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00:00:01BY THE HISTORIC STATUS QUO. ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNING THE HOLY
00:00:04SITES IN JERUSALEM, AND PROTECT
00:00:05AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL
00:00:09RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES THE
00:00:11EXTENSIVE GRID CHECKPOINTS AND ROADBLOCKS CONTINUE TO MAKE IT
00:00:15DIFFICULT FOR PALESTINIANS TO ACCESS THEIR WORKPLACES AND
00:00:17BASIC SERVICES, INCLUDING
00:00:19SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. STUDENTS
00:00:26HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY DEMOLITIONS, MILITARY RAIDS ON EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND DETENTION WHILE TRAVELING TO
00:00:29SCHOOL. THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, THE MOST
00:00:33WIDELY RATIFIED HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY, STIPULATES THAT EVERY
00:00:37CHILD HAS THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION. MOREOVER, EDUCATION
00:00:41IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST FOUNDATIONS FOR A LASTING PEACE
00:00:45AND RECONCILIATION TO BE FOSTERED THROUGH A REFORMED CURRICULUM THAT LEAVES NO ROOM
00:00:49FOR EXTREMISM. ACCESS TO HEALTH
00:00:52CARE IS SIMILARLY AFFECTED, WITH PATIENTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, IN
00:00:56NEED OF SPECIALIZED OR EMERGENCY
00:00:57CARE FACING DELAYS IN REACHING
00:01:01MEDICAL FACILITIES, SAFE AND SUSTAINED ACCESS TO EDUCATION
00:01:04AND HEALTH CARE, PROTECTION OF
00:01:07CIVILIANS, AND FACILITATION OF
00:01:09RAPID, SAFE AND UNIMPEDED ACCESS
00:01:11TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES MUST BE
00:01:14ENSURED. THE MEASURE IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PALESTINIAN
00:01:18AUTHORITY'S FISCAL CRISIS AND UNDERMINING THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY ARE DEEPLY CONCERNING.
00:01:22ISRAEL MUST ENSURE THAT THE
00:01:24PALESTINIAN BANKING SECTOR CAN
00:01:26OPERATE UNOBSTRUCTED, AND THAT
00:01:28WITHHELD TAX REVENUES ARE RELEASED, ENABLING THE
00:01:31PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO MEET ITS BUDGETARY OBLIGATIONS AND
00:01:35PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. AT
00:01:37THE SAME TIME, THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MUST COMMITMENTS TO
00:01:41PURSUE MEANINGFUL, COMPREHENSIVE
00:01:44REFORMS. THIS MUST INCLUDE
00:01:47STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ADDRESSING
00:01:50RADICALIZATION, ENSURING PROVISION OF BASIC SERVICES,
00:01:52INCLUDING EDUCATION, IN LINE WITH THE UNESCO STANDARDS, AND
00:01:56REFORMING THE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR FAMILIES OF PRISONERS. CONCRETE
00:02:00STEPS MUST ALSO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT INCITEMENT, DISCOURAGE
00:02:03VIOLENCE AND PROMOTE PEACEFUL
00:02:06COEXISTENCE. PROGRESS ON THESE COMMITMENTS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART
00:02:09OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND ITS
00:02:13INSTITUTIONS. WHILE AWAITING
00:02:16HOLDING FAIR AND INCLUSIVE
00:02:17ELECTIONS, AS ANNOUNCED. MADAM
00:02:21PRESIDENT, FOR DECADES, WE HAVE WITNESSED THAT MILITARY POWER,
00:02:24AS WELL AS ARMED RESISTANCE,
00:02:27FUELS THE RECURRING CYCLE OF VIOLENCE REIGNITED BY PROPONENTS
00:02:31OF EXTREME VIEWS ON BOTH SIDES.
00:02:34THIS TRAJECTORY DOES NOT
00:02:36CONSTITUTE A PATH TO SUSTAINABLE
00:02:39PEACE. ADDRESSING BOTH THE SECURITY CONCERNS AND THE
00:02:43LEGITIMATE ASPIRATIONS OF ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS
00:02:47REQUIRES RENEWED MOMENTUM. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS PUT
00:02:50FORWARD BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
00:02:54ENDORSED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL
00:02:57AND RESOLUTION 2803, REQUIRES GENUINE ENGAGEMENT BY ALL
00:02:59PARTIES. A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE
00:03:03ENCOMPASSING GAZA AND THE WEST
00:03:04BANK IS THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE
00:03:07LONG TERM STABILITY, IN LINE WITH THE RELEVANT SECURITY
00:03:10COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND THE NEW YORK DECLARATION, LATVIA REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO THE
00:03:14TWO STATE SOLUTION AND TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE SHARED
00:03:18OBJECTIVE OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION. I THANK YOU, I
00:03:22THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF LATVIA FOR THE STATEMENT, AND AS
00:03:26I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO WARMLY
00:03:28WELCOME TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL AMBASSADOR, SARAH MCINTOSH, THE
00:03:32NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, TO THE
00:03:35UNITED NATIONS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CLOSELY ENGAGING WITH YOU ON
00:03:38THE COUNCIL'S WORK IN THE DAYS
00:03:40AHEAD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
00:03:43>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, AND I
00:03:46LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL
00:03:49COLLEAGUES HERE AND ACROSS THE UNITED NATIONS FAMILY. THANK YOU
00:03:52FOR THE INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU. DEPUTY. SPECIAL COORDINATOR,
00:03:56ALEKPEROV, AND DEPUTY EXECUTIVE
00:04:00DIRECTOR SULEIMAN, FOR YOUR
00:04:03BRIEFINGS. THE UNITED KINGDOM IS CLEAR THAT THE ONLY CREDIBLE PATH TO LASTING
00:04:06>> PEACE AND SECURITY REMAINS A
00:04:08TWO STATE SOLUTION WITH A SAFE
00:04:10AND SECURE ISRAEL, ALONGSIDE A
00:04:12SOVEREIGN AND VIABLE PALESTINIAN STATE MADE UP OF GAZA AND THE
00:04:16WEST BANK, INCLUDING EAST
00:04:20JERUSALEM. THREE PRIORITIES TO ADVANCE PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT
00:04:23GOAL. FIRST, IN GAZA, THE UNITED
00:04:27KINGDOM WELCOMES THE RECENT FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING SECURITY
00:04:29COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2803, AND
00:04:32WANTS TO SEE IT IMPLEMENTED IN
00:04:35FULL. THAT MEANS ALL PARTIES DELIVERING ON THEIR COMMITMENTS,
00:04:38INCLUDING RESPECT FOR THE
00:04:40CEASEFIRE, HAMAS FULFILLING ITS
00:04:42DECOMMISSIONING COMMITMENTS, THE PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF THE ISRAELI
00:04:46DEFENSE FORCES, AS SET OUT IN THE 20 POINT PLAN AND THE
00:04:50ROADMAP PHASE TWO, AND THE TRANSITION OF GOVERNANCE AND
00:04:53SECURITY CONTROL TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. WE ENCOURAGE THE PALESTINIAN
00:04:57AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE
00:05:00IMPLEMENTING REFORMS NEEDED TO FULFILL THAT ROLE. WE THANK THE
00:05:03US, QATAR, TURKEY AND EGYPT FOR THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO
00:05:08PROGRESS THESE NEGOTIATIONS. THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL CONTINUE TO
00:05:11WORK WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS TO
00:05:13END THE CONFLICT IN GAZA AND THE
00:05:17TERROR THREAT FROM HAMAS. AS FOREIGN SECRETARY ED MILIBAND HAS SAID, CONDITIONS FOR THE
00:05:20PEOPLE OF GAZA REMAIN APPALLING.
00:05:25ISRAELI AUTHORITIES MUST END UNACCEPTABLE RESTRICTIONS ON AID
00:05:28AND ENABLE SAFE, SUSTAINED AND
00:05:31UNHINDERED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
00:05:34ACROSS GAZA. SECOND, ADDRESSING
00:05:36VIOLENCE IN THE WEST BANK. THE
00:05:39UNITED KINGDOM CONDEMNS ESCALATING VIOLENCE ACROSS THE
00:05:42WEST BANK. IN JULY ALONE, 13
00:05:44PALESTINIANS AND TWO ISRAELIS
00:05:47WERE KILLED. RECENT ATTACKS BY ISRAELI SETTLERS ON PALESTINIAN
00:05:51VILLAGES AND COMMUNITIES, IN
00:05:53SOME CASES ALONGSIDE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE PERSONNEL, ARE
00:05:56APPALLING. THESE ARE NOT
00:05:59ISOLATED INCIDENTS ORCHARD'S
00:06:02JULY REPORT REPORT RECORDS MORE
00:06:04THAN 1300 SETTLER RELATED
00:06:07INCIDENTS, AFFECTING OVER 250
00:06:10PALESTINIAN COMMUNITIES. AROUND 900 PALESTINIANS INJURED AND
00:06:13MORE THAN 3200 DISPLACED, AND AT
00:06:15LEAST THREE ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN
00:06:17KILLED AND 24 INJURED. THIS YEAR
00:06:21CHILDREN ARE AMONG THE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS CONFLICT. THEY
00:06:24ARE BEING EXPOSED TO REPEATED
00:06:26VIOLENCE, DISPLACEMENT AND
00:06:28DISRUPTION DUE TO MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS AND MILITARY OPERATIONS. ON THE 4th OF
00:06:32AUGUST, ISRAELI FORCES
00:06:34DEMOLISHED THREE DONOR FUNDED
00:06:37CLASSROOMS AT A SCHOOL JUST
00:06:39WEEKS BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE CALL ON THE
00:06:43GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT THE
00:06:47PALESTINIAN POPULATION OF THE
00:06:50OCCUPIED TERRITORY. WE WELCOME RECENT ARRESTS AND INDICTMENTS
00:06:54BY ISRAELI AUTHORITIES OF THE PERPETRATORS OF SETTLER VIOLENCE. BUT PERPETRATORS HAVE
00:06:57ACTED WITH IMPUNITY FOR TOO
00:06:59LONG, AND MUCH MORE MUST BE DONE
00:07:01TO PREVENT AND PROSECUTE ACTS OF
00:07:04VIOLENCE. ISRAELI AUTHORITIES
00:07:07SECURITY MEASURES MUST BE PROPORTIONATE, CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND
00:07:10CONTRIBUTE TO DE-ESCALATION.
00:07:13THIRD, HALTING EXPANSION OF
00:07:16SETTLEMENTS IN THE WEST BANK.
00:07:18SETTLEMENTS ARE ILLEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW. THEY
00:07:22UNDERMINE THE VIABILITY OF A TWO STATE SOLUTION, AND THEY FUEL
00:07:25INSECURITY FOR BOTH PALESTINIANS
00:07:29AND ISRAELIS. THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL HAS APPROVED 104
00:07:32SETTLEMENTS IN FOUR YEARS, AN
00:07:34INCREASE OF 80%, AND ALLOCATED
00:07:37UNPRECEDENTED FUNDING TO THE
00:07:38CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SETTLEMENTS.
00:07:43THE UNITED KINGDOM CONDEMNS THREATS TO EXPAND ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS AND OUTPOSTS, AND
00:07:46OPPOSES THE DECISION TO REINTRODUCE THE E1 SETTLEMENT
00:07:49PLAN, WHICH AIMS TO CUT THE WEST
00:07:51BANK IN HALF. WE ARE ALARMED BY RECENT MASS INCURSIONS AT THE
00:07:55HARAM AL-SHARIF TEMPLE MOUNT. THE STATUS QUO ON JERUSALEM'S
00:07:59HOLY SITES MUST BE RESPECTED. MADAM PRESIDENT, IN THE PAST
00:08:02WEEKS, WE HAVE SEEN RENEWED
00:08:04EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT RESOLUTION
00:08:072803, WHICH OFFERS THE MOST VIABLE PATHWAY TOWARDS LASTING
00:08:10PEACE. THE DETERIORATING
00:08:12TRAJECTORY IN THE WEST BANK MUST NOT UNDERMINE THAT HARD WON
00:08:16PROCESS. THANK YOU.
00:08:19>> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND I NOW
00:08:22GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
00:08:25REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
00:08:27REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO >> PRESIDENT. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, THE DRC.
