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It is important to call a genocide a genocide, UN experts told the UN Palestinian Rights Committee during a Briefing “International legal responsibilities for preventing genocide, holding perpetrators of war crimes accountable, and for ending the unlawful occupation of Palestine” on 31 October 2024 as they called on all States to examine their relationships and avoid being complicit in this crime being committed by Israel on the Palestinian people in Gaza.

“If you go to a doctor because you have cancer and you are diagnosed with fever, you have a big problem — it’s the same with the people who are being genocided,” said Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory Occupied Since 1967, during a briefing on the international legal responsibilities for preventing genocide, holding perpetrators of war crimes accountable, and for ending the unlawful occupation of Palestine.

Describing herself as “a reluctant chronicler of genocide,” Ms. Albanese said the international community must recognize what is happening in Gaza as a genocide and “understand the bigger design behind what’s happening in Palestine today”. It is not simply war crimes and crimes against humanity that the Palestinians are experiencing — “they have experienced those through their entire life,” she said, but the current situation is different.

At the beginning of the meeting, Cheikh Niang (Senegal), Committee Chair, commended the work of UN experts in investigating and documenting what has been happening. They have sifted through vast amounts of documents and testimonies, gathered evidence and separated facts from misinformation. Their “efforts are vital, not only for telling the story of Gaza, but more importantly for ensuring accountability”, he said.

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1:57 – Chair’s opening remarks

12:00 – Ambassador Feda Abdelhady’s remarks (State of Palestine)

24:17 – Briefing by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

35:36 – Briefing by Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

45:22 – Briefing by Christ Sidoti, Member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel

1:03:40 – Briefing by Diana Buttu, Independent Commission for Human Rights of Palestine

1:16:05 – Briefing by Anisha Patel, Law for Palestine

1:58:08 – Francesca Albanese’s repose to questions from the Member States

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this meeting is called to

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order excellencies distinguished

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speakers ladies and gentlemen on behalf of the United Nations committee on the exercise of the

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inab rights of the Palestinian people it is my privilege to welcome you

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today to this briefing on International legal

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responsibilities for preventing genocide holding perpetrators of war

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crimes accountable and for ending the unlawful occupation of

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Palestine today’s event will consist of a short opening followed by briefings by two un

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special reporters on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and on

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health followed by the independent International Commission of

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inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem and

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Israel we will also hear from representatives of uh the Palestinian independent commission for human rights

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and the NGO law for Palestine please allow me to mention

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before we begin that as uh reminded by the UN Department of Safety and

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Security in according to the rules of the Secretariat no form of protest will be

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allowed during this meeting I will now deliver

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remarks in my capacity as chair of the committee for the exercise of the inable

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rights of the Palestinian people excellencies ladies and gentlemen

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dear guests As We Gather here today it is over one year since the 7th

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of October attacked by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups against Israel

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and the subsequent Gaza War during that year we have been bearing witness to one

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of the most devastating conflicts in our time this not only has brought

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immeasurable suffering ing to Palestinian civilians following the 7

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October attack so far the conflict has highlighted the multilateral systems

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inability to bring an end to this heartwrenching

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tragedy our committee the UN committee on the exercise of the inable rights of the Palestinian people mandated by the

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ga to advocate for the inable rights of the Palestinian people has organized

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today’s event as indicated the UN special reporters on

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the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and on health and the independent

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International Commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory are here to brief the

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committee the UN experts have and continue to do uh heric work in

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investigating and documenting what has been happening on the ground throughout the

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opt sifting through vast amounts of documents and testimonies to gather

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evidence passing facts from allegation truth from

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misinformation your efforts are vital not only for telling the story of Gaza but more importantly for ensuring

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accountability more after more than a year of devastating conflict it is difficult to find proper words to

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describe the Israeli made catastrophe unfolding in Gaza and the West

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Bank instead let me share key excepts

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from recent reports and statements by the UN experts whose strong language

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underscores the grave severity of the Gaza crisis in the joint statement of all

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special reporters on 11th October they describ Gaza let me

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quote the strip is now A Wasteland of rebel and human

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remains another sentence Israeli bombs have spared no no

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one another one constant bombing has turned humanitarian zones into Killing

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Fields unquote similarly the commission of inquiry in its report published on the

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10th of October stated that I quote Israel has perpetrated a concerted

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policy to destroy Gaza Healthcare System as part of a broader

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assault on Gaza another sentence Israeli security forces have

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deliberately killed detained and tortured medical personnel

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and targeted medical Vehicles while tightening The Siege on Gaza

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and restricting permits to leave the territory for medical treatment

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unquote these un experts reports and statements are

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balanced addressing the atrocities and crimes against humanity by both Israel

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security forces and Palestinian militants their analysis counters

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frequent accusations by those not in favor of the un’s work and efforts in the opt who CLA

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claimed that un experts including un special reporters the COI and other un officials

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are biased towards one side a criticism recently even directed at the UN

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Secretary General Antonio gutes for example while the COI has reported on the 11th of September of

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this year serious violations by Israeli Security Forces against Palestinians

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Palestinian detainees as was WI reported in the Maia

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it also writes quote regarding the Israeli and

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foreign hostages held in Gaza by pales armed groups the report found that many were mistreated to inflict physical pain

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and severe mental suffering including physical violence abuse sexual violence Force isolation limited access to hgan

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facilities water and food threats and humiliation the committee firmly

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supports accountability for all all individuals and parties responsible for

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crimes against humanity and ensuring all victims are recognized violations of international

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human rights law must be condemned regardless of who commits those

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riches ladies and gentlemen the Palestinian struggle and the current situation in Gaza highlight a stark

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power imbalance between Israel occupying power and the occupied Palestinian

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people we are witnessing Relentless Israeli military strikes by air land and

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C against a defenseless Palestinian population men women children and the

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elderly all attacked in a disproportionate and IND deniable

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assault today rights and to their security to

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date over over 43,000 Palestinians have been killed more than 100,000

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injured and many remain buried under the rubble in Gaza with the entire

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population enduring extreme suffering as we enter the second year of

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this conflict with no light no end in light inight Israel has also intensified

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attacks and discriminatory policies in the occupied West Bank and East

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Jerusalem bolstered by state supported settler violence and the escalating conflict in

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the opt now risks igniting a broader Regional War excellencies ladies and gentlemen

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dear guests the sad truth is

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that the Israeli palestin conflict is not an intractable question to the

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contrary we all know the solution and for a long time time the conflict will only end with two

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states Israel and Palestine leaving side by side in peace and visin secured

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borders this is the way this is the future and after the current War the

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parties have to be brought back to the table to find a mechanism to get there but for now the pressing task are

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these first there has to be an immediate ceasefire

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the immediate and unconditional release of all remaining Israeli captives in Gaza and Palestinian detainees in Israel

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and a massive scale up of humanitarian Aid to Gaza

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second G resolution es-10 sl24 calling on UN member states

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to comply with the adversary opinion of the international Court of justices on Israel’s policies and practices in the

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op has to to be fully implemented

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third member states of the United Nations must safegard the International System of

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rules based multilateralism we need to do so for the sake of the people of in

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Gaza in the occupied West Bank and East

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Jerusalem and in the whole region allowing a country continuation

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of the Gaza War a continuation of the illegal

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Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory a continuation of the killing

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of innocent Palestinian lives a continuation of an apparent

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impunity in the face of documented violations of fundamental norms and laws

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will make the restoration of peace increasingly difficult to

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achieve our committee will continue to be engaged with other member states and

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Regional organizations with un bodies and other

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partners to help bring an end to the current war and avert avert Regional

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configuration I thank you

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excellencies ladies and gentlemen I would like now to

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request uh the uh representative of the State of

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Palestine Ambassador fed abadi to deliver her remarks you have the for

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Excellency I want you to have thank you Mr chair we are grateful to the committee for its tireless efforts and

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solidarity with the Palestinian people and for Gathering us today at a time of

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Paramount urgency for Collective action to uphold our legal political

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humanitarian and moral obligations to prevent genocide to ensure

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accountability and Justice and to finally bring an end to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine

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I wish to join you in welcoming our esteemed briefers un special repur Miss

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Franchesca Alban and Dr tal Lang mukang honorable commissioner Chris sedoti we

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look forward to your presentations of your powerful reports alongside numerous

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joint statements that you have issued as special rurs concerning all of aspects

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of the Grave human rights situation of the Palestinian people under Israel’s illegal occupation I also wish to

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welcome Miss Diana buhu from the Palestinian independent commission for human rights and M Anisha Patel from law

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for Palestine and stress civil society’s crucial role in our joint pursuit of

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Justice Mr chair we have said it continually the necka against the Palestinian people never ended no

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chapter darker than that which our people in Gaza have suffered for the past year year the absence of

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accountability has permitted Israel’s unbridled impunity its politicians

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military and settler militias descending to unimaginable depths of Cruelty and

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depravity inflicting unfathomable Terror trauma loss and Devastation on the

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Palestinian people a situation equated to quote hell on Earth a betrayal of our

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Humanity a stain on the world’s conscience tens of thousands of

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Palestinian civilians babies children women men youth elderly have been killed

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92 families exterminated in their entirety thousands more civilians are

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unaccounted for crushed to death under Rubble bodies shredded or burned beyond

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recognition or buried in Mass Graves over 100,000 people injured and maimed

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thousands abducted imprisoned in Israeli torture camps many killed in

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captivity 2 million people forcibly displaced over and over again hunted

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down by Israel’s occupa forces from one corner of Gaza to the other where over

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80% of Civilian infrastructure has been decimated and nowhere is safe today

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North of Gaza is the epicenter of Israel’s genocidal Onslaught those not

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killed by Israel’s weapons are being starved to death and ravaged by disease

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as the occupying power continues its Siege of Gaza obstructing Aid and

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depriving our people of food water medicine and all Essentials for human

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survival targeting hospitals and Aid workers deliberately imposing conditions

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of Life intended to collectively punish to torment to force departure to destroy

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our people forcing them to choose between ethnic cleansing genocide or

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Surrender and submission to its settler Colonial domination and apartheid

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regime and yet still no accountability no protection for the occupied

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defenseless civilian population targeted by this genocidal wrath instead there

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rampant impunity more atrocities more colonization more annexation more

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persecution in Gaza and across the rest of occupied Palestine in the West Bank

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including East Jerusalem instead war criminals are perennially shielded from accountability

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by the US veto in the security Council by an inability or unwillingness to

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implement resolutions even when adopted by a failure to uphold legal

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responsibilities and impose consequences in the face of flagrant violations and

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Grave breaches of international law it is the height of perversity even

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as Israel violates every rule of law every moral principle every tenant of

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humanity instead of being held responsible instead of independent

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International investigations accounted ility and consequences Israel is actually the one

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taking punitive measures the case of unra is the most recent glaring example of this Israel

