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Thank you for listening to Pictures Media
Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights,

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the show about the government, policy
and human rights. Welcome back to Policy

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and Rights here in Depictions of Media
Radio. I'm your host Michael Cloggs.

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As we know the this situation in
the Gaza strip has hit more than its

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critical mass and with of course UH
the Hamas having kidnapped people and holding hostages

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Israel with with UH the only bombarding
an area ha UH and launching a UH

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ground invasion. That it is the
non militants that are actually c caught in

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the crossfire and there has been UH
a hold up of getting humanitarian effort in

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to the area. And this is
the the from the World Health Organization.

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As a press release they have the
World Health Organization welcomes Egypt's decision to accept

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eighty one injured and the sick from
the Gods script for treatment. The WHO

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WHO has been working to support the
Egyptian Ministry of Health and the Population implanning

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and establishing a comprehensive triage, stabilization
and the medical evacuation system by providing ongoing

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training for health care and staff.
WHO is working with the Egyptian Red Crescent

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society to ensure that psychological and trauma
support services are available to patients. Our

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experts have visited the Hawa Harsh,
visited medical evacuation facilities and met with staff

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and ambulance p PARAM paramedics who received
advanced life support training. There are sixty

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five ambulances equipped with full resuscitation and
life support capabilities. Thirteen of those ambulance

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teams included j trained emergency doctors in
addition to paramedics with advanced life support training.

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Ala Harsh Hospital has will be the
main first R referral hospital. It

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is fully equipped with resuscitation and intensive
care facilities and a range of surgical teams

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to manage severe patients, including major
trauma and burns or Referral arrangements to second

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lyne hospitals in Egypt are also in
place. Thousands more people inside Gods continue

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to need access to urgent and essential
healthcare amid sword dishes of medicines, health

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supplies, and other aids such as
fuel, water and food. Those in

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serious need include thousands of serious the
injured civilians, many of them children,

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and more than a thousand people need
kidney dialysis to stay alive. More than

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two thousand patients or in cancer therapy, be forty five thousand people with cardio

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vascular disease and more than sixty thousand
people with diabetes. These patients must be

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able to have sustained access to healthcare
inside Gaza. Hospitals and other health facilities

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must be protected from bombardment and military
use. So we've also heard from family

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members of the of the hostages asking
for Canadian help in getting their family members

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returned. And we're gonna hear again
from the United Nations with the UN Security

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Council. They can't seem to come
to an agreement or a resolution that would

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send help to the Gaza Strip in
order to help these people who are in

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desperate need. So when don't we
listen to the highlights from the UN Security

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Council. Now one hundred and sixty
second Meeting of the Security Council is called

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to order. The provisional agenda for
this meeting is the situation in the Middle

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East, including the Palestinian question.
The agenda is adoptant in accordance with Rule

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thirty seven of the Council's Provisional Rules
of Procedure. I invite the representatives of

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Israel and Jordan to participate in this
meeting. It's so decided, I propose

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that the Council invite the Permanent Observer
of the Observer State of Palestine to the

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United Nations to participate in this meeting, in accordance with the provisional Rules of

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Procedure and the previous practice in this
regard. There being no objection, it

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is so decided, in accordance with
Rule thirty nine of the Council's Provisional Rules

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of Procedure, I invited the following
briefers to participate in this meeting. Mister

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Philippi Lazzardini, commission Commissioner General of
the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for

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Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Miss Catherine Russell, Executive Director of the

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United Nations Children's Funds, and Miss
Lisa Dartin, Director of the Humanitarian Financing

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and Resourcing Mobilization Division of the Office
of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It's so

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decided. The Security Council will now
begin its consideration of Item two of the

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agenda. I now give the floor
to mister Philippi Lazzardini, Mister President,

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Member of the Council. The last
three weeks have been horrific. Almost everyone

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in Israel, the Occupied Palestine territory
and the broad region is in mourning.

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The horrific attacks by Hamas in Israel
on October seventh was shocking. The relentless

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bombardment where the Israeli forces of the
Gaza Strip are shocking. The level of

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destruction is unprecedented. The human tragedy
unfolding on the awards is unbreable. One

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million people, how the population of
Gaza were pushed from the north of the

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Gaza Strip towards the south in three
weeks. The south, however, has

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not been spelled from bombardment, with
significant number killed. I have said many

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times and I will say it again, no place is safe in Gaza.

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Now. Civilian remaining in the Norse
are receiving evacuation notices from the Israeli forces,

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urging themselves to receive scarce human turn
assistance, but many, including pregnant

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women, people with disabilities to sek
on the wounded, are unable to move.

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What happened continues to happen is forced
displacement. Over six hundred and seventy

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thousand spaced people are now in overcrowded
on was schools and buildings. They live

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in a holding unsanitary condition with limited
food and water, sleeping on the floor

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without mattresses, or outside in the
open. Hunger and deserve are turning into

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anger against the international community and in
Gaza, the international community is better known

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as UNWA. Mister President, Nearly
seventy percent of those reported killed our children

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and women, said the Children reported
yesterday that nearly three thousand, two hundred

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children were killed in Gaza in just
three weeks. This surpasses the number of

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children killed annually across the world's conflict
zones since twenty nineteen. This cannot be

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collateral damage. Most hospital and on
what facilities, including those shattering displaced people,

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have not been sparred. Too many
people have been killed and injured when

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seeking safety in places protected by international
mediternal law. The current siege important Gaza

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is collective punishment. Two weeks of
full siege followed by the trickle of aid

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last week, means that basic services
are crumbling. Medicine is running out,

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food and water are running out,
fuel is running out. The streets of

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Gaza have started overflowing with sewage,
which will cause a massive health as are

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very soon in the latest law.
The communication blackout over the weekend has aggravated

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the panic and distress of people.
The blackout meant that people could not communicate

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with their loved ones inside Gaza to
know who is dead or who is alive.

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They no longer knew whether they would
receive breadth from Onoir. They felt

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abundant and cut off from the rest
of the world. The communications backcount has

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accelerated the breaking down of civil order. Panic pushed thousands of desperate people to

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add to the UNWA warehouses and distribution
center where we save the food and other

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supply we started receiving via Egypt last
week. A further breakdown in civil order

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will make it extremely difficult, if
not impossible, for the largest un agents

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in Gaza to continue operating. It
will also make it impossible to bring in

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convoys. I say this while being
fully aware that on War is the last

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remaining lifeline for the Palestinian people in
Gaza. Member of the Council one wise

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calling on you for support. I
lost sixty four colleagues in just over three

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weeks. The last tragic passing confirmed
was two hours ago. Same year,

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head of Secretary and Safety in the
Middle Region was killed with his wife and

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eight children. This is the highest
number of You and ed Walker kills in

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the conflict in such a short time. My thirteen thousand colleagues in Gaza are

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from a community of one point seven
million Palestine refugees out of two point two

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million resident in the Gaza strip.
Those who are alive have for the most

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part lost relative French neighbors and are
displaced. Like the majority of Gazen.

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Many of my own colleagues now live, sleep, and work in unwashed shelters,

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and yet they are showing exceptional dedication
to you and value. No more

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can do justice to thousands of on
what staff will continue to walk trdlessly to

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support the communities. These are teachers, doctors, social workers, engineer and

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support staff, their mother and father. If they were not in Gather,

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they could have been your neighbor,
your friends, and they are operating one

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hundred and fifty on wash shelter.
They are keeping one third of our health

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center open and run eighty mobile health
teams. They support the entry of humanitarian

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convoys and the storage and distribution of
aid. They distribute the little fuel we

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have left to hospital, bakeries and
shelters. My own what colleagues are the

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only glimmer of all for the entire
Gazas straight a ray of light as humanity

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sinks into its darkest power. But
they are running out of fuel, out

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of water, out of food and
medicine, and will soon be unable to

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operate. Let me be here.
The handful of convoys being allowed through halfa

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is nothing compared to the needs of
over two million people trapped in Gaza.

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The system in place to allow aid
into Gaza is geared to fail unless there

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is political will to make the flow
of supplies meaningful, matching the unprecedented.

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To many atturnees, mister President,
Gaza has over two million people, half

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of them children. Gazans are vibrant, educated people who as filed to have

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normal lives, families, children,
education and dreams of a better future.

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Today films that they are not treated
as as a civilian. Most of them

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feel trapped in a war they have
nothing to do with. They feel the

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world is equating all of them to
amas. This is dangerous and we know

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this too well from previous conflicts and
crisis. An entire population is being dehumanized.

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The actrocities of Hamas do not absolve
the State of Israel from its obligation

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on the International Human gen Law.
Every war has rules, and this one

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is no exception. Hannah Areen said. The deaths of human empathy is one

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of the first and most revealing signs
of a culture that is about to fall

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into barbarity. More than ever doesn't
deserve our empathy. Its absence will depend

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the polarization in the region and further
push away any prospect of peace. Mister

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President, when a lot of the
focus is on Gaza, I want to

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wish to reiteriate that another crisis is
unfolding in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.

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The United Nations has been sounding the
alarm for months on the increased violence.