00:08:31THANKS. THE DEPUTY SPECIAL
00:08:33COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
00:08:35PEACE PROCESS, MR. RAMIZ ALAKBAROV, AS WELL AS THE DEPUTY
00:08:39EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF,
00:08:42MISS HANAN SULEIMAN, FOR THEIR
00:08:45INSIGHTFUL BRIEFINGS. BARELY A MONTH AGO, ON JUNE 29th, MY
00:08:48DELEGATION HAD ALREADY EXPRESSED
00:08:51ITS CONCERN REGARDING THE PERSISTING VIOLENCE AND TENSIONS
00:08:54IN THE WEST BANK DEVELOPMENTS
00:08:57SINCE THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE ONLY HEIGHTENED THIS CONCERN AND
00:09:00HIGHLIGHT THE URGENT NEED TO
00:09:03MAINTAIN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO A LASTING PEACE. THE DRC
00:09:07BELIEVES THAT DE-ESCALATION AND THE PREVENTION OF NEW TENSIONS
00:09:10MUST REMAIN THE ABSOLUTE
00:09:11PRIORITY. FOR THE SAKE OF ALL POPULATIONS CONCERNED, AS WELL
00:09:15AS REGIONAL STABILITY MY COUNTRY
00:09:19HAS BEEN ATTENTIVELY HAS STRONGLY CONDEMNED ALL VIOLENCE
00:09:23AGAINST PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS, ISRAELIS, ISRAELI CIVILIANS, AND
00:09:25ALL ACTS OF TERRORISM, AND CALL
00:09:27ON ALL PARTIES TO DEMONSTRATE
00:09:30RESTRAINT. MY COUNTRY HAS BEEN ATTENTIVELY FOLLOWING THE EVOLUTION OF THE SITUATION, AS
00:09:34WELL AS THE GROWING DIFFICULTIES
00:09:38THAT FACE CIVILIAN POPULATIONS,
00:09:40ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST BANK,
00:09:44INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM. DISPLACEMENT RESTRICTIONS ON
00:09:46ACCESS AND DISRUPTIONS OF
00:09:48ESSENTIAL SERVICES CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MOST VULNERABLE
00:09:52COMMUNITIES. MY DELEGATION, ESPECIALLY CONCERNED BY THE
00:09:55SITUATION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE THE PRIMARY VICTIMS OF THIS
00:09:59INSTABILITY IN THE WEST BANK,
00:10:01DISRUPTIONS OF ACCESS TO
00:10:06EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES FURTHER
00:10:07JEOPARDIZE CHILDREN AND THE MOST
00:10:10VULNERABLE FAMILIES. THE DRC UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF
00:10:14MAINTAINING, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THE CONTINUITY OF THESE
00:10:17SERVICES, AND TO GUARANTEE THAT EVERY CHILD IS ABLE TO GROW,
00:10:21LEARN AND TO DEVELOP IN
00:10:24CONDITIONS THAT ARE DECENT AND
00:10:26THAT FOSTER A BRIGHT FUTURE.
00:10:28HERE, THE DRC WOULD LIKE TO REAFFIRM THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
00:10:32FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION 2334 OF 2016 OF THE
00:10:35SECURITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE
00:10:38RESPECT FOR OBLIGATIONS UNDER
00:10:40INTERNATIONAL LAW. WE ENCOURAGE
00:10:42ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO AVOID MEASURES AND ACTIONS THAT COULD FURTHER INFLAME TENSIONS,
00:10:46COMPROMISE THE STABILITY ON THE
00:10:49GROUND, OR HAMPER PROGRESS TOWARD A NEGOTIATED AND LASTING
00:10:53SOLUTION. WE ARE TROUBLED BY THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION, AND WE
00:10:56THEREFORE CALL FOR CONTINUED
00:10:59EFFORTS TO GUARANTEE SAFE, RAPID, PREDICTABLE AND
00:11:03COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
00:11:05FOR POPULATIONS IN NEED. IN THIS
00:11:07REGARD, WE COMMEND THE ACTIONS
00:11:10OF THE UN THROUGH AS WELL AS THE
00:11:13HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTINUE THEIR MISSION UNDER
00:11:15DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. THE DRC
00:11:20ALSO ENCOURAGES THE STRENGTHENING OF COORDINATION
00:11:22BETWEEN ACTORS INVOLVED IN ORDER
00:11:25TO FACILITATE AID DELIVERY, IN LINE WITH LEGITIMATE SECURITY
00:11:29NEEDS, PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. SPECIAL
00:11:33ATTENTION OUGHT TO BE PAID TO PROTECTING HUMANITARIAN WORKERS,
00:11:36AS WELL AS THE CONTINUITY OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY
00:11:39IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH CARE,
00:11:41EDUCATION, WATER AND SANITATION.
00:11:44MADAM PRESIDENT, THE GOVERNMENT OF MY COUNTRY IS CONVINCED THAT
00:11:48THE RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT
00:11:49CHALLENGES MUST BE PART OF A BROADER POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE.
00:11:53THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OUGHT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
00:11:56EFFORTS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR A LASTING PEACE THAT IS BASED
00:11:59UPON DIALOG. RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND DUE,
00:12:03REGARD FOR LEGITIMATE CONCERNS,
00:12:05SECURITY CONCERNS OF ALL PARTIES
00:12:10THE DRC ALSO RECOGNIZES THE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS WITH REGARD
00:12:13TO SECURITY OF ISRAEL, AND UNDERSCORES THAT THESE, AS WELL
00:12:17AS PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS, OUGHT TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
00:12:20WHILE FULLY RESPECTING INTERNATIONAL LAW. WE THEREFORE, ENCOURAGE ALL PARTIES TO
00:12:24EXERCISE RESTRAINT, PURSUE DIALOG, AND ABSTAIN FROM ANY
00:12:27ACTIONS THAT COULD EXACERBATE
00:12:29THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND.
00:12:32ONLY A CREDIBLE, NEGOTIATED POLITICAL PROCESS THAT IS BASED
00:12:35UPON THE RELEVANT UN RESOLUTIONS
00:12:37WILL BRING ABOUT A JUST,
00:12:42COMPREHENSIVE AND LASTING PEACE THAT PROVIDES POPULATIONS THE SECURITY, DIGNITY, AND STABILITY
00:12:45THAT THEY LEGITIMATELY ASPIRE
00:12:47TO. MADAM PRESIDENT, IN CLOSING,
00:12:52THE DRC REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING INTERNATIONAL LAW,
00:12:55TO PROTECTING CIVILIAN
00:12:58POPULATIONS, AND TO SEEKING A LASTING POLITICAL SOLUTION. WE
00:13:01REMAIN CONVINCED THAT THE PATH
00:13:02OF DIALOG, RESTRAINT, AND
00:13:06COOPERATION OUGHT TO PREVAIL OVER THAT OF CONFRONTATION IN
00:13:09ORDER TO MAINTAIN PROSPECTS FOR
00:13:11PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE
00:13:13REGION. THE DRC. THUS CALLS UPON
00:13:16THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS STEADILY
00:13:20AND WITH DETERMINATION, IN ORDER
00:13:21TO PAVE THE WAY FOR A LASTING
00:13:25PEACE BASED UPON COEXISTENCE,
00:13:27DIGNITY AND SECURITY FOR ALL. THANK YOU.
00:13:30>> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
00:13:34CONGO, AND I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBERIA.
00:13:38>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM
00:13:40PRESIDENT. LIBERIA. THANKS. THE
00:13:42DEPUTY SPECIAL COORDINATOR PEACE
00:13:46PROCESS AND THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE
00:13:49DIRECTOR OF UNICEF BRIEFINGS 79
00:14:01YEARS AGO, LIBERIA CAST ITS VOTE
00:14:05FOR UN RESOLUTION 181, A VISION
00:14:11OF TWO SOVEREIGN HOMES, AN ARAB
00:14:17STATE AND A JEWISH STATE. ONE
00:14:23WAS BORN AND LIBERIA WAS AMONG
00:14:25THE FIRST TO SPENT NEARLY EIGHT
00:14:32DECADES CAUGHT IN THE CRUEL
00:14:34PHYSICS OF OCCUPATION,
00:14:39DISPLACEMENT AND UNFULFILLED
00:14:42PROMISE LIBERIA HAS NEVER
00:14:46WITHDRAWN THAT VOTE. TODAY
00:14:59DESTINATION. WE DESCRIBE IN
00:15:02BRIEFINGS, RATHER THAN A
00:15:05POLITICAL DECISION. WE ACTUALLY
00:15:09ENFORCE. WE DEPLORE. WE ADJOIN
00:15:15AND MEANWHILE, PHYSICAL FACTS ON
00:15:19THE GROUND ARE SET LATEST U.N.
00:15:25REPORT LAID REALITY ACROSS THE
00:15:32WEST BANK OVER 33000
00:15:36PALESTINIANS REMAIN FORCIBLY
00:15:40DISPLACED JENIN, TULKARM AND
00:15:46NOR. SHAMS. THEIR HOMES, EMPTIED
00:15:48THEIR RIGHT OF RETURN DENIED
00:15:53ACCELERATION OF THE E1
00:15:56SETTLEMENT PROJECT AND ONGOING LAND GRABS THREATEN TO SEVER THE
00:15:59WEST BANK IN TWO. DEALING AN
00:16:04IRREVERSIBLE BLOW TO ANY VIABLE,
00:16:08CONTIGUOUS PALESTINIAN FUTURE
00:16:11THESE ARE NOT ADMINISTRATIVE
00:16:14ADJUSTMENTS. THEY ARE THE
00:16:17SYSTEMATIC BURIAL OF PEACE. YET
00:16:24LIBERIA'S CLARITY
00:16:30NON-NEGOTIABLE PRINCIPLES FIRST
00:16:36IS INDIVISIBLE NO DURABLE PEACE
00:16:43EVER TAKE ROOT. WHILE ISRAELIS
00:16:47LIVE. AND WHILE ISRAELIS LIVE
00:16:51UNDER THE TERROR
00:17:04WITH EQUAL SEVERITY THE
00:17:08UNBEARABLE SUFFERING INFLICTED
00:17:10UPON PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS,
00:17:12WHERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN THE
00:17:16CATASTROPHIC BRUNT OF A CRISIS,
00:17:19NOT OF THEIR MAKING HAMAS, AN
00:17:24ARMED FACTION STATEHOOD HOSTAGE
00:17:30TO ITS OWN SURVIVAL,
00:17:33PARADOXICALLY UNDERMINES THE
00:17:37VERY LIBERATION AND MUCH NEEDED
00:17:39STATEHOOD. IT CLAIMS TO PURSUE.
00:17:43THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION
00:17:472803, WEAPONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO
00:17:54ESTABLISHING ONE LEGITIMATE
00:17:57GOVERNMENT, ONE LAW, AND ONE
00:18:03SECURITY AUTHORITY. TRUE ABOUT
00:18:09ENDING SETTLEMENT EXPANSION AND
00:18:13ITS VIOLENCE IN THE WEST BANK.
00:18:17SECOND.
00:18:25SECRETARY GENERAL'S REPORT
00:18:28RECALLED A STAGGERING SCALE OF
00:18:31VIOLENCE AND VIOLATIONS AGAINST
00:18:35CHILDREN ACROSS THE REGION NO
00:18:50. MADAM PRESIDENT LIBERIA
00:18:59CREDIBILITY ON THIS ISSUE
00:19:03AGAINST FOUR TESTS PROTECTION
00:19:09RETURN AND VIABILITY. IF WE
00:19:19FAIL, THESE FOUR TESTS, LET US
00:19:24THEN DROP THE DIPLOMATIC
00:19:26PRETENSE. WE ARE PRESIDING OVER
00:19:33ITS HISTORY WILL NOT ASK WHETHER
00:19:42THIS COUNCIL ISSUED ENOUGH PRESS
00:19:46STATEMENTS DEBATED THE MIDDLE
00:19:48EAST AND PALESTINIAN QUESTION
00:19:52TIME WITHOUT NUMBER. WILL ASK
00:19:57WHETHER, WHEN THE WINDOW WAS
00:20:03BEING SEALED SHORT BENEATH
00:20:08CONCRETE AND VIOLENCE, WE HAD
00:20:18LIBERIA CAST ITS VOTE FOR TWO
00:20:21STATES IN 1947. CONTINUE TO
00:20:27STAND FOR THE SECURITY OF BOTH
00:20:31PEOPLES. ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF THEIR
00:20:40CHILDREN TO INHERIT A FUTURE
00:20:43DEFINED NOT ATTENTION.
00:20:54>> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBERIA FOR THE STATEMENT, AND I
00:20:58NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN.
