{"id":213573,"date":"2000-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=213573"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:38:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:38:25","slug":"auto-insert-213573","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-213573\/","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly general debate – Statements by South Africa\/Egypt\/Mauritania – Press release (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISSUES RELATED TO SANCTIONS AND SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa<\/u>, said that, …<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>“The self-determination of the people of East Timor, Western Sahara and Palestine must be a concern to all of us”, she said.  To that end, she urged the United Nations to do all it could to expedite the processes in East Timor and Western Sahara and commended the peace efforts in the Middle East.  <\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>AMRE MOUSSA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt<\/u>, said …<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>At stake in the Middle East peace process was the security of the region and the security of coming generations, not the short-term political considerations, he said.  Peace and security in the region would not be complete without the establishment of a comprehensive regional security system.  A zone free from weapons of mass destruction should also be established.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>He finished by stressing that the establishment of peace in the Middle East, the Horn of Africa and in the continents of Asia and Africa as a whole was a necessary condition for achieving world stability.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>AHMED OULD SID’AHMED, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania<\/u>, said …<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The progress in the Middle East peace process was welcome, but there could be no meaningful peace without the total withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan.  <\/p><\/div>\n

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