3 OCTOBER 2015
GA/11701
Concluding Debate, General Assembly Speakers Call on United Nations to Invoke
Compassion, Dignity amid Waves of Refugees, War, Climate ThreatsClimate
28th Meetings (AM)
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Statements
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YOUSEF BIN AL-ALAWI BIN ABDULLA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Oman, …The symbolic gesture of raising the flag of the State of Palestine at United Nations Headquarters was a reminder of the tragedy of the Palestinian people. Israelis and Palestinians needed to return to the negotiating table to achieve the vision of two independent States, securing the interests of both parties, based on the Arab Peace Initiative and relevant international resolutions. He called on the Organization and the parties sponsoring the peace process to exert efforts to resolve the crisis, rather than merely manage it.
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FRANÇOIS LOUNCÉNY FALL, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guinea, …He called on the international community to make every effort towards renewing negotiations between Israel and the State of Palestine.
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DUNYA MAUMOON, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Maldives, …She urged that Palestine become a full United Nations member and for the establishment of the State of Palestine within the 1967 borders.
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Right of Reply
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Also exercising the right of reply, Iran’s speaker …Canada had a very questionable human rights record with indigenous people and in supporting Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people, she said.
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For information media. Not an official record.
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Document Type: French text, Press Release
Document Sources: General Assembly, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Subject: Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Statehood-related
Publication Date: 03/10/2015