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attacks unra facilities targets and destroys shelter for the displaced

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killing and injuring thousands murders unra staff obstructs its humanitarian

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Mission smears and lials the agency and passes so-called legislation to outl to

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out Outlaw it yet perversely Israel claims it is the one

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under attack by the UN even at as it is the one waging an open war on the UN not

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just on unra but on the Secretary General on special rurs and Commissioners on the security Council

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General Assembly Human Rights Council the icj the ICC on this committee on

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every single country that dares to speak out on the entire un system and the

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International Community it represents it is a methodical unprecedented allout

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attack in violation of the UN Charter international law and un resolutions and

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begging the question of how Israel remains a member of this organization instead of international

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law being upheld as High Commissioner for human rights vulco Turk has warned

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the international rule of law is being Progressive MV ly dismantled but what we see in your work

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special rurs and Commissioners and Civil Society are powerful testimonies to the

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facts and Clarion calls for justice we see that there are many who refuse to

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allow this dismantlement of international law to allow the perversion of the law and perversion of

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the truth we see those who will act with courage and principle to safeguard

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international law and insist on its respect to uphold human rights

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universally and demand Justice we have tools afforded To Us by international

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law to end this impunity and must use them as a matter of urgency this has been the state of

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palestine’s abiding call for accountability for all the war crimes

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crimes against humanity and acts of genocide committed against the Palestinian people and we remain

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unwavering in in our commitment to realize Justice for them with the recent

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advisory opinion by the icj on the illegality of the Israeli occupation and

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the general assembly resolution that followed clearly affirming the obligations of all states to bring an

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end to this abhorent situation including by means of a halt to Arms transfers

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ending all dealings with settlements and other measures of accountability with the icj provision

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measures orders in the casee initiated by South Africa under the genocide convention and with the mounting Global

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awareness protests and demands for a ceasefire for an end to the genocide for

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an end to Israel’s occupation and for a free Palestine we believe we are at a

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turning point although the days have never been darker the prospects for justice and

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accountability have never been greater the responsibilities of the International Community are no longer Up

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For Debate they are explicit and urgent we must stop this genocide hold

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perpetrators of war crimes accountable and end this illegal immoral and

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inhumane occupation which stands in defiance of every legal and moral

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principle we owe it to the Palestinian people and to Future Generations in our

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region and around the world to preserve an uphold the rule of law and to move

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beyond words and pursue Justice with conviction I thank you Mr

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chair Ambassador fed ABD had Naser I thank you for your statement I thank you for the strong uh uh message you have

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delivered the passion and also for being an inspiration to all of us we renew our

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solidarity to your people and to your authorities in these very difficult times I will now give the floor to each

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of our panelists for short briefings on the respective topics and

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areas after these interventions I will open the floor for

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questions starting with uh committee members and observers and then to

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everyone else in the interest of time and to allow for Rich discussion we

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invite all those representative of members States and intergovernmental organizations who prepared statements to

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send these documents to the division for Palestinian rights uh of the United Nations

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Secretariat they will then be posted on the Committee website please be reminded

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that simultaneous interpretation is provided in six languages Arabic Chinese

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English French Russian and Spanish to accommodate the all interventions of our panelists as well

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as our diverse esteemed audience there is no exception because of the

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technical constraints the expert speaker from the Palestinian independent commission for human rights Mrs Diana

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Buu will join us via video call and we speak in English but her remarks would

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not be interpreted however the whole event will still be webcast live on un web

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TV I also want to inform that to reduce the usage of uh paper

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documents related to this finel discussion and the committee have been put in in a virtual folder and you can

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access it by scanning the QR code near the two entrances uh into your

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smartphones all participants are also encouraged to disseminate information

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about the panel discussion on the social media and use the hashtag right for

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Palestine let us now start with our first panelist Mrs franccesca

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albanes un special reporter on the situation of human rights in the

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Palestinian territory occupied since

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1967 Mr albanes you have a very long resume but I’ll just say here that you are an affiliate scholar at The

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Institute of the for the study of international migration at Georgetown University and you have published widely

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on the legal situation in Israel and Palestine and it is and you are also a longtime counterpart and partner uh of

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our committee Mrs albanes you have the floor uh thank you Mr chair uh good

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morning everyone excellencies distinguished delegates uh Ambassador Abel Hadi um and

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colleagues from the commission of inquiry and um the special raor toship

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um I would like to start by reading the remarks I started with yesterday as my

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as I presented my fifth report um as a special reporter to the

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third Committee of the general assembly in a year in which I was turned

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into a reluctant chronicler of genocide I feel compelled to start by paying my respects to the victims and survivors of

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all genocides past and present including the Native Americans like the lenapi

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people who are the regional stewards of the land on which is this institution

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stands certainly the ongoing struggle of Native Americans and Indigenous peoples

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everywhere to regain and maintain their rights on their ancestral land like the Palestinians would be less challenging

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if institutions like this one premised upon equality and freedom of all and self-determination for all were actually

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committed to addressing and unraveling the colonial past Beginning by

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confronting the prevailing Colonial Amnesia that affects many of

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them and as Italian Holocaust Survivor Primo Levi reminds us it is the amesia

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of the past and the rasure of its victims that allows history to repeat itself and why did I start by reading

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this again and again it’s because history is repeating

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itself yesterday I presented my second report on

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genocide why so why do I insist in calling a

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genocide because it’s so difficult to prove intent why don’t you go with war crime and crimes against humanity

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because it’s genocide because if you go to a doctor and do and and you have uh

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cancer and you are diagnosed with with FIV you have a problem a big problem and

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it’s the same with a people who’s being genocided because it’s not about a collection of war crimes and crimes

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against humanity that the Palestinians are experiencing they have experienced through their entire life as a people

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war crimes and CRI crimes against humanity but nowadays the situation is

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different and it’s very important that we understand what is genocide and why

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this is to be recognized as a genocide because in the same way as the

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International Community has failed to protect the

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victims of genocide in the G in the case of the Jewish people in Europe and then

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the bosnians in for Yugoslavia and then the uh the Tosi in uh in

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Rwanda this in the same way we are failing the Palestinians and I want to

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express all my respect and solidarity with the Palestinian people because it’s

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it’s a torment to be here as a Palestinian and

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having to tell all of us about the genocide that their their people are

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experiencing because a people is like a body you chop one arm you chop one limb

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the entire body suffer and this is what a people is it’s something organic and

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the same thing is the relation between the people and the land for indigenous

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people the land is not the place where they live the land is who they are and

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this is why we need to understand the bigger the design behind what’s

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happening in Palestine today on the 14th of October when together with other special

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repur we started to denounce to raise the alarm that what Israel had started

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to do might be genocide and there was a serious risk of genocide and then as of no November 30 of us have said a

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genocide is unfolding I also said on on the 14th of

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October under the fog of War Israel accelerates the force displacement of

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the Palestinians and I do say that out of the scholarship that have produced

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because the way I know the question of Palestine is through the force displacement of its people since even

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before the state of Israel was was created is Palestinians have been kicked

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out of their land amid the destruction of their Villages and everything they had from 1947 49 and in 196 67 and it

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continues and what’s happening today it’s much more severe because of the

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technology because of the Weaponry but also because of the impunity that has

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been granted to the state of Israel Over 76 years the uis that has led Israel to

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attack not just the Palestinian people or the Lebanese to also to and to the Lebanese also goes my solidarity in this

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moment but the United Nations this year has also marked an

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attack against the United Nations physically symbolically in terms of functions

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Israel has damaged or in any way bombed and targeted and hit 70% of anra

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infrastructure in Gaza it has launched a campaign a meere campaign against

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against anra since since which intensified pattern that was already

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established and it has killed 230 un staff members colleagues of many of those who

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work in this in this institution and it has targeted the

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humanitarian capacity of Andra and it has even targeted un peacekeepers and it

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has targeted the the UN Secretary General and independent expert and it’s

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very lusterous assembly no one has been spared not just among the Palestinians and the Lebanese even

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in the United Nations and it’s because of that on top of the genocide and on top of the 57 years of unlawful

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occupation that I say it’s time to consider suspending the credential of

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Israel as a member State I understand the sensitivity because none of you is

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really has really clean ends when it comes to Human Rights that’s okay but no

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one else has maintained an unlawful occupation violating Decades of un

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Security Council General Assembly Human Rights Council International court of

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justice decision and resolutions as Israel has done enough enough and the

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last Point genocide why this is genocide genocide is a very Insidious

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crime it’s a process it’s not an act and there is a significant Juris Prudence

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but still incipient Juris Prudence

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thankfully and the the critical element to the

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termin genocide is the intent behind acts of killing and infliction harm and

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uh um creating conditions of Life leading to the destruction of a group as

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such there is the intent and the discussion I hear including from

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Scholars well it’s difficult to prove the intent the intent is not a motive

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it’s a different thing it’s intent is the determination to destroy through

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criminal acts motives can vary one can commit genocide because of what can can

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develop the will the determination to commit genocide to stay in power or to liberate the hostages or to commit other

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crimes but the the moment there is the determination to destroy then the the

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intent of genocide is formed and you don’t even need to have genocide unfolding to intervene we have already

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failed the Palestinians genocide has already been committed but we need to first of all intervene stop and punish

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the perpetrators and then to stop it because it’s expanding to God to the West Bank and East Jerusalem no one no

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no Palestinians is is safe under Israeli Rule and the other element and with this

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I will conclude uh the what is critical is the

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responsibility of the state we cannot apply the same threshold for um alleged

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perpetrators so criminal responsibility to a state otherwise if we have to guar

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look at the Paradox preventing genocide would be an impossible mission if if we

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have to wait until the guarantees that fair trial afford to per

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alleged perpet perpetrators are satisfied would never prevent genocide but here the responsibility of a state

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is evident especially especially in a self-proclaimed the rule of law system

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which has checks and balances it’s not just the executive it’s the Parliament and the Judiciary what has what have

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these bodies done in in Israel to prevent genocide nothing not only this

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is not the uh the result of action of some members of the government this is a

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collective responsibility of the state of Israel and and because of that I say

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this is the first settler Colonial genocide to be litigated in human history The Cry For Justice behind this

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case will resonate across the globe and will make a difference also for other indigenous people that have never seen a

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day of Justice thank you very

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much special reporter I thank you for your intervention and for your very

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important and Frank briefing on the situation in the

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opt I will now give the floor to our second briefer Mrs Len

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moken un special reporter on the right to health a medical doctor with

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expertise in advocating for Universal Health Access HIV

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care youth friendly services and Family Planning Mrs Mok Kang has been commissioner

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at the commission for gender equality in South Africa among other duties Mrs

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muken the floor is

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yours thank you very much chair I welcome this opportunity to speak to you here today in my capacity as the UN

