UN General Assembly debate on Gaza complete

UN General Assembely debate the Palestine question and the actions of Israel after October 2023

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Thank you for listening to Pictures MediaRadio. Welcome to Policy and Rights,
the show about the government Policy andhuman rights. The fifth first Plenary Meeting

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of the Genial Assembly is called toorder. I would like, in keeping
with the established practice, to invitethe attention of the Enial Assembly, to
document a Slash seventy eight Slash sevenoh seven, which contains a letter from

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the Secretary General addressed to the Presidentof the General Assembly, in which he
informs the Assembly of Member States inareas in the payment of the financial contribution
to the United Nations within the termsof Article nineteen of the Charter. I

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would like to remind Delegations that underArticle nineteen of the Charter, a member
of Natured Nations which is in areasin the payment of its financial contributions to
the organization shall have no vote inthe General Assembly. If the amount of

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the areas equals or exceeds the amountof the contributions due from it for the
preceding two full years. The GeneralAssembly may nevertheless permit such a member to
vote if it is satisfied that thefailure to pay is due to conditions beyond

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the control of the member. MayI therefore take it that the General Assembly
takes note of the information contained inthis document. It's so decided the General

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Assembly will resume its consideration of AgendaItem sixty three entitled use of the veto
to hold debate. Push you onto Resolution seventy sixth Lash sixty two of
twenty six April twenty twenty two onthe situation as to which the veto has

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was cast by a Permanent Member atthe nine thy, five hundred twentieth meeting
of the Securtary Council on twenty secondDecember twenty twenty three, under the Agenda
item entitled the Situation in the MiddleEast including the Palestinian Question. In connection

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with this debate, the Assembly hasbefore it a special Report of the Secretary
Council circulated in Document a Slash seventyeight sixty nine one. I will now
read the following remarks on behalf ofthe President of the General Assembly, Excellencies,

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Our discussion today is a demonstration thattwo main organs of the United Nations,
the General Assembly and Secretary Council,can and must work together on matters
of international peace and security within theirrespective mandates. It is a reminder of

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the need for collaboration and accountability inour endeavor to create a peaceful and more
secure world. In this regard,I acknowledge the timely submission of the Special
Report of the Security Council on thevitaal Crust in the Council on the twenty
seconds of December twenty twenty three.The subsequent adoption of Security Council Resolution two

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seven to zero of twenty twenty threeis a welcomed development. Amongst other provisions,
it called for urgent steps to immediatelyallow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian

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access and to create the conditions fora sustainable cessession of hostilities. I urge
all parties to fully implement this andall relevant resolutions, including those adopted in
the text of the Unial Assembly's tenthEmergency Special Session. Our immediate priority must

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be to protect civilians and save lives. I encourage all members, all Member
states to keep this shared goal tothe forefront. During today's debate. The
Office of the President of the GeneralAssembly will continue the practice of sending a
short summary of the plenary debate tothe President of the Security Council. Let's

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now start out debate, and Iwill give the flaw to the distinguished Representative
of the United States. Thank you, mister President. United States welcome the

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adoption of UN Security Council Resolution twentyseven twenty on December twenty two, a
resolution that call for urgent steps toimmediately allow safe, unhindered, and expanded
humanitarian access and to create conditions fora sustainable cessation of hostilities. The adoption

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of this resolution demonstrated the US commitmentto working with other Council members to speak
out on this humanitarian crisis, andwe work closely with the UAE, members
of the Arab Group, and manyother Council members engaging in good faith to
craft a strong, humanitarian focused resolution. This work supports the direct diplomacy the

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United States is engaged in to getmore humanitarian aid into Gaza and to help
get hostages out of Gaza. Andit is unfortunate that, rather than contributing
to the hard work of diplomacy,one permanent member of the Security Council continues
to put forward amendments and ideas thatare disconnected from the situation on the ground.

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It's also deeply troubling that so manyMember states seem to have stopped talking
about the plight of the more thanone hundred hostages being held by Hamas and
other groups. The United States remainscommitted to bringing all of the hostages home,
every single one. Israel has beenclear it would welcome returning to a

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pause and the further release of hostages. However, Hamas renegged on commitments they
made during the first pause for hostagereleases, and we question whether they are
in fact willing to resume this effort. Nevertheless, we remain engaged efforts to
secure another pause and once again gethostages out of Gaza. It is also

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striking that, even as we hearmany countries urging the end to this conflict,
which we would all like to see, we hear very few demands of
the initiator of this conflict, Hamas, to stop hiding behind civilians, lay
down its arms, and surrender.This would have been over if hamas's leaders

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had done that. It would begood if there was a strong international voice
pressing Hamas's leaders to do what isnecessary to end the conflict that they set
in motion on October seven. AsI think everyone knows, Secretary Blincoln is
once again in the region, hisfourth trip since the terrorist attacks of October

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seven. He has discussed ongoing effortsto better protect civilians in Gaza and stress
the imperative of expanding and sustaining safeaccess for humanitarian organizations to deliver food,
water, medicine, as well asfor commercial goods to enter all areas of
Gaza, and he has focused onthe need to prevent the conflict from expanding,

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an effort in which the United Statescontinues to invest significant diplomatic resources.
This is not just a regional issue, It's a matter of global concern.
As Israel moves to a lower intensityphase of its military operation in the North,
we believe the United Nations has acrucial role to play in evaluating what

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needs to be done to allow displacedPalestinians to return home on humanitarian aid.
We've made progress in increasing the assistanceinto Gaza, but we know that it
is still insufficient to meet the massiveneed. Too many Palestinian civilians are suffering
from insufficient access to food, water, medicine, and other essential supplies.

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The United Nations is playing an irreplaceablerole in delivering and distributing life saving assistance
to the people in Gaza. Asthe Council affirmed in Resolution twenty seven twenty
this text created the new role ofSenior Coordinator for Humanitarian assistance and reconstruction in
Gaza. To that end, wewelcome the Secretary General's prompt appointment of Cigared

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Cog to the important role of UNSenior Humanitarian andre and Reconstruction Coordinator. We
expect that every country in the regionwill support her efforts to streamline and accelerate
the delivery of assistance at scale tothose who urgently need it in Gaza,
and we look forward to working withher on the implementation of Resolution twenty seven

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to twenty. Whether we can achieveenduring peace and lasting security for both Israelis
and Palestinians depends in large part onwhether we succeed in laying the foundation now.
Importantly, Resolution twenty seven to twentydoes not support any steps that would

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leave Hamas in power, which wouldundermine the prospects for a two state solution
where Gaza and the West Bank arereunited under a single governance structure, under
a revamped and revitalized Palestinian authority.Colleagues, we must work towards the future
where Israelis and Palestinians live side byside in peace. This is the only

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way forward. Thank you. Ithink the distinction better of the United States.
I now give the law to distinguishthe observer of Palestine. Mister President,

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I stand here representing a people beingslaughtered, with families killed in their
entirety, men and women shot inthe streets, thousands abducted, tortured and
humilated, children killed, amputated,orphaned, scared for life. No people

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should endure this. This must stop. No one can understand that the Council
is calling for protection of civilians,is deploring attacks against them, is calling
for immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarianaccess for humanitarian assistance at scale, is

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rejecting force displacement and concerned about regionalspillover, while at the same time being
prevented from calling for an immediate humanitarianceasefire. Indispensable to achieve all these aims.

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This schizophrenia needs to end. Thewhole world is calling for an immediate
humanitarian ceasefire. One hundred and fiftythree states across the globe have voted for
a ceasefire. The moral voices ofour time have pleaded for a ceasefire.

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The Secretary General and the United Nationshave called for ceasefire. The humanitarian organizations
have urged a cease fire. Theyall know the horrors need to end,
and the only way to in themis a ceasefire. I must add also,

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millions, maybe hundreds of millions ofpeople in the streets of capitals and
cities across the globe are calling fora ceasefire, including in the United States
of America. How can anyone believeall those I just mentioned are wrong and

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they would somehow be right. Thereis no pride in being wrong alone for
so long and with such tragic consequences. This assault is without precedent in modern
history in the scale and pace ofkilling of children, of you, and

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personnel, of medical and rescue teamsof journalists. This is a war of
atrocities. How can you reconcile opposingthese atrocities and vetoing a call to end
the war that is leading to theircommission. The State of Palestine has long

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supported the proposal of France and Mexicofor the suspension of the VETO in the
case of mass atrocities. When crimesof genocide, crimes against humanity, and
war crimes on a large scale arecommitted. This Israeli assault. Excuse me,

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this is really assault on the Palestinianpeople in the Gaza strip demonstrates how
vital this proposal is. Supporting animmediaceasefire is the only moral, legitimate,
and responsible position. Ninety days,ninety days of hell on Earth, ninety

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days of massacres. How many morePalestinians killed till you say enough is enough?
How many more tragedies? How muchmore destruction? During these ninety days,
eleven Palestinians were killed every hour,including seven women and children, every

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single hour for ninety days. Hundredsare killed every day to this day,
one percent of the Palestinians in Gazahave been killed. Let me repeat,
one percent of the total population ofPalestinians in Gaza have been killed. Take

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a moment and imagine what that representscompare to your own population. That is
the equivalent of three million Americans.Three percent of Palestinians in Gaza have been
wounded. Take a moment and imaginewhat that represents compared to your own population.

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This is the equivalent of ten millionAmericans. Eighty seven percent scent of
Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced.Take a moment and imagine what that represents
compared to your own population. Thatis the equivalent of two hundred and eighty

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four million Americans. Now, theUN speaks of famine, of the spread
of infectious diseases, of death innew forms and shapes at the doorsteps of
thousands more Palestinians. This is notan unforeseen consequence of war. This is

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one of the methods of the Israeliwar. This is a man made,
an occupation made humanitarian catastrophe. Israelis destroying everything to make Gaza A livable.

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The choice it offers the Palestinian peopledestruction or displacement, genocide or ethnic
cleansing. This is not about Israeli'ssecurity. This is about Palestine's destructions.