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Palestinian fatalities this year are the highest
since the UN started to keep report

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in two thousand and five. At
least one hundred and fifteen Palestinia have been

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killed since October seventh, including thirty
three children. The movement restriction imposed across

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the West Bank are impacting our services, including schools and health center. Meanwhile,

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the situation on the Israeli Lebanese border
is getting worse, with regular exchanges

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of fires and civilian casualties reported.
In conclusion, I'm very worried about the

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potential spin over of this conflict beyond
Gaza unless the following is enforced. First,

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there must be strict adherance to international
humanitaran law. This means civilian and

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civilian infrastructure, including un premises,
school, hospital, places of worship and

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shelter hosting civilian must be protected all
over the Gather Strip, north and south

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and at all times. This is
not an option, it is an obligation.

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Second, we need a safe,
unimpeded, substanti and continuous flow of

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humanitarian aid, including fuel, into
the Gather Strip and across it. For

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this we need an immediate humanitrancis fire. Third, on what still needs forms,

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we have the necessary and largest presence
on the ground. We can deliver

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if we have the means and the
resources, including the finances to pay staff

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on the front lines. ONWA has
received generous contribution towards its initial flash appear,

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but without a fully funded con budget, we cannot pay salaries and deliver.

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Finally, in these dark times,
we must not lose sight of our

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humanity. Our empathy should apply to
all Palestinian Israeli, Jewish, Christians and

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Muslim The rules of law of war
must be followed by all parties at all

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times in all places. Civilian must
be protected, hostages released, and a

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genuine Uminian response facilitated. An immediate
uventan sisfire has become a matter of life

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and death for millions. The present
and future of Pardestinian and Israeli depend on

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it. I urge all members state
to change the trajectory of this crisis and

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walk towards a genuine political solution before
it's to date. Thank you, I

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thank mister Zardini for his briefing.
I now give the floor to Miss Catherine

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Russell. Thank you to Ambassador Niesbe
and Ambassador of France Denesi for convening this

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meeting, and to members of the
Security Council for this opportunity to speak about

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the humanitarian situation in the State of
Palestine and Israel. At UNICEF, we

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firmly believe that the true cost of
this latest escalation will be measured in children's

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lives, those lost to the violence
and those forever changed by it. After

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little more than three weeks, the
devastating tally is quickly adding up, with

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rampant grave violations being committed against children. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

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More than eighty three hundred Palestinians have
been killed in Gaza, including over

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three thousand, four hundred children,
with over six three hundred children injured.

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This means that more than four hundred
twenty children are being killed or injured in

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Gaza every day, a number that
should shake each of us to our core.

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Of course, the violence being perpetrated
against children extends beyond the Gaza Strip.

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In the West Bank, including East
Jerusalem, at least thirty seven children

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have reportedly been killed, and of
course, more than thirty Israeli children have

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reportedly been killed, while at least
twenty children remain hostage in the Gaza Strip,

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their fates unknown. Civilian infrastructure has
also come under fierce attack. According

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to the World Health Organization, in
Gaza, thirty four attacks have been reported

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against health care facilities, including twenty
one hospitals. Twelve of Gaza's thirty five

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hospitals, which are also being used
as shelters for displaced people, can no

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longer function. At least two hundred
and twenty one schools and more than one

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hundred and seventy seven thousand housing units
have been damaged or destroyed. Meanwhile,

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what little clean water remains in Gaza
is quickly running in, leaving more than

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two million people in dire need.
We estimate that fifty five percent of water

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supply infrastructure requires repair or rehabilitation.
Only one desalination plant is operating at just

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five percent capacity, while all six
of Gaza's water waste treatment plants are now

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non operational due to a lack of
fuel or power. The lack of clean

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water and sanitation is on the verge
of becoming a catastrophe. Unless access to

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clean water is urgently restored, more
civilians, including children, will fall ill

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or die from dehydration or water borne
diseases. As if this wasn't enough,

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children in both Israel and the State
of Palestine are experiencing terrible trauma, the

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consequences of which could last a lifetime. Studies have shown that violence and upheople

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can induce toxic stress in children that
interferes with their physical and cognitive development and

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causes mental health problems over both the
short and the long terms. We are

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doing our best to reach all children
in need, but the delivery of humanitarian

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aid, especially in Gaza, is
now extremely challenging. This is due to

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both the current siege conditions imposed on
Gaza and the highly dangerous circumstances under which

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our staff are operating. Some of
our staff have lost close family members,

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including spouses and children, and of
course we are grieving with UNRAH for their

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staff members who have been killed.
Two days ago, we lost contact with

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our colleagues in Gaza when telecommunications were
disrupted. This left them at even greater

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risk and it made their work to
help children even harder to accomplish. Excellencies,

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UNICEF and our partners are committed to
staying on the ground to deliver for

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children, but make no mistake,
the situation grows worse by the hour,

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and with an out an urgent end
to the hostilities, I am deeply afraid

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for the fate of the region's children, but we and you have the power

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to help lift children out of this
spiral of violence. I implore the Secure

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Garity Council to immediately adopt a resolution
that reminds parties of their obligations under international

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law. It calls for a cease
fire, that demands the parties allow safe

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and unimpeded humanitarian access, that demands
the immediate and safe release of all abducted

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children, and that urges parties to
afford children the special protection to which they

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are entitled. The Security Council should
prioritize what is now a worsening displacement crisis,

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with more than one point four million
people in Gaza, the majority of

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whom are children now displaced. As
a Secretary General has said, the order

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for one point one million Palestinian civilians
to leave northern Gaza should be rescinded.

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Demands for hospital evacuations should also cease. Given their protected status under international humanitarian

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law. All parties must stop violence
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We must have humanitarian access through all
crossing points into the Gaza Strip through

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safe and af efficient supply. Roots
and parties must ensure the safe and unimpeded

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movement of humanitarian supplies and personnel throughout
the Gaza Strip for the delivery of humanitarian

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assistance, including but not limited to, food, water, medicines, fuel

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and electricity. Finally, measures to
prevent electricity, food water and fuel from

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entering Gaza from Israel must be immediately
reversed so that civilians have access to the

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services they need to survive. Excellency
is UNSEF was created almost seventy seven years

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ago out of the ashes of World
War II. Since then, our commitment

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to our mission has never wavered.
We advocate for the rights of every child.

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On behalf of all the children caught
in this nightmare. We call on

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the world to do better. Whether
they are young people attending a music festival

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or children going about their daily lives
in Gaza, they all deserve peace.

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Children do not start conflicts, and
they are powerless to stop them. We

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need all of us to put their
safety and security at the forefront of our

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efforts and to imagine a future where
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No child deserves any less. Thank
you. I thank Missus Russell for her

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briefing. I now give the floor
to Missus Liza Dufton. Thank you,

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mister President. I'm delivering this statement
on behalf of Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under

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Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs mister Martin
Griffiths, who's currently on mission in Israel

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and the occupied Palestinian territory. The
events that have unfolded since seventh October have

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been nothing short of devastating and heartbreaking. We do not forget the fourteen hundred

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people killed and thousands more injured and
taken in the brutal Hamas attack. Indiscriminate

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rocket fire continues from Gaza into populated
areas of Israel, causing more civilian casualties

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and displacements and trauma. We deplore
that two hundred and thirty people held hostage

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in Gaza. All hostages must be
released immediately and unconditionally. We welcome all

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diplomatic efforts to secure their release and
demand that in the interim they be treated

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humanely and be allowed to receive visits
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As you've just heard from Commissioner General
Lazzarini, the situation for the more

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than two million people trapped in the
Gaza Strip is catastrophic. They've now endured

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a siege and continues bombardment for twenty
three days. According to the Ministry of

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Health in Gaza, more than eight
thousand people have been killed, sixty six

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percent of whom are said to be
women and children. Tens of thousands more

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have been injured. The scale of
the horror people are experiencing Gaza is really

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hard to convey. People are becoming
increasingly desperate as they search for food,

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water, and shelter. Amid the
relentless bombing campaign that's white out whole families

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and entire neighborhoods. In their desperation, people have resorted to breaking into u

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and warehouses in search of food and
water. Dehydration is an increasing concern,

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as is the possibility of the spread
of disease and other health concerns due to

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unsafe water and break down in sewage
treatment services. More than one point four

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million people are internally displaced in Gaza, and hundreds of thousands of children,

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women and men are crammed into overcrowded
shelters and hospitals. Many of these people

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have moved south in search of safety, but the reality is that nowhere is

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safe and we simply don't have enough
essential supplies to provide for the survival and

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internally displace people at this scale.
As we heard from Executive Director Russell,

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the health care system is in tetters. Patients lie on the floors and in

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corridors. Surgeons are operating without anesthesia. Out of an estimated fifty thousand pregnant

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women, five thousand, five hundred
are due to deliver within the next thirty

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days. For the one thousand patients
dependent on dialysis, and the one hundred

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and thirty premature babies and incubators life
hangs by a thread as hospital backup generators

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run on fumes. Some nine thousand
cancer patients are not receiving adequate care.

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We're deeply concerned by allegations of military
installations in the close vicinity of hospitals and

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the request by Israeli authorities for hospitals, including Al Kuds and Shifa, to

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be evacuated. There's nowhere say for
these patients to go, and for those

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on life support and babies and incubators, moving would almost certainly be a death

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sentence. Mister President, The provision
of humanitarian relief is extremely complex and challenging

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due to the bombardment, the destruction
of infrastructure, and, as we've said

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repeatedly, the lack of fuel.
We mourn the loss of sixty four unrecolleagues

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and other humanitarian staff who've been tragically
killed, and we extend our deepest condolences

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to the families and colleagues. We
have the utmost admiration for the bravery,

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selflessness and commitment of humanitarian workers who
are delivering aid to those in need in

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this perilous environment. Mister President,
we welcome the agreement that has allowed us

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to get some relief into Gaza via
the Rafa border crossing, but these deliveries

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are drop in the motion compared to
the vast scale of needs. It's imperative

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that we're able to get humanitarian supplies
and relief into Gaza safely, reliably,

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without impediment, and at the scale
required. In particularly urgent for us to

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replenish fuel supplies, which are vital
for powering most essential services, including hospitals

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and water desalination plants, and to
transport humanitarian relief inside Gaza, and more

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than one entry point into Gaza is
indispensable if we are to make a difference.