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special reporter on the right to health we have watched the horror a genocide unfold for over a year now representing

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a display of Rec alren repent attitude of an occupying Powers regime and its

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Global aies this has been an ongoing enactment of decades long genocidal plans systemic

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and sustained imperialist violence experienced by Palestinians every single

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day since the nagba one year later The Promise by

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Israeli leaders to destroy Gaza has been fulfilled the strip now A Wasteland of

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rubble and human remains where survivors many of them women children people who are disabled the elderly struggle to

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hold on to life amid deprivation and disease an unknown number of people

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remain under Rubble bodies decomposing including in the ruins of what used to be clinics and

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hospitals the practice of medicine is under attack by Israel just days into this war

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I warned that the gaza’s medical infrastructure was on the path of being irreparably

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damaged that early warning system was ignored healthc care providers were

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working in a dire situation themselves already under bombardment in The

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Enclave at the moment according to the wh only 17 out of 36 Hospital are

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partially functioning there have been 5 16 attacks on Health Facilities with 765 people

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killed in those attacks we have many people still

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requiring urgent medical EV evacuations for uptake and upgrade in care all

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hospitals have insufficient and unreliable power they struggle to save

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lives amid critical shortages of not just healthcare workers but also trickling supplies of medical equipment

37:59

and items that are necessary not only is Israel killing and

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causing irreparable harm against Palestinian people with bombardments but Israel and their allies

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are also knowingly an intentionally imposing famine and dehydration I remain concerned at the

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ongoing risks of water and Airborne diseases the many complex injuries that

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are resulting from the kinds of military Arsenal that is used as well as new and developing

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disabilities and complications created from a lack of timeous intervention for

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both medical and surgical care pregnant women are not receiving

38:43

adequate nutrition and health care children especially under five

38:50

continue to be at high risk of severe malnutrition placing a whole generation

38:57

in danger of suffering from stunting which causes irreparable physical and

39:03

cognitive impairment there are no guarantees

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regarding consistency of medical supplies with insufficient water inadequate

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sanitation food medicines healthc care facilities including ambulances have been

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critically affected the protracted violence makes much of the population in need of

39:26

psychological and mental support and psychological F Aid impossible to

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provide the ongoing situation is untenable my mandate has received

39:40

information regarding arrests Detention of healthcare workers demonstrating

39:46

again a pattern including arrest of medical personnel while they are on duty

39:51

medical personnel being forced to evacuate hospitals and some immediately arrested

39:58

some are dying under these circumstances and reportedly being beaten in prison

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with their bodies showing signs of torture most

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recently a colleague of mine Dr zad elu was a third doctor confirmed to have

40:16

died while being detained by Israel he was an internal medicine physician in alifa hospital he was

40:24

detained along with other healthcare workers while on due Duty on 18th March

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2024 this was during a raid by Israeli forces and he was in detention and he

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reportedly died on the 21st of March 2024 the number of widespread violations

40:43

of the special protection afforded to civilians and violations related to lack of protection of medical personnel and

40:51

international human rights law and international human rights law have been immeasurable

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the destruction of Health Systems created by this genocide is incompatible

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with the realization of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental

41:09

health Israel and its allies have ignored the international court of

41:15

justice the UN experts and they continue to commit an

41:21

immeasurable number of violations against civilians children

41:26

medical personnel Israel is obligated to protect promote

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and respect human rights of all individuals I have communicated to the

41:38

member State Israel in an urgent appeal some of my

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concerns the long-term trauma of people in Gaza will carry with

41:52

them because of this enduring intergenerational physical and mental health impact Act of structural

41:58

discrimination of racism and violence we are yet to fully quantify or even

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develop a matrix to measure the true impact of this genocide its compounding

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nature of what was never a situation that was conducive to the right to health even before October the

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7th all immediate and future interventions aimed at lasting peace

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must Center the restoration of dignity of people of Palestine an immediate deep analysis and

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a recovery a rebuilding and a resourcing of the health system to be able to

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provide accessible acceptable quality care including Expediting of medical

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evacuations reparative Justice and as an approach will require a very different

42:51

kind of solidarity from this room and from this headquarters

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and to all of the oppressed people everywhere in the world who are exploited humiliated brutalized and

43:04

colonized I fulfill my mandate viscerally aware and understand the

43:10

compounding crushing weight of this violence and the issues that you face every day and I share in the rage and

43:17

the fury of so many people around the world I am ashamed and I am deeply sorry that the

43:25

multilateral world has failed failed you and I hope that one day we will share

43:30

different Collective connection as a Humanity that isn’t based on experiences

43:36

of colonial imperialist trauma or what it has taken from us and our people and

43:42

our Collective Futures and I reiterate my call as

43:47

follows a genocide is incompatible with the realization of the right of everyone

43:53

to the highest attainable standards of physical and mental Health we need an

43:59

immediate ceasefire we need an end to this illegal

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occupation we need an end and accountability to this

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genocide and then ultimately colleagues peace follows

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Liberation and that you cannot extinguish the human desire for freedom I thank you chair

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[Applause]

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thank you special reporter Muk Kang for sharing with us this extremely

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concerning update on the health situation faced by the Palestinians

44:42

today our next speaker is Mr Chris sidoti commissioner in the independent

44:48

International Commission of inquiry on the occupied pales territory including

44:53

Jerusalem and Israel Mr C is the founder of the special adversary Council for Myanmar

45:01

and was one of the members of the un independent International fact finding mission on Myanmar he has also provided

45:10

consultany services on human rights law to O CHR undp and UNICEF among

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others commissioner C you have the floor thank you Ambassador and thank you

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and the members of your committee for enabling this meeting to take place

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today um yesterday when we appeared before the third committee States had 60

45:39

seconds to respond to our report um we would have liked to have

45:44

heard more from you and I think this Gathering today gives us the opportunity

45:51

of hearing more from you feder you were speaking I I couldn’t

45:59

help but try to imagine how I would have felt

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if I had been talking about my country and describing the things that you

46:10

described I I don’t know how you do it I am yeah journalists ask simple

46:20

questions and I often get a question from journalists how would you describe what is happening

46:27

and um I’m I’m I’m left speechless and then I use one word and

46:35

only one word overwhelming and I mean overwhelming in

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two senses what is happening to the Palestinian people of

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Gaza and to an increasing but lesser extent on the West

46:54

Bank um is enormous unprecedented um it is overwhelming

47:03

them and it’s overwhelming as well for the rest of us I mean for us as

47:08

investigators but for all of you as diplomats what I’ve been impressed with

47:13

this week in the days that we’ve been here and the meetings that we have had has been the number of times that

47:22

all of you coldhearted hard shelled diplomats

47:27

have said to us how overwhelmed and frustrated and sad you

47:35

are um I I have been moved by the fact that so many of you are personally

47:40

affected about what is happening and I’ll come back to

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that I I don’t want to go through what we found all of our reports are there if

47:53

you want to read them you can read them I want to to look at the three issues

47:59

Ambassador that you’ve listed as the themes for this Gathering and not say what we have found

48:05

but what we are doing and why to use this as an opportunity to to

48:11

tell you about the approach that our commission of inquiry is

48:17

taking one of our terms of reference provides that we look at the underlying root causes of the situation in

48:25

Palestine and Israel and for us that was very much the starting

48:31

point we presented our report to the general assembly our first report

48:37

there’s now been three in October 2022 and in that report we described how

48:43

for us the underlying root causes or at least two of

48:48

them were occupation and

48:53

discrimination we gave our analysis of occupation and form the view that it was

49:04

unlawful that was our conclusion but we also appreciated that

49:10

this was a matter of such seriousness that a definitive authoritative

49:15

statement of the legality or otherwise of the occupation was required and so we recommended to you

49:23

that there be a reference from the general assembly to the international court of justice ice and um I’ll be frank to my shock the

49:33

general assembly acted on it almost immediately that reference was made a

49:39

few weeks after we made the

49:44

recommendation the international court of justice accepted the analysis that we had

49:52

undertaken it did its own analysis of course but its reasoning was the same same as ours and as you know in July in its

50:00

opinion it indicated that the occupation was

50:07

unlawful this is certainly one of the root causes and one of the most

50:12

significant root causes the court also found that the

50:18

right of the Palestinian people to self-determination had been historically

50:24

and continuingly violated as well and that in fact the

50:31

occupation and the violation of the right to self-determination were intrinsically

50:39

linked the court ordered that the occupation be Ended as rapidly as

50:44

possible and we were very pleased when the general assembly took the first steps on that in the resolution in

50:52

September not the last steps but the first steps and it was a very rapid response again

50:59

from the general assembly to the Court’s opinion so for us a focus on ending the

51:07

unlawful occupation of Palestine has been a predominant focus in the work that we have done to

51:15

date linked to that has been the question of accountability just as we have this

51:22

explicit term of reference to deal with underlying root causes so too we are instructed to deal

51:30

with the issue of accountability of course we have taken

51:36

that responsibility very seriously um we cooperate with the courts um whenever requested and to the

51:44

greatest extent possible uh under the general Arrangement between the United Nations

51:50

and the international criminal court um we have a Arrangement a a

51:55

protocol with the office of the prosecutor in relation to the investigation into the situation of

52:02

Palestine um we provide information to the prosecutor on a monthly

52:07

basis and to date have provided over 10,000 pieces of information to assist

52:13

the prosecutor’s investigations that’s part of our responsibility we collect the

52:19

information we verify it we form conclusions as to the significance of the information in relation to

52:26

International crimes and we provide it to the prosecutor we can also provide

52:33

information to parties to International um litigation

52:40

cases we were requested to provide assistance to the government of South Africa um in its case under the genocide

52:47

convention before the international court of justice and in response to that request

52:53

we also provide information to the government of South Africa relevant to that case to date over 6,000 pieces of

53:02

information and we will continue to cooperate with judicial processes for accountability in accordance with the

53:09

responsibility given us by the Human Rights Council we’re very conscious of the

53:17

importance of that cooperation for the prosecutor of the

53:23

international criminal court it supplements his own investigative

53:29

efforts for the international court of justice it’s perhaps even more important because that Court does not have its own

53:36

investigative arm in the way that the international criminal court does it relies on parties or others including

53:44

the United Nations to provide the evidence on which the court can base its

53:50

decisions so in providing evidence to the government of South

53:55

Africa in relation to its case we are assisting the court to determine the

54:01

matter before it we were particularly pleased that in the advisory opinion on

54:09

the occupation the international court of justice relied heavily on our own

54:17

investigations and the conclusions in our reports the court quoted us extensively

54:24

and repeatedly that made us feel even more

54:32

responsible U we realized the extent to which what we were doing with our investigative work was directly related