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The interests and objectives of this extremistIsraeli government are clear and incompatible with the
interests and objectives of any country thatsupports international law and peace. This extremist
Israeli government has attacked not only theUN, but also states around the world

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criticizing its actions. This extremist Israeligovernment has spared no effort to ridicule its
closest ally, the one it callson for military, political and financial support,

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and ignores when it does not likewhat it is asking for Natania.
Who does not care about jeopardizing regionaland international peace and security, vital you
as interests, or the security ofisraelis for his own political survivor. That

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is a choice he makes without anyhesitation. No one should accept to play
by his playbook when so many liveshang in the balance, When the stakes
are so high, moral clarity andpolitical responsibility dictate it. Decisive stance and

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resolute action, not have positions.Security will never come through the death,
destruction, and dehumanization of the Palestinianpeople. It will never come through further
dispossession, displacement and denial of rights. Enough enough, our people have a

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right to life, to freedom,to justice. Palestine is here to stay.
The Palestinian people are here to stay. The Palestinian people will not disappear,
but their resilience is no reason toprolong their suffering. How can anyone

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support a war with such criminal meansdeployed to achieve such criminal objectives? And
how can anyone oppose its criminal objectivesand give Israel the means to pursue him.
Don't call for peace and spread fire. If you want peace, start

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with a ceasefire. Ceasefire, ceasefire, and ceasefire now. And I hope
that Peach and every one of youwould be having a sign like this every
day, like the hundreds of millionswho are in the streets, including when

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President Biden speaks in South Calorina andwhen those go to the Congress demanding ceasefire.
Cease fire now. Everyone is sayingcease fire now, and we all
should be able to succeed in imposinga cease fire to save lives of the

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Palestinians, of the Israelis, ofeveryone. And I thank you very much.
I think the disted observer of Palestine. I now give the flaw to
the distinguished to representative for Israel.Thank you, mister President, mister President.

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Over three months have passed since Ramascommitted the most widespread massacre of Jews
since the Holocaust. Ninety six dayshave passed since Ramas butchered, incinerated,
raped, and exterminated thirteen hundred Israelisin cold blood, since they brutally brutally

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took two hundred and forty Israelis hostage. And today, nearly one hundred days
later, the General Assembly nor anyYuan body has not even condemned these horrors.
Colleagues. On October seventh, littlephil Bibas, who was taken hostage

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by Ramas, along with his motherShilri, his father Jardin, and his
four year old brother Ariel, wasmerely nine months old, and for the
last three months he has been heldin a dark Ramasterot tunnel. Many of
you here are parents or grandparents,and you know it. Each milestone in

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your children's life is a celebration,their first step, their first word,
that first smile and laugh. Babiesare a sort of light and hope,
a symbol of life. Yet littlebaby Fear has become a symbol of the

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vilest cruelty known to men, thecruelty of Ramas. And tragically, Fear
is about to spend his first birthdayas a hostage of Hamas his first birthday,
a quarter of Khil's life has beenspent as a hostage. He was

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kidnapped before he could even learn tosay mom, mama. Is he getting
the food and vitamins he need togrow up and develop? To grow and
develop? Is he crawling? Howcan a baby be a target? A
deliberate target? What kind of monstersintentionally take a baby hostage and treat him

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like an enemy. It is sopainful that a baby is being held hostage
by terrorists that, instead of love, fear is surrounded by sheer evil.
But above all, it is utterlyheart wrenching to the UN. The pain

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of an innocent baby has been allbut forgotten Heaven's sake. A baby is
about to spend his first birthday asa hostage, a hostage in the hands
of the rapist murders of Ramas.A sweet baby is being held hostage,

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and you prefer to discuss a ceasefire that will keep the Ramas Nazis that
abducted him in power. Fear isin the hands of Ramas and you are
focused on supplying aid to those thattook him. How is bringing fear home
not the top priority for the UN? How morally bankrupt has this body become?

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Yesterday I spoke with members of Fiercefamily. They cannot fathom how the
whole world has not mobilized to ensurehis release. How this room is not
trembling with deafening calls to bring himhome. Why are you not holding Hamas
accountable for the most heinous war crimes. Haramas has not even permitted the Red

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Cross to visit Fear. It isa stain not just upon the UN,
but on each and every one ofyou. Despite the Yun's moral rot,
the citizens of Israel are resilient,We have faith, we have hope and
unbreakable resolve, and we will continuefighting to defend ourselves. But sadly,

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if you ignore the suffering of ourchildren, the suffering of little baby Fear,
I will stand here today and markFear's first birthday. I will remind
you of your moral obligation to fightfor Fear and his right to celebrate his
birthday. Fear, this birthday cakeis for you. You are the reason

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Israel is fighting day and night.I only wish for you for your first
birthday that next year, next year, God willing, next year, God
willing, you will celebrate your birthdaysurrounded by the love of your family,

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and that we will live in aworld where the suffering of Israeli babies is
important important to the UN. MisterPresident, I ask that Fierce Cake remain
here as a painful as a painfulreminder, so that every speaker today remembers

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Fear and our duty to bring himhome. The UN an organization that remains

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silent when babies are taken hostage andwomen are viciously raped. Has become an
accomplice of terrorists, And if theUN is an accomplice to terrorists, it
has no justification justification to exist.Look at Fear. Imagine this was your
child. Would you stop fighting tobring him home? Not in a million

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years, colleagues. Fear is oneof one hundred and thirty six hostages held
in Gaza. When you make emptydeclarations calling for the release of hostages while
continuing to focus only on cease fireand situation in Gaza, you quickly forget

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that every hostage is an entire universe. These are brothers and sisters, sons
and daughters, fathers and mothers,grandparents and friends. Twenty one year old
al moghmehir jan is A is afun and loving son and grandson. He
spent the Friday night before he waskidnapped from the Nova Music Festival taking care

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of his grandfather. He loves music, soccer, and he wants to study
computer science. Twenty three year oldde Viatal David David is a musician.
He plays the guitar. He lovesjamming with his brother Eli and sister Yaela
he's warm, modest O. Whitmeirand Gallia David, the mothers of almoghen

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A Viatal, are here with usto day. They are watching and they
are waiting. They are waiting fortheir sons to come home. But they
are also waiting for you to act. You are failing them. This picture,

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I hope you've seen it. Thispicture was on the front page of
the Daily Mail yesterday. Look atthese girls. Look at them. These
are the before and after pictures ofliliy albag Karna, Reeve, Daniela Gilbois
and a Gambergel, who were takenhostage by Hamas. See how the hope

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in their eyes has turned to horror, and how their smiling faces have been
bitten and blooded after violent abuse.Look at their faces? Why are you
silent? What have you done hereto bring them home? Nothing, colleagues.

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Ramas Nazis viciously raped Israeli women beforeexecuting them, and used sexual violence
as a weapon of war. CNN, the New York Times and many other
media outlets published extensive evidence of Ramas'ssexual violence. But here at the UN

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the body that supposedly represents the bastionof human rights, silence silence. Israeli
women are not women, and Israelichildren are not children. I cannot imagine
what all the hostages, women andmen are suffering right now. It breaks

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my heart to think about it.What if your children were held was held
hostage, your sister or brothers,What would you expect the uan to do?
What would you expect the world todo? Surely not continue with this
shameful indifference, So, colleagues,rather than focusing on bringing the hostages home,

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rather than making this the primary goalfor the past ninety six days,
you know what happened. You andagencies, you and bodies, You and
officials have been obsessed only with thewell being of guzens only. These are
the people that voted voted for Hamas. These are the people that overwhelmingly support

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the massacre, the murder and theraping of our women, the burning of
our babies. Hundreds of thousands ofIsraelis are displaced, either because their communities
were decimated by Hamas or because Krizbalahas rained rockets down on their homes completely

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unprovoked. But you ignore all Israelivictims. After all, the Israeli and
to the un Israeli victims are probablynot victims. The UN has become another
tool of war in the arsenal ofterrorists, and every single UN agency and
body has been weaponized against Israel.The UN has become the epitome of distopian

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reality and South Africa's baseless and libelouscases that the IJS ICJ proves this exactly.
How can it be? Remember itthat the Convention on the Prevention of
Genocide, adopted following the Holocaust,the genocide of the Jewish people, is

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now being weaponized against the Jewish statewhile serving the Hamas terrorists that perpetrated the
October seventh massacre and that are omittedin their charter to repeating the Holocaust?
Is this normal? Even irony hasnow died a thousandth death. There are

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no morals here, only bias andhypocrisy. I scream it from the rooftops,
but the Yuan doesn't care. Sadly, you don't care. It's so
clear. All one needs to dois look at the General Assembly's central goal
for the last three months to keepthe Hamas rapist in power. This is

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the meaning of a ceasefire. Bycalling for a ceasefire, this is exactly
what you are doing. A ceasefireis a victory for Hamas nothing more.
It is an opportunity for Hamas tore arm, regroup, and recommit.
As they declare the atrocities of Octoberseventh a green light for Hamas to continue

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the reign of terror in Gaza.The damage the UN is causing extends far
beyond the conflicts in Gaza. Believeme, you are setting a murderous precedent
because by calling for a ceasefire,while hardly noting the hostages and crimes perpetrated
by Hamas, you are sending aclear message to terrorists all around the world.

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You are also encouraging his Bala.You are empowering the hooties and their
puppet master in Tehran. And verysoon you and we will all deeply regret
this. The UN is singling toterrorists that rape as a weapon of war
is fine. The taking babies hostagehas no international repercussions. Colleagues, again

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and again and again, you onlyfocus on a ceasefire and limiting Israel,
tying Israel hands in the fight againstterror. Because the UN suffers from what
we call the street light effect.And you want to know what is this
street light effect? I'll tell you, it's a phenomenon that makes you do

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only what is easy, not what'sproductive or useful, only what is easy.
And here is a parable that willclarify this with the story. A
drunk man is stumbling around under astreet light at night looking for his keys
that he lost. Then a policeofficer approaches him and begins to help him

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to search for his keys. Butafter a couple of minutes, the police
officer turns to the man and asks, well, I can see I cannot
see your keys anywhere. Are yousure that you lost them here under the
street lamp, under the street light? Now, the drunk man turns to
the officer and says, ah,no, sorry, I lost them in

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the park, but it's peach blackin the park, so I'm looking for
them here because I I can seeunder the street light. Distinguished colleagues,
the UN today is the drunk men. The UN, with its bias,
is always searching only under the samestreet light, following its distorted moral compass.

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You don't have the courage, sadly, to combat terror and radicalism.
You don't have the resolve to trulycare about human rights, to fight for
women, fight for children, orfight for their hostages. But let me
be clear, there is nothing tobe found under the street light. It's
just easier to spend your time there. It is much easier to make demands

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of the low abiding democracy of Israel. We are your street light. It's
so simple to blame Israel, butit's so much more challenging to condemn the
Ramas teroids which have turned Gaza intoa terror war machine under the UN's nose
for seventeen years. Ramas Yes,which uses civilian infrastructure and schools, masks,

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hospitals to store weapons, to firerockets from within civilian areas. Take
a stand against the terrorists using millionsof gazas and human shields once and for
all. We don't need your callsfor humanitarian aid. We're doing it anyway.

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Israel is facilitating the entry of aidinto Gaza every day. We support
every single humanitarian initiative. We facilitatedfield hospitals, floating hospitals. We are
facilitating the entry of fuel to hospitalsand bakeries and everything every critical infrastructure.

