Official Records
General Assembly
Fifty-fifth session
67th plenary meeting
Friday, 17 November 2000, 3 p.m.
New York
President: Mr. Holkeri………………….(Finland)
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m.
Agenda item 59 (continued)
Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters
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Mr. Wehbe (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): …
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Second, the veto has been exercised more than 35 times vis-à-vis the Arab-Israeli conflict. The recent threat to use it vis-à-vis any draft resolution that might propose the creation of an international fact-finding committee to investigate Israeli violations of the Geneva Conventions, the killing of Palestinians in the occupied territories, the continued occupation of other States’ territories and the serious implications of such occupation for international and regional peace and security, demands that the international community muster a sincere political and humanitarian will to fulfil the call of the Millennium Summit to intensify all efforts to achieve a comprehensive reform of the Security Council.
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Mr. Hasan (Iraq) (spoke in Arabic): …
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We can see good examples of such double standards daily on our television screens. For the last two months, the Zionist invading and occupying forces have used tanks and aircraft to bombard occupied Palestinian towns and villages, and the Council has done absolutely nothing because the United States is threatening to use its veto power against any resolution that condemns the aggressor and halts the aggression. This is occurring at a time when the Council has responded immediately and decisively when some militia groups in East Timor attacked some civilians.
The meeting rose at 7.30 p.m.
Document Type: Meeting record
Document Sources: General Assembly
Subject: Intifadah II
Publication Date: 17/11/2000