00:21:01>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:21:05THE DISTINGUISHED
00:21:13THIS COUNCIL OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS THIS
00:21:17SITUATION THAT WE ARE
00:21:18DISCUSSING. AND THE TWO
00:21:21BRIEFINGS WE HAVE HEARD TODAY
00:21:23ARE ACTION. THE SITUATION AS
00:21:30PRESENTED IS GRAVE SPEAK FOR
00:21:37THEMSELVES. DEPUTY SPECIAL
00:21:49BUILDING ON DECADES OF CONFLICT
00:21:54AND OCCUPATION THAT ARE
00:21:57UNDERMINING THE PROSPECTS OF THE
00:22:00TWO STATE SOLUTION AND DEPUTY
00:22:03EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SULEIMAN
00:22:08INFORMED US OF THE WIDE
00:22:11CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT WAS
00:22:12HAPPENING IN THE WEST BANK,
00:22:18ESPECIALLY FOR. AND, AGAIN THE
00:22:27COUNCIL MUST RESPOND BECAUSE THE
00:22:29SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED WEST
00:22:32BANK IS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY
00:22:44OCCUPATION, ALTER THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND TERRITORIAL
00:22:47GROUND, AND UNDERMINE THE
00:22:50PROSPECTS OF A PALESTINIAN
00:22:53STATE. SETTLEMENT REACHED AN
00:22:56ALARMING SCALE. THE EXPANSION OF
00:22:58SETTLEMENTS IN THE E1
00:23:15AREA, . THIS IS ACCOMPANIED BY
00:23:18UNPRECEDENTED SETTLER VIOLENCE.
00:23:20THE WEST BANK HAS EXPERIENCED
00:23:24ITS LARGEST DISPLACEMENT SINCE
00:23:281967. FURTHERMORE OVER LAND
00:23:35REGISTRATION, ADMINISTRATION AND
00:23:36ENFORCEMENT IS COMPOUNDING DE
00:23:40FACTO ANNEXATION IN VIOLATION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS
00:23:44AND THE ICJ ADVISORY ALONGSIDE
00:23:50THESE MEASURES, THE WITHHOLDING
00:23:51OF PALESTINIAN REVENUES IS
00:23:55SEVERELY UNDERMINING PALESTINIAN INSTITUTIONS. THESE REVENUES
00:23:58BELONG TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
00:23:59AND MUST BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY
00:24:09MOSQUE, AL-HARAM AL-SHARIF, ON
00:24:1124th JULY OF EIGHT ARAB ISLAMIC
00:24:14COUNTRIES, IN THEIR STATEMENT,
00:24:16HAVE CONDEMNED THE CONTINUED BY
00:24:20SETTLERS. THE DESTRUCTIVE
00:24:25POLICIES AND ACTIONS IS
00:24:30INTIMIDATION, DISPOSSESSION AND
00:24:32FORCED DISPLACEMENT, THEREBY PERPETUATING THE CYCLE OF
00:24:36OCCUPATION AND ANNEXATION. ALL
00:24:41IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL
00:24:42LAW. MADAM PRESIDENT, IN GAZA,
00:24:46THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IS EXTREMELY FRAGILE. PRESIDENT
00:24:49TRUMP'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
00:24:53CONFLICT PROVIDED AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ALLEVIATE
00:24:56HUMANITARIAN SUFFERING AND
00:24:58ADVANCE A CREDIBLE PATHWAY TO
00:25:01PALESTINIAN SELF-DETERMINATION
00:25:04AND STATEHOOD. BE SQUANDERED.
00:25:10PAKISTAN WELCOMED THE POSITIVE
00:25:12DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE BOARD OF PEACE TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION
00:25:15OF THE GAZA APPRECIATE THE
00:25:21MEDIATORS, INCLUDING THE US ,
00:25:27FOR THEIR SUSTAINED EFFORTS.
00:25:29HOWEVER, ISRAEL'S CONTINUING
00:25:32MILITARY ESCALATIONS AND RECENT
00:25:35REJECTION OF THE ROADMAP RISK
00:25:40UNDERMINING THIS DIPLOMATIC PROCESS AND JEOPARDIZING THE
00:25:42PROSPECTS FOR PEACE. IN VIEW OF
00:25:46THE CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTS, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THIS
00:25:49COUNCIL IN PARTICULAR MUST ACT
00:25:52WITHOUT FIRST, THE COUNCIL MUST
00:25:55ENSURE THAT ISRAEL, THE
00:25:58OCCUPYING POWER, IMMEDIATELY
00:26:01ACTIVITY AND REVERSE ALL
00:26:05UNLAWFUL MEASURES AIMED AT ALTERING THE STATUS, CHARACTER
00:26:09DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF THE
00:26:13OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. IN LINE WITH RELEVANT SECURITY
00:26:16COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING
00:26:182334. SECOND NEEDS ACCOUNTABLE.
00:26:26THIRD, THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
00:26:28MUST BE PROVIDED INTERNATIONAL
00:26:31PROTECTION AS ALSO REQUESTED BY
00:26:34THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT. IN
00:26:36HIS LETTER TO THE COUNCIL, AND
00:26:39THE COUNCIL MUST RESPOND TO THE
00:26:41FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING
00:26:45PROTECTION THAT WERE MADE BY
00:26:48UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE TODAY.
00:26:51FOURTH
00:27:02ALL PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS. FIFTH,
00:27:08AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PEACE PLAN
00:27:11MUST BE AND IN GOOD FAITH THE
00:27:15COUNCIL MUST HAVE A SERIOUS
00:27:18DISCUSSION HOW TO TACKLE THE
00:27:21OBSTACLES AND VIOLATIONS MADAM PRESIDENT, AS THE FOREIGN
00:27:25MINISTERS OF THE GROUP OF EIGHT
00:27:27ARAB AND ISLAMIC COUNTRIES ON
00:27:316th AUGUST. IN THE STATEMENT,
00:27:35THE ONGOING ISRAELI VIOLATIONS IN THE GAZA STRIP CANNOT BE
00:27:39VIEWED IN ISOLATION FROM THE ATTACKS CARRIED OUT BY SETTLERS
00:27:42IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK. THE
00:27:47UNLAWFUL EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS UNILATERAL MEASURES
00:27:49AIMED AT ALTERING THE STATUS QUO
00:27:57TOGETHER, THESE PRACTICES
00:27:57CONSTITUTE IMPOSING A FAIT
00:28:03ACCOMPLI BY FORCE, UNDERMINING
00:28:06THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE TWO STATE
00:28:08SOLUTION MADAM PRESIDENT, THE
00:28:13SITUATION IS APPROACHING A DANGEROUS TIPPING POINT. UNLESS
00:28:16THIS TRAJECTORY IS REVERSED, THE
00:28:18CONSEQUENCES FOR THE TWO STATE
00:28:21SOLUTION AND FOR PEACE AND STABILITY ACROSS THE REGION
00:28:24COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. THE PATH
00:28:28TO PEACE IS CLEAR. IT LIES IN
00:28:30ENDING THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION
00:28:34AND ENABLING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR
00:28:37INALIENABLE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION THROUGH THE
00:28:40ESTABLISHMENT AN INDEPENDENT, SOVEREIGN, VIABLE, AND
00:28:44CONTIGUOUS STATE OF PALESTINE.
00:28:45BASED ON THE PRE 1967 AL-SHARIF
00:28:52AS ITS CAPITAL. IT IS THE ONLY CREDIBLE FOUNDATION FOR A JUST
00:28:55LASTING COMPREHENSIVE PEACE IN
00:28:58THE REGION. I THANK YOU
00:29:01>> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN FOR THE STATEMENT, AND I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
00:29:05REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN
00:29:09FEDERATION. >> MADAM PRESIDENT RUSSIA
00:29:12SUPPORTED THE CONVENING OF
00:29:14TODAY'S SECURITY COUNCIL
00:29:19MEETING. WITH
00:29:28WITH A FOCUS ON THE SITUATION IN
00:29:29THE WEST BANK. WE BELIEVE IT'S
00:29:35UNACCEPTABLE TO FURTHER ERODE
00:29:35INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TOWARD
00:29:40THE TASK OF ACHIEVING A JUST AND LASTING MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT.
00:29:43THE CORNERSTONE OF WHICH WAS AND
00:29:47REMAINS, THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT. THE CONFRONTATION,
00:29:51WHICH DECADES LATER, REMAINS THE
00:29:52KEY IRRITANT IN THE REGION, PERPETUATING ITS GENERAL STATE
00:29:56OF CRISIS AND CAUSING NEW
00:29:59FLASHPOINTS OF TENSION TO EMERGE
00:30:02IN THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST
00:30:04REGION. WE THANK THE DEPUTY
00:30:07SPECIAL COORDINATOR OF THE UN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE
00:30:10PROCESS, RAMIZ ALAKBAROV, AND
00:30:12THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
00:30:16UNICEF, HANAN SULEIMAN, FOR THEIR DETAILED BRIEFINGS ON THE
00:30:19SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK. WE
00:30:22AGREE WITH THE ALARMING ASSESSMENTS OF THESE YOUNG
00:30:26REPRESENTATIVES, ESSENTIALLY, THE WEST BANK IS APPROACHING A
00:30:29POINT OF NO RETURN, WITH A RISK
00:30:31OF PROFOUND DESTABILIZATION OF
00:30:34THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE
00:30:36ENTIRE REGION. THE REASONS FOR THIS DANGEROUS TREND ARE WELL
00:30:39KNOWN. THEY LIE IN THE CREEPING
00:30:41EXPANSION OF ISRAEL AND THE OPT.
00:30:45THE ESCALATION OF SETTLEMENT, ACTIVITY, OF SETTLEMENT
00:30:47VIOLENCE, AND THE UNPRECEDENTED TIGHTENING OF ISRAELI
00:30:51RESTRICTIONS ON THE MOVEMENT OF PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS AGAINST
00:30:54THE POSITION OF MOST OF THE
00:30:56INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. WEST JERUSALEM CONTINUES ITS ILLEGAL
00:31:00POLICY OF BUILDING NEW SETTLEMENTS. A FEW DAYS AGO, THE
00:31:03GOVERNMENT ISSUED YET ANOTHER TENDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
00:31:07OVER 600 HOUSING UNITS IN THE
00:31:08PROVINCE OF RAMALLAH AND
00:31:12AL-BIREH. SETTLER VIOLENCE HAS REACHED EXTREME LEVELS. WHEN THEY'RE CARRIED OUT, IT'S
00:31:16CARRIED OUT NOT ONLY WITH IMPUNITY, BUT SOMETIMES WITH THE CONNIVANCE OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS.
00:31:20IN LATE JULY, EARLY AUGUST,
00:31:23THERE WAS A WAVE OF ATTACKS CARRIED OUT IN A NUMBER OF
00:31:26CITIES IN WHICH RADICALS BURNED MOSQUES, RAVAGED HOMES AND
00:31:30VEHICLES, AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE
00:31:31WERE INJURED, ACCORDING TO
00:31:34OPENLY AVAILABLE SOURCES. THE. THIS SETTLER VIOLENCE IS
00:31:38REACHING TRAGIC NEW LEVELS. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS
00:31:41YEAR, OVER 11,000 ATTACKS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED. ISRAELI
00:31:44CIVILIANS HAVE KILLED OVER 20.
00:31:46WEST BANK CIVILIANS. IN
00:31:50PARALLEL, WE ARE SEEING
00:31:52INTENSIFYING IDF OPERATIONS TO
00:31:56CLEAR WEST BANK TOWNS AND REFUGEE CAMPS. THESE ARMED RAIDS
00:32:00ARE ACCOMPANIED BY ARBITRARY ARRESTS OF PALESTINIANS AND LARGE SCALE RESTRICTIONS ON
00:32:04THEIR MOVEMENT. ESPECIALLY
00:32:07TROUBLING IS THE FACT THAT, DUE
00:32:09TO THESE MEASURES, THE LARGEST
00:32:13PALESTINIAN TOWNS ARE BLOCKADED,
00:32:15AND EVEN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. WE
00:32:18CALL ON ISRAEL TO REFRAIN FROM
00:32:23ANY ARBITRARY MEASURES, INCLUDING SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY,
00:32:26THAT UNDERMINE THE PROSPECTS FOR
00:32:28A TWO STATE SOLUTION, AS WELL AS TO TAKE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO
00:32:31CURB SETTLER VIOLENCE AND TO
00:32:36IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO IMPLEMENTING RELEVANT UN
00:32:40RESOLUTIONS. MADAM PRESIDENT, OF
00:32:43EQUAL CONCERN IS THE SITUATION IN ANOTHER PART OF THE OPT THAT
00:32:47IS GAZA. THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMERICAN
00:32:51PEACE PLAN FOR GAZA HAS
00:32:54ESSENTIALLY STALLED. CERTAINLY,
00:32:55IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT,
00:32:59THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF MEDIATORS, LARGE SCALE BLOODSHED HAS CEASED IN THE ENCLAVE.
