General Debate Proceedings

Palestine takes its seat UN General Assembly, September 12, 2024

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine which took its rightful place among the member states when the fall session of the General Assembly got underway, addressed the Assembly September 26 urging the international community to hold Israel to account for carrying out a "full-scale war of genocide" and stressing that the Palestinian people "will not allow a single centimetre of Gaza to be taken."

Mbae Mohamed, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Comoros, condemned the war in Palestine as the "purest form of genocide." Reaffirming solidarity with the Palestinians, he beseeched the international community to act towards an immediate cessation of hostilities and resumption of humanitarian supply, also working quickly to arrive at a two-State solution based on international law and relevant Security Council resolutions. 

Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq, stated that in the Occupied Palestinian Territory today, there is public talk of mass starvation and the use of nuclear weapons to exterminate the population, who have been denied their rights amid a "shameful global paralysis." International law and Security Council resolutions are now "mere ink on paper" and are dangerous precedents that can result in dire consequences for all of humanity.

He declared his country's solidarity with Lebanon as it faces a new phase of brutal aggression that seeks to plunge the region into crisis, promising to provide support to enable it to withstand the attacks.

Abdallah Bouhabib, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon, said "this is a situation that requires international intervention on an urgent basis." Without such action, the crisis will "transform into a black hole that will engulf regional and international peace and security."

"What we are currently experiencing in Lebanon is the consequence of the absence of a lasting and sustainable solution," he pointed out, adding that the root cause is the occupation. "To claim anything else would be a loss of time," he said, underscoring that as long as the occupation persists, there will be instability and war. Despite the inability of the United Nations to protect his country from the Israeli aggression so far, he said, Lebanon is committed to the organization "as a front line of defence in the face of occupation, violence, devastation and oppression." He said, "Today we desperately need the United Nations to play its role as a refuge for small countries that have been victimized by aggression. These countries include my homeland."

Dick Schoof, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, stressed that "a major regional war must be prevented at all costs." He echoed the call for implementation of the proposal by the United States and France for a temporary ceasefire. It is urgent to "break the endless cycle of violence and help them see 'the other' for who they are," he stated.

(UN News)

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