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Not a single shipment of food orwater is held up or turned around.
But you know who's delaying the humanitarianaid hamasteris they are looting, looting critical
aid before it even reaches the peopleof Gaza. Yet you are incapable of
dealing with Hamas. And you knowwhy because why Because to Haramas, you

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don't even exist. They don't recognizethe existence of international law. Can you
confront the Hamas terrorists? Sadly,this is not one of the solutions under
the street light, mister President.The time has come for members for Member

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states to drag the UN out fromunder the street light and not the other
way around. The time has cometo focus on bringing Fear, Baby Fear
and all the hostages home. Bringthem home, for holding Hamas fully accountable
for the situation in Gaza, forshowing terrorists around the globe that the international

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community doesn't stay silent in the faceof evil. Perhaps if you told the
people of Gaza, who is trulyrespondsible for their suffering, who started this
war, who's exploiting them, theywould rise up against Ramas and end their
reign of terror. And if youwant a real cease fire, a real

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one that can last forever, thendemand it from Hamas. Tell them to
turn themselves in, tell them torelease the hostages, and this war would
end immediately. This is the onlycease fire you should be advancing. Thank
you, mister President. I thinkthe distinguished Repelative of israel I. Now

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give the flow to the distinguished Repeenceof Bahrain, who will be speaking on
behalf of the Arab Group. Thename of God, the most gracious,

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most merciful, Mister President, itgives me great honor to deliver the statement
on behalf of the Group of Airof States. I'd first like to thank
you for holding this discussion following theuse of a permanent Security Council member of
the veto against the oral mandment tothe resolution submitted by the UAE the then

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Arab membered Security Council on expanding thedelivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and which
was adopted by the Security Council onthe twenty second of December twenty twenty three.
And here would like to express ourgratitude to the United Arab Emirates for
the important role that it's played insupporting Arab causes and its decisive initiatives during

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its membership in the Security Council inthe years twenty twenty two and twenty twenty
three. Moreover, the Group ofArab States expresses its support for the delegation
of the Republic of Algeria in defendingjoint Arab positions during its recent membership in

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the Security Council and we wish itssuccess in its endeavors. The Arab Group
takes note of the adoption by theSecurity Council of resolutions two seven one two
and two seven to zero in responseto the catastrophic humanitarian conditions that the brotherly

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Palacinian people are experiencing in the GazaStrip, who express our appreciation to his
Excellency Secretary General Antonio Guterreesh for thework that he is doing to ensure the
adoption the implementation of the resolutions inorder to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid
to the Gaza Strip by appointing MissSigrit Culp to the position of a Senior

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Humanitarian Coordinator and Coordinature for reconstruction.And here the Arab Group asks the international
community to provide humanitarian aid in largeamount and non stop to the Palatinian people
in the Gaza Strip. Despite this, we renew our affirmation that an immediate

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humanitarian pause is the only means toput an end to this tragedy and This
is what one hundred and fifty threemember States called for when devoted in favor
of GA Resolution Ees ten Slash twentytwo during the tenth Emergency Session resumed on

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the twelfth of December twenty twenty three, Mister President, three months have passed
since the start of the Israeli aggressionon the Gaza Strip and which has killed
more than twenty two thousand civilians,most of whom were women and children,

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and has killed more than one hundredand forty four United Nations staff members,
and one hundred and forty two ofthem were from the UNERWA. This aggression
has destroyed civilian installations and infrastructure anda clear violation of international law and international
humanitarian law. However, the SecurityCouncil is still unable to perform its duty

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to establish a ceasefire, which harmsthe credibility of the United Nations in dealing
with current cristes and future ones.The Group of Air UP States renews its
call upon the Security Council to upholdits duties and responsibilities in the maintenance of
international peace and security. We callupon the international community to take the necessary

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measures within the realm of international lawto respond to the practices, the illegal
practices of the Israeli government, includingthose being practiced in the West Bank,
and the collective punishment policy that itis applying to the people of Gaza.
We call for the international community tooffer international protection to the sinceraly Pastinian people.

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We reiterate our flat rejection of theforced displacement of Palestinians from their land
in the Gaza Strip. The Groupof Airy Up States condemns in the strongest
of terms the extremist and racist statementsrecently made by members of the Israeli government
on the forced displacement of Palestinians awayfrom the Gaza Strip and the reoccupation of

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this strip and reconstruction of settlements thereas this is a clear violation of international
law and international legislation and will underminethe peace process and cause instability in the
region. Mister President the Arab theArab State reiterates the need for an immediate

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cease fire and a full cease firein the Gaza Strip. We call for
the protection of civilians. We callfor meeting their humanitarian reads. This is
a basic right of unarmed civilians thathas been established by international laws and the

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principles applied for human rights. Moreover, it is a political and legal and
moral obligation upon the Security Council andthe international community. The Arab Group reiterates
the need to maintain the security andstability of neighboring countries, and because we

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believe that a just solution to thePalestinian cause and in accordance with the international
legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative anda just and comprehensive piece is the only
means to establish stability and security inthe region. We reiterate the importance of
urgently bolstering international efforts to put anend to the Israeli occupation and to ensure

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the independence of the State of Palestinewithin the four June nineteen sixty seven lines
with East Jerusalem at its capital.I thank you, I think the Bahrain
has spoken on behalf of the ArabGroup. I now gave the flaw to

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the of Cuba President. Our stanceon Resolution a slash rees slash seventy six

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slash two six' two entitled standingmandate for a General Assembly debate when a
veto is cast in the Security Councilremain valid. Given the seriousness of the
current situation in the Gaza Strip.Cuba is grateful for the convening of this

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meeting. Although on the twenty secondof December, as the Security Council managed
to adopt following prodigious efforts to avoida United States veto a second resolution on
the situation in Palestine, it isnevertheless deplorable that this did not include a

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call for an immediate cessation of hostilitiesso as to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian
aid to the population of Gaza.The immediate ceasefire is a priority to halt
the genocide against the Palestinian population inthe Gaza Strip. If this does not

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happen, the international community will havebecome a dormant witness to the extermination of
the Palestinian people. In ninety daysof escalation in the Gaza Strip, up
until the third of January, themilitary forces of Israel had killed more than
twenty three thousand Palestinians, including overnine thousand children. None of them will

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be able to receive their birthday cakes. Nothing can justify the collective punishment today
being inflicted upon the Palestinian people inflagrant violation of international humanitarian law. The
complicity of the United States with Israel. The occupying power is clear. Not
only is it hampering decision making bythe Security Council, but it is also

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arming and resupplying the war machine whichis massacring the Palestinian people. The United
States is on the side of theaggressor country, which is committing crimes against
humanity, including ethnic cleansing and theabuse of the anti democratic privilege of the
Veto, which deepens still further itsparticipation in the crime. The paralysis of

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the Security Council, which is thusguaranteed, discredits it entirely as the principal
organ of the United Nations with themandate of guaranteeing international peace and security.
The double standards must cease the selectivityand the political manipulation which are jeopardizing this

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noble objective. The Security Council mustfulfill its mandate to bring an end to
the impunity enjoyed by Israel to commitits crimes against humanity and its violations of
international law and international humanitarian law inthe occupied Palestinian territories. We unreservedly condemn

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the killings of civilians, particularly children, women, and humanitarian workers of the
United Nations system, as well asthe indiscriminate strikes, including against refugee camps,
the destruction of homes, hospitals andcivilian infrastructure, as well as depriving

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the Palestinian p population of water,food, electricity and fuel services, thus
considerably worsening the precarious humanitarian situation resultingfrom the already long standing blockade of the
Gaza Strip. In this regard,we express our categorical condemnation of the force

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displacements of Palestinian people from the territorywhich belongs to them rightfully. The violence
and the illegal Israeli settlement practices inoccupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and
East Jerusalem must cease. It isessential to continue using United Nations coordination to

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mobilize emergence see Humanitarian aid. Toaddress the catastrophic situation in Gaza. We
reiterate our call upon all the protagoniststo facilitate the entry and distribution of this
indispensable assistance to the Palestinian people.We call for seeking a prompt solution through

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negotiation which halts this massacre and thisescalation of violence, as well as its
extremely serious humanitarian consequences and its impacton the Middle East region and the dangers
that this spill over into a regionalconflagration. We reiterate the urgent need for

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a comprehensive, just and lasting solutionto the Israeli Palestinian conflict upon the basis
of the creation of two states,which allows the Palestinian people to exercise their
right to self determination and to anindependent sovereign state within the pre n nineteen

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sixty seven borders, with East Jerusalemas its capital, and which also guarantees
the right to return to refugees.We reaffirm Cuba's wish to contribute to legitimate
international efforts to bring an end tothe current situation. The time to act

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is now. Let us ensure thathumanity prevails over violence and barbarity. I
thank you, I think the distinguishedrepresentative of Cuba. I now give the
flaw to the distinguished Replentatiff of Thailand. Mister President. We are gathered here

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at the General Assembly meeting held aperson to GA Resolution seventy six slash two
sixty two of twenty six April twentytwo on the situation to which which a
veto was cast in the UN SecurityCouncil on twenty second December twenty twenty three.
The situation referred to is the situationin the least including the Palestinian question.

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The ongoing situation continues to be ofserious concern to this body and to
the Internation community in view of theongoing fighting, the continuing loss of lives
and devastating humanitarian consequences. The SecretaryGeneral's letter to the President of the Security
Council dated fifth January twenty twenty foursums up the bleak and terrible situation,

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referring to the devastating levels of deathand destruction, as well as its grave
impact on the humanitarian situation, thework of United Nations and relevant personnel,
and most importantly, the loss oflives and livelihood, including the holding of
hostages. In light of the above, Thailand remains means deeply concerned over the

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deterior rating humanitarian situation, the plightof all affected civilians, and the possibility
of a further escalation of the conflict. Now we condemn in the strongest terms
all forms of violence and attacks whereverit takes place against innocent civilians, regardless

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of their nationalities. The protection ofcivilians must be a priority at all times.
We urge all sides to respect andfulfill their obligations under international humanitarian law.
Because of the urgency of the situation, we join the call for an
urgent and sustainable secession of hostilities toallow safe and unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza

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for those in need. We encourageall sides to do their utmost towards the
resumption of a ceasefire, as wehope to see the eventual permanent ceasefire.
We continue to appeal for the immediateand unconditional release of all remaining hostages,
including Thai nationals, and also callfor continuing proper treatment and care for these

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hostages. Let all the hostages comehome. Thailand welcomes the adoption of the
United Nations Security Council Resolution two sevento two zero of twenty twenty three on
scaling up and monitoring aid to Gaza, and strongly urges all parties to act
in accordance with the United Nations SecurityCouncil Resolutions twenty seven twelve and twenty seven

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twenty Thailand also welcomes the appointment ofMiss Sigrid Cog of the Netherlands as Senior
Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza,person to Security Council Resolution twenty seven to
twenty which should contribute to the improvementof the humanitarian situation in the Middle East,
and we hope that under Miss Cogg'ssupervision, indequate humanitarian aid will be

