{"id":178273,"date":"1997-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=178273"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:38:35","slug":"auto-insert-178273","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-178273\/","title":{"rendered":"SecCo work &#8211; Letter from Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>LETTER DATED 4 APRIL 1997 FROM THE PERMANENT OBSERVER<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>OF PALESTINE TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SECRETARY-GENERAL<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>With reference to the letter of the Charg&#233; d&#39;affaires a.i. of Israel to the United Nations, addressed to you on 24 March 1997 (S\/1997\/249), I wish to emphasize that the Israeli representative has no authority whatsoever with regard to issues relating to the work of the Security Council of the United Nations.&nbsp;&nbsp;Those issues are decided by the members of the Council, and in this regard, there has been a clearly established practice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>I should be grateful if you would arrange to have the text of the present letter distributed as a document of the Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(<u>Signed<\/u>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Nasser AL-KIDWA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Permanent Observer of Palestine<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">to the United Nations&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LETTER DATED 4 APRIL 1997 FROM THE PERMANENT OBSERVER OF PALESTINE TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE&nbsp;&nbsp; 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