Mr. President,
At the outset, I congratulate Azerbaijan on its Presidency of the Security Council this month under your able leadership. We also express appreciation for Australia’s skilled leadership of the Council in September.
I thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
Mr. President,
When we addressed the Security Council at the last open debate in July, we appealed to the international community to act upon its political, legal and moral obligations towards the question of Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli peace. We stressed the need for meaningful steps to support the peace process towards fulfillment of the decades-long promise to assist the Palestinian people to realize their rights and justice, including a just solution for the plight of the Palestine refugees, and to realize their freedom in their independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel in peace and security on the basis of the 4 June 1967 borders, the foundation of peace in the Middle East. [Read more…]
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