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delivered to those in need in Gazain a safe, efficient and timely manner.
As we welcome these resolutions, itis critical for us to ensure their
full implementation. Indeed, the resolutionsof the Security Council and the tenth Emergency
Special Session of the General Assembly havelaid out all the necessary foundations towards the

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escalation, delivery of humanitarian aid,the cessation of facilities, and promoting peace
in the Middle East. So wecall on all sides to implement these resolutions
in full, and we wish toextend our appreciation to those who have worked

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to implement the resolutions to help bringabout an end to this conflict and to
pave the way towards a mutually agreedsolution to the issue in accordance with the
two State solution, by which thestates of Israel and Palestine live side by
side in peace and security within secureand recognized borders, consistent with UN Security

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Council's resolutions Lastly, Mister President,as we are meeting persona to Resolution seventy
six slash two six two, Thailandshares the views of the vast majority of
UN member states that a vital rightis not a privilege, but an international
responsibility. We believe that GA Resolutionsseventy six two six two can help enhance

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efficiency and accountability of the United Nationsand particularly the Security Council. But as
we have seen in the almost twoyears since the adoption of Generally Assembly Resolutions
seventy six slash two six two,the exercise of vetos has not been reduced
when compared to the several years priorto the adoption of this resolution. Therefore,

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in order for the United Nations,including the Security Council to be more
effective, to be more accountable andthus contribute, you are more effective multilateralism
that we all seek, whether underthe Summit of the Future Process or other
GA processes. The United Nations andSecurity Council must be more united in the

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discharge of its responsibilities based on theUN Charter. United Nations and the Security
Council must be more open and transparentin its work, and United Nations and
Security Council must be more collaborative andfocused in exercising diplomacy and peaceful means.
A polarized UN a polarized Security Councilserve no one's interests. So on this

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matter, Thailand will work closely withthe Unite UN member States and the International
Communitee in forging a pragmatic and consensuspath forward to having a more effective and
transparent Unite Nations, including the SecurityCouncil, that can deliver more effectively,
especially on the critical issue of internationalpeace and security. Thank you, Miss

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President. I think the distinction ofThailand now I give the flaw to the
discretion of China of Chile. SorryChile, senor Brasilian President. We are

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grateful for the convening of this formalmeeting of the Assembly to discuss the twenty
second of December veto in the SecurityCouncil. Chile calls once more upon the
permanent members of the Security Council torefrain from making use of the veto in
situations of armed conflict which affect civilianpopulations, as is the case in Ghaza,

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which has already aimed more than twentytwo thousand lives, primarily women and
children. The veto does not fosterunity of the Security Council, nor does
it promote and collective understanding. Quitethe contrary, it erodes the credibility of

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the whole multilateral system. The vetois the crudest possible expression of power and
a final resort when diplomacy has failed. My country has been a steadfast defender
defender of limiting the use of theveto, all the more so in the

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face of scenarios where international humanitarian lawis being violated, as is the situation
in Palestine. The use of theveto confirms the urgent need to restructure the
Security Council and its working methods,as well as the need to implement accountability
measures for permanent members. Refusing todemand an urgent suspension of hostilities runs counter

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to the very mission of the SecurityCouncil of the United Nations. We demand
that the Council fulfill it mandate andbring an end to this cruel war.
The veto is not a privilege,but a responsibility president. A tragedy,

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in its classical sense, is aseries of impossible situations and holds that human
desire or human will may wish todo something, but is unable to achieve.
This desire. This current tragedy confrontsUS with a similar set of circumstances.
The great majority of the members ofthis Assembly have called for an immediate

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cessation of hostilities, but the wishof just a few has prevented an end
to the violence. Only an immediatecessation of hostilities will allow for safe,
unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza. Pursuantto Resolution twenty seven seventy adopted by the

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Council on the twenty second of December, President Chile unreservedly and categorically condemns the
cruel actions of Hamas on the seventhof October, as well as any terrorist
attack against civilian populations. In thisregard, we demand the immediate unconditional release

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of all hostages still held by Hamas. The protection of civilians is a fundamental
obligation the United Nations Charter, InternationalLaw and Internet humanitarian law must be upheld
in this sense. In this regard, the Government of Chile categorically rejects the

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recent statements by authorities of the Governmentof Israel proposing the mass displacement of the
Palestinian population of Gaza to third countries. Any action which involves the forced displacement
of persons runs counter to international law, international humanitarian law, and human rights.

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The latest warnings from the United NationsAgency for Palestinian Refugees and the World
Food Program shed light on the threatof famine and disease in densely populated zones
where tens of thousands of people havefled from the intense bombing campaigns in the

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north and center of the Strip.President, we iterate our full support to
the devoted and courageous work being doneby the United Nations, its agencies,
and particularly UNNA on the ground.We express our great sorrow regarding the death

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of staff of this agent's humanitarian agencyduring this war. Last week, the
Government of Chile prepared an urgent deliveryto Gaza of resources from the Chilean Fund
against Hunger and Poverty. These willbe channeled through the United Nations Population Fund
Fund to meet the specific needs ofwomen, adolescents and girls. This new

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contribution from Chile goes some way towardsmeeting the most basic needs of women and
girls in the Strip, women andgirls who are embroiled in a conflict where
the basic rules of war are notbeing upheld. President. A month ago,
the International Day of Human Rights,which recalls that this same General Assembly

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adopted seventy five years ago the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights. But with great
discomfort, with great pain, wenote that these rights are not being upheld
in the Gaza Strip. We underlinethe fact that there is no contradiction at
all between the legitimate defense of astate or combating terrorism and respecting the lives

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of civilians. Quite simply, itis not permitted to attack critical civilian infrastructure,
including homes, health and education establishments, and shelters inter alien. We
therefore call that all the facts beinvestigated by the competent international bodies to determine

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and ensure that those involved are heldaccountable. President, we support the right
of the Palestinian people to establish asovereign state, as enshrined in United Nations
resolutions, including Resolutions one eighty oneand two four to two of the General

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Assembly. We urgently call for thefull and prompt implementation of Resolution twenty three
thirty four of the Security Council,which reaffirms that the establishment of settlements by
Israel in occupied Palestinian territory, includingEast Jerusalem, has no legal validity and

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is a flagrant violation of international lawand a significant hindrance to achieving the two
state solution and a comprehensive, justand lasting peace. We recall that Chile
staunchly supported Resolution seventy seven Slash twoseventy four of this General Assembly, and

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we made a written presentation to theInternational Court of Justice in the context of
requesting an advisory opinion on the implicationsof continued violations by Israel of the right
of the Palestinian people to self determination. We hope that the Court will be
able to assist the international community byclarifying the legal obligations which serve as a

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basis for seeking a definitive solution whichwill guarantee the human rights of all its
inhabitants. President Chile will not standby indifferently in the face of this current
situation and the pain of the Palestinianpeople. Therefore, Chile will soon be

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presenting a statement to the Prosecutor ofthe International Court of Justice to call for
investigations of international crimes committed in Palestinianterritories occupied Palestinian territories. We hope that
other states will be able to joinus in this work. All the protagonists

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and the international community as a wholemust work together for this war to be
brought to an end and to ensurethat a real, fruitful dialogue is launched
which will allow us to progress towardsthe existence of two states, recognizing the
right of Israel and Palestine to coexistin peace within secure, mutually agreed,

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and internationally recognized borders, pursuant tothe resolutions adopted by the United Nations.
Thank you very much, President,I think the distinguished of Chile I now
give the flaw to the dis ofChina. Mister President. The current round

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of the Palestinian Israeli conflict has beengoing on for more than three months now.
Gaza is suffering an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, with innocent civilians losing their lives
every day in an ever worsening situation. The immediate realization of a ceisfar in
Gaza is the universal goal of theinternational community, and it is the most

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basic requirement for peace to be restored. However, the Security Council is yet
to reach our consensus on a callfor CEISFI to end the fighting. We
are disappointed by and regret the exerciseof yet another veto by the United States
as a Security Council on December twentysecond, twenty twenty three. China has

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repeatedly pointed it out that the realizationof a ceasfire is an overriding prerequisite.
The international community must pull all itsefforts to promote an immediate ceasfire to end
the fighting. Saving civilian lives requiresan immediate cease fire. The current round
of the Israeli by the standing conflicthas resulted in the loss of nearly twenty

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three thousand lives and the displacement ofnearly ninety percent of the population in Gaza.
Allowing the fighting to continue will onlyresult in more casualties and will not
help find a way out for therescue of hostages. Secretary General good Terriss
has repeatedly warned that Gaza under firedoes not have the conditions for Uman agencies

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to deliver humanitarian assistance. China urgesIsrael to stop its indiscriminate military attacks and
collective punishment of the people of Gazaand to provide necessary conditions for humanitarian agencies
to deliver eight in Gaza. Avoidingregional instability requires an immediate seas fire.
As the conflict in Gaza continues,tensions are escalating in the West Bank between

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Lebanon and Israel, between Syria andIsrael, and in the Red Sea.
With the Middle East region facing turbulence, the international peace and security are being
threatened. Only a seasfire in Gazacan fundamentally eliminate the spillover effects of the
conflict and prevent the wider Middle Eastfrom being dragged into war and conflict.

