{"id":116243,"date":"2017-09-23T19:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T19:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=116243"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:58:00","slug":"general-assembly-general-debate-19th-to-22nd-meetings-press-release-ga11952-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/general-assembly-general-debate-19th-to-22nd-meetings-press-release-ga11952-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly General Debate (19th to 22nd Meetings) &#8211; Press Release (GA\/11952) (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION,\u00a019TH TO 22ND MEETINGS (AM, PM &amp; NIGHT)<br \/>\nGA\/11952<br \/>\n<span class=\"date-display-single\">23 SEPTEMBER 2017<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>WALID AL-MOUALEM, Minister for Foreign Affairs of\u00a0<u>Syria<\/u>,&#8230;For decades, Israel had occupied Arab territories in Palestine and the Syrian Golan, committing crimes against innocent civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MAHMOUD ALI YOUSSOUF, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of\u00a0<u>Djibouti<\/u>, said&#8230;Only dialogue would bring peace back to Palestine, he said, where people had suffered for too long.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ADEL AHMED AL-JUBEIR, Minister for Foreign Affairs of\u00a0<u>Saudi Arabia<\/u>, said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the most protracted in the region\u2019s history and had led to a great deal of human suffering.\u00a0 Nothing could justify the continuation of that conflict, particularly when there was widespread agreement over the two-State solution.\u00a0 International determination was needed to make that solution a reality.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED AL-KHALIFA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of\u00a0<u>Bahrain<\/u>, said&#8230;urther, he reiterated his country\u2019s continued support for the Palestinian people and their legitimate aspirations to enjoy their rights, including an independent State.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>SALEUMXAY KOMMASITH, Minister for Foreign Affairs of\u00a0<u>Lao People\u2019s Democratic Republic<\/u>,&#8230;He also expressed hope that the Palestinian issue would be resolved through the creation of two independent States with internationally recognized borders.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of\u00a0<u>Ireland<\/u>, said&#8230;called for a peaceful and lasting solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>IBRAHIM ABDULKARIM AL-JAFARI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of\u00a0<u>Iraq<\/u>,&#8230;Peace in the Middle East called for the complete withdrawal of Israel from Palestinian lands and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>KAMINA JOHNSON SMITH, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of\u00a0<u>Jamaica<\/u>, said&#8230;On the Middle East, she said that the best solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis rested on a negotiated political settlement based on a just, lasting and comprehensive agreement that guaranteed the security of Israel and provided for a Palestinian State within internationally recognized borders.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MOHAMED ASIM, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the\u00a0<u>Maldives<\/u>, said&#8230;Palestinians still lived without permanent peace or hope.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>IBRAHIM YACOUBOU, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigerians Abroad of\u00a0<u>Niger<\/u>, said&#8230;Efforts had to be redoubled to assist the people of Palestine<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For information media. 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