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Karim Shalom between Israel and Gaza is
the only crossing quipped to rapidly process

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a sufficient sufficiently large number of trucks. Meanwhile, in the West Bank,

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scores of civilians have been killed and
incidents of settler violence have increased, causing

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hundreds of civilians to be displaced.
Likewise, the violence enclosure of checkpoints has

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impeded access to essential services and food
distribution. The permits of some one hundred

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and fifty thousand to one hundred and
seventy five thousand Palestinians from the West Bank

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working in Israel and settlements are now
suspended. The situations causing significant damage to

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the West Bank economy and Palestinian institutions. We have very real fears about what

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lies ahead. The current situation may
pale in comparison with what is to come.

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There's a genuine risk that this work
would escalate further and spill over into

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wider region. We must take urgent
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In light of all that has been
described today, what we're calling for

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is for the parties to agree to
pause the fighting on humanitarian grounds. It

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would provide the required calm and safety
for hostages to be released, and for

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the UN to replenish supplies, relieve
exhausted personnel, and resume assistance throughout Gaza

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wherever civilians are in need. It
would also provide much needed respite to civilians

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who are living under unimaginably traumatic conditions. But with or without a pause in

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the fighting, I reiterate that all
parties on all sides must respect international humanitarian

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law. This means allowing relief in
and taking constant care to spare civilians and

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civilian objects, including humanitarian and medical
workers, facilities and assets. And this

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applies whether civilians move or they stay. We are relying on the responsibility of

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every member state here and across the
UN to use all of their influence to

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ensure that the rules of war are
respect and not, as far as is

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possible, civilians are spared fur their
suffering. Thank you mister President Missus Dubton

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for her briefing, and I shall
now make statement in my capacity as the

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Minister Foreign Affairs of Brazil. Distinguished
representatives, I thank the briefers for their

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extensive information on the humanitarian situation on
the ground and command the work of their

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teams in Locus and elsewhere. They
honor once again the work of this organization

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and everything it stands for. Following
instructions of President Lula, I come back

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before you again today with a profound
sense of urgency and dismay. We must

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always bear in mind the human faces
on both sides of the conflict. Therefore,

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I extend Brazil's deepest condolences to the
families and friends of all civilians,

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including the brave and dedicated United Nations
personnel who have lost their lives in the

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ongoing crisis stemming from the protracted conflict
in Israel and Palestine, tragically reignited by

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the terrorist actions by Hamas against Israel
on October seventh. Nothing justifies such crimes.

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All hostages must be immediately and unconditionally
released, and access to them by

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the Red Cross must be immediately granted. At the same time, the current

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situation in Gaza is deeply appalling and
indefensible by any human standard and under humanitarian

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international humanitarian law. An aligning humanitarian
catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes, with

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thousands of civilians, including an overwhelming
intolerable number of children, being punished by

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crimes they have not committed. In
three weeks, we have watched this conflict

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claim the life of more than eight
thousand civilians, of whom more than three

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thousand are children. Since the last
time I spoke in this council, just

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last week, the count of children
deaths increased by one thousand. Meanwhile,

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the Security Council holds meetings and hear
speeches without being able to take a fundamental

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decision to end the human suffering on
the ground. As thousands in Israel and

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Palestine, more the loved ones,
as Israeli agonized over the fate of hostages,

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as Gazans suffer under relentless military operations
that are killing civilians, including an

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intolerable number of children. We have
the means to get something done, and

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yet we repeatedly and shamefully fail.
Since October seventh, we have met several

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times and considered four draft resolutions.
However, we remain at impass during to

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international during to internal disagreement, particularly
among some permanent members, and thanks to

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the persistent use of the Council to
achieve self oriented purpose instead of putting the

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protection of civilians above all, the
grave and unprecedented human crisis before us require

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that sterial rivalries be relinquished, that
the Council is not able to discharge its

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responsibility of safeguard and international peace and
security due to old antagon antagonism is morally

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unacceptable. Let us not fool ourselves. The eyes of the world are staring

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at us and will not move away
from from our distressing inability to act.

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They all see that our incapacity to
unite and response to the human crisis facing

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us today questions the very resondant of
this Council. Someone has even written that,

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in addition to civilians, this body
lies beneath the rebels in Gaza.

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The difference is that we are our
own saviors. We just need to do

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what is right to spare innocent lives
from the scourge of wars. There may

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still be time to rescue the Council
and sustain the hope that many of us

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still have in our capacity to be
true to our mandate under the Charter.

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It is possible only if it's enough
political will, if there is enough political

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will to compromise and to be minimally
balanced and inclusive in our diagnosis and way

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forward. Failure to do so yet
another failure. Failure will add an increasingly

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higher cost in human lives above all, but also to multilateralism in general,

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to the United States and to this
Council in particular. Last week, whope

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for consensus seemed to emerge, echoing
the Sector General's call for humanitarian seas fire,

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as the tenth Emergency Special Session of
the General Assembly passed a resolution that

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called for humanitarian truths leading to a
cessation of hostilities. A light at the

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end of the tunnel seemed to appear
also when the Sector General, who had

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personally been in the region to assess
the situation on the ground, announced the

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opening of the Rafa border crossing for
some initial aid deliveries and some hostages were

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released. The United Nations, through
its Secretariat, under the leadership of the

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UN Sector General Antonio Boterez Umbra,
and other bodies and agencies, has been

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working tirelessly to address the human crisis
facing us. It rests on Security Council.

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The responsibility to follow through the price
of inaction is unacceptably high. The

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growing urgency for the families of the
hostages and the unbearable pain for the civilian

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population in Gaza cannot be understated.
The positive first step taken by the UN

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bodies and agencies do not go far
enough, as the escalation of the conflict

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makes the situation more dire by the
hour. The relevance of a resolution of

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Security Council lies on the need for
sustainable, sustained humanitarian aid and for granting

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safe working conditions for those involved in
rescuing hostages and providing humanitarian work. The

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cessation of hostilities is therefore to the
benefit of the civilian population on both sides.

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All the risks of reinstating the obvious. I want to put it bluntly,

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there cannot be rescuing of hostages and
humanitarian aid undershells. This is why

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Brazil and fellow Eating members have been
working tirely to try to get this Council

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to act more decisively since the last
showdown around proposed resolutions. In Brazil's view,

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the main goals are clear, the
immediate and unconditional release of all hostages

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and the end of violence through whatever
modalities can be agreed without further delay,

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so that rapid safe are hindred and
sufficient humanitarian aids can be delivered to the

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strained people of Gaza. Besides the
eight thousand lives lost, many more are

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about to meet their Phato destiny as
hospitals have no means to keep providing basic

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treatment for the patients. Therefore,
providing essential resources to those in Gaza,

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including water, food, medical supply, fuel and electricity is urgent and imperative.

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Surgeries are being performed without anesthesia.
Lives are being lost at hospitals for

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lack of energy and the most basic
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Scars and prices have skyrocketed, and
the flow of many Italian aid so

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far amounts to little more than a
photo up. Thanks and troops are on

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the ground in Gaza and time for
action is running out. My questions to

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you all are, if not now, when, how many more lives will

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be lost until we finally move from
rhetoric to action. It is also critical

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and urgent to allow for the safe
and immediate evacuation of foreign nationals from Gaza

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and from elsewhere in the region if
they feel threatened. While every state has

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the right and duty to protected citizens, actions must be consistent with international law

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and international humanitarian law, in particular
the principles of distinction, proportionality, precaution,

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military necessity, and humanity. The
right and duty to protect the state's

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population cannot and should not come at
the cost of more deaths of civilians and

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more destructions of civilian infrastructure. The
UN Sector General Uterres has repeatedly remind us

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even wors have rules, any indiscriminate, indiscriminative attack against civilians and critical infrastruture

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infrastructure, as well as depriving civilians
of basic goods and service, are morally

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justifiable and illegal under international humanitarian law. Brazil strongly condensed actions that blurred the

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line between civilians and combatants. Today
Andra shed light on the green and disheartening

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in reality in gazam highlighting the objectionable
level of destruction of civilian infrastructure and tragic

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laws of innocent lives, including those
of women, children, at least thirty

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five and at least thirty five of
its staff. The World Health Organization has

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been constantly recalling the urgent need for
the cessation of violence and for the humanitarian

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action at times when Gaza's health infrastructure
is on the verge of collapse. Beyond

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the immediate and very urgent humanitarian considerations, a threat to regional stability looms and

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any repercussion could be catastrophic. Brazil
urges an united shift towards the escalation and

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calls on all parties to act with
the utmost restraint. A cessation of hostilities.