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Upholding the two state solution requires animmediate seas fire. We oppose the forcible
transfer and forcible relocation of the Ballistinianpeople. We oppose the expropriation of Balistinian
land. We're extremely concerned about theopen rejection of the two state solutions by
some Israeli political figures. China callsfor intensified international, regional diplomatic efforts to

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promot an immediately cease far, helpthe people of Gaza to end their displacement
and return to their homes at anearly date, and prevent a total collapse
of the foundation for the Tuesday solution. Mister President China will continue to work
with the international community to urge theSecurity Council to take timely, responsible and
meaningful action and to make a rampedingefforts to end the fighting in Gaza sooner,

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effectively implement their Tuesday solution and achievepeace and stability in the Middle East.
I thank you, mister President.I think the discusion of China now
I give the flow to the distributionof litter style. Thank you, mister

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President. We thank you for conveningtoday's meeting in accordance with General Assembly Resolution
seventy six Slash two sixty two,which for the first time is pursued to
a veto cast on an amendment todraft resolution presented to the Security Council.
Every veto, including on amendment,falls within the scope of seventy six Slash

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two sixty two and is accordingly subjectto discussion by the UN Membership as a
whole. We thank the Security Councilfor producing a special report in a timely
and efficient manner and the President ofthe General Assembly for issuing a summary of
today's debate as stunning previous meetings resultingfrom the veto initiative, and we acknowledge

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the participation of the veto casting statein this debate. The vetoed amendment is
in line with the content of previousresolutions adopted by the General Assembly in emergency
special Session by an overwhelming majority,including the majority of Security Council members.
We encouraged Council members to be remindedthe will of the UN membership as a

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whole, including were expressed through resolutions, and note that in carrying out its
duties, the Security Council acts onbehalf of the entire membership. At the
same time, we note that thevied to the amendment was only brought to
the Council at the last minute,and in a situation where a resolution as
a whole reflected delicate and fragile concessionsamongst Security Council members after lengthy and ortheous

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consultations undertaken with the view to enablingthe Council to carry out its duties in
accordance with the UN Charter, Councilmembers should aspire to the most transparent and
accountable working methods at all times,including whenever possible, presenting amendments with sufficient
time for consultations. Mister President,While we are grateful to see the Security

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Council ultimately adopt Resolution twenty seven totwenty, we regret that the Council has
not been able to call for theurgent suspension of hostilities, let alone and
immediate humanitarian sees fire, as demandedby Disassembly last month as well as by
relevant humanitarian organizations. A humanitarian seasfire remains essential for the protection of civilians,

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which must be our highest priority.It is the most important step towards
ensuring full, immediate, safe,unhindered and sustained humanitarian access, including by
fulfilling the Council's demand in Resolution twentyseven to twenty that the parties to the
conflict allow and facilitate the use ofall available routes to and throughout the entire

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gas strip. It will also bevital to enable the new mechanism the Council
has created to accelerate the provision ofhumanitarian relief consignments, as well as to
enable the release of all hostages.Every day that goes by in the absence
of the suspension of facilities causes moresuffering and devastation. Mister President, in

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closing, Liechtenstein reiterates that the onlysustainable solution to the conflict will come through
diplomatic means. The inalible rights ofboth Israeli and Palestinian peoples can only be
ensured by upholding the rights to selfdetermination expressed through a two state solution.
I thank you jur Emerci la distinctEurope as tante. I think the distinguished

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Representative lichteness stign and I get theflow to the distinguished Representative of the Islamic
Republic Iran in the name of Godthe compassion of the merciful. I thank

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you, mister President, for conveningthis important meeting to address the pre issue
of unwarranted and responsible use of vetoby the United States that hindered the Security
Council from foul filling its vital dutyof maintaining international peace and security. Despite
all international calls for the Security Councilto fulfill its obligation and hold the bloodshed

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in Gazer, the body has onceagain fallen short of its duties, solely
due to yet another obstruction by theUnited States. Unfortunately, through the veto
of the proposed amendment put forth bythe Russia, which aimed at a sustainable
cessation of hostilities in Gaza, theUnited States has once again indicated a lack

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of commitment to ending the violence inGaza and safeguarding civilian lives. Indeed,
the veto granted Israel unschecked freedom foradditional, unrestricted and indiscriminate bombing, civilian
infrastructure and the population of Gase withoutany time constraints. Each passing day of

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the war in gase exacerbates human sufferingand destruction as the Israeli regime continues its
relentless bombardment and genocidal aggregation against innocentpeople in Gase. As a result of
huge attack, almost all residential partsof the Strip have been destroyed. No

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place in Gasey is safe, andan imminent risk of a total collapse of
the humanitarian support system is still valid. The obstruction by the United States of
the Council shorter duties, stoutly contrastwith global appeals for an end to the
bloodshed, defies the inherent human natureto preserve life and violates fundamental principles of

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international law, include the humanitarian andhuman rights love. Mister President iranns the
adoption of the Security Council Resolution twentyseven twenty upon which the Council Errs facilitating
the use of all available routes toand throw the entire Strip, including border
crossings. Further iron acknowledged the appointmentof Missus kagh As Senior Humanitarian and the

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Construction Coordinator forgets the persone to theSecurity Council Resolution twenty seven twenty and would
like to offer its full cooperation infulfilling her mandate. We hope that the
newly established monitary Mechanism will carry outits mandate efficiently, free from any obstruction

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or interference by the Israel regime.Additionally, we look forward to the Secretarygiennal's
timely reporting to the Council on theimplementation of the resolution. And lastly,
Mister President, we are of thefilm believed that the only practical way to
proceed is to prevent and stop thecriminal and genocide aggression against innocent civilians in

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Gaze, establish a sustainable and durableceasefire in shore, access to humanitarian assistance
on a large scale, and haltthe forced displacement of the people in Gaze
Strip. Without the sustainable ceasfire,the trajed divorces leading to the loss of
innocent lives, including children and women. Further, is it shall be punished

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for all its international rank doing whichhave put the whole region on fire.
The United States face a critical choice. It can either persist in its current
trajectory or it can choose to refrainfrom providing unconditionals of Without such support,
Israel would encounter difficulties in sustaining itsaction of mass violence and genocide against the

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Palestinian population. I thank you jourde Mersillo, distinguished, I think the
distinguished representative of the Islamic Republic ofIran. I gave the flaw to the
distinguished representative of Ireland. Thank you, mister President. Ireland recalls at the

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opposition to each and every use ofthe veto and it's consistent call for it
to be abolished, and we wouldlike to thank you for convening today is
very important meeting at the outset.I would also like to acknowledge the continuing
heroic efforts of UN staff, especiallythose working on the front line in Gaza,
who are carrying out their role inexceptionally challenging circumstances. I've allowed to

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express our heartfelt condolences to the familiesof those who have been killed. The
situation that is unfolding on the groundin Gaza is increasingly catastrophic. The level
of civilian debts is simply unacceptable.The recent assessment of the Integrated Food Security
Phase classification the IPC was deeply shocking. It found that one hundred percent one

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hundred percent of people in Gaza areestimated to be acutely food insecure, while
a quarter of its population faces catastrophichunger and starvation. The adoption on the
twenty second December last of UN SecurityResolution twenty seven to twenty was a step
in the right direction. It providesfor a number of vital actions that must

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be taken by all parties to enablethe delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale.
Ireland welcomes the appointment of Sigared Cagas Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator and recall
for the implementation of the resolution tobe urgently stepped up. However, we
regret that UN Security Council Resolution twentyseven to twenty did not go far enough.

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It is now manifestly clear that thesituation on the ground demands an immediate
humanitarian ceasefire. We urge the SecurityCouncil to call for such an immediate humanitarian
ceasefire in line with the overwhelming viewof the international community. We also called
for the immediate and unconditioned release ofall hostages, urgent and effective humanitarian access,

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and for the protection of civilians.As we enter a new year and
the fourth month of this conflict,it is imperative that we take stock of
the overall situation and context. Irelandhas consistently condemned the attacks launched by Hamas
on and since the seventh of October. The rape and murder of civilianans,

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destruction of civilian property, taking ofhostages, use of human shields, and
firing of indiscriminate rockets at urban centersare serious, grave violations of international humanitarian
law, for which those involved mustbe held responsible and accountable. However,
it is equally beholden upon all ofus to recall that international law limits the

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use of force in self defense tono more than what is necessary unproportionate.
President Ireland's view is that these limitsare being exceeded, as illustrated by the
unacceptable debt toll and the massive destructionof property, including homes throughout Gaza,
the displacement of up to two millionpeople, and the ensuing humanitarian catastrophe to

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which we have referred. Furthermore,international humanitarian law requires that in any armed
conflict, military operations respect the principlesof distinction, proportionality and precaution. Ireland
is increasingly concerned that the use ofheavy munitions with a wide blast area cannot
be limited to military objectives located inheavily populated urban centers, and is therefore

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indiscriminate. Their use in these circumstancesunavoidably inevitably leads to the extensive destruction of
nearby civilian property and loss of civilianlife. The use of these munitions must
cease. Events across the region inrecent days are a stark reminder of the
potential for regional escalation. A wideningof this conflict would have devastating consequences for

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the region and for the world.Ireland or just all parties in the region
to exercise restraint and avoid such escalation. The overall trajectory is deeply concerning and
must be reversed. In the firstinstance, the international community, including parties
in the region, must re doubleefforts to end the conflict in Gaza.

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However, our ambitions should not belimited to de escalation. We must take
concrete steps to achieve life long termpeace, stability and security for all Palestinians
and all Israelis and for the regionas a whole. This can only be
done. It can only be donethrough sustained and serious commitment to a two
state solution, and this requires genuinepolitical goodwill and political effort. In this

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regard, Ireland condemns the recent commentsby Israeli government ministers calling for the resettlement
of Palestinians outside of Gaza. Suchstatements are inflammatory and irresponsible and unacceptable.
In closing, Ireland recalls that inFebruary of last year, the UN Security
Council reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to thevision of the two state solution, where

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two democratic straits Israel and Palestine wouldlive side by side in peace, within
secure and recognized borders, consistent withinternational law and relevant UN resolutions. The
achievement of this of this vision,the achievement of this vision is more pressing
than ever. Thank you, misterPresident. I would like to thank the

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distinguished Representative of Ireland. I nowgive the floor to the distinguished Representative of
Switzerland. Mister President, thank youfor convening this meeting on the exercise of

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the Right of veto in the contextof the situation in the Middle East,
including the Palestinian question. The MiddleEast conflict has great potential for regional escalation
and thus threatens peace and security throughoutthe world. Responding to such a threat
is the primary responsibility of the SecurityCouncil. Unfortunately, the constant risk of

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a veto reduces its capacity to act. The humanitarian situation in the Kaza Strip
is catastrophic and carries a real riskof famine, while infectious disease rates are
already sore. For this reason,Switzerland welcomes the adoption of the resolution presented
by the United Arab Emirates to theSecurity Council, which aims to increase and

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supervise humanitarian aid. A sharp increasein humanitarian aid and the release of the
hostages are necessary to this end.Switzerland has supported the draft resolutions calling for
an immediate humanitarian cease fire and consequentlysupport suspension of hostilities in order to allow

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safe and unhindered humanitarian access and tocreate the conditions for a sustainable cessation of
hostilities. Switzerland wishes to reiterate thatall parties must respect international humanitarian law and
human rights. They are obliged torespect these rules even if the opposing party

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does not. The credibility of theSecurity Council depends on its ability to act
quickly and decisively in the face ofcrises and conflicts around the world. Consequently,
we are committed to negotiations aimed atachieving a convergence of positions that will
allow such action to be taken.Switzerland welcomes the fact that the adoption of

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Resolution twenty seven to twenty was notparalyzed by a new veto. The threat
of such a VISTO nevertheless determined thenegotiation process and the substance of Resolution twenty
seven twenty. Whatever the context,negotiations in the Security Council must be based
on trust, conducted in good faith, and free from any threat of the

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exercise of the veto. Switzerland attachesgreat importance to a consensus oriented negotiation process,
Mister Chairman. In general, Switzerlandhas long been committed to a restrictive
use of the veto in the SecurityCouncil. We recall the Code of Conduct
proposed by the Act Group on itsuse, signed by more than two thirds