00:33:02HOWEVER, THE CEASEFIRE REGIME CONTINUES TO BE SYSTEMATICALLY
00:33:04VIOLATED, MAINLY BY ISRAEL. THIS
00:33:07IS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED BY THE
00:33:09NUMBERS OF VICTIMS. IN LESS THAN
00:33:15A YEAR SINCE THE FORMAL ENTRY INTO EFFECT OF THE CEASEFIRE.
00:33:18ISRAELIS HAVE KILLED ALMOST 1300 PALESTINIANS, AMONG THEM,
00:33:21ACCORDING TO UNICEF, FIGURES, ARE ALMOST 300 CHILDREN. THAT
00:33:24MEANS THAT OVER THE PAST 300 DAYS IN GAZA, ON AVERAGE, ONE
00:33:28CHILD HAS BEEN KILLED PER DAY BY
00:33:30ISRAELI SOLDIERS. DESPITE THIS TRAGIC REALITY HERE AT THE
00:33:34SECURITY COUNCIL, A NUMBER OF WESTERN DELEGATIONS HAVE OVER
00:33:38THE PAST FEW MONTHS PLACED THE
00:33:40ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
00:33:43STAGNATION OF THE GAZA PEACE
00:33:46PLAN ON HAMAS ALONE. WE ALL
00:33:48RECALL HOW DURING SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE LEADERSHIP
00:33:53OF HAMAS WERE INSISTENTLY CALLED UPON TO IMMEDIATELY LAY DOWN
00:33:56THEIR ARMS, NOT TO HINDER THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE
00:33:58FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF GAZA
00:34:01AND TO ACCEPT THE ROADMAP OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOARD
00:34:04OF PEACE. NICKOLAY MLADENOV.
00:34:07WE'D LIKE TO HOPE THAT OUR
00:34:10WESTERN COLLEAGUES WILL SHOW THE SAME UNITY AND RESOLVE WITH REGARD TO THE OTHER PARTY, TO
00:34:14THE CONFLICT, IN LIGHT OF THE
00:34:17PUBLIC REJECTION OF THE ROADMAP BY WEST JERUSALEM. WHILE HAMAS
00:34:20HAS AGREED TO THE DEAL. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE REPEATEDLY NOTED
00:34:24THAT SUCCESS OF ANY PEACE INITIATIVE ON MIDDLE EAST
00:34:27SETTLEMENT WILL BE MEASURED BY THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ITS CHIEF GOAL, THE CREATION OF A SINGLE,
00:34:30INDEPENDENT AND CONTIGUOUS STATE OF PALESTINE AND THE WEST BANK
00:34:33AND GAZA, WITH ITS CAPITAL IN
00:34:37EAST JERUSALEM. THE CREATION OF A STATE COEXISTING IN PEACE AND
00:34:41SECURITY WITH ISRAEL, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE EXPERIENCE
00:34:44OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RESOLVE THE
00:34:47PALESTINIAN ISSUE, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT ISSUES. HASTILY
00:34:51OR THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF AD
00:34:56HOC BACKROOM SCHEMES. EQUALLY
00:34:57FUTILE, OR ATTEMPTS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES TO MONOPOLIZE THE ROLE
00:35:01OF MEDIATOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PRINCIPAL MEDIATOR ACTS SOLELY
00:35:04IN THE INTERESTS OF ONE SIDE OF
00:35:08THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHEN ONE CAN HARDLY EXPECT TO SEE JUSTICE
00:35:12OR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE
00:35:14ASPIRATIONS OF THE PALESTINIAN
00:35:18PEOPLE, HOWEVER, AN ALTERNATIVE PATH REMAINS OPEN. ACHIEVING LASTING STABILITY AND AN
00:35:21IMPROVED SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS POSSIBLE AND NECESSARY
00:35:25THROUGH COORDINATED INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL
00:35:28EFFORTS THAT RELY ON THE EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL
00:35:31BASIS FOR SETTLEMENT, THE
00:35:34CORNERSTONE OF WHICH IS THE TWO
00:35:35STATES FOR TWO PEOPLES FORMULA. THANK YOU.
00:35:39>> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE STATEMENT, AND I NOW GIVE THE
00:35:43FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
00:35:45PANAMA. >> GRACIAS.
00:35:48>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:35:51PANAMA IS GRATEFUL FOR THE
00:35:53CONVENING OF THIS MEETING. WE.
00:35:58THANK MR. RAMIZ ALAKBAROV,
00:36:02DEPUTY SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS,
00:36:04AND MRS. HANAN SULEIMAN, DEPUTY
00:36:10EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF,
00:36:10FOR THEIR INVALUABLE AND MOVING
00:36:14TESTIMONY MOREOVER, WE RECOGNIZE
00:36:19THE PRESENCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF
00:36:21ISRAEL AND THE OBSERVER STATE OF
00:36:24PALESTINE. THEY ARE WITH US IN
00:36:26THE CHAMBER THIS MORNING. WE
00:36:32NOTE WITH GRAVE CONCERN THE INCREASING WORSENING OF THE
00:36:35SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK THAT
00:36:37HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE
00:36:39BRIEFERS, WITH FIGURES. THE
00:36:42RECENT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE
00:36:44AND INTIMIDATION CONTINUES TO
00:36:47CLAIM LIVES TRIGGER THE
00:36:51DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES AND WORSEN THE HUMANITARIAN
00:36:55SITUATION. IN ADDITION, WE ARE SEEING RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON
00:36:59MOVEMENT THAT CONTINUE TO STYMIE ACCESS TO THE CIVILIAN
00:37:03POPULATION AND THEIR ACCESS TO
00:37:04CRUCIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING
00:37:07EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND
00:37:11LIVELIHOODS. THAT, IN TURN,
00:37:14WORSENS THE CONDITIONS ENDURED
00:37:16BY THE MOST VULNERABLE
00:37:20COMMUNITIES. WITH DRAMATIC
00:37:23LUCIDITY, MISS HANNA SULEIMAN DESCRIBED JUST THAT IN HER
00:37:26BRIEFING. SHE SAID THAT THOSE THAT MOST ACUTELY SUFFER THE
00:37:30CONSEQUENCES OF THIS SITUATION
00:37:33INCLUDE CHILDREN. THE
00:37:36CONTINUATION OF VIOLENCE, THE RISING TIDE OF ATTACKS AND
00:37:40FORCED DISPLACEMENT. DO NOT ONLY
00:37:44AFFECT THE WEST BANK. THAT IS
00:37:45THE SUBJECT OF THIS MEETING.
00:37:49THESE PHENOMENA ALSO UNDERMINE THE DEVELOPMENT, WELL-BEING AND
00:37:53ACCESS OF MANY CHILDREN TO SAFE,
00:37:58UNINTERRUPTED EDUCATION. AS SUCH, WE REITERATE THE
00:38:00IMPORTANCE OF GUARANTEEING SAFE,
00:38:06CONTINUED ACCESS WITHOUT FEAR OR
00:38:08INTIMIDATION. AND INDEED, THIS
00:38:10ACCESS TO EDUCATION MUST ALSO BE
00:38:13UNINTERRUPTED. PROTECTING CHILDREN AND ACCESS TO
00:38:16EDUCATION, AS WELL AS ENSURING
00:38:19THE AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE
00:38:21MEDICAL TREATMENT, ARE ALL
00:38:24CRUCIAL COMPONENTS OF PRESERVING
00:38:27COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND OF
00:38:29LAYING THE BASIS FOR A LASTING
00:38:31PEACE. SCHOOLS MUST REMAIN SAFE
00:38:38SPACES FOR LEARNING AND PROTECTION. THEY MUST BE FREE OF
00:38:41FEAR, INTIMIDATION AND SPARED
00:38:43THE EFFECTS OF THE CONFLICT. ANY
00:38:47IMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL
00:38:49INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANY DISRUPTION
00:38:52TO EDUCATIONAL ACCESS UNDERMINES
00:38:57CHILDREN'S PROSPECTS FOR THEIR
00:38:58FUTURE. PRESIDENT, VIOLENCE DOES
00:39:02NOT ONLY CLAIM LIVES AND DESTROY
00:39:05LIVELIHOODS. IT ALSO FUELS A
00:39:07CLIMATE OF ONGOING, RELENTLESS
00:39:09FEAR THAT LIMITS FREEDOM OF
00:39:12MOVEMENT. THAT EXPOSES VICTIMS
00:39:16OF ATTACKS TO DISPLACEMENT
00:39:18RISKS. AND THIS VIOLENCE ALSO
00:39:22UNDERMINES THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, BECAUSE DAILY
00:39:25ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS LEAVING
00:39:29HOUSES, BECOME A CONSTANT SOURCE OF CONCERN AND INSECURITY.
00:39:33CONSEQUENTLY, PROTECTING
00:39:36CIVILIANS MUST CONTINUE TO REMAIN AN IMMEDIATE PRIORITY. THIS MUST BE DONE WITH STRINGENT
00:39:40ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW,
00:39:43INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, AND THE
00:39:47RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS OF THIS
00:39:49COUNCIL. AGAINST THIS BACKDROP,
00:39:52PANAMA REITERATES ITS SUPPORT
00:39:53FOR THE WORK THAT THE UNITED
00:39:58NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES CONTINUE TO DO. WE PARTICULARLY
00:40:02COMMEND THE LAUDABLE WORK OF
00:40:04UNICEF, DONE ALONGSIDE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN
00:40:07ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL ONES, TO
00:40:10AFFORD ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIANS. WE COMMEND THEIR WORK TO PROTECT
00:40:14CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT EFFORTS
00:40:16AIMED AT PRESERVING STABILITY.
00:40:19TO THIS WORK MUST BE ABLE TO
00:40:23CONTINUE SAFELY IN AN
00:40:25INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL
00:40:29FASHION. WHILE INTERNATIONAL LAW
00:40:30IS STRINGENTLY UPHELD, INCLUDING
00:40:34INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW.
00:40:37WE CALL FOR HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL TO BE PROTECTED AND
00:40:41FULL, SAFE, UNFETTERED, CONTINUED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
00:40:44FOR THOSE WHO REQUIRE IT MUST BE PROVIDED. THE CONTINUATION OF
00:40:48VIOLENCE, THE LACK OF POLITICAL
00:40:50PROGRESS, CONTINUED ATTACKS AND MEASURES WHICH FAN THE FLAMES OF
00:40:53TENSION CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE
00:40:57THE CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR THE
00:41:01PRESERVATION OF A CREDIBLE
00:41:03PEACE. ANY UNILATERAL ACTION
00:41:07WHICH ALTERS THE REALITY ON THE
00:41:09GROUND IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE
00:41:12SPIRIT AND GOALS OF THIS
00:41:15COUNCIL'S RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS,
00:41:18INCLUDING RESOLUTION 2334 OF
00:41:242016. THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF REMAINS VITAL IF WE ARE TO
00:41:27PRESERVE THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A JUST, LASTING AND MUTUALLY
00:41:31ACCEPTABLE PEACE. AS SUCH, IT IS VITAL THAT WE SEE THE RESUMPTION
00:41:34OF A CRITICAL, CREDIBLE POLITICAL PROCESS. WE MUST
00:41:37BOLSTER CONFIDENCE AND TRUST.