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Hostilities is urgently needed to create the
conditions for a full, durable and

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respected ceasefire and the resumption of a
credible peace process. All this is at

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stake as we keep our efforts to
get this Council to act with a unified

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voice, Distinguished members of the Council
International Humanetarian Law prof its a clear path

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to avoid at least great or at
least greatly alleviate civilians suffering. The framework

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for collective action is clear. Our
collective response to this crisis, which we

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all fear will only worsen if nothing
is done, will be a defining moment

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for the United Nations. The staggering, staggering fact is that the Security Council

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does not have a reasonable record when
it comes to maintaining international peace and security

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in the Middle East. Issues related
to the region in general received thirty five

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of the two hundred and fifty vetus
of the permanent members. Since twenty sixteen,

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the Council has not been able to
pass a single resolution on situation in

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Palestine. The situation in the Middle
East is therefore, by far one of

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the most blocked issues in the Security
Council. Speaks of ineffectiveness of governance,

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of the governance system, and of
the lack of representation of certain parts of

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the world in this body. A
decision on the humanitarian aspects of the current

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crisis will certainly not redress the historic
failure of Security Council regarding the situation in

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the Middle East. It will,
however, stop further human suffering now,

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thank you, sorry, I would
like for the register to read again another

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sentence that that that was misspelled in
my speech, the sentences on page four.

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Failure to do so, yet another
failure, will add an increasingly higher

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cost in human lives above all,
but also to multilateralism in general and to

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the United Nations and this Council in
particular. I thank you. I resume

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now my function as President of the
Council. I now give the floor to

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the Permanent Representative of the United Arab
Emirates. Mister President, thank you for

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your presence here with us in New
York today and for the special dedication that

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Brazil has given to peace in our
region. I also pay special tribute to

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our briefers today and to their team's
dedicated work in the most unimaginable circumstances on

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the ground in the Gaza Strip.
Commissioner General Lazarini, I was very shaken

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by your recent words to your staff
over the weekend, in which you said

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I am constantly hoping that this hell
on Earth will soon come to an end.

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I want to extend the UAE's deep
condolences for the sixty four unroll workers

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killed in this war. They paid
the ultimate sacrifice for the life saving work

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the United Nations does every day around
the world, and we have failed to

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protect them. Last Friday, one
hundred and twenty one countries representing an overwhelming

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majority of the world, issued an
unambiguous call for an immediate, durable,

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and sustained humanitarian truths in Gaza.
They stood up for the humanitarian imperative,

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for human rights, for international law, and most importantly, for the self

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evident truth that Palestinian life is precious, equal and deserving of the full protection

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of the law. We have heard
many say that the two point two million

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Palestinians in Gaza are not Hamas,
that this is not a war against them.

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And while these are welcome words,
it is time that action reflected them

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them. The more than eight thousand
people that have been killed in Gaza,

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and as we've heard today, seventy
percent of whom were women and children,

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were surely not all Hamas. Nearly
one thousand children are missing and may be

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trapped or dead under the rubble.
They are not Hamas. Will we help

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them. The number of Palestinian children
killed in just three weeks of Israel's bombardment

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of Gaza exceeds the total number of
children killed in conflicts worldwide in each of

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the last four years. As Miss
Russell has so eloquently said, that should

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stain our moral conscience if nothing else
does. Children do deserve our special protection

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and are entitled to it today.
If we lean on the General Assemblies moral

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authority in other settings, we must
also respect it in this one. Indeed,

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members of this Council have repeatedly expressed
their concerns about the fraying of the

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international order. This Council, ignoring
the expressed will of the majority of the

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world, may be what breaks it. Colleagues, we need a ceasefire now,

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as Foreign Minister Vieira said, We
need to ensure that safe, sustained

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and at scale humanitarian aid reaches Gaza
now, and that access to electricity,

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clean water and fuel is restored now. The shutdown of cellular and internet services

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over the weekend as part of the
offensive meant that wounded civilians were searching for

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help in the dark. As we
have heard today, there have been over

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seventy six attacks on healthcare, including
twenty hospitals and clinics damaged or destroyed.

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More than six hundred fifty thousand people
are sheltering in unlaw facility let me be

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absolutely clear on this point. These
sites are protected by international humanitarian law.

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Announcements that they are targets or warnings
for them to evacuate do not, I

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repeat, do not alter their protected
status. We need to see the recission

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of dangerous, unrealistic evacuation orders.
On Saturday, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported

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warnings from Israel to immediately evacuate Alcud's
Hospital, which hosts hundreds of patients,

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including newborn babies in incubators. Around
twelve thousand civilians are also seeking refuge there.

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Right now, as we sit here
in this chamber in New York,

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speaking to each other again and again
and debating the language of our humanitarian resolution

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and response, an evacuation order in
these conditions is cruel, It is reckless,

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and so is our delay as a
security Council, Mister President. All

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of Gaza's civilian population is at risk
by the escalating hostilities, as are the

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Israeli and international hostages taken by Hamas
wrongly taken by Hamas. While our eyes

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have been trained on Gaza, the
occupied West Bank has not been spared from

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violence either. Israeli settlers are escalating
their attacks against Palestinian civilians and forcing their

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displacement. These attacks must be prevented
by the State of Israel. Across the

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region. There have been several credible
warnings of a wider escalation. The drums

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of war are beating colleagues. Taking
these warnings seriously begins with stopping this war

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in Gaza. We do not serve
Israel's security by enabling it to go on.

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We cannot reverse the heeneous October seventh
attacks by condoning this war, in

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which civilians are paying the price.
Ignoring what could happen day after day will

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have devastating consequences, not only for
Israelis and Palestinians, but for the prospects

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of peace and stability in our region. Mister President, as we work on

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responding to the General Assembly's clear corps
on this body to live up to its

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responsibilities under the UN Charter, we
should also keep in mind always the dying

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words of the dead, so that
their memories are a blessing to us.

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I'd like to speak today of an
Arab poet, Heba Abuneta, a Palestinian

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woman killed in Han units several days
ago. My friends, circle diminishes,

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turning into little coffins scattered everywhere as
missile's launch. I can't grasp the fleeting

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moments with my friends. These aren't
just names, they are refined elections of

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us with a unique face and identity. Colleagues, we may have failed the

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dead, but we must channel our
sorrow into saving the living. The time

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to reverse course is running out.
What we and one hundred and twenty one

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countries are advocating for may be the
harder road, but history warns us of

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the consequences of not taking it.
Thank you, I thank the Permanent Representative

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of the United Arab Emitates, and
I now give the floor to the Permanent

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Representative of China here. Thank you, mister President, Mister President Visible.

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I would like to thank Brazil for
organizing today's meeting upon the request of UAE

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and China. Hi. Thank Commissioner
General Lazarini, A Executive Director Russell and

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mister Dalton for their briefings. Your
briefings underscored once again the gravity of the

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situation in Gaza and the urgency for
the Council to act. Last Friday,

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the tenth Emergency Special Session of the
General Assembly adopted by an overwhelming majority a

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resolution calling for an immediate and a
durable humanitarian part leading to a cessation of

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hostilities. This reflected the widespread cores
on the part of the international community.

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Regretably and unacceptably, However, Israel, turning a deaf ear to the common

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concerns of the international community, had
chosen to further escalate its military operations in

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Gaza and formerly declared the launch of
a ground assault. Secretary General Guterish has

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warned that the population in Gaza is
facing a disaster of an avalanche. Having

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one of the highest population density in
the world, Gaza is a land that

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has been under brocade for sixteen long
years. The two point three million innocent

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people are living in utter fear amidst
the indiscriminate bombardment and have been cut off

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from water, electricity, food and
fuel for twenty one days. Just this

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past weekend, they experience a communication
blackout that lasted for nearly thirty six hours.

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If like checked, unchecked, the
situation will spiral further out of control

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and even greater humanitarian catastrophe will be
inevitable. We express our deep sympathy to

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the people in Gaza who are struggling
on the brink of life and death.

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And we are equally, if not
more, deeply worried about the Middle East

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peace prospect process, which is on
the brink of collapse. China solemnly calls

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on the parties to the conflict to
seize all hostilities, disengage, immediately set

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in place if humanitarian choos, and
make every effort to prevent the situation from

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escalating further. China solemnly calls on
Israel, as the occupying power, to

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fulfill its obligations under the international humanitarian
law, lift its siege over Gaza,

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immediately rescind its evacuation order, and
expetitiously restore the supply of basic necessities so

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as to prevent an even larger humanitarian
disaster. China solemnly calls for intensified diplomatic

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efforts to facilitate the release of the
hostages without delay, and to work on

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this basis to seek to open up
space for dialogue so as to return to

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the track of a political settlement.
China solemnly calls on all part China solemnly

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calls on the power that has a
special power on the parties concerned to put

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aside their own self interests and the
geopolitical considerations and make every effort to stop

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the war and restore peace. Mister
President, the decades long history of the

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Palestinian Israel issue has taught us that
the military means are not the solution.

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Absolute security cannot be achieved by imposing
collective banishment on civilians, and responding to

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violence with violence will only exacerbit,
hatred and confrontation. We call on the

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parties to the conflict to abandon their
blind faith in the use of force and

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commit themselves breaking the cycle of violence
and achieving common security. There is no

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fire war in Gaza. It is
a dangerous myth to think that a contained

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war is possible there. Allowing the
fighting in Gaza to continue could very well

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turn it into a military catastrophe that
will involf the entire region. The situation

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in the West Bank and along the
Lebanese is Really border has already sounded the

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alarm. We call on all parties
concerned about the spillover earth the conflict to

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devote their efforts towards promoting a ceasfire
in Gaza. As long as the war

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rages, more violations of international humanitarian
law are bound to happen without a comprehensive

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ceasefire, humanitarian assistance, no matter
how much there is will only be a

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job in the ocean. What the
people of Gaza need now is more than

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just a reiteration by the Council of
the importance of international humanitarian law and the

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reputation of unfulfilled the promises of protection. What they need is concrete actions to

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restore peace are called the law,
the rule of law, and save lives.