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of the members of this Assembly todate, it is high time to identify,
rather together efforts to implement it.This would be a clear signal that
transparent, responsible and effective multilateralism mustbe strengthened. Mister President, Switzerland will
continue to be committed in all Forumsto the promotion of peace, respect for

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international law, humanitarian assistance, andthe protection of the civilian population and conflict
situations, including throughout the occupied Palestinianterritories. Thank you, jer I thank
the distinguished Representative of Switzerland. Inow give the floor to the Distinguished Representative

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of New Zealand. President. Onthe twenty sixth of April twenty twenty two,
Member States took the landmark decision toadopt by consensus Resolutions seventy six two
six two titled Standing Mandate for aGeneral Assembly debate when a veto was cast

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by the Security Council. New Zealandactively supported the veto initiative from its inception
and remains a proud proponent of seventysix two six two. The resolution created
a mechanism to ensure accountability between UNorgans in accordance with the Charter, and

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to ask permanent members of the SecurityCouncil which have cast a veto to explain
themselves to the wider UN membership.The veto is the most undemocratic element of
the UN. New Zealand has beena vocal opponent of the use of the
veto since its inception in nineteen fortyfive. This is the ninth time that

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Resolution seventy six two six two hasbeen triggered since its adoption. On previous
occasions, ensuring General Assembly debates havedemonstrated strong desire for more inclusive multilateralism.
New Zealand was pleased that the SecurityCouncil was able to adopt another humanitarian focused

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resolution on the pressing crisis in Gazawe meet today, because the veto was
deployed against an oral amendment to thatresolution. It was disappointing that a last
minute proposal that the authors knew wouldnot achieve consensus detracted from the weeks of

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intense negotiations to achieve a text acceptableto all. It is hard to view
this as anything other than cynical politicalmaneuvering that was intended to undermine efforts to
achieve a unified international response. However, any use of the veto is highly

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disappointing. Once again, we underlinethat every use of this outdated and undemocratic
mechanism erodes the Council's credibility and underminesits ability to fulfill its mandate for the
maintenance of international peace and security.President New Zealand is gravely concerned about the

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impact of this conflict on civilians.The loss of life and level of suffering
in Gaza is utterly devastating. NewZealand condemns absolutely Harmas's terrorist attacks on Israel.
These are clear violations of international law. We call for the immediate and
unconditional release of all hostages. NewZealand recognizes Israel's right to defend itself against

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hamasa's terrorist attacks, but in defendingitself, is Raul must respect international humanitarian
law. Civilians and civilian infrastructure mustbe protected. We are alarmed at the
diminishing safe space for civilians in Gaza. The delivery of humanitarian assistance remains a

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crucial priority. We urge the immediateimplementation of Security Council Resolutions twenty seven twelve
and twenty seven twenty to enable unhinderedand sustained assistance and protection in line with
humanitarian principles to those who desperately needit. We continue to urge all parties

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involved in the conflict, as wellas countries with influence in the region,
to take urgent steps towards towards establishinga sustainable cease fire. Ultimately, no
military solution will bring about a justand lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
As the UN Secretary General has said, too many lives and the fate of

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the entire region hang in the balance. We cannot afford to fail. We
must act now. Finally, ifResolution seventy six two six' two is
reactivated in the future as a resultof the Security Council's failure to performance responsibilities,
it is incumbent upon all of usas members of the General Assembly to

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continue to exercise our collective political responsibilityunder the UN Charter to address matters of
international peace and security. Thank you, mister President jur Remercilla, I think
the distinguished Representative of New Zealand,and I now give the flow to the

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distinguished Representative of the Russian Federation Today, Mister President, colleagues, today's UN

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General Assembly meeting is being held inconjunction with the latest use by the US
of the veto in the UN SecurityCouncil in order to block calls for a
ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Giventhat it has been more than three weeks
since that day, I'd like toremind you how discussions went in the Council

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on the twenty second of December twentytwenty three. A few days before that,
the UAE delegation on behalf of theArab States presented a very robust draft
resolution on expanding humanitarian assistance in Garta. It contained into alia an extremely important
political point, a clear and unambiitiguouscall for a cessation of hostilities in the

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strip. This document, of course, was not to the liking of Washington,
which conducted a very unscrupulous game inorder to eviscerate it as much as
possible and to ensure its main MiddleEastern ally had a free reign in Gaza.
Then came very underhand means of pressureand blackmail that our American colleagues slyly

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dubbed effective bilateral diplomacy. We sawthis during negotiations on this draft in all
its glory, and quite frankly speaking, it was a very ugly sight.
After a few days of active armtwisting, the US managed to ensure that
the initial premise of the draft wascompletely distorted. Instead of a call for

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a cessation of hostilities, wording appearedin the text reflecting the complete opposite,
a call for creating conditions for thecessation of hostilities, so de facto a
license for Israel to kill civilian Palestiniansin Gaza using the excuse that cleansing the
strip is Apparently what is step needto be taken in order to create these

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conditions, guided by the absolute moralimperative to save civilian lives in Gaza,
we could not allow the Council tosign off on a document tailored to America's
needs, which would bless, soto speak, the ongoing extermination of the
Gazans. Therefore, the Russian Federationpresented an amendment which would have restored the

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wording from the initial UAE draft onthe need for a cessation of hostilities by
supported rather by the Arab group.This amendment was supported by ten Council members
the UK, Japan, Switzerland,and Albania abstained. This is also extremely
telling, given their statements on theircommitment to interne actual humanitarian law and the

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protection of civilians. Only one delegationvoted against the US. Thus Washington really
revealed its true colors. It showedthat the real aim of all this behind
the scenes intrigue was not to hammerout a compromise text, as the American
delegation hypocritically announced, but rather topush through the UN Security Council the ability

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to give free reign to the Israelileadership, free reign to use any inhumane
steps to clean up Gaza. Asa result, discussions on Gaza in the
Security Council in twenty twenty three endedon a sad, if not tragic note.
However, it's not the case thatthe Council was not able to carry
out the mandate conferred upon it tomaintain peace and security because of its institutional

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peculiarities. In December last year,the Council came closer than ever to consensus
regarding calling on parties to have acease fire to ensure safe conditions for delivering
needed humanitarian assistance to all in needin the oldest hotspot of the region.

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The real reason why as to whyit couldn't do it was one thing,
the US's destructive policy. The USused every political diplomatic lever in its arsenal
not to bring about peace, butrather to deliberately undermine multilateral efforts under the
auspices of the UN to serve itsown pernicia geopolitical interest in the Middle East.

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The sad result of This is thatover the past three months of escalation
in Gaza, the Council was onlyable to adopt the tooth Resolution twenty seven
twelve and also the very Dubis resolutionI mentioned twenty seven twenty. It is
very upsetting that no proper response wasgiven to Antonio Gouterris's to the Security Council

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under Article ninety nine of the UNCharter. Russia abstained on both documents and
did not. However, it didnot vote against solely based on requests of
the Palestinian Arab representatives. But onceagain I'd like to reiterate we categorically do
not agree with the contents of currentop two of Resolution twenty seven twenty,

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and we believe that responsibility for allpossible ramifications should be borne by those states
that gave their consent to its draftingthat was pushed through by the US.
There have been no glimmers of hopein the horrific humanitarian situation in Gaza.
More than twenty two thousand Gazans havedied, about fifty three thousand people have

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been injured, and a further tenthousand are missing. Under the rubble humanitarian
achievements, so to speak, justboiled down to the fact that acording to
the UNWFP, more than half amillion people in the Strip are suffering from
severe hunger, and people and childrenrather who fled to the south of Gaza

(01:47:10):
are just getting ten percent of theirdaily needs in water. One out of
the six border crossing points, KeademShalom, was opened and only seventy one
days after the start of the Israelioperation. The Secretary General and the heads
of UN humanitarian specialized agencies time aftertime have stated that it's not possible to
deliver assistance given the mass strikes andbombings, and the goods authorized are a

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drop in the ocean, given thehumanitarian suffering and needs, and also that
civilian rather infrastructure, including medical facilities, have almost been totally destroyed. Given
this, we believe that a clearcall by the Security Council for a comprehensive
cease fire remains an imperative. Withit, as we have already seen from

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Resolution twenty seven twelve, implementing theCouncil's decisions in Gas is just not possible.
On the eighth of December twenty twentythree, in his statement to the
SCUDI Council, the Secretary General AntonioGutierresh clearly highlighted this. A similar conclusion
can be drawn from his letter tothe Council with the Options for Monitoring Resolution

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twenty seven twelve. We believe,however much it's resisted because of its main
Middle Eastern, ally the US MiddleEast. The Council nonetheless will return to
this issue and will clearly in anambiguously demand for a cessation of hostilities.

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Without this, all humanitarian efforts willbe paralyzed. Distinguished President, colleagues.
After the seventh of October attacks thatwe categorically condemned, the spiral of violence
that the world is seeing every dayhas become truly catastrophic in scale. It's
clear that it may well be repeatit in the Middle East until the long

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standing injustice which is at the rootcause of this conflict, is tackled,
and until the Palestinian people enjoy theright provided for them in Security Council and
General Assembly resolutions to establish their ownindependent state within the nineteen sixty seven borders
with East Jerusalem as its capital.Only such a balanced approach based on international

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law will bring lasting peace in thesecircumstances. Our shared goal is to help
the Party start the negotiation process.All contentious issues need to be resolved.
Within this, there's a need forcollective diplomatic a collective diplomatic mechanism geared to

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creating conditions for implement the decisions ofthe international community. One of the most
pressing and urgent tasks is to restorePalestinian unity. For our part, even
well before the start of the Octoberescalation and confrontation in the Gaza Strip in
spring last year, we proposed holdingministerial consultations to consolidate positions of involved regional

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players in order to assist restoring theunity of the Palestinian people and organizations.
This remains valid otherwise, against thebackdrop of the paralysis of finding exclusion to
the Palestinian question, the world canonly watch the Gaza Strip being wiped off
the face of the earth. Gaza'spopulation, who throughout their entire history have

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been deprived of any hope of havingpeaceful skies over their heads. Thank you
very much, Jeo L. Mesilla. I thank the distinguished Representative of the
Russian Federation. I now give theflaw to the distinguished Resentative of Turkeia.

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Thank you, mister President. Asa co sponsor of the General Assembly resolution
on VETO initiative and the vocal supporterof the Security Council Reform, Turkia welcomes
this debate. This resolution strengthened thecollective response of divider UN membership to the
use of VETO by P five members. Mister President, we are here today

(01:51:42):
because the Security Council that holds theprimary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace
and security has failed to deliver.We are here today because the deadliest and
the most destructive catastrophe in recent historyhas been unfolding in God's in total disregard
of international law. As the conflictenters this fourth month, civilians in Gaza

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Strip continue to be targeted in relentlessbombardments of Israel. Civilians are unincreasingly at
risk from preventable diseases and malnutrition.The obvious risk to international peace and security
led the Secretary General to invoke Articlenineteen nine of the UN Charter for the

(01:52:29):
first time during his tenure. Yetover twenty two thousand civilians lost their lives
in just three months, while thedemands for cease fire, even the demands
for secession of hostilities fell on deafears. Almost sixty thousand civilians are wounded,
while resolutions aimed at binging an endto this man made disaster were obstructed.