00:41:39CHAMPION A REFORMED PALESTINIAN
00:41:42AUTHORITY ABLE TO DISCHARGE EFFECTIVELY ITS
00:41:45RESPONSIBILITIES, AND WE MUST
00:41:47AVOID UNILATERAL ACTS, WHICH
00:41:52CONTINUE TO FURTHER DIM THE PROSPECTS FOR A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:41:55INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS OF THE
00:41:58UNITED NATIONS. THANK YOU. >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA FOR THE STATEMENT, AND I
00:42:02NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
00:42:03REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA
00:42:07>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. FIRST OF ALL, CHINA EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE
00:42:11VICTIMS OF A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE
00:42:13IN COLOMBIA AND EXPRESSES SINCERE SYMPATHIES TO THE
00:42:17BEREAVED FAMILY AND THE INJURED. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT UNDER THE
00:42:20LEADERSHIP OF THEIR GOVERNMENT, THE COLOMBIAN PEOPLE WILL SURELY
00:42:23JOIN FORCES TO OVERCOME THIS
00:42:24DISASTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
00:42:28REBUILD THEIR HOMES. SUPPORTS THE CONVENING OF THIS EMERGENCY
00:42:32MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS BOTH TIMELY AND
00:42:35NECESSARY. I THANK SPECIAL
00:42:38DEPUTY SPECIAL COORDINATOR
00:42:41ALAKBAROV AND DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SULEIMAN FOR THEIR
00:42:43BRIEFINGS CHINA IS DEEPLY
00:42:47CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECENT
00:42:49ESCALATION IN THE OCCUPIED
00:42:51PALESTINIAN TERRITORY AND IS
00:42:54DEEPLY DISTRESSED BY INCREASING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CAUSED BY
00:42:57THE ONGOING VIOLENCE. AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF INCREASING
00:43:01INSTABILITY IN THE REGION. WE
00:43:03MUST NOT ALLOW THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE BE IGNORED OR
00:43:06MARGINALIZED. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD TAKE SWIFT
00:43:10ACTION TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO CURB CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE,
00:43:14SAVE INNOCENT LIVES, AND UPHOLD
00:43:17FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE. I WOULD
00:43:19LIKE TO MAKE THREE POINTS. FIRST, WE MUST SET THE RECORD
00:43:23STRAIGHT, ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES, AND TRULY RESPECT THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE
00:43:27PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. FOR SOME
00:43:29TIME NOW, THE SITUATION IN THE
00:43:31WEST BANK AND GAZA HAS SEEN A
00:43:33SHARP DETERIORATION, LEADING TO
00:43:35MORE PAIN AND SUFFERING TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. AT ITS CORE,
00:43:39THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE
00:43:42FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW HAVE NOT BEEN RESPECTED. WHILE THE PALESTINIAN
00:43:46PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO SURVIVAL AND
00:43:49DEVELOPMENT LONG IGNORED THE LIVES OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLES ARE
00:43:52JUST AS PRECIOUS AS THOSE OF ANY
00:43:54OTHER PEOPLE. THE INTERNATIONAL
00:43:57COMMUNITY MUST UPHOLD A CLEAR
00:43:58SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG,
00:44:02FURTHER BUILD CONSENSUS PROMPTLY
00:44:03CORRECT ALL ERRONEOUS, ERRONEOUS WORDS AND DEEDS THAT DENY OR
00:44:07INFRINGE UPON THE LEGITIMATE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
00:44:09AND ENSURE THEIR EQUAL RIGHTS,
00:44:12SO AS TO EFFECTIVELY UPHOLD INTERNATIONAL FAIRNESS AND
00:44:15JUSTICE. SECOND, DECISIVE AND
00:44:19EFFECTIVE ACTION MUST BE TAKEN
00:44:20TO STOP CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE.
00:44:24THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK HAS BEEN ESCALATING DANGEROUSLY.
00:44:28THE OCCUPYING POWER IS PUSHING
00:44:31FORWARD WITH THE SETTLEMENT
00:44:33EXPANSION, DESECRATING AND VANDALIZING RELIGIOUS SITES,
00:44:36BLOCKADING REFUGEE CAMPS, AND
00:44:37CARRYING OUT MASS ARRESTS WHILE
00:44:40SETTLER VIOLENCE IS
00:44:43INTENSIFYING. IT IS SHOCKING
00:44:46THAT THE TRAINING CENTER OF
00:44:48ANGRA HAS BEEN FORCIBLY STORMED
00:44:51ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE PROTECTION
00:44:54OF CIVILIANS IS NOT AN EMPTY CATCHWORD, BUT AN OBLIGATION.
00:44:57UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW THAT THE OCCUPYING POWER MUST FULFILL.
00:45:00ISRAEL MUST IMPLEMENT. SECURITY
00:45:04COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2334 CEASE
00:45:06SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES, CURB
00:45:08SETTLER VIOLENCE, AND ENSURE
00:45:11STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY. THE AGENCY'S NORMAL FUNCTIONING, IN
00:45:15ACCORDANCE WITH ITS MANDATE,
00:45:16MUST BE RESPECTED THE SITUATION
00:45:20IN GAZA IS EQUALLY CONCERNING. EVEN AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY
00:45:23THE BOARD OF PEACE OF PROGRESS ON THE SECOND PHASE OF THE
00:45:26CEASEFIRE. ISRAEL HAS CONTINUED
00:45:29TO REFUSE TO HALT ITS
00:45:32OPERATIONS. IT HAS NOW BEEN MORE
00:45:37THAN 300 DAYS SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT OF THE CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT. YET A
00:45:40LASTING CEASEFIRE HAS YET TO BE ACHIEVED. THE CURRENT SITUATION IS NOT DUE TO A LACK OF CEASE
00:45:44FIRE PROPOSAL, BUT A LACK OF
00:45:46POLITICAL WILL TO IMPLEMENT ONE. CHINA CALLS ON ISRAEL AND ALL
00:45:50RELEVANT PARTIES TO IMPLEMENT, FULLY AND IN GOOD FAITH, THE
00:45:54GAZA CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT, AND URGES ISRAEL TO COMPLY WITH
00:45:57INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
00:46:00BY LIFTING RESTRICTIONS ON THE ENTRY OF HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES.
00:46:03COUNTRIES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE OVER THE PARTIES TO
00:46:06TAKE CONCRETE ACTIONS TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION.
00:46:09THIRD, WE MUST STAY THE COURSE AND MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO
00:46:12REVITALIZE THE POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF THE TWO STATE SOLUTION. THE TWO STATE SOLUTION
00:46:16IS THE ONLY VIABLE PATH TO RESOLVING THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE,
00:46:20AS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. ANY
00:46:22HESITATION, SKEPTICISM, OR
00:46:26WAVERING IS UNACCEPTABLE. BOTH GAZA AND THE WEST BANK ARE
00:46:29INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE STATE OF PALESTINE. ISRAEL MUST END ITS ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF THE
00:46:33PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AS SOON
00:46:37AS POSSIBLE, AND CEASE UNDERMINING THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES OF THE PALESTINIAN
00:46:40NATIONAL AUTHORITY. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD
00:46:43FULLY RESPECT THE WILL OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, ADVANCE
00:46:47POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION IN GAZA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE
00:46:50OF PALESTINIANS GOVERNING PALESTINE. RETURN TO THE CORRECT
00:46:53PATH OF THE TWO STATE SOLUTION, AND REALIZE THE EARLY
00:46:56ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT
00:46:59PALESTINIAN STATE. ONLY IN THIS WAY CAN PEACE FOR COEXISTENCE
00:47:02BETWEEN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL BE ACHIEVED. LASTING PEACE AND
00:47:05STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
00:47:08MADAM PRESIDENT, ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE, CHINA HAS ALWAYS
00:47:12BEEN ON THE SIDE OF PEACE,
00:47:16JUSTICE, AND CONSCIENCE. CHINA WILL, AS ALWAYS, SUPPORT THE
00:47:19JUST CAUSE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO REALIZE THEIR
00:47:22LEGITIMATE NATIONAL RIGHTS WORK. TO BRING AN EARLY END TO THE
00:47:25SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AND MAKE UNREMITTING
00:47:29EFFORTS TO RESTORE STABILITY TO THE REGION, AND TO BRING PEACE
00:47:33TO ITS PEOPLE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA FOR THE STATEMENT, AND I
00:47:37NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
00:47:38REPRESENTATIVE OF BAHRAIN.
00:47:44>> PRESIDENT, WE COMMEND THE CONVENING OF THIS TIMELY MEETING
00:47:48IN SUCH OR AT SUCH A SENSITIVE
00:47:52TIME. WE THANK THE BRIEFERS MR.
00:47:55RAMOS, ALAKBAROV SULEIMAN,
00:48:00EXECUTIVE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF, FOR THEIR
00:48:03BRIEFINGS. WE STRESS THE FOLLOWING. THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN HAS HAS SUPPORTED
00:48:07INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL EFFORTS TO END THE CONFLICT IN
00:48:10THE GAZA STRIP, INCLUDING THE
00:48:13COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO END THE GAZA CONFLICT AND THE ROLE
00:48:16UNDERTAKEN BY THE BOARD OF PEACE
00:48:18TO SUPPORT PRACTICAL MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN STABILITY,
00:48:21RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS, AND PAVE THE
00:48:24WAY FOR A CREDIBLE AND SERIOUS
00:48:27PEACE PROCESS. THE KINGDOM
00:48:30STRESSES THAT THE SUCCESS OF ANY PEACE PROCESS REQUIRES THAT WE
00:48:34ADDRESS THE ESCALATION IN THE
00:48:36WEST BANK, WHICH UNDERMINES
00:48:39CONFIDENCE AND WEAKENS THE
00:48:40OPPORTUNITY EXPANSION OF
00:48:47SETTLEMENTS, THE SEIZURE OF
00:48:49LAND, THE DEMOLITION OF HOMES
00:48:52AND SCHOOLS, INCLUDING
00:48:54RESTRICTIONS ON CITIES AND CAMPS, AS WELL AS RISING
00:48:58VIOLENCE BY SETTLERS, AND THE
00:48:59ATTEMPTS TO IMPOSE A UNILATERAL
00:49:02REALITY. THIS HAS STOKED THE SUFFERING OF CIVILIANS,
00:49:05INCLUDING THAT OF CHILDREN, AND
00:49:07UNDERMINED EFFORTS FOR CALM AND
00:49:10PEACE WE AREN'T CONCERNED BY
00:49:15THE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
00:49:17IN THE WEST BANK. THIS RISE HAS
00:49:21BEEN UNPRECEDENTED. 76 PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN
00:49:24KILLED SINCE EARLY 2026,
00:49:28ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS. WE STRESS THE NEED TO PROTECT CIVILIANS, INCLUDING CHILDREN,
00:49:32FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS
00:49:34HIGHLY DANGEROUS ESCALATION. WE WARN AGAINST THE CONSEQUENCES OF
00:49:37UNILATERAL POLICIES, PRACTICES
00:49:41AND MEASURES THAT AIM THAT ARE
00:49:43AIMED TO IMPOSE A UNILATERAL
00:49:47REALITY. THEY RUN COUNTER TO INTERNATIONAL LAW, INCLUDING
00:49:50IAEA, AS WELL AS RELEVANT
00:49:52SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE INALIENABLE
00:49:55RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, THEY RUN COUNTER
00:49:59INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS ON THE
00:50:02REJECTION OF THE ANNEXATION OF
00:50:05PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. VIOLATIONS AGAINST MUSLIM AND
00:50:09CHRISTIAN HOLY SITES ARE AIMED
00:50:10AT ALTERING THE IDENTITY OF
00:50:13JERUSALEM, AND THEY CAUSE TENSION AS THEY OUTRAGE THE
00:50:17CONSCIENCE OF MILLIONS OF MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS
00:50:20THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN STRESSES THE
00:50:24IMPORTANCE OF SPREADING
00:50:27CO-EXISTENCE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING TO COUNTER
00:50:30EXTREMIST BEHAVIORS AND IDEOLOGIES. WE STRESS THE NEED
00:50:34TO RESPECT THE HISTORIC AND LEGAL STATUS QUO OF HOLY SITES.
00:50:38WE STRESS THE NEED TO END VIOLATIONS PERPETRATED,
00:50:40INCLUDING.
