  {"id":221430,"date":"2019-09-25T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=221430"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:42:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:42:50","slug":"general-assembly-general-debate-5th-and-6th-meetings-press-release-ga-12187-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/general-assembly-general-debate-5th-and-6th-meetings-press-release-ga-12187-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly General Debate (5th and 6th Meetings) \u2013 Press Release (GA\/12187) (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span class=\"meeting-session\">SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION,<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"meeting-information\"><strong>5TH &amp; 6TH MEETINGS (AM &amp; PM)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>GA\/12187<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>25 SEPTEMBER 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/fr\/2019\/ag12187.doc.htm\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>BARHAM SALIH, President of\u00a0<u>Iraq<\/u>, said&#8230;Diligent work is also required to deal with the Palestinian question and he underscored Iraq\u2019s solidarity with the Palestinian people and their legitimate right to self\u2011determination.\u00a0 Israel\u2019s recent proposal to annex the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley can only prolong the crisis, he said, stressing that support for a comprehensive political solution in Yemen must also be a priority.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MICHEL AOUN, President of\u00a0<u>Lebanon<\/u>&#8230;He described Lebanon\u2019s \u201cdiscouraging\u201d historical experience, which began in\u00a01948 after waves of Palestinians came to the country, where they still live in camps awaiting a political solution and the implementation of resolution 194\u00a0(1948).\u00a0 Meanwhile, reduced services provided by the Âé¶¹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East\u00a0(UNRWA) threaten to \u201cturn Palestinian youth from \u2018education candidates\u2019 to \u2018revenge candidates\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He rejected Israel\u2019s Judaization of Al\u2011Quds, methodical colonial policy, legislation that contravenes human rights and annexation of lands that were occupied by force.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>FAUSTIN ARCHANGE TOUADERA, Head of State of\u00a0<u>Central African Republic<\/u>, said&#8230;In the Middle East, he advocated a two-State solution to the Palestinian-Israel conflict&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MOHAMED OULD CHEIKH EL GHAZOUANI, President of\u00a0<u>Mauritania<\/u>&#8230;Reiterating its support for Palestinians\u2019 right to dignity and sovereignty in the context of an independent State with East Jerusalem as its capital&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>HAGE G. GEINGOB, President of\u00a0<u>Namibia<\/u>&#8230;We cannot talk of leaving no one behind when we live in a world in which the people of Western Sahara and Palestine have been left behind\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>FAIEZ MUSTAFA SERRAJ, President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord of\u00a0<u>Libya<\/u>&#8230;On peace in Middle East, he voiced support for a Palestinian independent State with East Jerusalem as its capital&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>JABER AL-MUBARAK AL-HAMAD AL SABAH, Prime Minister of\u00a0<u>Kuwait<\/u>&#8230;He went on to say that the Palestinian question occupies a central and pivotal place in the Arab and Islamic worlds. \u00a0It is imperative to continue efforts to hold serious negotiations within a specific time frame, to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. \u00a0He also called for the cessation of all Israeli settlement activities on occupied Palestinian land and of Israeli practices violating the sanctity of religious sites.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For information media. 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