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The Council has so far held several
meetings on the situation of Palestine and

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Israel, and it cannot be said
that there was no consensus at all.

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The resolution just adopted by the General
Assembly has also to the Council in the

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right direction. In the face of
the current critical situation. China once again

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solemnly calls on the Council to strengthen
unity, build consensus, undertake responsible and

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a meaningful action as soon as possible. We believe that so long as we

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focus on the most depression issues on
hand, such as a ceasefire and an

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end to the fighting, the protection
of civilians and the prevention of a larger

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humanitarian disaster, it is possible for
the members of this Council to reach a

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consensus and indeed, this is what
they should do at this juncture. Silence

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means a put years, and in
action it's a tantamount to a green light.

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The eyes of the world upon us
and history we record our choice.

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Thank you, mister President. I
thank the Permanent Representative of China for his

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statement, and I now give the
floor to the Permanent Representative of the United

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States. Thank you. I missed
the President, Commissioner General Lazzarini, Executive

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Director Russell, and Director Dalton.
I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to

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you and your teams for the courageous
work done by you under the most difficult

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circumstances. Humanitarian actors have stepped up, as they always do, to try

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and save lives in the midst of
the humanitarian crisis in Gazo. This work

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is heroic, but tragically it comes
with great risk. We moren the more

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than sixty UN staff who've been killed
in Gaza since the start of this conflict.

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The lives of EWAN personnel must be
protected, The lives of humanitarian workers

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must be protected, the lives of
journalists must be protected. The lives of

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all civilians, innocent civilians, Israeli
and Palestinians men and way, women,

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children and elderly must be protected.
There's no hierarchy when it comes to protecting

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civilian lives. A civilian is a
civilian is a civilian colleagues. Has been

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three weeks since Hamas killed more than
fourteen hundred innocent civilians and took more than

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two hundred people hostage. Gaza base
militants continued to fire barrages of rockets toward

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Israel. Citizens from dozens of member
states are still being held hostage by Hamas,

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and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is
growing more dire by the day.

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At this moment of pain and sorrow
and suffering, we must all come together.

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We must all come together to call
for the immediate and unconditional release of

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all hostages, addressed the immense humanitarian
needs of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. A

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firm Israel's right to defend itself from
terrorism and remind all actors that international humanitarian

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law must be respected. That means
Hamas must not use Palestinians as human shields,

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an act of unthinkable cruelty and a
violation of the law of war,

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and that means Israel must take all
possible precautions to avoid harm to civilians.

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Yesterday, President Biden spoke to Prime
Minister Netanyahu and reiterated that while Israel has

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the right and responsibility to defend its
citizens from terrorism, it must do so

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in a manner consistent with international humanitarian
law. The fact that Hamas operates within

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and under the cover of civilian areas
creates an added burden for Israel, but

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it does not lessen its responsibility to
distinguish between terrorists and civilians colleagues. The

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United States is also deeply concerned by
the significant uptick in violence against Palestinian civilians

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in the West Bain. We condemn
the killings of Palestinian civilians and we urge

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Israel to prevent these attacks, working
with the Palestinian authority. The Biden administration

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also shares the international community's concern about
telecommunications shut downs in Gaza. We've made

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this clear to Israeli leaders, and
we understand communification networks have started to be

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restored. This is essential. A
shutdown of telecommunication imperils the lives of civilians,

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un personnel, and humanitarian workers,
and risks exacerbating the humanitarian price in

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Gaza. Lives hang in the balance, and we must all step up,

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as the United States has done.
We are the single largest donor to the

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Palestinian people, having contributed more than
one billion dollars since twenty twenty one,

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and President Biden recently announced an additional
one hundred million dollars in humanitarian assistance for

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the Palestinian people in Gaza in the
West Bank. But of course, no

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amount of aid will matter if it
cannot reach people in need, and the

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United States continues to work with Israel, Egypt, the UN, and other

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partners to facilitate rapid and sustain assistance
flow. Food, fuel, water,

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medicine, and other essential services must
be restored. And while the number of

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trucks entering Gaza continues to increase,
it is not nearly enough. The amount

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of humanity uitarian assistance flowing into Gaza
must be scaled up urgently. We must

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do everything possible to save lives,
and President Biden has expressed his support for

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humanitarian pauses in the fighting to allow
hostages to get out, to allow humanitarian

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aid to reach Gaza and be distributed, and to allow safe passage for civilians,

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which will help people access humanitarian assistance
or moved to safer locations. We

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also continue to urge all Member States
to work to prevent any spellover of the

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crisis. Last week, Secretary Blincoln
asked this Council to send a firm United

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message to any state or non state
actor that is considering opening up another front

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against Israel, or who may target
Israel's partners, including the United States,

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don't. This is a matter of
international peace and security, and this Council

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must speak out. That is one
of the many reasons that last week the

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United States put forward a strong and
balanced Security Council resolution, one that we

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consulted with all Member States on and
we worked to forge consensus around. This

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resolution received the support of the majority
of this Council, but Russia and China

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blocked this adoption. Following this veto, action moved to the General Assembly,

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where Member States were asked to vote
for a resolution that was grossly one sided

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and was missing two key words hamas
and hostage. These are deliberate omissions that

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give cover and empower Hamasi's brutality.
During the Emergency Special Session, we also

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heard a few Member States implicitly endorse
Hamasi's acts of violence, and I was

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frankly shocked and appalled. It is
outrageous and it must be called out.

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It is unconscionable that Hamas's actions are
not condemned by the General Assembly colleagues.

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As I've said before, the United
States will continue to engage with any Council

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member, with any member state that
is committed to adopting a strong and balanced

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resolution, But any Council product must
support direct diplomacy efforts that can save lives

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and advance the prospects of a more
peaceful and secure future for the region.

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Even at this difficult moment, we
must keep hope alive. We must work

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toward a brighter future, a future
where Israelis and Palestinians have equal measures of

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security, freedom, justice, opportunity, and dignity. A future or Palestinians

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realize their legitimate right to self determination
and a state of their own. A

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future where two democratic states Israel and
Palestine live side by side in peace.

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This is not the future Hamas wants
to see, but it is the future

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that we must all work to advance
together. Thank you very much, mister

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President. I thank the Permanent Representative
of the United States for her statements,

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and I now give the floor to
the Permanent Representative of Ecuador Senior President,

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Mister President, to begin, I
wish to thank mister Philip Lasarini and Miss

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Lisa Dutton and Catherine Russell for the
grave briefings this afternoon. I wish to

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thank them for all of the work
of Unwacha and Judseph in such grueling circumstances

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such as those being endured by these
bodies on the ground. The events in

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Gaza are of grave concern, Mister
President. The situation of the civilian population

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is desperate. The aid that is
arriving is insufficient, The future is uncertain

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and menacing. Telecommunication blackouts that have
just been referred to and the beginning of

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ground operations are worsening this state of
affairs. Ecuador values the efforts that have

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been made to render viable the entry
of vital supplies from Egypt. We hope

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that we will ultimately manage to establish
a system which makes it possible to supply

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the civilian population in a sufficient and
continuous fashion. We recognize the right of

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countries to protect their civilians when international
law allows. However, at the same

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time, we recall the obligation for
that right to be exercised in full compliance

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at all times with international law and
international humanitarian law, as we have stated

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on several occasions, As Ecuador and
other members of the Council indeed have stated

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on several occasions, we support the
work of the Secretary General, that of

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the United Nations System, and we
support the work of its agencies who have

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the mandate to provide humanitarian aid to
the population affected by this conflict. My

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country has appealed vehemently for the avoidance
of the spillover of this violence to other

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areas in the region. At this
moment, I wish to draw particular attention

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to the need to avoid exacerbating tensions
and fueling the violence in the West Bank

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and on the border between Lebanon and
Israel. I reiterate our request to all

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to act with a sense of responsibility
and common sense. Anything else, and

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death, more pain, and more
suffering will be all that await mister President.

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As I have said on several occasions
in recent weeks, this Council must

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speak out before in the face of
the eruption of violence in the area and

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its dire humanitarian consequences. All efforts
must be made to achieve this goal.

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Particularly, we must achieve reach agreements
between those who have the power to prevent

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with their will alone, the adoption
of a decision which adjoins the majority support

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of this Council. It is timely
to recall here that exercising greater power brings

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with it greater responsibility. The Council
must bear in mind that this organization was

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born to defend the dignity and worth
of the human person, to ensure that

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reason prevailed in international relations, and
to create a better world for all.