54:40

to accountability it wasn’t just a matter of informing you member states or

54:47

getting a story in the media it was enabling the court to make

54:53

judicial decisions authoritative decisions on some of the most important issues

54:59

concerning this situation we were always very conscious

55:04

of our accountability function but certainly became even more so after we

55:10

saw the extent to which the international court of justice is relying on

55:15

us so we’ll continue that and our intensive investigative work will

55:22

continue to be one of the focuses one of the primary focuses of our activity

55:30

largely as a result of that we have not yet dealt directly with the question of

55:39

genocide we are I must note immediately I’m enormously grateful to

55:46

Franchesca for the extensive work that she has done on this subject uh I don’t think there has been

55:54

more important work on the question of genocide in Palestine done by any other

55:59

part of the United Nations system than the work that Franchesca has

56:05

done and I certainly as a commissioner on the CI want to thank her and

56:11

acknowledge her enormous contribution We are continuing to build

56:19

Brick by Brick our understanding of the issue of

56:24

genocide and as we conduct our investigations we are required to look

56:30

generally at what we find by way of fact means in terms of

56:38

law so to take an example from our most recent report when we looked at the

56:44

question of the destruction the concerted attempt to destroy the Health Care system in

56:50

Gaza and looked at the attacks on reproductive Health Care and on children

56:57

particularly neonatal um Wards we came to the conclusion that

57:04

these attacks caused immediate physical and mental harm and suffering to women

57:09

and girls and will have irreversible long-term effects on the mental health

57:15

and physical and reproductive fertility prospects of the Palestinian people as a

57:22

group now we’re aware of the fact that but that is one of the five categories

57:28

of act under the genocide convention we’re aware of the fact that

57:34

another category relates to the destruction of the conditions of sustainable life and our work on Health

57:41

Care on housing and coming up next year on education will be very much looking

57:48

at the capacity of Palestinian people to sustain life under the circumstances

57:54

that they have had to endure so Brick by Brick we are looking at this

58:01

situation and we will put all the pieces together and present our

58:08

views but in the meantime we are very grateful for the work that Franchesca has

58:14

done there are two particular issues I want to emphasize however in relation

58:20

ambassador to your theme of preventing genocide there are aspects of the

58:27

genocide convention that give rise to immediate

58:33

obligations and criminal liability whether or not genocide has

58:40

occurred or is occurring it is not necessary to wait

58:45

for the international court of justice to decide the basic question of whether

58:50

this constitutes genocide before these Provisions come into effect

58:56

the first is the obligation on All State parties to the convention to prevent

59:02

genocide whether it is occurring or not there is an obligation to

59:08

prevent and the work that we have done already and even more the work that

59:13

Franchesca has done in her reports clearly activates the obligation

59:19

to take action to prevent genocide that obligation is not

59:29

postponable the second provision of immediate effect is the prohibition on incitement

59:36

to genocide and the the fact that incitement is in itself a criminal

59:44

offense the excitement need not lead to

59:49

genocide and so you can have this criminal offense whether or not genocide

59:55

is actually committing or occurs now we have listed in our reports

1:00:00

we have quoted statements made by senior political and military leaders in the

1:00:07

state of Israel that clearly constitute incitement to

1:00:13

genocide now whether or not the Israeli military forces the Israeli government

1:00:19

is acting on that incitement is a separate distinguishable and IR relevant

1:00:26

question to the criminal offense of incitement to genocide and there is no reason

1:00:34

whatsoever why the international criminal court and National courts exercising Universal

1:00:42

jurisdiction should not be dealing now with the criminal offense of incitement

1:00:48

to genocide and of course that also contributes to the issue of prevention

1:00:59

I look back at the work that we’ve done over the last three years uh and I can point to achievements

1:01:08

which make me feel good the fact that the international court of justice uh

1:01:13

has essentially relied on our investigative work the fact that you the members of the general assembly made the

1:01:19

reference when we recommended the reference and so forth but

1:01:26

this this is not a matter on which we Pat ourselves on the back um we have to say at the same

1:01:34

time we have not stopped one child being killed we have not stopped one woman

1:01:44

being killed we have not stopped the

1:01:49

war and you need to say the same things about the work of the general assembly

1:01:55

in the security Council um you know I I’ve been told

1:02:00

rightly that members of the security Council are pleased they’ve passed four resolutions since the 7th of

1:02:07

October but they have not stopped a single person being killed so I I don’t want you to clap me

1:02:15

when you finish it was Franchesca feder um ton deserve to be clapped but you

1:02:24

clap me when the killing stops and not before

1:02:32

please thank you very much commissioner sedot for your insightful and

1:02:37

enlightening briefing we appreciate your very important investigative role you

1:02:43

are playing and the cooperation you are bringing with to the uh judicial bodies

1:02:48

and I thank you also for responding very clearly to the questions raised uh at

1:02:54

the start of this uh meeting meeting I’m going now to give the floor to our next

1:02:59

briefer Mrs Diana buhu who will be giving her presentation

1:03:05

through video conference Mrs Buu is a member of the Board of

1:03:11

Commissioners of the independent commission for human rights of Palestine and uh she’s a Palestinian

1:03:19

lawyer from ramala she previously worked as a legal adviser to the Palestine

1:03:24

Liberation Organization and was a member of the team that worked on raising the

1:03:30

legality of the separation wall before the international court of

1:03:36

justice Mrs Buu I have the pleasure to give you the floor thank you thank you very much good

1:03:43

morning everyone um I first want to begin by thanking you for this opportunity to speak and I in particular

1:03:50

want to thank Franchesca albanesi the UN special rapporter on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian

1:03:57

territory occupied since 1967 who despite almost daily attacks by

1:04:03

those who are carrying out supporting and cheerleading this genocide continues

1:04:09

to stand strong and continues to present an objective legal analysis of the

1:04:15

systemic destruction of Palestine and the ongoing genocide against Palestinians history is going to look

1:04:22

well upon you Franchesca it will not for your accus accusers today we are witnessing the

1:04:30

390th I can’t believe that the 390th day of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in

1:04:37

Gaza this is a genocide that has been live streamed before our very eyes we

1:04:43

for 390 days have watched mangled Palestinian bodies being removed from

1:04:50

Rebel we’ve seen building after building being flattened by Israeli bombs we’ve

1:04:56

seen Israel attack hospitals attack schools attack universities attack

1:05:01

libraries attack archives attack ambulances killing over 43,000

1:05:07

Palestinians including doctors nurses paramedics writers professors Educators

1:05:16

journalists and Aid workers including 237 un staff who nobody seems to care

1:05:22

about these days no place is safe No One Is Safe Gaza is now a killing

1:05:31

field over the past 390 days we’ve seen that there are more than 13,000 children

1:05:36

who’ve been killed by Israeli bombs the largest Palestinian City that of Gaza

1:05:41

City has been nearly reduced to rubble and it’s estimated that it’ll take more than 18 years just to remove that rubble

1:05:48

from Gaza and in the midst of this one can only imagine the unknown damage the

1:05:54

environment and to the Palestinian food supply after sustaining such a long

1:05:59

bombing campaign in the north Israel is carrying out an extensive ethnic cleansing

1:06:04

campaign promoted by Israel’s generals the options for Palestinians there are

1:06:09

to starve be killed or flee and all of this is happening before our eyes and it

1:06:16

Bears repeating time and time again that nothing absolutely nothing justifies

1:06:25

genocide and while Israel and its supporters may try to Discount claims of genocide in

1:06:31

fact that’s what all genocidal regimes do the reality is seen and known it’s

1:06:37

just being ignored and as Palestinians we refuse to be

1:06:43

erased you know for those who don’t know or who’ve never been Gaza is about the size of Detroit but unlike Detroit’s

1:06:51

650,000 residents Gaza has 2.1 million Palestinians living in it it’s among the

1:06:57

most densely populated places in the world and over the past 390 days we’ve

1:07:03

seen that almost 10% of gaza’s population has either been killed has been injured or is or is missing in the

1:07:11

US context of 330 million that’s the equivalent of 33 million people and over

1:07:18

the course of the past 390 days Israel has issued evacuation orders over and

1:07:25

over again again to Palestinians forcing them to flee from one area to another

1:07:30

it’s been estimated that more than 80% of the strip has been subjected to some type of misnomer evacuation order

1:07:36

because they’re not actually evacuating they’re just telling people to flee they’re not setting up shelter they’re not setting up hospitals they’re not

1:07:42

setting up Schools they’re just telling people to flee and imagine if you can’t and many Palestinians have fled

1:07:48

more than once they’ve been fleeing time and again with Israel treating Palestinians as though they’re human

1:07:54

pinballs without any place for safety or without any security now it’s important to keep in

1:08:00

mind that there is a context to this genocide that of military occupation and

1:08:06

it’s the occupi duty as well as that of third states to protect Palestinians

1:08:11

it’s important to keep in mind that the situation that Palestinians were facing particularly those in Gaza was that of

1:08:18

an illegal Siege and blockade that was slowly killing Gaza as the international court of

1:08:24

justice noted in its most recent advisory opinion on Palestine it said quote the court considers that the

1:08:30

violations by Israel of the prohibition of the acquisition of territory by force and of the Palestinian people’s right to

1:08:37

self-determination have a direct impact on the legality of the continued presence of Israel as an occupying power

1:08:44

in the occupied Palestinian territory the sustained abuse by Israel of its position as an occupying power through

1:08:51

annexation and an assertion of permanent control over the occupied pal inan territory and continued frustration of

1:08:58

the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination violates fundamental principles of international law and

1:09:05

renders Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful the court of course then adds

1:09:11

that that this relates not only to the West Bank but to the entirety of the territory that Israel has occupied in

1:09:18

1967 and it calls upon member states to do something to actually end this

1:09:26

situation and it concludes by saying that the entirety of occupied Palestinian territory it should be able

1:09:33

to exercise palestin people should be able to exercise the right to self-determination and its Integrity

1:09:40

must be respected now here it’s important to know that here the court was dealing with Israel’s occupation but what of

1:09:48

genocide as we all know the International Community has a moral and legal imperative to act this is the

1:09:54

Bedrock of the international human rights system as we know it it’s enshrined in the

1:10:00

genocide convention and it’s binding all all states and for me as a Palestinian

1:10:05

as a Palestinian lawyer I thought that never again actually meant never again

1:10:12

and the reason I thought this is because the rules of international law spell this out but instead we’re seeing that

1:10:19

never again really means never again for some only the response by the International

1:10:26

Community has neither been adequate nor has it been uniform and while we are

1:10:32

aware and thankful for the individual country efforts to address this genocide and to hold Israel to account we’re now

1:10:40

in a world where we see the access of genocide that Israel United States and some European States either pushing for

1:10:47

continuation of the genocide supporting it or funding it the failure to speak in

1:10:53

one voice one voice that says say loudly that occupation land theft colonization

1:10:59

ethnic cleansing and genocide is unacceptable is what has led us to this

1:11:05

place where we are today we’re 390 days into a genocide the world is still not

1:11:10

acting in one voice this comes despite the international Court of Justice’s order

