{"id":183491,"date":"2000-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=183491"},"modified":"2021-10-20T18:14:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T22:14:45","slug":"auto-insert-183491","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-183491\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East – First Cttee debate – Verbatim record (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Official Records<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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General Assembly<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Fifty-fifth session<\/p><\/div>\n

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First Committee<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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14<\/strong>th meeting<\/p><\/div>\n

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Friday, 13 October 2000, 3 p.m.<\/p><\/div>\n

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New York<\/p><\/div>\n

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President:  <\/i><\/span>Mr. U Mya Than…………………….(Myanmar)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The meeting was called to order at 3.15 p.m.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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Agenda items 65 to 81<\/strong> <\/strong><\/i>(continued<\/i>)<\/p><\/div>\n

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General debate on all disarmament and international security items<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Chairman<\/strong>: First of all, we will hear statements by any delegation wishing to exercise the right of reply.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>I now give the floor to the representative of Israel to exercise the right of reply for the second time.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Mr. Issacharoff <\/strong>(Israel): I will not take up very much of the Committee’s valuable time. I just want to make some very brief comments regarding the statement made this morning by the Syrian delegation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>First of all, I am very well informed of my Government’s policies and I know what proposals were made to President Al-Assad by President Clinton at Geneva. Those proposals were far-reaching and designed to reach peace with Syria. The fact that they were rejected by Syria is a matter of public record, so I am not sure what the Syrian representative is arguing with me about.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Secondly, if the Syrian representative really said that they have a strategic decision for peace, I would definitely urge him to make peace with Israel. We always respond eagerly to such offers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The last point is with regard to the incidents in the territories. I really do think that the Syrians should let the Palestinians speak for themselves. I have no trouble talking about those events, but I am not sure that this is the right time and place. But I do find it particularly objectionable to receive lectures from the Syrian representative on those issues the day after three of our soldiers were so brutally murdered at Ramallah. I think there are times when silence would, at the very least, be of better service to the Syrians.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t\t<\/span>The meeting rose at 3.25 p.m.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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