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It is our obligation, mister President, to strive so that we can always

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discharge that mandate. I thank you, I think the Permanent Representative of Licuador,

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and I now give the floor to
the Permanent Representative of Switzerland Mass Thank

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you, mister President, and I
would like to thank you for the second

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time sharing an emergency meeting of the
Security Council on the situation in the Middle

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East this month. I would also
like to thank the Commissioner General of UNROUA,

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Philippe Lazzarini, Director Liza doubt And
of OCHA, and the Executive Director

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of UNICEF, Catherine Russell, for
their briefings and their efforts, and above

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all, all of their efforts in
these particularly tragic circumstances. We offer our

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very sincere condolences to the un in
particular to UNRUA for the dozens of personnel

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who died in the course of their
duties. Our condolences also go to the

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relatives of the thousands of Israeli and
Palestinian civilians, more than a third of

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them children, who have lost their
lives are tragically lost their lives in recent

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weeks. Since the seventh of October, Switzerland has strongly condemned the acts of

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terror, indiscriminate rocket fire against the
Israeli population and hostage taking perpetrated by Hamas.

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In this context, Switzerland expressed its
solidarity with the Israeli people. All

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hostages held in Gaza must be released
immediately and unconditionally. We have recognized Israel's

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legitimate concern for national defense and security, recalling that the legitimate needs of security

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and military necessity are taken into account
by international humanitarian law, which must be

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respected by all parties to the conflict. We stress once again the binding nature

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of all its rules without exception,
in particular the principles of distinction, proportionality

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and precaution in the conduct of hostilities. All violations of international law must be

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investigated so that the perpetrators can be
brought to justice, as it has done

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on many occasions. Switzerland reiterates that
the application of international humanitarian law and human

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rights, in particular the protection of
civilians is and must remain a priority for

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this Council. It is therefore imperative
to protect civilians and people who are no

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longer taking part in hostilities. We
must protect them from acts of terror in

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Israel, and we must protect them
in Gaza and the West Bank, where

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the increase in violence, particularly by
settlers, is worrying. We must exert

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our influence on the parties to the
conflict to ensure that international humanitarian law is

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respected to halt the current spiral of
violence and prevent it from spreading throughout the

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region. As we have heard in
Gaza, the entire population, almost half

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of whom our children, is now
under siege. Entirely Civilian infrastructure, including

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unoir, schools and in particular hospitals, are protected by international humanitarian law.

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They must be able to provide security
and assistance to civilians. The population must

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have access in sufficient quality and quantity
to essential goods and services, including drinking

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water, food, medical care,
and fuel. Switzerland has been working very

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actively within this Council and at the
General Assembly for the respect for international humanitarian

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law and the introduction of measures such
as humanitarian pauses or truces to guarantee access

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to aid. Such measures, accompanied
by security guarantees, are necessary to enable

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the personnel of impartial humanitarian organizations to
work effectively to respond to the needs of

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the population and to alleviate the worsening
sanitary crisis in Gaza. This is all

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the more necessary in the light of
the intense occasion of hostilities in recent days,

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Mister President. Unified action by this
Council is therefore more necessary than ever

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to put an end to the violence
in sure respect for international law and work

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towards peace. Switzerland will continue to
make every effort to seek such action by

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this Council so that it assumes its
responsibility in the face of this crisis.

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Thank you. I thank the Permanent
Representative of Switzerland for her statement, and

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I now give the floor to the
Permanent Representative of Gabon. Thank you,

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mister President. I thank Honour Commissioner
General Philippe Lazarini, the Executive Director Catherine

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Russell and Otcher Director Lisa Doc ten
for their briefings on the current situation in

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Gaza. I am quite frankly shocked
to the core by their briefings and accounts.

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I wish to thank the United Arab
Emirates and China for convening this emergency

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open briefing because we cannot as a
security Council remain unmoved in the face of

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the unbearable extent of the horror playing
out before our eyes. The intensification of

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Israel's air strengths, together with the
ground operations of forces in Gaza, is

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causing the huge death toll of this
war to tragically skyrocket. This is a

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heinous war which is morally unacceptable.
The paralysis of this Council is unacceptable and

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inconceivable. Ten thousand people, including
one thousand children, have been killed since

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the heinous attacks of Hamas in Israel
on the seventh of October. It is

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high time for this bloodbath to cease. Gabon once again staunchly condemns all deadly,

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indiscriminate violence. We wish to say
the following very clearly. Indeed,

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civilian populations must be neither currency nor
human shields, nor must they be the

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target of collective punishment. All hostages
must be released unconditionally, and Israel's right

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to self defense must be exercised in
accordance with international humanitarian law and with the

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principles of proportionality, precaution and distinction. The cycle of the dehumanizing cycle of

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violence against civilian populations must immediately stop. Within this Council, we must move

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beyond the bonds of the political and
geopolitical bonds that bind us to inaction.

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We must move beyond divisions, rivalry
and sterility to call for the immediate cessation

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of hostilities and for unhindered humanitarian access
to those in need, those civilians trapped

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01:20:21.800 --> 01:20:27.039
in the devastated ruins of Gaza.
We call for the compliance with an implementation

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of the resolution adopted by the General
Assembly on the twenty sixth of October twenty

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twenty three. We hail the efforts
to restore calm undertaken by the countries in

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the region. At the same time, we retreate the security the Secretary General's

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appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire. We
retraate our appeal for restraint and encourage all

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01:20:46.560 --> 01:20:50.920
states that have influenced that they can
bring to bear on parties to ratchet up

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efforts to bring parties to choose peace
and to preserve human life. Mister President,

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we are all aware of the risk
that the Israel Palestine conflict poses to

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peace and stability in the region as
a whole and beyond. We must avoid

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a conflagration which would stand as a
point of no return and would lead us

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into chaos once and for all.
To conclude, I wish to reaffirm my

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country's conviction that diplomacy, dialogue and
negotiation, with a central role played by

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01:21:27.720 --> 01:21:33.800
the United Nations, are and remain
vital channels to achieve a lasting solution to

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this deadly crisis. We reiterate our
commitment to the two state solution. Thank

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you. I thank the Permanent Representative
of Gabbon for his statement, and I

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now give the floor to the Permanent
Representative of Malta. Thank you, President.

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I thank the briefers today's briefers for
their stock briefings and also thanking can

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applaud your teams for your important work
on the ground. Commissioner General Lazzarini,

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we convey our sincere condolences for the
tragic loss of honoral staff in these past

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weeks. For years the agency has
been an important stabilizing force in the region

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in recent days. Your work has
been nothing short of heroic and you can

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count on our full support. President
Malta is gravely concerned by the desperate situation

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in Gaza. Such military operations will
undoubtedly have a devastating impact on the more

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than two million civilians trapped in the
enclave. Let us not forget that these

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civilians were already perilously vulnerable and living
in dire conditions. During these last days,

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01:22:49.079 --> 01:22:56.079
thousands broken to unraal warehouses and distribution
centers, taking wheat, flour and

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01:22:56.119 --> 01:23:00.359
other basic items. This illustrates how
desperate this is. Situation on the ground

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01:23:00.560 --> 01:23:06.039
is and as worrying, is a
worrying sign that civil orders starting to break

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01:23:06.079 --> 01:23:13.359
down. In parallel, Hamas continues
rocket barrage into his ra Day territory,

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01:23:13.960 --> 01:23:19.000
with some reaching Tel Aviv. This
is completely unacceptable. We unequivocally reject and

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condemn these barbaric attacks, including the
seventh October attack undertaking of hostages. These

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are heinous acts of terrorism. We
reiterate our call on Harmas to immediately release

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01:23:31.640 --> 01:23:39.520
all hostages safely and unconditionally, and
urge parties with influence to continue negotiations.

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To this end, Malta condemns all
violence against civilians. All parties to the

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conflict are obligated to abide by international
law, including international humanitarian and human rights

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01:23:53.439 --> 01:23:59.760
law. They must take all feasible
precautions to avoid and in any event minimize

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harmed to civilians and civilian objects.
These including objects indispensable to the survival of

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01:24:06.000 --> 01:24:13.800
the civilian population. We are utterly
devastated to note the effects the conflict is

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having on Palestinian and Israeli children.
Thousands have perished, while the rest are

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01:24:18.840 --> 01:24:26.359
suffering unthinkable psychological traumas. We underscore
that the killing and maiming of children,

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01:24:26.720 --> 01:24:30.680
attacks on schools, hospitals, places
of worship, and denial of children's access

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01:24:30.680 --> 01:24:39.720
to humanitarian assistance are all grave violations. We also echo the concerns raised regarding

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the children being held by hamas we
reiterate our call for their immediate release and

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for their special protection needs to be
prioritized. President. The humanitarian crisis in

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Gaza can no longer be ignored.
Urgent action is needed. This is why

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we voted in favor of the General
Assembly resolution. Australia are the tenth emergency

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Special Session. We welcome the provisions
of this resolution calling foreign immediate, durable

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and sustained humanitarian truth leading to a
cessation of hostilities. This is the minimum

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01:25:15.680 --> 01:25:21.520
requirement to ensure protection of civilians.
Meanwhile, we remain concerned that this Council

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01:25:21.600 --> 01:25:28.079
has been unable to act in the
face of this accelerating crisis. We echo

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the Secretary General's message that this is
a moment of truth. Our immediate priority

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must be to address the unfolding humanitarian
catastrophe and to reverse current escalations. We

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urge Council members to unite in good
faith and act decisively for the sake of

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01:25:46.520 --> 01:25:55.359
regional and international security. We also
stress that it is unacceptable that humanitarian actors

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working through the most life threatening and
extraordinary conditions to protect gas and civilians also

808
01:26:01.439 --> 01:26:09.439
must content with communications blackouts. Connectivity
is of utmost importance, not only to

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01:26:09.520 --> 01:26:15.239
the civilian population, but also so
that aid responders can continue doing their critical

810
01:26:15.319 --> 01:26:24.119
work. Malta reiterates the call also
made on the European Council conclusions for the

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01:26:24.199 --> 01:26:30.840
continued rapids, safe and unhindered humanitarian
access in Gaza, including through humanitarian corridors

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01:26:30.840 --> 01:26:36.359
and pauses, All efforts made by
international actors in this regard are welcome.