1:11:17

that that there’s a plausible reason for genocide and we continue to see that

1:11:22

some governments continue to support Israel with TR weapons While others are disrupting Aid to the trapped gazm

1:11:30

population these actions amount to an abreg of their duty to prevent genocide

1:11:36

both under international law and within their own National jurisdictions this

1:11:42

complicity has come in many forms through the provision of weapons through financial P support and through

1:11:48

diplomatic cover that has shielded perpetrators from accountability and all of this must stop

1:11:55

far from preventing further deaths in Gaza Israel’s bombardments since the icj order in January of 2024 have killed a

1:12:02

further 18,000 Palestinians Amnesty International has

1:12:08

said that Israel’s failed to even take the bare minimum steps to comply with the icg icj ruling and others have made

1:12:15

the same point the strength of any legal system can be measured by how well it protects

1:12:22

its weakest El elements not by how Shields its perpetrators and here we see

1:12:28

that Israel has been able to get away with perpetrating genocide against stateless defenseless Refugee population

1:12:35

we also see that Israel is intensifying its attacks on Palestinians in the West

1:12:40

Bank with over 700 Palestinians killed in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the past year Israel

1:12:47

continues to defy international law it continues to defy the UN it comes as no

1:12:53

surprise given that former Israeli Ambassador said that quote the UN building should be closed and should be

1:13:00

wiped off the face of the Earth unquote as I conclude my remarks I want

1:13:06

to highlight one final Point particularly as somebody who lives here

1:13:11

who lives in the West Bank and who’s witnessing this genocide take place less than 150 kilometers from my home for

1:13:19

over a year we’ve watched Israeli soldiers record and upload evidence of their crimes to Tik Tok and to other

1:13:25

social media we’ve seen them blow up universities and schools while giggling and lighting cigarettes we’ve seen them

1:13:31

dedicate the blowing up of schools to their children we’ve seen that save the date wedding invitations written on

1:13:38

destroyed homes of Palestinians we’ve seen Israel tank drivers filming themselves as they Crush Palestinians

1:13:45

we’ve heard of tank drivers talk about the endless homes that they flatten we’ve seen the endless videos of

1:13:50

Israelis of Israeli soldiers stripping blindfolding beating and torturing Palestinians we’ve also seen videos of

1:13:57

Israelis use Palestinians as human Shields and other videos of Israelis rioting literally rioting for the right

1:14:05

to rape Palestinians the thousands of Palestinians who are held hostage in Israeli jails we actually don’t know how

1:14:11

many there are at this point now these soldiers appear without masks with their

1:14:16

name known because in part it is now cool to show how tough you are with

1:14:22

Palestinians no one has been prosecuted for these crimes these soldiers are effectively challenging the

1:14:28

International Community and saying to you I will do whatever I want I will forever be immune and what I want to say

1:14:36

to you is this are they right because imagine what it is like to live in a

1:14:42

society where this is considered to be okay just imagine thank

1:14:52

you thank you very much uh Mrs Buu we we all knew that the violations

1:15:00

of uh the occupying power in the opt uh were real were shocking uh but your

1:15:06

briefing based on undeniable uh facts uh taken from the ground adds depth and credibility to the

1:15:14

reality of this uh uh very grave criminal violations thank you Mrs Buu

1:15:19

for your briefing and we thank also the members of your organization and keep up the good work

1:15:27

now let me turn to our last but not least briefer who is

1:15:32

Mrs Anisha patle governing council member and head of content and discourse

1:15:40

department at the NGO law for

1:15:45

Palestine Mrs Patel has worked with governmental and intergovernmental

1:15:50

organizations related to the UNESCO world heritage system as well as the

1:15:56

intersection of Heritage and peace with the focus on community based processes

1:16:03

Mrs pel you have the floor thank you Mr chair and um

1:16:10

Ambassador abdulh Hadi the special rapur and uh the commissioner and Mrs Buu for

1:16:15

your very very articulate interventions for almost 13 months now

1:16:21

we have witnessed the brutality of Israel’s settler Colonial genocidal ass assault against the Palestinian people

1:16:26

in Gaza but this is only the most violent manifestation of the ongoing 76- year

1:16:33

long NE and the aper thite that has been inflicted upon the entirety of the Palestinian people across the geography

1:16:40

and in the diaspora who are not allowed to return for those of us who have followed

1:16:46

this genocidal Onslaught on our screens for the past 13 months were all too

1:16:52

familiar with the haunting pleas from Palestinian jour IST who are being brutally targeted as we speak for

1:16:58

broadcasting their own destruction in real time the first 11 pages of the 649 page

1:17:06

list of identified matters released by the health Ministry in September were names of Palestinian children who hadn’t

1:17:12

yet reached the age of one but you all already know this and

1:17:20

more because in line with the UNC resolution 2334 since January 2017 the

1:17:26

council and members have received monthly updates on the situation in Palestine member states have also been

1:17:32

given ample documented evidence through the special procedures the Commissioners

1:17:37

the icj who have all been establishing fact patterns and analyzing them legally

1:17:43

the Palestinians have been documenting this for over 76 years now so lack of

1:17:48

knowledge is really not the concern here so I will not actually talk about

1:17:54

about um in this intervention which is an urgent call to action to stop the

1:18:00

genocide and end the settler Colonial aparti regime in occupation upon an appeal to your morality by detailing the

1:18:07

loss of Palestinian lives or Palestinians in arbitary detention of the extensively documented Mass torture

1:18:15

or Force displacement or continued starvation and famine if that was a factor in consideration we would not

1:18:22

have had to witness Palestinian children being blown to smithin by 2,000 P pound

1:18:28

bombs we wouldn’t still be here calling for a ceasefire 13 months later instead um what I want to do is

1:18:36

outline the legal consequences and responsibilities for third States for failing to prevent and punish the crime

1:18:43

of genocide that Israel is committing the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the opt T amount to

1:18:49

aggression its breach of article three of s amounting to racial segregation and

1:18:54

arid its violation of perimetry norms including the prohibition of acquisition

1:18:59

of territory by force and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination all of which are

1:19:05

legal findings of the international court of justice which is the UN Court your court findings that the Palestinian

1:19:12

people again have been articulating for decades now the icj’s historic advisory opinion

1:19:19

of 19 July rendered the occupation of the Palestinian territory unlawful the

1:19:24

assembly resolution that followed in September demanded an end to this occupation within a year and called on

1:19:32

states to comply with their obligations under international law the court affirmed that the states

1:19:40

have a right have an obligation excuse me not to recognize as legal this

1:19:47

situation including the violation of article 3 of SD and not to render Aid or

1:19:53

assistance in maintaining the situ ation and even though the icj advisory opinion

1:19:58

is restricted to the 1967 borders because of the request from the general assembly understanding the systematic

1:20:05

nature of apari and racial segregation means recognizing that it applies to the entirity of the Palestinian people as a

1:20:12

whole including the refugees that have been denied the right of return the commission of inquiries uh position

1:20:19

paper on the icj advisory opinion uh which is which has extensively detailed

1:20:24

the obligations of states to act individually and collectively including

1:20:29

by building political economic and cultural pressure on the Israeli government to end this unlawful

1:20:36

occupation it also states that member states can be found compit in the

1:20:41

internationally wrongful acts because of aiding and abetting um this

1:20:47

process so at this point after all of these uh preliminary measures orders

1:20:53

from the icj and uh The Advisory opinion the most basic ask 13 months in not

1:20:59

least because of the ongoing genocide is a complete embargo on the boycotting selling and transfer of arms Munitions

1:21:07

and related equipment as outlined in the UN resolution it is not only an

1:21:13

obligation that arises from The Advisory opinion but also from the duties of states to prevent and punish the crime

1:21:20

of genocide as outlined in the convention and the preliminary measures orders in the South Africa versus Israel

1:21:27

case in Nicaragua versus Germany the icj has also reminded member states that

1:21:33

both the genocide convention along with all the Geneva conventions reiterate

1:21:38

this obligation of not to transfer arms to parties of an armed conflict because

1:21:45

otherwise States could be found complicit in this conflict in this

1:21:51

genocide um this restriction on arm also extends to military training research

1:21:58

development cooperation with Israel that supports the unlawful occupation and I would add racial segregation and aparte

1:22:05

across the territory the icj along with States parties that made interventions in the

1:22:11

case also emphasized on the prolonged nature of the occupation longest in the post World War II

1:22:17

history this prolonged nature of the occupation along with the entrenched settler Colonial aparte regime the

1:22:24

infrastru structure built around it the annexation of vast territories including through illegal settlements and colonies

1:22:30

and legislative changes that have taken place around this mean that today the

1:22:36

possibility of making a distinction between Israel and its operations in the opt is nearly

1:22:41

impossible the commission of inquiry in the position paper also critically identified this burden of proof of

1:22:47

making this distinction Now lies on Israel therefore third states that are

1:22:53

actually dealing with any of these entities in Israel have the obligation to make clear this distinction otherwise

1:23:00

they will be found complicit in this wrongful act Beyond arms this obligation of

1:23:09

non-assistance also includes areas of economic diplomatic cultural and

1:23:14

academic relations third states are obliged to seize all Financial trade

1:23:19

investment and economic relations with Israel that maintain or support the unlo full occupation and the

1:23:27

apide war economies are usually organized such that making this distinction between financial

1:23:33

institutions that are located in Israel and not contributing to the unlawful presence of Israel in the opt is nearly

1:23:41

impossible therefore banks financial institutions and other such institutions

1:23:46

stand complicit in the maintainance of this unlawful situation and third States therefore have a duty to not trade with

1:23:54

with them to not be complicit in accordance with the icj orders states are also obliged not to

1:24:01

provide Aid to academic research or cultural institutions that support the occupation and here again we draw on the

1:24:09

extensive work done by Palestinian colleagues and academics for decades now that trace the direct connection between

1:24:16

Israeli Academia and the armed forces that operate in the op making it impossible to again identify this

1:24:22

distinction where does One Stop and the other begin all these obligations are not just

1:24:29

incumbent on States for their own action but also extent to all persons and corporations that are domiciled in the

1:24:36

jurisdictions of States having adequate legislation at the national level to hold individuals

1:24:42

and corporations that are engaged in rendering Aid and assistance to the unlawful situation are therefore

1:24:49

prerequisites for states to have in place now at the same time having legislation that respects the freedom of

1:24:55

expression and assembly and does not criminalize support for Palestinian rights something that the special rapur

1:25:03

have outlined in their statement a few weeks ago including uh criminalizing

1:25:08

Palestinian support for measures outlined by the icj such as boycotts divestments and sanctions is now in

