peace efforts made to date. They almost succeeded. At any rate, they have partially destroyed the large reserve of trust, which had already been eroded. It is equally serious and reprehensible that the victims fell to the bullets of the police.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

  11. “At a time when we were beginning to see a glimpse of hope that Palestine and Israel would at last find peace and begin to try together to repair the dozens of years lost by the hundreds of thousands of people who have suffered in body and spirit; and at a time when we truly believed that wisdom was going to prevail over hatred, one man was allowed to call into question everything that had been so patiently and courageously woven together by people of good will. It will take a long time for the families who lost family members in these incidents to forget what has happened, and even longer for the hundreds of millions of believers throughout the world who felt their deepest beliefs insulted and their strongest values offended. These inexcusable acts could have been prevented. Unfortunately, the violence continues.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

  12. “We have looked on with horror at the unimaginable scenes that have taken place in recent days on the esplanade of the mosque at Al-Haram Al- Sharif and in various towns of occupied Arab and Palestinian territory. We were aghast at seeing Israeli forces use so much violence against demonstrators who had legitimately risen up after the monstrous provocation by the head of that country's opposition. The police, which should have prevented Sharon from committing an irreparable act, fired upon those who were expressing the emotions, hurt and shock they felt at the moment. However one interprets the facts, what happened is to be resolutely condemned. The figures that have been given include 80 dead and 1,000 injured, numbers one expects to see when fighting against an army, and not against a people.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

  13. “Mr. Zahid (Morocco) (spoke in French): On behalf of the Moroccan delegation, I would first of all like to extend to you, Mr. President, our sincere congratulations on presiding over the work of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank you for responding promptly to the requests addressed to you for the Council to deal urgently with the events that have taken place at Al-Quds Al-Sharif and in other parts of the occupied Arab territories. I would also like to congratulate and pay heartfelt tribute to Ambassador Moctar Ouane for the excellent and competent way he guided the work of the Council during the month of September and during the Council's Millennium Summit.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

  14. “As regards the UNITA representative who is mentioned, we have already formally reported to the sanctions Committee and its Chairman that this person left Morocco a long time ago, and I would like to confirm this today. In conclusion, I would like to reaffirm Morocco's support for all the efforts of the international community - beginning first and foremost with our Council - to restore peace, stability and prosperity to the fraternal country of Angola, which has suffered excessively from the torments of war.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113Resumption1 (2000) · source

  15. “And paragraph 125 concludes that the Panel "noted the apparent absence of any action by Morocco to track down or freeze UNITA assets that had been transferred to that country with the knowledge of Moroccan officials". Here there is an error in the French text, which instead of saying "des fonctionnaires", should say "de fonctionnaires". We are not talking about all the officials, just some of them, as the report previously states. In order to dispel any ambiguity and to clarify the situation, I would like to inform the Council that the funds referred to in the report were completely exhausted before the imposition of sanctions.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113Resumption1 (2000) · source

  16. “We also thank the Council for having acceded to our request to have an opportunity to clarify the situation concerning a reference - a minor one, certainly, but it is a reference nonetheless - to the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco and to Morocco. In paragraph 123 of the report, the Panel indicates that it learned that in 1995 Mr. Savimbi had placed $250,000 with UNITA's representative in Morocco, and that additional payments were made later. The same paragraph indicates that at least some Moroccan officials knew of the initial deposit, which, according to the report itself, occurred prior to the imposition of sanctions on UNITA.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113Resumption1 (2000) · source

  17. “Mr. Zahid (Morocco) (spoke in French): As this is the first time I have had the opportunity to address the Council since you, Sir, assumed the presidency, I do not want to miss this opportunity to convey to you the warmest congratulations of Morocco and of the Moroccan delegation. We are convinced that thanks to your diplomatic skills and experience, and your thorough knowledge of the United Nations, you will successfully conduct our work and the work of the Council throughout this month. Allow me also to convey the Moroccan delegation's congratulations to Ambassador Fowler on the report that he, in his capacity as Chairman of the Security Council sanctions Committee on Angola, introduced to the Council.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113Resumption1 (2000) · source