{"id":204049,"date":"2016-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=204049"},"modified":"2020-07-22T01:02:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T05:02:55","slug":"auto-insert-204049","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-204049\/","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly General Debate (11th, 12th &#038; 13th meetings) &#8211; Press Release (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27767%27%20height%3D%27109%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20767%20109%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27767%27%20height%3D%27109%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/9699e998f8982dee8525803600483c8c_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"109px\" width=\"767px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0071bc;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>21 September 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>GA\/11824<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>World Leaders Debate International Security Challenges, Calling for Concerted Efforts<br \/>\nto Curb Threats, as General Debate Continues<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#a2a2a2;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Seventy-First Session, 11th, 12th &amp; 13th Meetings (AM, PM &amp; Night)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Focusing on international peace and security, world leaders stressed the need to curb terrorist attacks, end ongoing conflict, resolve the refugee crisis and reform the Security Council, as the General Assembly continued its annual debate today.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Statements<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">SAULI NIINISTO, President of&#160;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>Finland<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">, said&#8230;Furthermore, Palestinians had lived under occupation for 49&#160;years and it was high time for the Council to implement resolutions&#160;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7F0AF2BD897689B785256C330061D253.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">181<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#160;(1963), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7D35E1F729DF491C85256EE700686136.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">242<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#160;(1967) and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7FB7C26FCBE80A31852560C50065F878.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">338<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#160;(1973).&#160; The two-State solution, based on pre-1967 borders should be pursued within set parameters and timelines.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">HAGE G. 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