1:25:14

direct contention to The Advisory opinion finally we have witnessed this

1:25:20

for decades now but especially over the last year isra has systematically infringed upon its duties towards the UN

1:25:28

violating protections afforded to un bodies such as Ona and unifil reflected

1:25:34

in the unprecedented number of un staff members killed and the repeated repeated

1:25:40

assaults on un facilities across the geography the latest Israeli legislation

1:25:46

Banning unar as many of you have rightly pointed out is absolutely

1:25:51

outrageous other than being in direct cont mention to the three icj preliminary measures orders this action

1:25:57

is also in violation of Article 5 of The U 105 of the UN

1:26:02

Charter condemnation is not sufficient for this absolutely devastating impact

1:26:07

that it will have on the Palestinian people

1:26:13

furthermore Israel’s refusal to engage with un mechanisms not allowing visits

1:26:18

from special repur and independent commissions of inquiries attacking them declaring the secretary General Persona

1:26:25

nrata flouting rules of the UN and multiple multiple Security Council

1:26:32

resolutions are all violations of article 25 of the UN Charter therefore in line with the

1:26:39

charter members States for the sake of maintaining International Peace and security must suspend Israel from the UN

1:26:47

General Assembly this is not an exceptional ask this is not specific to one state or another it has in fact been

1:26:55

undertaken before for the apite regime in South Africa and several other states in different foras of the

1:27:02

UN because we are at a critical juncture now the stability along with the legitimacy of this postor War II

1:27:09

International legal order is hanging by a thread if it still exists this is a direct result of

1:27:17

Decades of impunity extended to the state of Israel we as Palestinian Civil Society

1:27:23

organization along with our allies are working on bringing these legal obligations that I have discussed to all

1:27:29

the mechanisms available to us internationally but also and importantly

1:27:34

nationally submitting Communications to the ICC to the special procedures to the

1:27:39

Commissioners and bringing National litigation as and where is

1:27:45

necessary the protest on the streets and the campuses and the docks and the weapon factories are visible

1:27:51

manifestations of these efforts and a clear sign that this movement will only continue to Glow until we reach

1:27:59

Liberation the genocide on the ground continues un abated the occupation worsens and the aparte is more

1:28:05

entrenched than ever before how member states that are sitting in this chamber

1:28:11

today respond to their legal obligations that have come through all the legal work that has been

1:28:17

done including bringing an end to the occupation the aparti this man in the

1:28:24

settlements and colonies returning the land back to the Palestinians allowing Palestinian refugees to return will only

1:28:31

determine the credibility of this institution and this multilateral system in general and ensuring Palestinian

1:28:38

people’s inable right to self-determination Liberation is the only way forward out of the situation we

1:28:44

find ourselves in today thank

1:28:51

you Mrs Patel I would like to say how much we appreciate uh the work you are

1:28:57

doing on the ground uh defending promoting the rights of Palestinians and also we appreciate a lot the

1:29:03

collaboration we are having the committee and the organization we thank you for your very relevant briefing uh

1:29:10

focused mainly on third States legal responsibilities I think this is very important so thank you so very

1:29:18

much we have now listened to all our distinguished panelist whom I thank uh

1:29:24

for the pertinent statements uh now as it is uh uh the usual practice I would

1:29:31

like to open the floor for questions or statements by committee members and

1:29:36

observers and other member states I would encourage uh colleagues to make short

1:29:42

interventions uh and uh if they have questions they can also raise those questions uh uh to to to to our panelist

1:29:51

uh We Shall Gather a few questions before giving the floor to the speakers so let’s start and please signal if you

1:29:57

want to take the floor I can see Kuba as a the first Speaker Kuba you have the

1:30:04

floor thank you very much chairman

1:30:12

whenever somebody who is used to covering the situation in

1:30:19

Palestine is given the possibility of speaking they start with a very long

1:30:27

sigh before they actually start speaking now that’s a sigh which

1:30:35

exposes pain frustration solidarity but most of all a great deal

1:30:43

of love for the people of Palestine simultaneously that long sigh

1:30:54

at least speaking personally here also

1:31:01

expresses real anger about those committing genocide and those who are complicit in

1:31:09

the commission of that genocide

1:31:15

today we must not forget to mention the matter of cimplicity in the commission

1:31:22

of genocide because we believe it is

1:31:27

critical to look at the root cause why it has spread so

1:31:34

much this genocide against the Palestinian people we have at the United

1:31:40

Nations heard on many occasions

1:31:45

people mention that the state of Israel has the

1:31:51

right the legitimate right to self-defense

1:31:57

perhaps it would be enlightening if we asked ourselves whenever we mention that

1:32:05

the state of Israel has the right to defend herself that we’re not giving

1:32:10

them a cut blanch to kill Palestinians

1:32:15

let us go over very briefly what we have recently seen and what we’ve seen within

1:32:21

the United Nations the Civ Ian population is being attacked indiscriminately there has

1:32:28

been the murder of more than 42,000 Palestinians the majority of them women

1:32:33

and children 60% of them according to un

1:32:39

women an entire people has been displaced there has been murder of un

1:32:46

personnel there has been murder of accredited journalists there have been attacks

1:32:53

against unifil and the Secretary General of the United Nations has been declared a

1:33:00

persona non grata there has been destruction before

1:33:06

our very eyes of the UN Charter at the general assembly which is

1:33:14

turning into a mere puppet or clown assembly uh in Lebanon we have seen

1:33:25

the areas where our credited embassies are in that country attacked so where

1:33:30

are we going to end up what sort of world Have We Become I

1:33:38

think that it’s high time for us to act without double standard or hypocrisy and

1:33:45

I would like to ask the panelists whom I would like to thank for being here what

1:33:50

more we can do but I think

1:33:55

there’s also the question of the icg the icj they have given us a road

1:34:03

map already they have clearly defined what complicity in genocide

1:34:10

means and they have shown us the next steps that need to be taken special

1:34:17

procedures have also done this time and again clearly without leaving leaving

1:34:24

room to doubt and so we are left wondering why we cannot make Headway and

1:34:32

halt this genocide so chair

1:34:37

colleagues if the Palestinians are still upright resisting and struggling

1:34:46

surviving we need to ensure that they are not left to fall we can’t leave them

1:34:52

to die more we need to stop this Collective murder which is being carried

1:34:58

out we need to support them without ocracy without double standards we need

1:35:04

to help them ensure that their country can be free and independent as they

1:35:09

deserve and as they have won for themselves thank you I thank the

1:35:15

ambassador of Kuba let me indicate that on my list of speakers I have Malta

1:35:20

Malaysia Sri Lanka Egypt and India India I give the floor to the ambassador of

1:35:27

Malta thank you chair I also thank the two special rores commissioner sidot as well as old

1:35:34

the briefers for their very insightful briefings chair as we have been

1:35:40

consistently and repeatedly stating during during our term on the security

1:35:46

Council as well as in another International fora the situation for

1:35:51

Palestinian civilians throughout the occupied Palestinian territory Gaza the West Bank including East Jerusalem is

1:35:58

deplorable tragic and catastrophic what is unfolding in North Gaza in particular

1:36:05

is completely unacceptable and simply cannot go on Malta has been unequivocal

1:36:10

in its cause for an immediate and permanent ceasefire for the unhindered humanitarian AIDS into and across the

1:36:18

strip furthermore molar reiterates firm condemnation of the 7th October atrocity

1:36:24

and continues to call for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages here I would like to make a

1:36:30

little aside and respond to the commissioner who I think was a bit unfair in saying that the security

1:36:36

Council has not saved one live yet because we have actually worked very very hard and it’s true that we have had

1:36:43

four resolutions which haven’t been entirely implemented but the resolution

1:36:48

penned by molan 2712 adopted last November did lead the way to an

1:36:54

negotiated um agreement for which saw a 7-Day pause and I believe that lives

1:37:00

were saved in those days we would have liked to have seen that pause continue and be a Sease fire it is unfortunate

1:37:07

that not all of the council could agree to such a terminology but if we have

1:37:14

learned one thing in the last year of this war is that the only way to resolve

1:37:20

the issue was through a procedure and like like that and through diplomacy because since the implementation of

1:37:27

resolution 2712 after those 7day pause we have seen only death and more destruction and the

1:37:35

achievement of the deced Israeli goals of their Wars with their war was

1:37:40

definitely not achieved through the war but it could have been achieved through implementation of such resolutions so we

1:37:47

have learned one thing for sure that diplomacy here and dialogue is what is

1:37:53

needed and we will continue to use every platform that we have as Malta to ensure

1:37:59

that we call for ceasefires and we use all our influence

1:38:06

possible to um Force the the parties to you know to considering entering into

1:38:13

the ceasefire and to saving as many lives as we can because even as we speak here today people are dying and we

1:38:20

cannot continue seeing these atrocities any long longer too little is being done

1:38:25

to safeguard civilians women and children continue to suffer in

1:38:30

disproportionately and it is something which is horrific to us all and is hurting all of us at the UN Equitable

1:38:38

accountability is needed across the board we are deeply disturbed by the alarming conclusions of the report

1:38:44

published by the ohchr and the commission of inquiry Justice and accountability including through the IC

1:38:52

is owed to all victims of crimes committed through this conflict we stress that respecting and implementing

1:38:59

the findings of international judicial institutions including the icj is fun

1:39:05

fundamental for the multilateral system this is also key if we are to see the

1:39:10

full realization of the inable rights of the Palestinian people as a credible

1:39:16

irreversible realization of the two-state solution and I stress irreversible as we stress it constantly

1:39:24

we are now at a point where the two-state solution is the only solution

1:39:29

that we have to focus on chair before I conclude it would be remiss of me not to

1:39:35

mention the unprecedented situation currently faced by anra an agency that

1:39:40

for decades has served as a stabilizing force in the region millions of Palestinian refugees depend on it and it

1:39:47

must be allowed to carry out the Mandate given to it by the general assembly we therefore call on Israel to resend the

1:39:54

laws targeting the agency which are contrary to international law thank

1:40:00

you I think my dear colleague of Malta I now give the floor to the ambassador of

1:40:07

Malaysia thank you chair I also wish to thank Miss Franchesca albanesi

1:40:14

missa moken commissioner CID Chris doti Miss Diana Buu and Miss Anisha Patel for

1:40:21

their briefings and also so their immensely important work and contribution Malaysia agrees that we are

1:40:29

at a critical juncture which would determine not only the future of

1:40:35

Palestine but also that of the rules-based international order that we

1:40:40

have worked so hard to build since the last Great War we also concur that it is extremely

1:40:48

vital that member states stand in solidarity with Palestine uphold International law and make every effort

1:40:55

to ensure the full implementation of all relevant un resolutions as well as the

1:41:01

orders and opinions of the international court of justice to stop genocide in Palestine for the sake of humanity and

1:41:09

our Collective future we’re also well aware of the systematic smear campaign and weaked