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As we speak, almost two milliongardens are displaced and in dire need
of a safe shelter. It isthe largest displacement of Palestinians since nineteen forty
eight. Driving an entire population outof their homes is a grave violation of
international law. We categorically reject theunacceptable statements of the resettlement of Palestinians outside

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of Kaza. The only viable solutionto this conflict is a political solution based
on a two state vision, notwar and destruction. The risk of spilover
regional spilover is grave and all thesepoints sum up to one hard evidence that
there is an urgent need for animmediate cease fire under this roof. As

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the larger membership, we are proudto have adopted two resolutions that called for
a cease fire and to have remainedon the rights side of hist My country
also adopted a principled approach in rejectingthe war in Ukraine and manifested disposition by

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supporting all relevant General Assembly resolutions.Despite the very strong calls from this Hall,
the UN agencies, the international community, and the outcry of millions that
took to the streets all around theworld. The Security Council was unable to
adopt a single resolution on Gaza forover a month, and the two resolutions

(01:54:34):
that were eventually adopted failed to callfor what is fundamentally needed to stop the
bloodshed in Gaza, an immediate ceasefire. Mister President, the General Assembly
is the sole, entirely universal hencethe most representative organ of the United Nations.

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As the epitome of multilateralism, thischamber had as priority over all bodies.
The use of VETO at the SecurityCouncil has become an arbitrary and detrimental
tool where common good is sacrificed overindividual interests. The inaction over Gaza has
been another case in point. Thepursuit of self interest in this body not

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only the undermines multilateralism, but alsoweakens the credibility of the whole UN system.
The need for Security Council reform isindisputable and undeferable. The reform process
needs to address and eliminate the currentshortcomings of the Security Council, primarily the

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use of VETO. Mister President,Humanity deserves a more representative, democratic,
transparent, accountable and effective Security Counciland to descend, Turque will continue to
constructively engage in reform EFODS, promotinga comprehensive any inclusive approach that would benefit
all Member states. I thank you, mister President, Jure Mercy logistic,

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I think the distinguished representative of Turkieand I now give the floor to the
distinguished Representative of Belgium. Mer monsieurPresident, thank you very much, mister
President. We welcome the adoption bythe Security Council of a resolution to enable

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the provision of humanitarian aid to besped up in Gaza. Belgium also welcomes
the appointment of a Secret Card tothe post of Coordinative for Humanitarian Assistance and
Reconstruction and will fully support her asshe carries out her duties. These Security
Council resolutions, and in particular Resolutionstwenty seven twelve and twenty seven twenty must

(01:56:59):
be impli mented as soon as possible. Mister President, Belgium considers that the
following points must receive our full attentionin order to be taken up as soon
as possible. In resolutions adopted bythe Security Council or by this Assembly.
First and foremost, Belgium regrets thefact that Hamas and the other terrorist in

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groups involved in the seventh of Octoberattacks have still not been condemned, either
by this Assembly or by the SecurityCouncil. Terrorism and extreme violence finlent extremism
rather cause victims everywhere. As thetragic events of this past week have once

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again shown us, these acts mustbe condemned and countered in all circumstances.
Belgium supports specific actions along these lines, in particular to bring an end to
their financing or the arms transfers thatbenefit them. Mister President, the respect
of international law, including IHL andhuman rights is a cornerstone of peace and

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security. Belgium advocates for all violationsof international law and international humanitarian law to
be documented and investigated so that theirperpetrators be brought to justice. The indiscriminate,
disproportionate use of force, obstacles tothe provision of humanitarian aid, the

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use of civilians as human shields,the use of human infrastructure for military purposes,
the force, displacement of people andsettlement actions are illegal in under international
law. This Assembly and the SecurityCouncil must act to bring an end to
this. Belgium is horrified by theacts of sexual violence perpetrated on the seventh

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of October and since then these arewar crimes and all light needs to be
shed on these crimes. Thus,Belgium calls for and supports the following actions.
Firstly, the implementation of a sustainablehumanitarian ceasefire that would lead ultimately to

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an end of hostilities. Humanitarian accessthat is safe, unhindered and expanded,
and this must be guaranteed immediately,and the provision of humanitarian aid must be
increased. Belgium has already contributed tothe tune of twenty two point eight million
euros, including four million allocated sincethe seventh of October. The risk of

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famine in Ghaza is intolerable and weneed to react to this without further ado
the immediate also and unconditional release ofall hostages. That was the second point.
Thirdly, the support for an investigationof the International Criminal Court on all

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actions committed on Palestinian territories or bycitizens of state part is to the Rome
Statute, therefore including the hamas terrorists. For the end of provocative actions from
both sides. The escalation of thesituation and spill over in the region will
will only benefit enemies of peace.The definition of a political horizons to my

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last point, which will guarantee Israelthe possibility of living in peace and security,
and which has the right for selfdetermination of the Palestinian which lays the
basis for a two state solution.Thank you, jeo remercilla dis I think
the distinguished representative of Belgium, andI now give the floor to the distinguished
Representative of Algeria. The name ofGod most Ricious was morciful. Mister presidents,

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today we meet after the veto wasused against a proposal requesting a stop
to hostilities in Gaza. This wasan important request considering the tragic conditions that
Gaza is experiencing because of the onslaughtof the occupying authorities. The calling for
a halt to hostilities and obstructing thiscalled hoscidities, has increased the suffering of

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Palestinians and has made humanitarian bodies unableto render aid In time. Over twenty
two thousand people have died, seventypercent of whom where women and children.
There is no water that is drinkableabsolutely no drinkable water in northern Gaza,
and children in southern Gaza do nothave ninety percent of their natural water needs.

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More Over, eighty five percent ofGaza's residents have been forcibly displaced.
Therefore, Algeria renews it's absolute rejectionof all the schemes that aim to forcibly
displace Palestinians from their land or toevict them forcefully from it. Everyone must

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realize that there is no place forPalestinians except in their home and on their
land, and any eviction is ablatant violation of international law. Mister President,
we cannot claim that Resolution twenty seventwenty meets the requirements of humanitarian workers.
The Secretary General of the United Nationswas clear when he stated after the

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adoption of that last resolution and Iquote, that a humanitarian pause is the
only means to start meeting the massiveneeds of the people of Gaza. Mister
President, we must stand solemnly andfirmly to put an end to the violations

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that the Palestinian people are being subjectedto. We must call for an immediate
and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Thisis a collective responsibility that we must all
work to achieve. As a firststep, our utmost objective must be to
enable the Parastonian people to enjoy thelegslimate rates and the establishment of an independent
state with Alcus As Sharif as itscapital. I thank you Jorremercilla Distinger,

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I think the distinguished Representative Algeria,and I I give the flow to the
Distinguished Representative of Australia. President Australiawelcomes the special report provided by the President

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of the Security Council on the useof the VETO at its nine five and
twentieth meeting, and we thank youfor convening this meeting in line with General
Assembly Resolution seventy six six two,known as the VETO Initiative. Australia is
a longstanding supporter of the initiative asa mechanism for bringing greater transparency and accountability

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to the use of the VETO.To this end, we thank the United
States for its statement explaining its useof the VETO. On twenty two December
twenty twenty three, President Australia unequivocallycondemns the seven October Hummus attacks as a
borrant act of terror. We continueto call for the immediate release of all

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hostages. We have consistently reaffirmed Israel'sright to defend itself, but we have
also said that the way it doesso matters. Israel must respect international humanitarian
law and protect civilian lives and civilianinfrastructure. Australia welcomes the Security Council's adoption

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of Resolutions twenty seven twelve and twentyseven twenty and the appointment of Sigrid carg
as the Senior Humanitarian and reconstruction Coordinatorfor Gaza. We are concerned by the
Secretary General's report that Resolution twenty sevento twelve remains under implemented, and we
call for its full and expedited delivery. We also want to see humanitarian pauses

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resume so that urgent aid can flowto civilians in Gaza. Such pauses are
important steps towards a permanent and sustainableceasefire. Australia remains concerned about the potential
for the conflict to spill over regionally, and we urge restraint along the Blue
Line and for parties to respect Resolutionseventeen oh one. We reiterate that ongoing

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hootie attacks in the Red Sea areunacceptable and destabilizing. President a stray.
We have made its position on thisconflict clear in our statement at the resumed
tenth Emergency Special Session on twelve Decembertwenty twenty three, and we reiterate that
position. We remain committed to ajust peace in the form of a two

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state solution where Israelis and Palestinians livesecurely side by side within internationally recognized borders.
Finally, today's proceedings remind us ofour collective interest as members of this
Assembly in full implementation of Resolution seventysix two six y two. Thank you,

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jure I think the Distinguished Representative ofAustralia. I now give the floor
to the Distinguished Representative of Pakistan.Mister President, thank you for convening today's

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meeting following the use of veto bya Permanent Member of the Security Council on
twenty SEWOD December twenty twenty three.Israel's war in Gaza is brutal, a
veritable genocide. Israel's indiscriminate slaughter ofinnocent Palestinian civilians, including children and women,
is a flagrant violation of international law, including the principles of the UN

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Charter. International humanitarian and human rightslaw. This genocidal war must be stopped
forthwith, in accordance with the internationalcommunity's resounding call for an immediate and unconditional
humanitarian ceasefire in General Assembly Resolutions es Ten, stroke twenty one, and
twenty two, and also reflected inthe thirteen votes cast in favor of a

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ceasefire in the Security Council, aswell as the Secretary General's invocation of Article
nineteen to end this war. MisterPresident Pakistan strongly and unequivocally condemns Israel's rejection
of a humanitarian ceasefire. The UNSecurity Council, entrusted with the primary responsibility

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of maintaining international peace and security,has regrettably failed in fulfilling its obligation to
impose a ceasefire. The Council hasbeen paralyzed due to the resistance and negative
vote of a permanent member. Aheavy responsibility rests on those who have enabled
the prolongation of this war and thecontinuing slaughter of innocent civilians in Gaza.

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This latest exercise of the veto reinforcesour conviction that the reform of the Security
Council should not add more permanent membersto its composition. Mister President, the
failure to halt the Israeli war posesan imminent risk of escalation that could engulf
the entire region. Pakistan there reiteratesits call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.

