{"id":164188,"date":"2018-09-26T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=164188"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:49:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:49:37","slug":"general-assembly-general-debate-8th-and-9th-meetings-press-release-ga12064-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/general-assembly-general-debate-8th-and-9th-meetings-press-release-ga12064-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly General Debate (8th and 9th Meetings) \u2013 Press Release (GA\/12064) (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/fr\/2018\/ag12064.doc.htm\">fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MICHEL AOUN, President of\u00a0<u>Lebanon<\/u>, said&#8230;Another resolution adopted by the General Assembly in\u00a01948 called for the return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland as soon as possible, he continued.\u00a0 That resolution remains unimplemented to this day.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>IBRAHIM BOUBACAR KEITA, President of\u00a0<u>Mali<\/u>,&#8230;reaffirmed his country\u2019s support for the Palestinian people in \u201cits legitimate struggle to achieve self-determination\u201d, and called on Israelis and Palestinians to resume negotiation with a view to setting up a two\u2011State solution in peace and within internationally recognized safe borders.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>JO\u00c3O MANUEL GON\u00c7ALVES LOUREN\u00c7O, President of\u00a0<u>Angola<\/u>, said&#8230;Despite the progress made so far, the old prevailing conflicts yet to be solved need to be acknowledged, he noted.\u00a0 Those include the Israel\u2011Palestine conflict in the Middle East, the resolution of which will only be achieved through a solution based on two States living side by side peacefully, as advocated by the Â鶹APP and the overwhelming majority of its Member States.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MIGUEL D\u00cdAZ-CANEL BERM\u00daDEZ, President of\u00a0<u>Cuba<\/u>,&#8230;reiterated his call for a just and lasting solution to the Israeli\u2011Palestinian conflict&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ANDREJ KISKA, President of\u00a0<u>Slovakia<\/u>, said&#8230;he world has become immune and has stopped counting the innocent lives in Syria, Yemen, Palestine, Myanmar and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, President of\u00a0<u>Zimbabwe<\/u>, said&#8230;urged the international community not to turn a blind eye to the suffering of the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA, President of\u00a0<u>Portugal<\/u>,&#8230;\u201cIn any case, stabilization and peace in the Middle East will only be possible with the resolution of the Israeli\u2011Palestinian conflict,\u201d he said, noting it requires the resumption of a credible negotiation process addressing all final issues, including the question of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>EVO MORALES AYMA, President of\u00a0<u>Bolivia<\/u>,&#8230;Condemning Israel\u2019s criminal occupation of Palestinian territories, he reiterated his support for the two\u2011State solution.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>NICOL\u00c1S MADURO MOROS, President of\u00a0<u>Venezuela<\/u>,&#8230;Declaring solidarity with the Palestinian people and calling for the immediate end of the blockade of Cuba, he said:\u00a0 \u201cWe have a world to build\u201d,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>JABER AL-MUBARAK AL-HAMAD AL SABAH, Prime Minister of\u00a0<u>Kuwait<\/u>,&#8230;On the Palestinian question as the oldest issue of the Security Council, he pointed to resolution 56\u00a0(1948) when the organ dealt with the issue for the first time, adding that Israel still persists in its intransigence, rejecting and ignoring resolutions of international legitimacy, and continues to expand the establishment of illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian territories.\u00a0 He recalled the latest resolution 2334\u00a0(2016) calling for the cessation of all Israeli illegal settlements.\u00a0 He noted the detention of thousands of Palestinians and Israel\u2019s military aggressions in the Gaza Strip while not observing the protection of civilians in armed conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>XAVIER BETTEL, Prime Minister of\u00a0<u>Luxembourg<\/u>,&#8230;Highlighting Luxembourg\u2019s support and contributions for various Â鶹APP missions, he raised concerns about crises elsewhere, including the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For information media. 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