00:50:43>> EXCAVATIONS UNDER AND AROUND AL-AQSA MOSQUE. WE UNDERLINE
00:50:47THAT THE HOLY AQSA MOSQUE AND
00:50:53AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF IN THEIR ENTIRETY, CONSTITUTE A HOLY SITE
00:50:55FOR MUSLIMS. THE MANAGEMENT OF
00:50:58AL-AQSA MOSQUE IS THEREFORE
00:51:01SUBJECT TO TO THE HISTORIC HASHEMITE CUSTODIANSHIP OVER
00:51:04MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN HOLY SITES
00:51:06IN AL AL-SHARIF. IN THIS REGARD,
00:51:11WE COMMEND THE MEETING, HELD IN
00:51:14A MAN ON THE 5th OF AUGUST. IN
00:51:17CONCLUSION, THE KINGDOM OF
00:51:21BAHRAIN STRESSES THAT JERUSALEM
00:51:23IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF PALESTINE, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE
00:51:26WEST BANK AND GAZA. IT IS THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF
00:51:30PALESTINE THAT MUST BE
00:51:32ESTABLISHED 1967. BORDERS A
00:51:36STATE THAT LIVES SIDE BY SIDE IN PEACE AND SECURITY WITH ISRAEL TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE TWO
00:51:40STATE SOLUTION AND ENSURE
00:51:43REGIONAL INTEGRATION TO FOSTER STABILITY, SECURITY AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL PEOPLES OF
00:51:47THE REGION. I THANK YOU. >> OF BAHRAIN FOR THE STATEMENT,
00:51:50AND I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
00:51:54REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMALIA
00:51:57>> ME TO BEGIN BY THANKING
00:52:00DEPUTY SPECIAL AKBAROV AND
00:52:02UNICEF DEPUTY EXECUTIVE THEIR
00:52:06UPDATES AND FOR THE UN'S
00:52:08CONTINUED WORK IN THE OCCUPIED
00:52:11PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. SOMALIA
00:52:17THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM. THE
00:52:21PAST WEEKS HAVE SEEN MORE
00:52:23CIVILIAN DEATHS, INJURIES,
00:52:26DISPLACEMENT AND DESTRUCTION
00:52:28WORSENING AN ALREADY
00:52:31HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY
00:52:33SITUATION. WE UNEQUIVOCALLY
00:52:37CONDEMN THE GROWING VIOLENCE AND
00:52:40TERRORISM FROM ISRAELI SETTLERS AGAINST PALESTINIAN COMMUNITIES,
00:52:44OFTEN IN A CONTEXT WHERE
00:52:45PALESTINIANS ARE LEFT
00:52:50UNPROTECTED THESE ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS ARE NOT ISOLATED.
00:52:54INCIDENTS. THEY ARE HAPPENING IN A WIDER CONTEXT OF LONG STANDING
00:52:58OCCUPATION, SETTLEMENT
00:53:02EXPANSION, DEMOLITIONS,
00:53:07EVICTIONS, MILITARY OPERATIONS,
00:53:10MOVEMENT AND ONGOING SETTLER
00:53:15VIOLENCE. TOGETHER, THESE FACTORS ARE ERODING THE
00:53:17FOUNDATION OF PALESTINIAN LIFE
00:53:19IN THE WEST BANK. JANUARY 2025,
00:53:25OVER 33,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED BY
00:53:29ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS
00:53:31ENGINEERING THE LARGEST
00:53:38DISPLACEMENT SINCE 1967. LIVES
00:53:43REMAIN AT IMMINENT RISK. SETTLER
00:53:48VIOLENCE IS A MAJOR DRIVER OF
00:53:50THIS CRISIS, WITH MORE THAN 1800
00:53:54ATTACKS IN 2020 ALONE, AFFECTING
00:53:58SOME 280 PALESTINIAN
00:54:02COMMUNITIES. THIS PATTERN MUST
00:54:06BE INCLUDING THOSE IN EAST
00:54:13JERUSALEM, FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF
00:54:17INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND SECURITY
00:54:24A WORRYING DEVELOPMENT HAS ALSO
00:54:26BEEN SEEN IN THE INCREASING USE
00:54:29OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HERITAGE CLAIMS TO JUSTIFY SETTLEMENT
00:54:32EXPANSIONS AND RESTRICT
00:54:35PALESTINIAN ACCESS TO LAND AND
00:54:39HOLY SITES. ALL THAT ALTER THE
00:54:41STATUS OR DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE
00:54:48AND REVERSE IMMEDIATELY
00:54:52PARTICULARLY ALARMED BY MEASURES
00:54:54THAT FRAGMENT THE PALESTINIAN
00:54:57TERRITORY THREATEN ITS VIABILITY
00:54:59AS A CONTIGUOUS CONTINUED
00:55:04SETTLEMENT EXPANSION UNDERMINES NOT JUST FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS,
00:55:07BUT THE VERY BASIS OF THE TWO
00:55:13STATE SOLUTION. HEARD, THE SITUATION FOR CHILDREN DEMANDS
00:55:16URGENT ATTENTION. PALESTINIAN
00:55:18CHILDREN ARE FACING VIOLENCE,
00:55:22DISPLACEMENT, DETENTION, ABUSE AND DISRUPTION OF THEIR
00:55:26EDUCATION PROLONGED INSECURITY
00:55:29IS INFLICTING SEVERE
00:55:32PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS. SCHOOL
00:55:34CLOSURES, MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS
00:55:37AND ATTACKS ON EDUCATION HAVE
00:55:39BECOME AN ALARMINGLY COMMON THE
00:55:43ONGOING FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE
00:55:45DISRUPTIONS TO SCHOOLS MAKE
00:55:49MATTERS WORSE. CHILDREN MUST NOT
00:55:51GROW UP SEEING VIOLENCE,
00:55:55OCCUPATION AND DISPLACEMENT AS A
00:55:57NORMAL DAILY OCCURRENCE. THEIR
00:56:00PROTECTION, INFRASTRUCTURE MUST
00:56:07BE GUARANTEED UNDER
00:56:11INTERNATIONAL THE IMPACT, DEAR
00:56:14COLLEAGUES, GOES BEYOND
00:56:17RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT AND ACCESS ARE AFFECTING HEALTH
00:56:20CARE, LIVELIHOODS AND
00:56:25SANITATION, AND ARE MAKING IT HARDER FOR HUMANITARIAN
00:56:29ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE
00:56:30ASSISTANCE. HUMANITARIAN WORKERS
00:56:33THEMSELVES FACE GROWING DANGER
00:56:35AND OBSTACLES. WE ARE ESPECIALLY
00:56:38CONCERNED BY THE RECENT
00:56:42INCURSIONS INTO PREMISES IN EAST JERUSALEM, INCLUDING REPEATED
00:56:45UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES BY ISRAELI
00:56:48SECURITY FORCES. SUCH INCIDENTS
00:56:52CANNOT BE NORMALIZED UN PREMISES
00:56:57MUST BE RESPECTED AND PROTECTED,
00:56:58AND ALL WALZ VITAL WORK MUST NOT
00:57:02BE JEOPARDIZED. SOMALIA IS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:57:04DETERIORATING SITUATION FACING
00:57:07THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ESPECIALLY WITH THE OCCUPYING
00:57:10POWERS. WITHHOLDING OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF COLLECTED TAX
00:57:14REVENUES, WHICH UNDERMINE THE
00:57:19PROVISION BASIC SERVICES, WEAKENING PALESTINIAN
00:57:22INSTITUTIONS. WHILE SETTLEMENT
00:57:25EXPANSION ACCELERATES, MOVES US
00:57:28FURTHER FROM PEACE
00:57:33ACCOUNTABILITY IS ESSENTIAL.
00:57:34VIOLENCE RESTRAINT AND
00:57:41DE-ESCALATION THE ROOT CAUSES,
00:57:47WHICH ARE ENTRENCHED IN
00:57:50OCCUPATION, SETTLEMENT,
00:57:53EXPANSION, AND THE LACK OF
00:57:56CREDIBLE POLITICAL HORIZON THE
00:58:00WEST BANK AND GAZA ARE ONE
00:58:11IGNORES THIS WILL NOT BRING
00:58:14LASTING PEACE OF THE PALESTINIAN
00:58:20PEOPLE TO SELF-DETERMINATION,
00:58:22AND TO AN INDEPENDENT AND SOVEREIGN STATE OF PALESTINE.
00:58:26BASED ON THE 1967 BORDERS WITH
00:58:31AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF AS ITS
00:58:31CAPITAL. THE COUNCIL MUST ENSURE
00:58:35THAT WE CALL ON ISRAEL AS THE
00:58:44OCCUPYING POWER FOR AN IMMEDIATE
00:58:54HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
00:59:05ETHNIC CLEANSING AND CRIMES
00:59:09AGAINST HUMANITY MADAM
00:59:10PRESIDENT, ABOVE ALL COMMUNITY
00:59:16AND THIS COUNCIL TURNS COMMITMENT THE TWO STATE
00:59:19SOLUTION INTO MEANINGFUL ACTION,
00:59:22WE ARE MAINTAINING THE STATUS
00:59:25QUO OF ISRAELI OCCUPATION,
00:59:29PERPETUAL VIOLENCE, AND
00:59:32SUFFERING PALESTINIANS,
00:59:34INCLUDING CHILDREN AND THE
00:59:36PEOPLE YOU.
00:59:39>> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
00:59:42SOMALIA FOR THE STATEMENT, AND I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED
00:59:46STATES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT,
00:59:49AND THANK YOU TO OUR BRIEFERS THIS MORNING. AS THE UNITED
00:59:52STATES HAS SAID MANY TIMES, WE
00:59:55STRONGLY CONDEMN VIOLENCE BY ANY
00:59:57PARTY IN THE WEST BANK. THE
01:00:01UNITED STATES APPRECIATES THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S
01:00:03CONDEMNATION OF. AND THE INCREASED ACTIONS TO COUNTER
01:00:06VIOLENCE IN THE WEST BANK ISRAEL
01:00:09HAS TAKEN SPECIFIC STEPS, SUCH AS INCREASING LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:00:13ACTIONS TO BOOSTING THE IDF
01:00:17PRESENCE AND TO ALLOCATING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL RESOURCES
01:00:19TO COUNTER VIOLENCE THE UNITED
01:00:22STATES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY TO INCREASE
01:00:26SECURITY, REDUCE TENSIONS, AND ENHANCE STABILITY THAT IS
01:00:30BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH ISRAELIS AND
01:00:33PALESTINIANS ALIKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 20 POINT PLAN TO END
01:00:36THE GAZA CONFLICT MAKES CLEAR
01:00:39THAT THE PA MUST VERIFIABLY
01:00:42COMPLETE A SLATE OF REFORMS. THE
01:00:45UNITED STATES WILL NOT ACCEPT COMPENSATION FOR TERRORISM UNDER
01:00:48THE GUISE OF WELFARE, OR THROUGH
01:00:51ANY OTHER ATTEMPTS TO EVADE DETECTION UNDER A DIFFERENT
01:00:53NAME. THE UNITED STATES
01:00:56REITERATES ITS OPPOSITION TO
01:00:58ANNEXATION OF THE WEST BANK. THE
01:01:01SECURITY COUNCIL MUST CONTINUE
01:01:05TO SHOW OUR STRONG SUPPORT TO THE PORT OF PEACE AND THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE
01:01:08ADMINISTRATION OF GAZA. THEY ARE
01:01:10WORKING TO ADVANCE PRESIDENT
01:01:13TRUMP'S PEACE PLAN, WHICH THIS
01:01:14COUNCIL ENDORSED IN ITS HISTORIC
01:01:17RESOLUTION 2803 LAST NOVEMBER. WE ALSO WELCOME THE PROGRESS
01:01:21THAT THE BOARD, THAT THE BOARD AND THE NCAC HAVE ACHIEVED SO
01:01:25FAR. THIS INCLUDES BOOSTING
01:01:28HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE WITH SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO MINIMIZE
01:01:32HAMAS'S STEALING AND LOOTING OF
01:01:34RESOURCES. WE FURTHER WELCOME THE MILESTONE ACHIEVED AT THE
01:01:37END OF JULY, WHEN HAMAS FINALLY,
01:01:40AND FOR THE FIRST TIME,
01:01:43COMMITTED TO AN ACTIONABLE PLAN
01:01:46FOR ITS DISARMAMENT. ALL PARTIES
01:01:47MUST BUILD ON THIS MOMENTUM TO
01:01:50FULL AND IRREVERSIBLE DISARMAMENT AND ENSURE THAT GAZA
01:01:54IS NEVER AGAIN A LAUNCHING PAD FOR THREATS TO ISRAEL'S NATIONAL
01:01:57SECURITY. THIS PATH FORWARD, AS
01:02:00THE BOARD OF PEACE HAS NOTED, HOLDS THE PROMISE OF DELIVERING
01:02:04SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO THE
01:02:05PEOPLE OF GAZA. THANK YOU.