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Beyond the imperative of an immediate andhumanitarian sustainable seasfire, we must ensure
the provision of adequate humanitarian assistance tothe besieged population of Gaza. The right
to life and dignity must not besacrificed at the altar of geopolitical interests,
Mister President, Israel's refusal to stopthe slaughter and impede the supply of humanitarian

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assistance, coupled with forced displacements inGaza, represent blastant violations of established international
law. There must be consequences andaccountability for such criminal actions that we have
been witnessing for far too long inoccupied Palestine. Pakistan welcomes South Africa's initiative
to bring Israel's transgressions under the GenocideConvention to the International Court of Justice.

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Pakistan also looks forward to the advisoryopinion of the j on the legal consequences
arising from the policies and practices ofIsrael in the occupied Palestinian territory, including
East Jerusalem. Mister President, theroot cause of this crisis lies in Israel's
prolonged occupation and denial of Palestinian's inalienableright to self determination. Israel's brutal campaign

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against the occupied people of Palestine strugglingfor their freedom cannot be justified under the
guise of self defense. The internationalcommunity cannot accept the Fayre company Israeli seeking
to impose to destroy Palestinian nationhood.The choice before us regarding Palestine is stark,
engaged in a determined and sustained diplomaticendeavor to implement the two state solution

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or bear witness to the ongoing genocideperpetrated by extremist Israeli leaders with the tacit
or explicit support of some foreign politicalleaders. Indeed, there is no choice.
We must work collectively to prevent thegenocide in Palestine, achieve a two
state solution, and establish a secure, vible, contiguous, and sovereign state

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of Palestine on the basis of thepre June nineteen sixty seven borders, with
Al kutsuls Reef as its capital.I thank you. I think the distinguished
Representative of Pakistan. I now givethe floor to the distinguished Representative of the

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Democratic People's Republic of Career, thatchemistPresident, that is disparte the efforts of
the international community for Christians stability.The situation in kaza As a worsening.

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Day by day. We have witnesscatastrophy and unbearable strategy in Causure, where
more than twenty thousand of the InnaucioPalestine people had been killed and the critical
civilian infrastructure have been completely destroyed byindiscriminate bombardment of Israel. The agent suspension

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of the hostility and the CIS fireis not just a choice at its obligation
and the international law, including internationalhumanitarian law. However, the unanimous desire
of the international community for the Immediateitisfire and the suspension of the hostility in
Causure was most lessily trampled down onceagain due to the United States ex signs

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of each bit of power at theSecret Consul meeting hold on twenty second December
twenty twenty three. The United Stateshas the people on the order amendment for
calling wasn't the suspension of the hostilityto allow safe and unhinder the manitarium access

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for merely reason that order amendment wasproposed by Russian Federation. It means that
a decision making on the issues ofthe international reput security United States decided not
by the norms of any international law, but by each own discretion and creditedia

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of fotyit instead of what gods thedamin the last year of twent December at
the Secretary Council meetings, United Statesexercise is a bit of power on the
rupto resolugence calling for immediate cespire andthe humanitarian posts proposed by United Arab Emirates
and Brazil respectively. While talking aboutIsrael's right self defense, they are why

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actively patrionizing Israel's astrosity of the civilianmask in Kazastri. This is the typical
manifestation and exploration of illegor table standard. The States branded our exercise of the
right to the self defense as athread to the international patients security, but
this time actively patronized and petifies Israel'smask of the civilian and asterosity as the

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exercise of the right to the selfdefense before exercise is a bit of power
on the ground of the Israel toright to the self defense. United States
should have explain why the sanctions resolutionof the Security Council against tpr K having
a single body to recognize PPR cagedright to self defense. As long as
the United States consistently a result toITAs one side support policy for Israel,

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the pains taking a force of theintellational community for immediate its value, suspension
of the hostility of Israel and savingleaves of the greater number of Inoco the
Palestine people will be failed. Weexpected usn't action to be taken for implementation
of the resolution adopted at the SecurityCouncil to immediately allow the safe, unhindered

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and expandedition, militant access and thegreat condition for sustainable sization of the house
tenditive in Israel. In conclusion,my delegation answer again express our unwavering support
for solidarity with the plast ten peopleand died just the struggle to regain their
leegedimate national rights, including establishment ofthe independent of state which is the jedisaling

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as it's the capital. I thankyou you, reminer, I think the
distinguished representative of the Democratic People's Republicof career and now give the flaw to
the distinguished Representative of Malta, President, Excellencies Moultar, regrets the content which

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has necessitated the holding of this debate. The gravity of the situation in the
Middle East is undeniably severe. Itis unfortunate that the Security Council was unable
to respond to that severity with clearunnecessary terms. Unity among Council members on

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such issues is necessary in order toprotect the principles of the UN Charter,
which remain a backbone of effective multilateralism. At the adoption session of Security Council
Resolution twenty seven twenty on twenty secondDecember, Malta had supported the amendment that

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was subsequently vetoed. The language wouldhave called for the urgent suspension of hostilities
in a more determined and decisive manner. We reiterate our belief that an immediate
humanitarian sees fire is the only wayto put an end to the unprecedented human
suffering unfolding in Gaza and in Israel. Ausha's reports that Gaza has become effectively

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uninhabitable are extremely troubling when one alsoconsiders that Gaza is still home to over
two million Palestinians, half of whomare children. The civilian population remains besieged
by heavy Israeli military attacks, compoundedby extremely limited access to life saving necessities.

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The risks of famine and the publichealth crisis are growing every day.
International humanitarian law and the laws ofwar are clear. They apply to all
parties. Military actions during hostilities mustalways be in line with the principles of
distinction, proportionality, and necessity.Parties are also obliged to ensure that civilians

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and civilian infrastructure are protected n hindered. Humanitarian aid and the safety of un
and humanitarian workers must be guaranteed.In this regard, Malta calls for the
full implementation of Security Council Resolutions twentyseven twelve and twenty seven twenty. Adherence

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to these resolutions is crucial if weare to reduce these staggering levels of human
suffering. At the same time,Malta unequivocally condemns the Harmasterra acts of seventh
October and the recurring rocket fire atIsraeli civilians. We denounce Hamas's tactic of
embedding itself among civilians and civilian infrastructurein Gaza, as well as reports of

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sexual violence. Malta calls for theimmediate release of hostages per Security Council twenty
seven to twelve, and deplores anyviolence they may endure in captivity and into
the broader region. The conflict hasawakened increase regional turbulence and risks of conflagration.

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Flashpoints of spillover in the West Bank, the Israeli Lebanese border and in
the Red Sea are deeply concerning andmust be mitigated. As a matter of
urgency. We call for all partiesconcerned to exercise restraint, de escalate and
respect the norms of international law.As the Gaza hostilities persist. Focus on

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a media challenge is crucial. Challengesis crucial, Yet planning for the future
is also imperative. A post hostilitinariomust demands reinforcing the Palestinian authority for effective
governance, aligned with a two statesolution with Gaza as part of an independent

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Palestinian state, A serious strategic dialoguea im at realizing these objectives is imperative.
Malta reiterates its commitment to the realizationof a two state solution along the
pre nineteen sixty seven borders, Addressingthe legitimate aspirations of both sides, which

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jeruse them as the future capital oftwo states living side by side in peace
and security, in line with therelevant Security Council resolutions and the internationally agreed
parameters. Thank you, Jeux Ramercila, distinguished, I think the distinguished Representative

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of Malta, and I give thefloor to the distinguished Representative of the United
Kingdom. Thank you, mister President. Colleagues, we have heard repeated warnings

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from humanitarian experts on the ground inGaza that nine out of ten people are
only getting one meal a day,that over half a million people are projected
to be facing catastrophic levels of hunger, and the disease is spreading in overcrowded
areas as people go without basic healthcare, shelter and clean water. So

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it is devastating to hear that aidis still piling up outside Gaza, undelivered
to those in desperate need. TheUK reiterates ours do you have anything else
here or on the screen? Asmy New Year resolution, one of them
is should pay attention to the screen. So if I don't see any,

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hence I would say wonderful, youhave a wonderful afternoon. I see you
tomorrow. Thanks, bye bye.Thank you built ten Nuver fifty seven thousand

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wounded, mostly women and children onlyas a session of hostilities can prevent the
continuation of the current alarming scale ofkilling, suffering and destruction. Slovenia has
been clear and will continue condemning theterrorist attack by Hamas on seventh of October.
We are also deeply concerned by theinformation about sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas.

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Once again, we call upon Hamasto immediately and unconditionally release all hostages.
However, what we are witness seekingGaza today are grave violations of international
law, including international humanitarian law andhuman rights law. Despite appeals by the
General Assembly and the Security Council,endeavors of many countries and humanitarian organizations,

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the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gazaremains critically insufficient. This is also clearly
highlighted in the Secretary Generals on thefifth of January. There is a higher
percentage of people facing hunger in Gazatoday than anywhere else in the world.
The people in Gaza are in direneed of medical supplies, fuel and shelter
equipment. More than four hundred thousandcases of infection diseases have been reported so

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far, it is an imperative tore establish essential services such as healthcare,
safe water supply, and provide shelterfor one point nine million displaced persons.
That's almost as much as the entirepopulation of Slovenia. As the President,
we welcome the adoption of two UNSecurity Council resolutions on specific aspects of the

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crisis. However, the steps takenso far have not been enough. We
therefore regret the use of VITOM.Given the numerous reports of the devastating situation
on the ground, we should notbe merely taking steps to create the conditions
for a sustainable secession of hostilities.People are dying, starving, without water,

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without appropriate shelter, without access tobasic health care and security. This
is the dire humanitariance situation which needsour decisive action. We therefore urge all
parties to intensify efforts towards ensuring asafe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance and
to uphold the principles of international lawprioritizing the prevention of civilians. Mister President,

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the General Assembly has been clear.One hundred and fifty three states called
for ceasefire in June last year,the same number of countries voted to elect
Slovina to serve as an elected memberof the UN Security Council. We took
on this new role with great senseof responsibility and with clear priority of protecting
the most vulnerable. We can achievethat only by fully respecting international law,

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especially international humanitarian and human rights law. Nothing less should be acceptable. It
is imperative that we take immediate actionto alleviate the ongoing suffering and destruction occurring
in Gaza. By doing so,we can begin to rebuild trust within the
organization and demonstrate our commitment to upholdinternational law and protect the most vulnerable populations.

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It is only through responsible and decisiveaction that we can bring about a
sustainable and lasting solution to human catastrophein Gaza and embark on ament meaningful political
process that will lead to the twostates solutions. I think, in mister
President, I think the distinlution repetativeof Slovenia. And we have just heard

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the last speaker on the debate forthis morning. We shall hear the remaining
speakers this afternoon at three pm inthis hall, after the consideration of agener
Item thirteen as announced in the Journalof the United Nations. The General Assembly
has thus concluded this stage of atthis stage the consideration of Agenda Item sixty

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three, and this meeting is adjunt. Thank you very much for yourself.

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