Qatar stresses need for UN General Assembly to shoulder responsibility towards Palestinian Cause 

New York: The State of Qatar has stressed the need for the UN General Assembly to shoulder its responsibility in accordance with the UN Charter toward...

New York: The State of Qatar has stressed the need for the UN General Assembly to shoulder its responsibility in accordance with the UN Charter towards the Palestinian cause, calling for support for the two draft resolutions that will be submitted to the General Assembly for adoption on December 11, which reflect common humanitarian values and obligations, and are consistent with the purposes of the Charter and the requirements of maintaining international peace and security, as their adoption represents the minimum duty to respond to the suffering of Palestinian victims.

This came in the statement of the State of Qatar delivered by the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, HE Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, before the 10th Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly, item five of the agenda - illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories, at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Her Excellency explained that the first draft resolution calls for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire to which all parties are committed, while the second draft calls for supporting the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in light of the existential crisis it is suffering from, especially since it represents an indispensable lifeline for the Palestinian people.

Her Excellency stressed the need to support the mandate granted to the Agency in accordance with General Assembly Resolution No. 302, the right of Palestinian refugees to return guaranteed by General Assembly Resolution No. 194 and Security Council Resolution No. 237, and the need to implement Security Council Resolutions No. 2735, 2712, and 2720 regarding the call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, referring to the State of Qatars call to implement the two recent resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th emergency special session, Resolution No. ES-10/23 on the eligibility of the State of Palestine for full membership in the United Nations, and Resolution No. ES-10/24 on the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the illegality of the Israeli occupation.

Her Excellency noted that since the last convening of this special session, the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip has worsened due to the ongoing Israeli aggression for more than a year, which extended to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, pointing to the escalation of repeated Israeli attacks on the Palestinians, which increased the number of victims to more than forty-four thousand, in addition to other violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, including the violation of religious sanctities and the expansion of settlements, which constitute a flagrant violation of international law, General Assembly resolutions, relevant Security Council resolutions, in addition to the interim orders of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and its advisory opinion issued last July.