01:02:08>> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THEIR
01:02:11STATEMENT, AND I SHALL NOW MAKE A STATEMENT IN MY CAPACITY AS
01:02:15THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DENMARK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO START BY
01:02:20THANKING DEPUTY SPECIAL
01:02:22COORDINATOR AND DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SULEIMAN FOR THE
01:02:25BRIEFINGS. WHAT WE'VE HEARD
01:02:27TODAY IS NOT JUST STATISTICS, AS DID. SULEIMAN STRESSED THIS
01:02:31MORNING. IT IS THE DAILY REALITY OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN LIVING
01:02:34UNDER THE THREAT OF SETTLER
01:02:37VIOLENCE, LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD AND
01:02:41DISPLACEMENT. THESE REALITIES WERE ALSO REITERATED IN THE
01:02:43INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL
01:02:45COMMISSION OF INQUIRY'S REPORT, EXAMINING VIOLATIONS AND CRIMES
01:02:48AGAINST PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
01:02:50THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN JUNE TIME,
01:02:53WE HEAR THAT JULY WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY DEADLY MONTH IN
01:02:56THE CONTEXT OF SETTLER RELATED VIOLENCE. THIS IS WHY DENMARK,
01:03:00TOGETHER WITH FRANCE, GREECE,
01:03:02LATVIA AND THE UK, SUPPORTED BY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, CALLED
01:03:06FOR THIS URGENT MEETING. COLLEAGUES. THE TWO STATE
01:03:10SOLUTION, AS CHARTED IN THE RESOLUTIONS OF THIS COUNCIL,
01:03:13REMAINS THE ONLY VIABLE PATH TO
01:03:17RESOLVING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT.
01:03:21LAST SEPTEMBER, 142 STATES REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR
01:03:23THIS VISION. IN THE NEW YORK
01:03:26DECLARATION. BUT FOR THIS VISION TO MATERIALIZE. THE CURRENT
01:03:29TRAJECTORY IN THE WEST BANK MUST URGENTLY BE REVERSED. WE WOULD
01:03:33LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, FOR URGENT
01:03:36MATTERS. FIRST, SETTLER AND
01:03:39THOSE RESPONSIBLE MUST BE HELD
01:03:43ACCOUNTABLE. NO PALESTINIAN CHILD SHOULD WITNESS HOMES SET
01:03:45ABLAZE. ACCESS TO SCHOOLS
01:03:48HAMPERED. DESTROYED LIVELIHOODS. UNBLOCKED WATER SOURCES. WE URGE
01:03:51THE ISRAELI AUTHORITIES TO TAKE IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO PREVENT
01:03:55VIOLENCE, PROTECT CIVILIANS AND
01:03:57ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY. THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS RECENTLY PUT
01:04:01MORE EXTREMIST ISRAELI SETTLERS AND ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE
01:04:05FOR SERIOUS AND SYSTEMATIC HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST
01:04:07PALESTINIANS. UNDER SANCTIONS.
01:04:10SECOND, THE EXPANSION OF ILLEGAL
01:04:12SETTLEMENTS MUST END
01:04:14IMMEDIATELY. WE REMAIN DEEPLY CONCERNED BY THE POTENTIAL
01:04:18ISSUING OF TENDERS FOR THE E1
01:04:20SETTLEMENT, WHICH THREATENS TO SEPARATE EAST JERUSALEM FROM THE
01:04:23REST OF THE WEST BANK AND DIVIDE
01:04:25THE WEST BANK IN TWO. WE URGE
01:04:28BUSINESSES TO BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL LEGAL, FINANCIAL AND
01:04:31REPUTATIONAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BIDDING FOR THESE
01:04:35CONTRACTS. WE ONCE AGAIN STRESS
01:04:37THAT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
01:04:392334 MUST BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
01:04:43THIRD, PALESTINIAN CHILDREN DESERVE TO GROW UP UNDER A
01:04:46FUNCTIONING, EFFECTIVE, AND REFORM PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
01:04:49ABLE TO PAY SALARIES AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. WE THEREFORE
01:04:53REITERATE OUR CALL FOR ISRAEL TO RELEASE WITHHELD TAX REVENUES
01:04:56AND FOR THE PA TO CONTINUE ITS
01:04:58IMPORTANT WORK ON NECESSARY
01:05:01REFORMS, INCLUDING ON DEMOCRACY
01:05:04AND GOOD GOVERNANCE. FINALLY, THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WEST
01:05:07BANK CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM WHAT HAPPENS IN GAZA. THE
01:05:11STABILITY OF BOTH GAZA AND THE WEST BANK IS CRITICAL TO ANY
01:05:13LASTING PEACE, INCLUDING TO ISRAEL'S LONG TERM SECURITY. IT
01:05:17IS IN THE INTEREST OF BOTH
01:05:21PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS TO TRANSITION GAZA FROM WAR TO
01:05:24PEACE. WE TOOK NOTE OF THE RECENT NEWS OF PROGRESS TOWARDS
01:05:27AN AGREEMENT ON THE DISARMAMENT OF HAMAS, AND URGE ALL PARTIES
01:05:30TO FULLY RESPECT TO REACH A FULL
01:05:33AGREEMENT ON THIS DECISIVE
01:05:36ISSUE. AND WE CONTINUE TO CALL ON ALL PARTIES TO FULLY RESPECT
01:05:40THE CEASEFIRE ON HAMAS, TO DISARM, AND ON ISRAEL TO ENSURE
01:05:44THE PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF THE IDF, IN LINE WITH RESOLUTION
01:05:472803, AS WELL AS TO ENSURE
01:05:50UNHINDERED HUMANITARIAN AID A LASTING CEASEFIRE WILL LAY THE
01:05:53GROUNDWORK FOR EARLY RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION. IN THIS
01:05:57REGARD, WE WELCOME THAT THE EU HAS LAUNCHED THE TEAM GAZA
01:06:00INITIATIVE, WHICH DENMARK IS A PART OF. THIS INITIATIVE WILL
01:06:04CONTRIBUTE TO THE MUCH NEEDED EARLY RECOVERY EFFORTS IN GAZA,
01:06:07INCLUDING INCLUSIVE, CRUCIAL
01:06:09AREAS OF WATER, INFRASTRUCTURE,
01:06:12REMOVAL OF RUBBLE AND WASTE THE
01:06:15WEST BANK THREATEN THE VISION OF A TWO STATE SOLUTION THAT WE, AS
01:06:20INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ELABORATED IN SO MANY RESOLUTIONS AND DECLARATIONS
01:06:23OVER THE PAST DECADES. THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE LESS
01:06:27REALISTIC THAT VISION BECOMES. THIS COUNCIL MUST STAY LOYAL TO
01:06:31ITS DECISIONS AND ENSURE THE
01:06:32IMPLEMENTATION OF A TWO STATE
01:06:35SOLUTION REUNITING GAZA AND THE WEST BANK, INCLUDING EAST
01:06:39JERUSALEM, UNDER A REFORMED PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP. ALONG
01:06:43THE 1967 BORDERS, TWO STATES
01:06:45WHERE ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS
01:06:47CAN LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN PEACE
01:06:51AND SECURITY. AND I NOW RESUME MY FUNCTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE
01:06:54COUNCIL. I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE
01:06:58OBSERVER STATE OF PALESTINE.
01:07:29>> CRITICAL SITUATION AND ONGOING ESCALATION BY ISRAELI
01:07:33OCCUPATION FORCES AND SETTLERS
01:07:36IN THE WEST BANK ALLOW ME ALSO
01:07:40TO THANK
01:08:08THE DEPUTY TO THE VERY CLEAR
01:08:15FROM ALL OF YOU WITH
01:08:23ISRAELI OCCUPYING AND THE
01:08:28SETTLERS AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN
01:08:33CHILDREN. AND WE APPRECIATE THIS
01:08:35VERY SENTIMENT. AND AS MANY OF
01:08:41YOU HAVE INDICATED, WHAT IS
01:08:44NEEDED IS ACTION. YOU ARE THE
01:08:46SECURITY
01:08:56YOUR WILL AND RESOLUTIONS ARE
01:08:58NOT CONTINUE DISRESPECTING
01:09:04LISTENING TO ANY ONE OF US, TO
01:09:09BE ACCOUNTABLE, AND TO BE
01:09:12BROUGHT TO FROM EACH MEMBER OF
01:09:21THIS ESTEEMED ORGANIZATION, THE UNITED NATIONS. WE CANNOT
01:09:25CONTINUE
01:09:43RESPECT ITS OBLIGATION AS A MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION. AND
01:09:46WE DO NOT ACT. WE CAN ACT. WE
01:09:50SHOULD ACT
01:10:13TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AND YOU
01:10:15HAVE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU TO
01:10:18ACT. MADAM , ISRAEL'S OBJECTIVE
01:10:22REMAINS THE SAME. SEIZING
01:10:43DEMOLITIONS, DISCRIMINATORY
01:10:44LAWS, AND ANNEXATION MEASURES.
01:10:50TOOLS AND EXCUSES MAY VARY, BUT
01:10:52THE PATTERN IS ALWAYS THE SAME.
01:10:56UPROOTING
01:11:11NEARLY 160 STATES, WE
01:11:23HAVE 160 COUNTRIES THE GREAT
01:11:31MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
01:11:32SECURITY COUNCIL.
01:11:41SO THEREFORE, WE NEED THE
01:11:45INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL,
01:11:47TO HELP THE STATE RUTHLESS
01:11:53OCCUPATION, ILLEGAL
01:12:09RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE.
01:12:20VICIOUS. IF THERE IS SUCH A
01:12:22THING THE WAY, AND THE PATH OF
01:12:28ENDING THIS ILLEGAL OCCUPATION,
01:12:30THAT IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF
01:12:34ENDING THIS ILLEGAL AND MANY OF
01:12:41YOU HAVE EXERCISED THAT DURING
01:12:43THE TIME OF PUTTING AN END TO
01:12:49OCCUPATION AND CONTROL. IN THE
01:12:51PAST.
01:13:05END THIS EVIL SYSTEM IMPOSED
01:13:17ALL THE EVIL THINGS THAT THE UN
01:13:19REPORTS DESCRIBE AND OTHER NGOS,
01:13:26ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBE AS WELL
01:13:35RESPECT AND HONOR INTERNATIONAL
01:13:38OBLIGATIONS AS MEMBERS OF THE
01:13:41UNITED NATIONS AND THE PRINCIPLES ENSHRINED IN THE
01:13:43CHARTER OF THE UN, IS TO HELP US
01:13:46TO. TO PUT AN
01:13:56WE LOST THOUSANDS, TENS YEARS
01:14:05ALONE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR STATE.
01:14:15WE NEED THE HELP OF THOSE WHO
01:14:17BELIEVE IN THE SAME . AND WE
01:14:23APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SOME OF YOU TOOK SOME MEASURES, BUT
01:14:26THERE IS MORE THAT NEED TO BE
01:14:28DONE, BECAUSE THE ILLEGAL
01:14:35OCCUPATION, IS REFUSING ABIDE BY
01:14:37EVERYTHING THAT YOU DESCRIBE,
01:14:45INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE.
01:14:47THEN WHAT SHOULD WE DO? JUST
01:14:50KEEP AND USE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO
01:15:05BUT THERE IS MORE THAT NEED TO
01:15:08BE DONE SO THAT THIS ILLEGAL
01:15:11OCCUPATION CANNOT FEEL
01:15:26TELLING YOU, BY PAYING A HEAVY PRICE. WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER.
01:15:30WE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE OF OUR
01:15:37STATE, AND THE RIGHT OF THE
01:15:40REFUGEES ALL OF YOU WHO FACED
01:15:48SIMILAR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
01:15:58AND WE EXPECT SUPPORT FROM YOU
01:16:03TO THE PALESTINIAN STATE,
01:16:06RECOGNIZED BY NEARLY 160 STATES
01:16:08AROUND THE WORLD, ISRAEL OPPOSES
01:16:13THE SETTLER STATES. ARMED
01:16:16UNHINGED WITH ITS FULL SUPPORT
01:16:17AND COMPLICITY ENVIRONMENT FOR
01:16:22VIOLENCE BY ITS SOLDIERS AND ITS
01:16:24SETTLERS. GUARANTEED THEM
01:16:27EFFECTIVE IMPUNITY UNLEASHED
01:16:31THEM AGAINST PALESTINIAN COMMUNITIES, REFUGEE CAMPS AND
01:16:34VILLAGES TO TORMENT AND
01:16:36TERRORIZE GAVE DETAILS ABOUT
01:16:40THESE THINGS. FOR YEARS NOW, WE
01:16:45HAVE CALLED FOR INTERNATIONAL
01:16:58OF THIS VERY COUNCIL FOR
01:17:01DETERRENCE
01:17:18MATCH TO THE ISRAELI GRAVE
01:17:21BREACHES, NOR ARE THEY. THIS
01:17:23DISSUASIVE IN NATURE
01:18:00RESOURCES, WHICH MANY OUR
01:18:05INSTITUTIONS, WHICH MANY OF YOU
01:18:08REFER TO. ISRAEL
01:18:54. THROUGH DECADES OF POLICIES
01:19:03PEOPLE, DISPLACING AND REPLACING
01:19:11OF THESE POLICIES THAT HAVE YET
01:19:13TO BE MET WITH AN APPROPRIATE
01:19:16RESPONSE, ABLE TO PUT THERE ARE
01:19:23SOME ACTIONS WE NEED MORE AND
01:19:26MORE AND MORE. THE INTERNATIONAL
01:19:35LAW AND THE POSITION OF THE
01:19:37SECURITY COUNCIL AND ITS
01:19:40RESOLUTIONS IN GAZA
01:20:08ON KEY PRINCIPLES NO. NO.