1:41:17

tactics perpetrated by Israel um to undermine un entities and mechanic isms

1:41:23

including the Human Rights Council mechanisms of which some of our distinguished briefers are members We

1:41:31

Salute their dedication and commitment in in performing their responsibilities which have become more

1:41:38

important than ever before chair in this regard Malaysia

1:41:44

urges all member states to continue illustrating their unequivocal

1:41:50

solidarity and support for all un entities and mechanisms that are working on Palestinian related matters it is

1:41:58

also important for us to make every effort to ensure that all the entities

1:42:04

and mechanisms on Palestinian related issues are being protected and facated

1:42:10

as well as allocated with sufficient resources to carry out their important

1:42:15

responsibilities thank you chair I thank my dear colleague of uh

1:42:23

asaysia I now give the floor to the ambassador of Sri Lanka who happens to

1:42:28

be also the chair of the UN committee on Israeli practices affecting the human

1:42:34

rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories Ambassador you have the floor uh thank

1:42:42

you Ambassador shik for giving me the floor uh the situation in Palestine and

1:42:47

its people can be described very briefly perhaps as a struggle for sovereignity

1:42:54

and human rights amid enduring conflict and displacement marked by daily

1:43:01

resilience in the face of political and humanitarian catastrophe I don’t need to say more

1:43:08

because the briefers have been very very clear in what they said the picture is

1:43:13

very clear and perhaps very gloomy so I thought i’ probably offer some encouragement to those of them who are

1:43:20

working so relentlessly on this matter matter uh who are investigating Israeli

1:43:26

practices and human rights violations in Palestine and to emphasize the importance of your work uh for achieving

1:43:35

Justice accountability and long-term peace and in that in that endeavor let

1:43:42

me offer the encouragement in this way uh we recognize that the Committees

1:43:48

and all those who are working together uh their work is crucial for our holding

1:43:53

international human rights and humanitarian law that it reinforces that

1:43:59

the your work contributes to a broader system of global accountability and the

1:44:05

protection of fundamental rights secondly we must uh colleagues uh

1:44:13

recognize the efforts to bring transparency to a complex and sensitive issue your investigations their

1:44:21

investigations are shed light on actions that impact millions of lives and offer the International Community credible

1:44:27

insights to make informed decisions thirdly we must remind ourselves that

1:44:34

the work of everybody who’s working on this is a contribution of the un’s

1:44:39

historic mandate to promote peace peace security and Justice particularly in

1:44:45

Conflict regions such as Palestine then that your efforts provide a voice for

1:44:51

the many Palestinian civilian affected by the conflict that accountability is essential for

1:44:57

Meaningful peace in the region and your work serves as a step forward holding all parties accountable for their

1:45:05

actions and we must publicly I say acknowledge and celebrate the dedication

1:45:10

the integrity and the courage required to conduct these investigations we we

1:45:16

today Express gratitude for your commitment especially given the challenge and sensitivities involved in

1:45:23

investigating such issues we also attach importance to your Independence and

1:45:28

impartiality in achieving legitimacy and credibility we I urge today all member

1:45:34

states organizations and other stakeholders uh to cooperate fully with

1:45:40

the works of the Committees uh your collaboration because their collaboration can help the Comm your

1:45:46

collaboration can help the Committees Gather Comprehensive evidence and finally uh we must assure the committee

1:45:53

members that their findings will not be ignored but lead to actionable steps by

1:45:59

the International Community and finally reaffirm commitment to providing

1:46:05

necessary resources and the protection necessary for committee members and others working in this regard ensuring

1:46:12

that they have the support they need to conduct thorough and secure investigations in a challenging

1:46:18

environment so my dear friends encouraging everyone who’s working on this so committedly uh will help

1:46:25

maintain I believe uh the resolve and the effectiveness ensuring their

1:46:31

contribution uh to meaningfully ensuring Justice transparency and their efforts

1:46:37

will yield results in their efforts in Palestine I thank you thank you very much dear colleague I

1:46:44

now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Egypt thank you Mr chair and I would

1:46:53

like to thank the briefers for their input um in the comfort of those rooms

1:47:00

we are seated in civilians are being killed by the

1:47:07

minute in Gaza in The Wider occupied Palestinian territories women children

1:47:15

elderly persons with disabilities by the minute and yes we haven’t been able to

1:47:22

collectively stop the war and save lives but it is heartening to know that there

1:47:30

are still individuals with the integrity and the human conscience to make the

1:47:36

case so your work is important important because you help the Palestinian people

1:47:45

to build on to sustain The Narrative of their just cause to exercise and to

1:47:52

fulfill their inalienable right to selfdetermination towards the establishment of their

1:47:59

independent contiguous State on the borders of 4 June

1:48:05

1967 in this connection yes it is a genocidal war of aggression the war

1:48:12

Machinery is continuing and it is only an episode in a very long protracted

1:48:18

series of a sustained and persistent violation

1:48:23

of international law through the continued occupation of Palestinian land

1:48:29

and we here salute the resilience the long-term resilience of the Palestinian people in the face of the atrocities

1:48:36

that they have been facing and um confronting throughout their

1:48:43

existence it is crime it is a crime of

1:48:50

genocide it is not only systemic it is individual and

1:48:56

systemic and yes statements that have come out from leaders are

1:49:04

dehumanizing Palestinians and Paving the way for that genocide and this has to

1:49:10

stop as Egypt as a party concerned in that um in in fighting for the

1:49:17

Palestinian calls throughout our history we are working towards the ceasefire but

1:49:23

also working towards the humanitarian assistance the access the unhindered immediate access of

1:49:30

humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people especially now in Gaza and we will continue to work on

1:49:37

that in parallel and we would like to um voice our position in total rejection

1:49:44

and objection to any attempts to discredit the Integrity of reports and individuals and

1:49:53

experts who have been voicing the concerns and raising our voices for the

1:49:59

just cause of the Palestinian people in order for them not to be put into

1:50:05

Oblivion so maybe the words are not enough but they keep the cause alive and

1:50:13

into the attention and in our work in our eyes thank

1:50:19

you I thank uh my dear colleague from from Egypt for her intervention uh the

1:50:25

remaining uh member State on my uh speakers list is

1:50:30

Indonesia I give the floor to the distinguished represent of Indonesia you have the floor thank you

1:50:37

Ambassador uh thank you also to the briefers for their very Frank briefings

1:50:43

we are of course Gravely cons horrified by the continued violent acts of Israel

1:50:48

against the Palestinians that have been deprived of their basic rights under 57

1:50:55

years of illegal occupation it must stop now the

1:51:00

imposition of conditions leading to imminent famine demonstrates Israel’s intent to eliminate Palestinian

1:51:08

populations fulfilling the criteria of genocide under International

1:51:13

conventions yet as we see Israel is given a free pass to repeatedly violate

1:51:20

international law including the most recent move to adopt the two legislation

1:51:26

that would force a halt to unus operations in violations of the UN Charter International humanitarian law

1:51:34

and relevant resolutions on this note my delegation would like to pose questions in what

1:51:42

ways the recent Israel bills to Outlaw unra have the potential to heighten the

1:51:49

the the scale of genocide even further and in what ways will the attack against

1:51:55

unra impact your duty special reporters as mandate holders I thank

1:52:01

you thank you very much dear colleague uh now I’m going to open the floor for

1:52:07

non-state members who want to take the floor and please signal and uh also

1:52:13

identify yourself yourselves when you start

1:52:21

speaking press the button but and then you can speak I can see Uganda is

1:52:26

requesting for the floor no thank you yes uh okay go ahead

1:52:32

please thank you chair of the committee and thank you to the briefers the special repur for your very important

1:52:40

briefing we remain deeply concerned with the worsening situation unfolding in the

1:52:45

occupied Palestinian territory this continued loss of Civilian lives the humanitarian crisis and destruction of

1:52:52

property is deeply disturbing we continue to monitor the humanitarian impact of the conflict on

1:52:59

civilian populations this demands our urgent attention and we continue to call

1:53:04

for humanitarian assistance to the affected people we remain concerned that

1:53:09

the recent developments risk impeding all efforts for a peaceful resolution of the Palestinian question we all member

1:53:16

states must be remain committed to upholding the charter of the UN and international law it it’s our common

1:53:23

responsibility to ensure and protect the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people statehood human tragedy continues

1:53:30

to unfold and we must be vocal in driving actionable outcomes at the UN to

1:53:35

respond to this prolonged historic Injustice we remain committed to this C

1:53:40

to this cause and we continue to call on the International Community and all actors to master the courage and exert

1:53:47

all efforts to pursue a just and comprehensive peace in Palestine I thank you

1:53:56

I thank the distri representative of Uganda for his statement now let me I have two requests

1:54:03

from the floor uh I have numbers so the number of

1:54:08

the seat is 1080 please uh take the floor and identify yourself please thank

1:54:19

you yes uh thank you chair I’m David Wildman I’m one of the co-chairs

1:54:24

of the NGO working group on Israel Palestine and it’s a pleasure to be here today with this Grim subject but I just

1:54:31

want to offer my thanks and expression on behalf of the NGL working group to the committee and also to all the

1:54:37

panelists for really the important work you’ve been doing all year long not just at this panel today um the question I’d

1:54:45

like to ask for the panelists is a number of uh years ago the Human Rights

1:54:50

Council adopted a resolution around a database of looking at corporate

1:54:56

complicity and it seems to me that coming out of the resolution on the icj opinion from this past September that

1:55:03

I’d invite comments from the panelists about the need for the general assembly to take up this uh database approach of

1:55:11

naming uh those that are not in compliance uh with the provisions of the

1:55:17

advisory opinion uh corporations uh and and other uh non-state actors as well as

1:55:23

uh member states thank you very

1:55:30

much yeah thank you very much for your question and once again I would like to express our gratitude for the

1:55:36

cooperation we are having with the committee you are regularly invited in our in our events so thank you so very

1:55:43

much now I give the floor to the next speaker you have the floor sir I can see you can have the floor thank you chair

1:55:51

um and thank thank you to the panelist my name is Salah Hai I’m from the boycott divestment and sanctions movement uh and I would like the panel

1:55:58

to comment on uh the complicity of other states institutions and cooperations uh

1:56:05

in Israel’s ongoing and Liv stream genocide against 2.3 million people in Gaza and the entrenched apar tide

1:56:12

against all Palestinians including Palestinian refugees who are denied their right to return uh chair uh

1:56:20

Zionist settler colonialism with not have been able uh to come to this point of carrying out uh genocide if it was

1:56:26

not for the complicity of States institutions and corporations this complicity is reflected in recognizing

1:56:33

as legitimate or normalizing an illegal situation and a crime it is also by

1:56:39

arming funding and trading and investing uh in this criminal situation it is also

