IAEA General Conference – Israeli Delegation’s credentials/Statement of Arab delegations – Letter from Kuwait


International Atomic Energy Agency 

General Conference 

(Unofficial electronic version)

GC(43)/31

28 September 1999

Forty-third regular session

Agenda item 28

(GC(43)/27)

GENERAL Distr.

ENGLISH

Original: ARABIC

EXAMINATION OF DELEGATES' CREDENTIALS

STATEMENT OF ARAB DELEGATIONS CONCERNING THEIR RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE CREDENTIALS SUBMITTED BY THE ISRAELI DELEGATION TO THE FORTY-THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE IN VIENNA 

Sir,

We enclose herewith the statement of the delegations of Arab States whose signatures are on the attached list and which are participating in the forty-third regular session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency to be held in Vienna from 27 September to 1 October 1999 concerning their reservations about the credentials of the Israeli delegation to the General Conference with the request that it be included in the Conference’s report and be treated as an official document of the Conference.

 

(Signed):

Faisal Al-Ghais

Dean of the Arab Diplomatic Corps

Ambassador of Kuwait

The Chairman of the Credentials Committee of the

General Conference of the International Atomic

Energy Agency


GC(43)/31

Attachment

Statement of Arab delegations concerning their reservations about the credentials submitted by the Israeli delegation to the forty-third regular session of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna 

The undersigned delegations of the Arab States, members of the League of Arab States participating in this Conference, wish to express their reservations about the credentials submitted by the Israeli delegation for the following reasons:

1. Israel has annexed the city of Jerusalem, regarding it as its capital in spite of the relevant United Nations resolutions and in particular Security Council resolutions 252, 267, 271, 298, 465, 476 and 478 adopted in various years and General Assembly resolution A/RES/35/169(E) of 15 December 1980, which determined that all legislative and administrative measures taken after the occupation of the city of Jerusalem were null and void and unlawful, and in which the General Assembly called upon all States, specialized agencies and other international organizations to disregard any measure contravening the provisions of that resolution.
You will notice that, in spite of the provisions of the above-mentioned resolution, the credentials of the delegation of Israel have been issued from occupied Jerusalem.
2. Israel has annexed the Syrian Arab Golan area and refused to implement the Security Council and General Assembly resolutions relating to the annulment of the annexation measures. It continues to occupy part of South Lebanon and Western Beqaa, and to refuse to apply Security Council resolution 425 on this subject.

Vienna, 15 September 1999


GC(43)/31

Attachment

Names of Arab States signing the Statement concerning their reservations about the credentials of the Israeli delegation to the forty-third regular session of the IAEA General Conference held in Vienna

from 27 September to 1 October 1999

Name of State

Head of delegation

Signature

Kuwait

Faisal Rashed Al-Ghais

(signed)

Sudan

Abdel Ghaffar Abdel

Rahman Hassan

(signed)

Yemen

Nageeb Khalil Abdo Ibrahim

(signed)

Morocco

Abderrahim Benmoussa

(signed)

United Arab Emirates

Ahmad Rashed Al-Dosari

(signed)

Saudi Arabia

Omar Mohammed Kurdi

(signed)

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Ibrahim Al-Besbas

(signed)

Lebanon

William Habib

Caroline Ziadé

(signed)

Iraq

Faez Hussain Ali Al-Berkdar

(signed)

Syrian Arab Republic

Riad Siage

(signed)

Tunisia

Nabil Ammar

(signed)

Algeria

Mokhtar Reguieg

(signed)


Document symbol: GC(43)/31
Document Type: Letter
Document Sources: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject: Arms control and regional security issues, Credentials
Publication Date: 28/09/1999
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