{"id":184167,"date":"1997-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=184167"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:40:37","slug":"auto-insert-184167","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-184167\/","title":{"rendered":"SecCo work &#8211; Letter from Israel"},"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;\">LETTER DATED 5 MAY FROM THE CHARG&#201; D&#39;AFFAIRS A.I. OF<\/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;\">THE PERMANENT MISSION OF ISRAEL TO THE UNITED NATIONS<\/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;\">ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>I refer to the letter dated 4 April 1997 (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/052458E11C6A70CD80256475002D7EB5.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">S\/1997\/275<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">) from the Palestinian Permanent Observer addressed to the Secretary-General.<\/span><\/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>The proposition that a State Member of the United Nations &quot;has no authority whatsoever with regard to issues relating to the work of the Security Council of the United Nations&quot; is astonishing and unacceptable.<\/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>Regarding the authority to request meetings of the Security Council, Israel is of the view that the clearly established practice pursuant to which only States are entitled to make such requests reflects the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council and should continue to be followed.<\/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 have the present letter circulated 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;David PELEG<\/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;\">Ambassador<\/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;\">Charg&#233; d&#39;affaires a.i.<\/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 5 MAY FROM THE CHARG&#201; D&#39;AFFAIRS A.I. OF THE PERMANENT MISSION OF ISRAEL TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL I refer to the letter dated 4 April 1997 (S\/1997\/275) from the Palestinian Permanent Observer addressed to the Secretary-General. 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