813
01:26:38.199 --> 01:26:42.960
Furthermore, we are alarmed at the
precarious developments in areas outside of Gaza.

814
01:26:43.560 --> 01:26:48.199
It is critical that the international community
works together to prevent a spillovera which would

815
01:26:48.239 --> 01:26:56.920
further increase internal tensions and destabilize the
entire region. Malta underscores that any lasting

816
01:26:57.039 --> 01:27:00.439
and sustainable plan for peace in the
Middle East must be based on a two

817
01:27:00.560 --> 01:27:08.239
state solution, in line with relevant
Security Council resolutions and internationally agreed parameters.

818
01:27:08.920 --> 01:27:15.159
The escalation, restraint and mediation are
critical. The longer we fail to address

819
01:27:15.199 --> 01:27:18.800
these imperatives, the harder it will
become to climb out of the abyss and

820
01:27:18.880 --> 01:27:27.640
towards the path of peace. Thank
you, I think the Permanent Representative of

821
01:27:28.239 --> 01:27:33.880
Mountham for her statement, and I
now give the floor to the Permanent Representative

822
01:27:33.920 --> 01:27:44.560
of France, Mocheur Polidon. Mister
President, I thank the Commissioner General of

823
01:27:44.720 --> 01:27:50.159
ANOIR, Executive Director of UNICEF and
the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

824
01:27:50.199 --> 01:27:57.279
for their briefings. The terrorist attacks
by Hamas and other groups against Israel on

825
01:27:57.319 --> 01:28:04.600
the seventh of October have triggered unprecedented
crisis. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is

826
01:28:04.800 --> 01:28:11.680
tragic. Civilians are dying every day, including many children. The population is

827
01:28:11.760 --> 01:28:15.079
going hungry, The lack of water
brings with it the risk of epidemics,

828
01:28:15.119 --> 01:28:21.399
and hospitals are overwhelmed. It is
urgent that unfettered humanitarian access be guaranteed for

829
01:28:21.520 --> 01:28:27.520
the Gaza strip that needs food,
water and electricity. The number of convoys

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01:28:27.600 --> 01:28:32.000
must increase significantly in order to be
commensurate with what is needed. A humanitarian

831
01:28:32.039 --> 01:28:38.119
truce is needed, which could ultimately
leave to lead to a ceasefire. France

832
01:28:38.159 --> 01:28:44.000
has significantly increased its humanitarian assistance through
the chartering of a special flight last weekend,

833
01:28:44.359 --> 01:28:47.880
and welcomes the commitment of the Secretary
General, the work of un agencies

834
01:28:47.920 --> 01:28:53.680
and the work of humanitarian actors on
the ground who are working in extremely difficult

835
01:28:53.720 --> 01:28:59.600
conditions. Our most sincere condolences go
to the United Nations following the deaths of

836
01:28:59.600 --> 01:29:04.600
sixty three UNWA staff members. Civilians
must be able to leave Gaza without being

837
01:29:05.279 --> 01:29:10.520
impeded from doing so, and we
have constantly requested that for our own nationals

838
01:29:10.560 --> 01:29:15.079
and their families since the seventh of
October nothing can justify the suffering of civilians

839
01:29:15.119 --> 01:29:23.560
who must be protected. All victims
deserve our compassion, and all lives are

840
01:29:23.640 --> 01:29:28.039
valuable. Israel has the right to
defend itself and the duty to do so

841
01:29:28.239 --> 01:29:34.359
in compliance with international humanitarian law,
sparing the civilian population. France voted in

842
01:29:34.399 --> 01:29:39.840
favor of the resolution introduced by Jordan
on behalf of the Arab Group, which

843
01:29:40.039 --> 01:29:45.479
calls for a truce and humanitarian access
and for the protection of civilians, which

844
01:29:45.520 --> 01:29:49.159
condemns terrorist acts, and which calls
for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages.

845
01:29:49.840 --> 01:29:56.760
And I recall our condemnation in the
most energetic terms of the terrorist attacks

846
01:29:56.840 --> 01:30:00.600
by Hamas, which in no way
represents the Palestinian and which has nothing but

847
01:30:00.720 --> 01:30:05.279
contempt for their suffering. I also
reiterate our core for the hostages to be

848
01:30:05.319 --> 01:30:11.560
released immediately and without condition. Following
this vote in the General Assembly, this

849
01:30:11.720 --> 01:30:17.720
Council must be able to fully shoulder
its responsibilities and achieve a just decision based

850
01:30:17.760 --> 01:30:23.079
on our common principles. France will
continue to work on the new draft resolution

851
01:30:23.520 --> 01:30:28.199
presented by Brazil so that it can
be adopted quickly. Mister President, the

852
01:30:28.239 --> 01:30:32.039
extreme severity of the situation in Gaza
should not lead us to forget what is

853
01:30:32.079 --> 01:30:38.960
happening in the rest of the occupied
Palestinian territory. France firmly condemns the violence

854
01:30:39.000 --> 01:30:44.920
perpetrated by settlers against the Palestinian population, acts of violence which are increasing in

855
01:30:44.960 --> 01:30:48.880
the West Bank. We call on
the Israeli authorities to put a stop to

856
01:30:48.920 --> 01:30:54.800
this. We must prevent this engulfing
the entire region. France remains extremely worried

857
01:30:54.840 --> 01:30:59.279
following a launching of a shell that
Land did in uniform headquarters in the south

858
01:30:59.279 --> 01:31:02.640
of Lebanon on the twenty eighth of
October. France is committed to avoiding a

859
01:31:02.720 --> 01:31:09.039
spread of this conflict. This war
has reminded us, as if any reminder

860
01:31:09.039 --> 01:31:13.760
were necessary, that the world can
no longer ignore the legitimate aspirations of the

861
01:31:13.760 --> 01:31:18.359
Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace
and security. We all are aware of

862
01:31:18.479 --> 01:31:25.520
the conditions for this, namely the
necessary security guarantees for Israel and a state

863
01:31:25.600 --> 01:31:32.079
for the Palestinians. We must all
mobilize in order to restore a political horizon.

864
01:31:32.640 --> 01:31:38.199
The only viable solution is a two
state solution, and France will continue

865
01:31:38.359 --> 01:31:43.560
its engagement within this council for it
to adopt a resolution as quickly as possible.

866
01:31:43.600 --> 01:31:46.479
We owe this to the Israelis and
the Palestinians. Thank you. I

867
01:31:46.760 --> 01:31:54.039
thank the Permanent Representative of France for
his statement, and I now give the

868
01:31:54.159 --> 01:32:00.399
floor to the Permanent Representative of Albanian
Thank you, mister President. And let

869
01:32:00.399 --> 01:32:06.119
me thank Commissioner General Lazzarini, Executive
Director Rousselle and Miss Dutton for the information

870
01:32:06.239 --> 01:32:12.000
provided. We pay tribute to you, your work and your teams on the

871
01:32:12.039 --> 01:32:15.680
ground, and mourn the loss of
other sixty UN workers fallen in the line

872
01:32:15.840 --> 01:32:20.720
of duty. The past three weeks
have been dramatic for Israelis and Palestinians,

873
01:32:20.760 --> 01:32:26.920
and tormenting for the Middle East and
many elsewhere. The overall death toll in

874
01:32:26.960 --> 01:32:32.319
civilian victims is frightening and unsustainable.
We extend our condolences and deepest sympathy to

875
01:32:32.359 --> 01:32:40.319
the families of all victims, Israelis
and Palestinians alike. Mister President, seventh

876
01:32:40.319 --> 01:32:44.680
of October will remain a defining moment
in the never quiet history of the Middle

877
01:32:44.720 --> 01:32:49.520
East. Hamas is brutality and terror, the worst in human behavior, will

878
01:32:49.600 --> 01:32:56.159
not and must not be forgotten in
the current utterly complex situation, there is

879
01:32:56.159 --> 01:33:01.159
an accumulation of competing urgencies. The
response to terror and the continued rocket launches

880
01:33:01.199 --> 01:33:05.560
from Gaza, the liberation of hostages, the protection of civilians, the provision

881
01:33:05.560 --> 01:33:11.039
of humanitary and help, and the
increased risk of spillover of the conflict.

882
01:33:11.600 --> 01:33:15.920
Let me quickly go through each of
them. First. In its exercise of

883
01:33:15.960 --> 01:33:20.119
the right of self defense, which
we recognize and support, like for every

884
01:33:20.159 --> 01:33:26.640
other country under attack, Israel is
determined to eradicate Hamas. It should not

885
01:33:26.760 --> 01:33:31.560
be portrayed mistakenly as a license to
punish Palestinians. It is beyond any doubt

886
01:33:31.680 --> 01:33:38.840
that conducting warfare in such a densely
populated area as Gaza is difficult, challenging,

887
01:33:39.199 --> 01:33:43.479
very demanding, and it must be
conducted prudently, professionally and in compliance

888
01:33:43.520 --> 01:33:49.520
with international midtern law. We profoundly
regret every innocent life lost, without distinction.

