{"id":164761,"date":"2018-09-28T16:39:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T16:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=164761"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:49:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:49:32","slug":"general-assembly-general-debate-12th-and-13th-meetings-press-release-ga12071-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/general-assembly-general-debate-12th-and-13th-meetings-press-release-ga12071-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly General Debate (12th and 13th Meetings) \u2013 Press Release (GA\/12071) (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong><span class=\"meeting-session\">SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"meeting-information\">12TH &amp; 13TH MEETINGS (AM &amp; PM)<br \/>\nGA\/12071<br \/>\n28 SEPTEMBER 2018<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/fr\/2018\/ag12071.doc.htm\">fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the General Assembly entered the fourth day of its general debate today,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>CARL GREENIDGE, Vice\u2011President of\u00a0<u>Guyana<\/u>,&#8230;also stressed that conflict is an obstacle to development, calling for a two\u2011State solution to the Israeli\u2011Palestinian crisis.\u00a0 The people of Palestine, including Gaza, have the right to a dignified existence in their homeland.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>WANG YI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of\u00a0<u>China<\/u>,&#8230;Voicing support for efforts to resolve the Palestinian\u2011Israeli\u00a0conflict and the Rohingya\u00a0refugee\u00a0crisis, he said terrorism \u2014 including cyberterrorism \u2014 can never be justified.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, Prime Minister of\u00a0<u>Malaysia<\/u>,&#8230;pointing to the situation in the Middle East, he said the only way to fight terrorism is to remove its root causes.\u00a0 \u201cLet the Palestinians return to reclaim their land.\u00a0 Let there be a State of Palestine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ALEXIS TSIPRAS, Prime Minister of\u00a0<u>Greece<\/u>,&#8230;Turning to the security crisis in his region, he pointed out that his country established trilateral schemes of cooperation with Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>DU\u0160KO MARKOVI\u0106, Prime Minister of\u00a0<u>Montenegro<\/u>,&#8230;Montenegro regrets the ongoing stalemate in the resolution of the Israeli\u2011Palestinian conflict and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.\u00a0 Violence resulting from conflicts in the Middle\u00a0East must end immediately, he asserted, also calling for the strengthening of the Â鶹APP prevention pillar.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>KHEMAIES JHINAOUI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of\u00a0<u>Tunisia<\/u>,&#8230;He said that while he understands some States\u2019 apprehension, extreme ideas around the issue of migration must be avoided.\u00a0 He voiced support for the 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