01:20:12OCCUPATION. NO
01:20:23IN COMMON.
01:20:45ANY MEANS. WE ALL SAY.
01:21:17PALESTINIAN SELF-DETERMINATION
01:21:20AND
01:21:44A NUMBER OF THESE EXAMPLES AND
01:21:48STATEMENTS
01:21:59THE PLAN. ISRAEL
01:22:16STOP. LIVES ARE AT
01:22:41WE HAVE A COMMON VISION AND A
01:22:43COMMON PLAN THEM. THEY MUST BE
01:22:52IMPLEMENTED US ARE SAYING WE
01:22:54WANT TO IMPLEMENT
01:23:09COUNCIL, 2803
01:23:40OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
01:23:48WEEKS. WORLD SHOULD SEND AN
01:23:50UNEQUIVOCAL SIGNAL THAT IT HAS
01:23:53CHARTED A PATH FOR
01:24:18OF SHARED PEACE, SECURITY AND
01:24:22PROSPERITY
01:24:35OCCUPATION WARS LOSS
01:24:49PALESTINIANS. WE NEED TO PUT AT
01:24:52THE THIS ILLEGAL, VICIOUS
01:24:56OCCUPATION TO LEAVE US ALONE AND
01:25:01TO ALLOW THE INTERNATIONAL THE
01:25:06PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR
01:25:08QUEST FOR FREEDOM, DIGNITY, AND
01:25:14PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A PEACEFUL
01:25:16PATH THAT AND SECURITY. I APPEAL
01:25:24TO YOU. THE
01:25:46DESTROYING PALESTINIAN LIVES IS NOT THE PATH THAT LEADS TO
01:25:48SECURITY, PEACE, AND ACCEPTANCE.
01:26:06THE RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF ALL
01:26:08PEOPLES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF
01:26:10ALL PRESIDENT.
01:26:14>> I THANK THE PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE OBSERVER STATE
01:26:17OF PALESTINE FOR THE STATEMENT, AND I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
01:26:21REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL.
01:26:23>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
01:26:31FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING
01:26:31EARTHQUAKE.
01:26:45ALL VIOLENCE AGAINST NOT
01:26:51TOLERATE EXTREMISM. WE CONFRONT
01:26:53DO
01:27:01PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ATTACKS ARE RISING, MAKING UP THE
01:27:04MAJORITY OF ATTACKS IN SAMARIA.
01:27:08THIS MAY, THERE WERE
01:27:19282 STONE THROWING INCIDENTS
01:27:26ATTACKS, 24 ARSON INCIDENTS, AND
01:27:30TWO SERIOUS CAR RAMMING ATTACKS.
01:27:37APRIL, ACCORDING TO THE ISRAELI
01:27:39SECURITY FORCES. ANOTHER 408
01:27:43TERRORIST ATTACKS STOPPED BEFORE
01:27:48THEY COULD HAPPEN. HOW MANY OF
01:27:50YOU HAVE CONDEMNED THESE TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE
01:27:53JEWS NONE OF THESE ATTACKS WERE
01:28:00MENTIONED BY THE BRIEFERS, AND NONE OF THESE ATTACKS WERE
01:28:02MENTIONED BY MANY OF YOU ONE
01:28:10SIDE OF THE VIOLENCE WHILE
01:28:13IGNORING THE OTHER.
01:28:40THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026.
01:28:44OPENED 354 INVESTIGATIONS, FILED
01:28:4920 INDICTMENTS, AND ARRESTED 35
01:28:51EXTREMISTS. THIS HAS LED TO A
01:28:53DECREASE IN EXTREMIST VIOLENCE.
01:28:56THERE WERE 116 VIOLENCE IN JUNE,
01:29:04DOWN FROM 165 IN MARCH.
01:29:17HEBRON. HE WILL FACE
01:29:25WE PROSECUTE THESE CRIMES. WE
01:29:29HOLD PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLE.
01:29:34MINISTER, MILITARY LEADERS HAVE ALL MADE CLEAR. ADDRESSING
01:29:37EXTREMIST VIOLENCE IS A PRIORITY
01:29:40FOR OUR GOVERNMENT. AT THE SAME
01:29:45TIME
01:30:28THAT RESPONSIBILITY. EVEN AFTER
01:30:31PRESIDENTIAL MAHMOUD ABBAS, THE
01:30:33US FOR SLAY THROUGH 2025. THEY
01:30:44DISTRIBUTED ABOUT $200 MILLION
01:30:49TO TERRORISTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
01:30:52WE STILL SEE INCITEMENT TO
01:30:54VIOLENCE COMMUNITIES. THIS
01:30:57DOESN'T STABILIZE THE REGION.
01:31:01IT FUELS THE VIOLENCE.
01:31:12THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
01:31:14THE DANGER THE VIOLENCE IS ENDLESS, AND THE VICTIMS ARE
01:31:18REAL. A FEW MONTHS A PALESTINIAN
01:31:23TERRORIST INFILTRATED ISRAEL
01:31:24FROM THE VILLAGE OF QABATIYA.
01:31:27VILLAGE NEAR JENIN, IN THE
01:31:30NORTHERN SAMARIA BECERRA, AN
01:31:37ISRAELI CITY 25 MILES AWAY. HE
01:31:40RAMMED HIS CAR INTO SHIMSHON MORDECHAI STANDING ON THE SIDE
01:31:44OF THE ROAD. THEN HE HIT
01:31:57RAMMED INTO A WOMAN. SHE WAS
01:31:59WAITING FOR AFTER HE RAMMED INTO
01:32:03HER, HE STABBED HER UNTIL SHE
01:32:06DIED. AVIV WAS ONLY SHE LOVED
01:32:10NATURE AND ANIMALS. SHE WAS
01:32:11PASSIONATE GOING. HE FOUND ONE
01:32:22MORE VICTIM AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY WHEN THE TERRORIST
01:32:24COULDN'T RUN THE MAN DOWN
01:32:32TERROR UNTIL IT WAS NEUTRALIZED.
01:32:36WHY WASN'T THERE A SPECIAL
01:32:39SESSION BUS STOPS IN JERUSALEM
01:32:44AND OTHER EVENTS? MADAM
01:32:55. WHEN SPEAKER AFTER SPEAKER
01:32:57REFERS
01:33:09. JEWS HAVE NEVER BEEN AND WILL
01:33:12NEVER BE SETTLERS
01:33:21SAMARIA ARE LAW ABIDING
01:33:24CITIZENS. THOSE COMMITTING A
01:33:27TINY. A TINY FRACTION OF THE
01:33:30PEOPLE LIVING THERE. THAT IS
01:33:37WHY, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY USE TERM
01:33:40SETTLER VIOLENCE, IT IS A
01:33:42PROVOCATION.
01:33:55COLLECTIVELY, COLLECTIVELY
01:33:58LABELS ENTIRE FOR THE CRIMES OF
01:34:01THE MARGINAL EXTREMIST MINORITY.
01:34:04WHEN ISRAELIS ARE INVOLVED
01:34:17RADICALS CARRY OUT ATTACKS YOU
01:34:20REFER ONLY TO THE ONES
01:34:23RESPONSIBLE. AND THAT IS A STANDARD FOR ALL EXTREMIST
01:34:27VIOLENCE AROUND THE WORLD YOU
01:34:29KNOW A FEW MONTHS AGO, A RADICAL
01:34:37ISLAMIST STABBED TWO JEWS IN
01:34:38GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON. DID YOU
01:34:43USE THE ATTACK TO LABEL
01:34:57OF COURSE NOT. BECAUSE YOU
01:35:00UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE AN
01:35:03ENTIRE POPULATION. THAT IS NOT
01:35:11EXACTLY THE STANDARD BEING APPLIED TO THE JEWISH
01:35:14COMMUNITIES IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA
01:35:19SO WHEN YOU SAY SETTLER VIOLENCE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THAT
01:35:23HALF A MILLION JEWS ARE
01:35:25TERRORISTS
01:35:42JEWS HAVE NO RIGHT TO LIVE IN
01:35:44JUDEA AND SAMARIA. THAT IS
01:35:51SETTLER. OUR RIGHT
01:36:05CONNECTION OF JEWS TO THE LAND.
01:36:08THIS PAST WEEK, JEWS AROUND THE
01:36:24AND IN ENGLISH. YOU ARE CROSSING
01:36:27THE JORDAN RIVER TO INHERIT THE LAND WHICH GOD IS GIVING YOU.
01:36:30YOU WILL INHERIT IT AND DWELL IN
01:36:35IT AND BEGAN. IT IS WHERE IT
01:36:43WILL CONTINUOUS JEWISH PRESENCE
01:36:47IN THIS LAND FOR THOUSANDS OF
01:36:49YEARS. THE
01:37:04OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. THIS
01:37:07RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
01:37:09COMMUNITY. AFFIRMED THE
01:37:15HISTORICAL CONNECTION HOME.
01:37:22THERE. THE INTERNATIONAL
01:37:47FOR HOURS ABOUT LEGAL RIGHTS TO
01:37:53JUDEA AND SAMARIA. BUT IF WE
01:37:57WANT TO BE PRACTICAL TODAY, AND IF THIS COUNCIL IS SERIOUS ABOUT
01:38:00BRINGING SECURITY IT MUST
01:38:05UNDERSTAND A SIMPLE TRUTH. GOING
01:38:09ANYWHERE JEWISH COMMUNITIES STAY
01:38:28OVER 200 COMMUNITIES IN JUDEA
01:38:31AND SAMARIA ALONGSIDE OVER 2
01:38:36MILLION PALESTINIANS.
01:38:52FAMILIES. THIS COUNCIL HAS A
01:38:54CHOICE. IT CAN EITHER REPEAT
01:38:57RHETORIC THAT THE CONFLICT, OR
01:39:00IT CAN SUPPORT EFFORTS.
01:39:16>> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
01:39:18ISRAEL FOR THE STATEMENT. THERE
01:39:22ARE NO MORE NAMES INSCRIBED ON
01:39:24THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. THE
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01:41:32>> YOU LOOK BACK ON WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT
01:41:35MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST OF WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR?
01:41:37>> THIS INTERVIEW IS THE ABSOLUTE APEX.
01:41:41>> LEADERS SEEM TO LIKE TO WEAR WIGS. HOW COME HE DIDN'T HAVE A
01:41:43WIG? PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, I MADE A MISTAKE THE FIRST TIME. I
01:41:46SHOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU THE FIRST TIME. >> THAT ISN'T WHAT HE SAID.
01:41:50>> YOUR FIRST BOOK WAS CALLED A TIME TO KILL. HOW MANY
01:41:53PUBLISHERS TURNED THAT DOWN? >> WELL, ALL OF THEM. >> IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE DONALD
01:41:57TRUMP LAUGH. HE DOESN'T LIKE TO SMILE. HE HAS WHAT THEY CALL THE STARE. HOW WOULD.
01:42:01>> THE STARE. >> WHEN YOU GO TO THE OSCARS THAT EVERYBODY SAY, OH, THERE'S THE AUTHOR.
01:42:03>> OF ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE GO THIS WAY. AND THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE PATH IN THE
01:42:08OSCARS, WHERE THE PEOPLE LIKE I GO. >> SO YOU WROTE A BOOK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO LIVED WITH WOLVES.
01:42:11>> WHEN I INTERVIEWED A GUY WHO LIVED WITH WOLVES.
01:42:14>> YEAH. AND IS THAT SAFE TO DO THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
01:42:16>> SO I KNOW YOU WERE NOT YOU,
01:42:23DAVID.
01:42:24>> [MUSIC]
01:42:31>> STATE AND. >> LOCAL OFFICIALS SPOKE ABOUT
01:42:33ENERGY SECURITY DURING A CONFERENCE ALONGSIDE OFFICIALS
01:42:36FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
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01:42:40OFFICIALS TO PROTECT AMERICA. IT
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