889
01:33:50.199 --> 01:33:56.359
While circumstances may be different, a
loss is always a loss. Therefore,

890
01:33:56.680 --> 01:34:00.399
there is need for maximum precaution not
to harm those who are twice in

891
01:34:00.479 --> 01:34:03.560
danger, first from Hamas and their
policies on one hand, and a fight

892
01:34:03.800 --> 01:34:09.279
they have not chosen on the other. It is therefore extremely important and urgent

893
01:34:09.399 --> 01:34:15.680
to do everything possible that civilian populations
are not found in that horpless place from

894
01:34:15.720 --> 01:34:20.800
where there is no escape. Second, nothing can ever justify abducting and holding

895
01:34:20.880 --> 01:34:27.680
hostages innocent people, children, women
and elderly, even less so using them

896
01:34:27.840 --> 01:34:31.119
as Hamas is doing. They must
be liberated, They must be brought home.

897
01:34:31.760 --> 01:34:36.600
We welcome efforts from various actors in
this respect and urge them to continue.

898
01:34:38.239 --> 01:34:43.319
Third, and hindered, umnitarian help
at scale must be urgently provided to

899
01:34:43.359 --> 01:34:46.520
all those in need. We cannot
contemplate children die in the hospital because of

900
01:34:46.520 --> 01:34:51.239
the lack of medicine or electricity or
water, or lack of communications. We

901
01:34:51.279 --> 01:34:57.279
cannot contemplate lack of food for entire
families, adding to an already difficult situation

902
01:34:57.399 --> 01:35:00.319
that total break down or law and
order because of lack of basic commodities.

903
01:35:01.159 --> 01:35:06.079
The Government of Israel has promised that
soon aid with flaw in abundance, it

904
01:35:06.079 --> 01:35:12.239
should happen immediately. Those who are
spared from the fighting do not need to

905
01:35:12.319 --> 01:35:16.880
die from hunger. Colleagues, we
try to put ourselves in Israel's shoes,

906
01:35:17.399 --> 01:35:23.760
feel the trauma of terror striking with
the ferocity we cannot forget, face with

907
01:35:23.840 --> 01:35:30.600
an existential question with countries and proxies
that seek openly to destroy it. I

908
01:35:30.640 --> 01:35:33.920
don't think anyone here or anywhere would
feel at ease knowing that your next door

909
01:35:33.920 --> 01:35:39.239
neighbor is just waiting for the right
moment to kill you. How can this

910
01:35:39.399 --> 01:35:45.279
not bring back horrible memories that fear
and anxiety summarized in the Never Again Pledge.

911
01:35:45.680 --> 01:35:49.199
But we also put ourselves in the
very same way in the shoes of

912
01:35:49.239 --> 01:35:54.880
the Palestinians, feeling the unexplainable pain
of civilians caught in the midst of a

913
01:35:54.920 --> 01:35:58.920
war that has befallen on them,
a war first imposed by Hamas and the

914
01:35:59.079 --> 01:36:02.840
likes decide did it elsewhere by their
masters, who are rubbing their hands in

915
01:36:02.880 --> 01:36:08.960
the face of casualties they had anticipated
and hoped for in a turmoil of all

916
01:36:09.079 --> 01:36:14.000
dangers. We feel for Palestinians,
for who, for decades, at every

917
01:36:14.119 --> 01:36:17.359
time they neared to the horizon of
their future with their state, those against

918
01:36:17.399 --> 01:36:23.520
would always be quicker to disrupt it
and push it further away. We feel

919
01:36:23.560 --> 01:36:28.399
for those thousands on both sides of
this terrible divide who have lost their loved

920
01:36:28.439 --> 01:36:32.359
once the families of the hostages,
and all those torn apart by death and

921
01:36:32.479 --> 01:36:41.000
grief and the insecurity of tomorrow.
Wars are sometimes unavoidable because imposed, but

922
01:36:41.079 --> 01:36:46.039
they are always brutal, They bring
inevitable destruction, They cause victims and sadly

923
01:36:46.119 --> 01:36:51.159
often casualties among those who don't deserve
it. But even wars have laws and

924
01:36:51.239 --> 01:36:57.279
they must be respected. We believe
and trust that there is a there.

925
01:36:57.439 --> 01:37:00.239
There is and must be a way
to ensure that security of Israel and its

926
01:37:00.239 --> 01:37:06.359
people, while insuring the security and
of and the perspective of all Palestinians who

927
01:37:06.399 --> 01:37:13.239
do not want war colleagues. Beyond
the tragedy unfolding in Israel and Gaza,

928
01:37:13.319 --> 01:37:16.920
the magnitude of the human suffering is
impacting people across borders and identities, and

929
01:37:16.960 --> 01:37:21.079
we notice a sharp increase in the
hate and division, including the threat of

930
01:37:21.199 --> 01:37:29.520
terrorism and targeted violence. This sharp
and often confusing polarization fails to acknowledge our

931
01:37:29.760 --> 01:37:34.000
common humanity and that the killing of
innocent civilians, regardless of religion or ethnic

932
01:37:34.039 --> 01:37:41.640
background, is wrong unacceptable. The
frightening images of the bloodthirsty mob yesterday in

933
01:37:41.680 --> 01:37:47.680
Dugistan hunting for Jewish people is another
appalling illustration of intolerable and appalling rays of

934
01:37:47.720 --> 01:37:53.680
anti Semitism. No one should stay
indifferent to relies, to allow of relies

935
01:37:53.720 --> 01:37:58.520
where people chant kill the Jews or
destroy Israel. This is why there is

936
01:37:58.560 --> 01:38:02.760
so much need for wisdom, responsibility
and action on the ground and from this

937
01:38:02.880 --> 01:38:08.560
Council, because otherwise confusion, hatred, tension and violence will continue, not

938
01:38:08.600 --> 01:38:12.439
only in Gaza and the West Bank, but also elsewhere in the Middle East

939
01:38:12.680 --> 01:38:17.800
and beyond, dividing societies fueled by
strong emotions, ideologies and beliefs, overpowering

940
01:38:17.880 --> 01:38:24.359
cold minds and reason, and overshadowing
forward looking perspectives. Last, but not

941
01:38:24.479 --> 01:38:29.000
least, Mister President, the serious
risk of spillover Haspola is playing with fire

942
01:38:29.119 --> 01:38:32.079
and attacks from the northern border are
becoming more and more threatening. If this

943
01:38:32.239 --> 01:38:36.239
continues, it may be a matter
of time before the irreparable point is reached.

944
01:38:38.039 --> 01:38:42.199
It must be resisted since it will
only bring the region and all the

945
01:38:42.199 --> 01:38:46.520
countries involved near a catastrophe. In
this respect, we're also very concerned for

946
01:38:46.600 --> 01:38:51.359
the situation in the West Bank.
We condemn the extremest settler violence and Palestinians,

947
01:38:51.520 --> 01:38:57.319
which is totally unacceptable. Such acts
must be full investigated and those responsible

948
01:38:57.720 --> 01:39:01.920
must be held accountable, mister President. In the face of so much complexity

949
01:39:01.960 --> 01:39:05.560
and adversity, we think it is
urgent to start thinking about the gazz of

950
01:39:05.560 --> 01:39:11.279
tomorrow, the Gaza without Hamas,
without extremists. There is need to offer

951
01:39:11.319 --> 01:39:15.000
Palestinian civilians in Gaza a perspective,
a new organization of life under a new

952
01:39:15.039 --> 01:39:20.720
administration. Hamas has let them down, Hamas has brought war to them.

953
01:39:20.960 --> 01:39:26.000
Hamas did not bring them prosperity because
it invested in tunnels and rockets, in

954
01:39:26.039 --> 01:39:30.319
hatred and death. We need to
start thinking how the fabric of the society

955
01:39:30.359 --> 01:39:34.039
can be repaired so that the children
know that what shalom means instead of being

956
01:39:34.119 --> 01:39:39.920
raised with and repeating death to the
Jews. If not, the Hamas of

957
01:39:39.960 --> 01:39:43.880
today will only be replaced by the
Hamas of tomorrow, maybe with another name,

958
01:39:44.119 --> 01:39:46.319
but with the same hatred, the
same ideology, the same goals,

959
01:39:46.359 --> 01:39:51.159
embroiled in a never ending cycle of
hurting the other, acting falsely in the

960
01:39:51.239 --> 01:39:56.640
name of God they disrespect, and
acting falsely in the name of a future

961
01:39:56.840 --> 01:40:00.239
they simply oppose. This is why
there is a need to revive the political

962
01:40:00.279 --> 01:40:04.920
process as soon as possible, because
in its absence there will only be unhappiness,

963
01:40:05.159 --> 01:40:11.600
poverty, discrimination, hatred, tension, never ending violence, victims and

964
01:40:12.720 --> 01:40:17.039
as it has happened many times,
exploitation by terrorists, extremists and their supporters.

965
01:40:17.680 --> 01:40:21.680
And let's not fool ourselves. The
next war will be only deadlier,

966
01:40:23.039 --> 01:40:27.800
but it is preventable if we all
work together with conviction and in good faith

967
01:40:28.039 --> 01:40:31.600
for peace, for last in peace, and I thank you, I thank

968
01:40:31.640 --> 01:41:15.399
the Permanent Representative of Albania. The
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