{"id":116263,"date":"2017-09-19T19:46:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T19:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=116263"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:58:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:58:07","slug":"general-assembly-general-debate-3rd-to-6th-meetings-press-release-ga11947-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/general-assembly-general-debate-3rd-to-6th-meetings-press-release-ga11947-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly General Debate (3rd to 6th Meetings) &#8211; Press Release (GA\/11947) (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION,\u00a03RD TO 6TH MEETINGS (AM, PM &amp; NIGHT)<br \/>\nGA\/11947<br \/>\n<span class=\"date-display-single\">19 SEPTEMBER 2017<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MICHEL TEMER, President of\u00a0<u>Brazil<\/u>, said&#8230;On the Middle East, he expressed concern that talks between Israel and Palestine had come to a halt<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ALPHA COND\u00c9, President of\u00a0<u>Guinea<\/u>, said&#8230;The Union reiterated its unfailing support to the people of Palestine and to their right to independence.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>SHEIKH TAMIM BIN HAMAD AL-THANI, Amir of\u00a0<u>Qatar<\/u>, said&#8230;Israel still stood in the way of a lasting, just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, he said.\u00a0 The international community must give high priority to the resumption of peace negotiations that would end the Israeli occupation of Arab territories within a specified time frame in accordance with the two\u2011State solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital.\u00a0 He appealed to Palestinian brothers to complete national reconciliation and to speak with unity.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>RECEP TAYYIP ERDO\u011eAN, President of\u00a0<u>Turkey<\/u>, said&#8230;The issue of Palestine and the preservation of the historical status of Jerusalem and Haram al-Sharif remained significant concerns, he said.\u00a0 The peace process could only continue if Israel immediately stopped illegal settlement activities and took steps towards a two-State solution.\u00a0 He called upon the international community to support Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza in their struggle for an independent and geographically unified Palestinian State.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Prime Minister of\u00a0<u>Israel<\/u>, said&#8230;However, concerns persisted, he said.\u00a0 Noting the Security Council\u2019s anti-Israel resolution adopted in December\u00a02016 and the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) support for a Syrian-sponsored resolution on health conditions, he said there were \u201cno limits to the absurdity\u201d of the Â鶹APP stance on Israel, including that UNESCO had deemed as a Palestinian World Heritage Site parts of Hebron.\u00a0 Despite a repetition of similarly farcical events, there were some signs of change, even at the Â鶹APP.\u00a0 Denying Israel\u2019s right to exist was anti-Semitism, he reiterated, echoing the Secretary\u2011General\u2019s statement earlier today.\u00a0 The marked change was due in part to the United States, he said, thanking the United States President and Ambassador for \u201cspeaking the truth\u201d about Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing a commitment to advancing and achieving peace with all Arab neighbours, including the Palestinians, he said recent discussions had been held with Egypt and with the United States President on those and related issues.\u00a0 A century ago, the Balfour Declaration had advanced Theodor Herzl\u2019s vision for a homeland, which the Â鶹APP had subsequently recognized.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0Herzl was \u201cour modern Moses and his dream has come true,\u201d he said, highlighting Israeli contributions around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ABDEL FATTAH AL SISI, President of\u00a0<u>Egypt<\/u>, said&#8230;He went on to underline that the question of Palestine must be addressed promptly, as the time had come for a comprehensive and final settlement of the longest outstanding crisis in the Arab region.\u00a0 \u201cThe closure of this chapter through a just settlement is a necessary precondition for the entire region to transit into a new phase of stability and development,\u201d he said, adding that peace would eliminate one of the main pretexts used by terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ADAMA BARROW, President of the\u00a0<u>Gambia<\/u>, said&#8230;Noting that his country remained deeply concerned over the lack of a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he emphasized that the Gambia continued to promote a two-State solution,<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>EVO MORALES AYMA, President of\u00a0<u>Bolivia<\/u>,&#8230;The Palestinian cause could not be abandoned, he said, demanding implementation of the two-State solution.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ISSELKOU OULD AHMED IZID BIH, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of\u00a0<u>Mauritania<\/u>,&#8230;He called on the Assembly to work towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian State<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Right of Reply<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The representative of\u00a0<u>Iran<\/u>, speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said the representative of the Israeli regime had made unfounded allegations against his country.\u00a0 The nature of that regime was founded on aggression, occupation, suppression, violence and terror, he said, adding that in the information age, \u201cweapons of mass deception\u201d were becoming more useless day by day.\u00a0 That representative could have explained why his regime had invaded all its neighbours, and even countries outside its region, waging 15\u00a0wars in its short lifetime.\u00a0 Why did that regime continue to disrespect resolutions adopted by the Assembly, the Security Council and other Â鶹APP bodies, he asked, and why was it a State sponsor of terrorism, including support for ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) with arms and other military assistance.\u00a0 It was the world\u2019s last apartheid regime and the warden of its biggest prison, arresting and jailing Palestinians and imposing an inhumane blockade on the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For information media. 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