{"id":202458,"date":"2012-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=202458"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:22:25","slug":"auto-insert-202458","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-202458\/","title":{"rendered":"GA President closes general debate – Palestine bid for UN membership\/Statements – GA press release (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sixty-seventh General Assembly<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, CLOSING ANNUAL DEBATE, COMMENDS EFFORTS TO STABILIZE<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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WORLD'S INCREASING 'GEOSTRATEGIC VOLATILITY AND UNPREDICTABILITY'<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Integrating Civilian Protection, Prevention of Genocide Concepts<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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BRUNO RODRIGUEZ PARILLA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba<\/u>, …<\/p><\/div>\n

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… Also, the Assembly should act with resolve and recognize the Palestinian State, based on 1967 borders, as a full United Nations member.  It should do so now, with or without the Council’s consent or peace negotiations.  …<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.M. KRISHNA, Minister for External Affairs of India<\/u>, …<\/p><\/div>\n

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… India supported the Palestinians’ aspiration for enhanced United Nations status, underlining the imperative for an independent Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living alongside a secure Israel.  …<\/p><\/div>\n

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MAHAMOUD ALI YOUSSOUF, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Djibouti<\/u>, …<\/p><\/div>\n

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… Finally, the occupation of Palestine was morally reprehensible and unacceptable.  The global community had a moral duty to end the Palestinians people’s suffering.  Recognizing Palestine as a full fledged State and full United Nations member was a first step.  <\/p><\/div>\n

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WALID AL-MOUALEM, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria<\/u>, …<\/p><\/div>\n

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In addition, he recalled his country’s natural right to the full return of the occupied Syrian Golan and support for the independent Palestinian State on the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.  …<\/p><\/div>\n

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G.L. PEIRIS, Minister for External Affairs of Sri Lanka<\/u>, …<\/p><\/div>\n

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… The restoration of the rights of Palestinians was a long-standing issue that required collective attention, and Sri Lanka supported the implementation of all United Nations resolutions on Palestine that would pave the way to statehood for its people.<\/p><\/div>\n

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WINSTON DOOKERAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago<\/u>, …<\/p><\/div>\n

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… The United Nations must also commit all available resources to mediating a two-State agreement to begin to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian situation, in full accordance with relevant resolutions reaffirming borders existing before 1967.  …<\/p><\/div>\n

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“The most serious issue in the international arena at present is a flagrant violation of the principles of respect for sovereignty and equality,” he said.  Unless the high-handedness and arbitrariness of certain countries was eliminated, it would be hard to say that the United Nations was playing its role as the centre for coordinating cooperative relations between States on the basis of sovereign equality, as enshrined in the United Nations Charter.  The unjustifiable interference, pressure and use of force that violated Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and existence should be rejected, he emphasized.<\/p><\/div>\n

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MARCO ALBUJA, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Political Integration of Ecuador<\/u>, …<\/p><\/div>\n

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