1:56:46

uh shielding Israel from uh accountability uh the Palestinian Civil

1:56:51

Society is very clear on what should happen this is not only in the interest of Palestinians and stopping genocide

1:56:57

and ending apartheid but for the sake of the multilateral system based on the rule of law a military embargo must be

1:57:03

imposed on Israel sanctions trade sanctions and ending diplomatic relations by states must be also carried

1:57:10

out and Israel must be suspended from the UN General Assembly thank

1:57:15

you I thank you sir for your question questions and statement a number of

1:57:21

questions have been last and a series of comments have been made I’m going now to

1:57:27

give the floor back to the briefers and I will invite them to respond to the question they want to

1:57:32

respond to and to make comments on the comments which have been made and uh

1:57:38

then uh at the same to make the final comments uh for this

1:57:44

session maybe I’ll start by uh special reporter Francis albanes and then I’ll go to uh special reporter M and then

1:57:53

commissioner Sid I don’t know whether Buu is available she’s yeah she’s available onl then Buu and then we’ll

1:58:00

have Mrs Anisha Patel so special reporter Francis alberes you have the

1:58:08

floor uh uh thank you chair and thank you delegates and other participants for

1:58:15

your questions I will uh address first uh the question from the representative

1:58:23

of Kuba what can we what can you do uh first of all having a clear strategy of

1:58:30

what is needed I speak from a very clear standpoint international law and what

1:58:37

international law obliges you to do is if you really need to be to have a a

1:58:44

scheme and the genocide and the genocide is not a

1:58:49

war in order to have a I mean look I I hear you speaking and I respect you a

1:58:55

lot but something inside me shakes because you I mean you’re talking of this as if there were two armies

1:59:02

confronting each other if it’s a war if it’s a conflict it’s between a people

1:59:08

who are trying to resist on the little that remains of their land frankly and

1:59:14

uh one of the most powerful armies in the region and

1:59:20

um again I in insist on the settler Colonial framework and I insist on this on the

1:59:28

ground that this is how we can read it from an international law point of view

1:59:33

because it’s the most basic infringement of the law of self-determination if you don’t

1:59:38

understand that this is a settler Colonial conflict then please don’t call it a conflict so and the genocide now

1:59:47

now this is it it is to happen now then within septe within the framework than the general assembly has said so before

1:59:55

September next year end of the occupation and then long-term end of a

2:00:01

part tide this is what it is to be done and there are things that you can do first of all all member states and uh

2:00:08

together with other reporters I think it was 30 of us but also the commission of inquiry we have issued recommendations

2:00:15

on how to comply within International court of justice advisory opinion so review all um engagement that your and

2:00:24

ties that your states have with the state of Israel and again it’s nothing

2:00:29

against the state of Israel per se is the state of Israel as a persistent violator of international law and then

2:00:36

arms embargo and other forms of transfers including oil have to be

2:00:41

suspended and again while I look at the west and I’m very critical of the part of the world I come from many many

2:00:48

states from the global South still have ties with Israel and again we need to have clean hands on this at the moment

2:00:55

that genocide is being committed so these relations have to be suspended review political economic diplomatic

2:01:00

military and strategic relations with Israel because let’s be frank many states are looking at Israel as with

2:01:08

also with a with a bit of admiration in the in the way it manages to win over

2:01:15

the the the I mean through its gain impunity go ahead with its impunity I

2:01:20

mean the way Israel is genocided the Palestinian population is also setting a

2:01:26

new model Pro presenting a new script on how to deal with people who are

2:01:33

considered an encumbrance and can be Palestinian Lebanese but in another

2:01:38

setting in another country can be political opponents this represent a risk for all of us for all of you and um

2:01:46

and and then uh you accountability I look at Arab countries

2:01:52

as a source of Hope much more can be done to advance accountability join the

2:01:57

proceedings initiated by South Africa please please and advance and also those

2:02:02

of you who are party to the uh to the Rome statute please please initiate a

2:02:11

contribute to the investigation that the is being done this is very powerful and

2:02:16

symbolic on top of being technically needed um

2:02:22

another another element that it’s very important the Palestinians who have been displaced from Gaza are highly

2:02:28

traumatized I’ve seen it with my own eyes those who have been welcome in Qatar in other other countries in Jordan

2:02:35

those who are in Egypt they need protection protection needs I thank all

2:02:41

of you I thank all of you who have welcomed them but having them just

2:02:46

parked there is not enough they need protection and as someone who has studied the status and treatment of

2:02:54

Palestinians including in Arab countries I beg you I beg you please don’t treat

2:03:00

them as unwelcome guests they need to be protected now more than ever and this

2:03:06

doesn’t require don’t I’m not talking only to Egypt Qatar and Jordan I’m talking to Arab countries this is a time

2:03:13

to show True solidarity to the Palestinians at the time theyve being genocided Justice also means recognizing

2:03:21

the value I’m so happy to see the BDS movement present here today I think it’s

2:03:27

the first time that the BDS is at the general is participating in activities of the general assembly and this is a

2:03:33

sign of how times are changing and changing fast a number of countries have

2:03:39

even criminalized the BDS the BDS that in other countries like in South Africa has been strategic in advancing the end

2:03:47

of Apartheid more needs to be done including in Arab countries to support

2:03:52

the BDS and including in discussing with countries members of this assembly which

2:03:59

criminalize the BDS um Indonesia asked uh how the assault on

2:04:08

Andra uh and the last the n in the coffin was the outlawing the organization through an act of uh the

2:04:16

Israeli Parliament how does it affect if if it can also be seen as part of the

2:04:22

genocidal assault on the Palestinian I think it is in two respects and one is very clear Ana does represent a Lifeline

2:04:31

for the Palestinians in uh in Gaza not only for what it does and provides which

2:04:37

might be very little compared to the needs but what he can provide Andra has the capacity to assist the Palestinians

2:04:44

in a way that no other agency can and so the fact of incapacitating Andra is

2:04:51

going to have a a clear serious humanitarian impact on the on the

2:04:57

already tragic humanitarian situation in Gaza but also while cultural genocide is

2:05:04

not an element of the crime Juris Prudence is clear that attacking the

2:05:10

identity the sense of Life the the sense of collective um Collective uh sorry

2:05:18

Collective identity of a of a people can contribute to uh identify genocidal intent and this

2:05:25

is what I think it’s behind the assault on an that didn’t start on October 7 it has been Decades of vilification and uh

2:05:34

and threats against against the agency that now of course have escalated and with this I end thank you

2:05:40

so much thank you very much special reporter now I go to Special Report Ling

2:05:46

mang for her final comments preceded if you want by resp responding to questions

2:05:52

and comments made by thank you chair uh I just want to reiterate um that what is

2:06:00

required at the moment is the protection the promotion of human rights of the

2:06:06

Palestinians and that human rights continue to be a guiding compass and a

2:06:12

solution orientated framework that we should all be behind and that in fact

2:06:18

what is required right now is not more practices of benevolence or in kindness

2:06:25

but we need to understand that these are real issues of human rights of life and death and from a right to health

2:06:33

perspective Palestinians are entitled to a system of Health protection that means

2:06:39

Quality Health Care but also underlying determinant of Health that provide them

2:06:44

an equal opportunity for them to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health and at the moment they do not

2:06:51

have that enjoyment and that right and in the general comment number

2:06:57

14 the international Covenant on economic social and cultural rights reiterates that states are obliged to

2:07:04

respect the right to Health by interia refraining from denying or limiting

2:07:09

equal access for all persons including prisoners or detainees to preventative

2:07:16

Curative and pentative Health Services and in particular it states that members

2:07:21

States should refrain from limiting Access to Health Services as punitive

2:07:28

measure during armed conflict as well as of course as we have now concluded that

2:07:36

a genocide is happening to the Palestinian people and these are

2:07:41

immediate obligations and they CL they include the guarantee of non-discrimination and equal treatment

2:07:48

as well as the obligation to take deliberate concrete and targeted steps

2:07:53

towards the full realization of the right to health and all member states

2:07:59

have a legal obligation to comply with the icj ruling and therefore it’s

2:08:05

important perhaps and a different angled from a right to health but to also investigate and prosecute those subjects

2:08:12

to their jurisdiction who are involved in crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory including those with Jewel

2:08:19

citizenship who are serving in the Israel military including mercenaries

2:08:24

and those who are involved in settler violence and that we do indeed need an

2:08:30

immediate ceasefire we need an end to the legal occupation and an end to the

2:08:36

genocide I thank you chair thank you very much uh special reporter M Kang and now I give the floor

2:08:43

to commissioner Chris thanks Ambassador um three very

2:08:50

brief comments um first the representative of Malta has had to go but I I do want to thank her

2:08:57

for her intervention and reminding correcting me and reminding me of that Security Council decision on the the

2:09:04

short pause last year um she’s she’s absolutely right and um it’s good to be

2:09:11

corrected because that short pause gives me hope and indicates that in fact

2:09:16

something is possible when when I feel that nothing is possible so I’m very

2:09:22

pleased to be corrected um secondly on unra I I agree

2:09:29

with what has been said but I just want to make one one very brief point on unra unra has

2:09:36

been very diligent in responding to allegations that have been made there

2:09:43

have been investigations um there was action taken in relation to nine out of in excess of

2:09:49

13,000 staff when the Israeli Defense Force acts as

2:09:55

seriously as onra does in dealing with investigations then I might take the

2:10:01

allegations of the Israeli government more

2:10:06

seriously third complicity um the representative of Cuba the Ambassador

2:10:11

has raised this question so did David so did s the the issue of complicity has

2:10:19

become crystal clear during the course of the last year as a result of the

2:10:25

applications for arrest warrants by the prosecutor of the IC the provisional measures orders by

2:10:32

the international court of justice and the advisory opinion of the international court of justice if there

2:10:39

was doubt there is no longer any doubt with the reports that the special

2:10:45

rapporter has produced other raor have produced our commission of inquiry has produced

2:10:51

no one can say now we did not know you know no one can hide behind accidental

2:10:58

or willful ignorance and with the actions taken by the courts no one can say we don’t know

2:11:06

what the law is aiding or assisting the commission of

2:11:12

war crimes crimes against humanity or genocide the crimes in the Rome

2:11:18

statute uh is a criminal offense in itself self and it’s not possible to pretend

2:11:24

that we don’t know in fact the onus has now shifted to those that are involved

2:11:30

in any way in relations with the state of Israel the owners has shifted on to them to examine those

2:11:37

relationships and ask the question is this in any way aiding and assisting the

2:11:44

maintenance of the unlawful occupation the continuation of the unlawful

2:11:50

settlements the displacement of Palestinian people from their land and

2:11:57

property there is an obligation to consider those questions and to prevent

2:12:03

action not only not to take action but to prevent action if those questions are

2:12:08

answered yes there is yes this is supporting directly or indirectly the

2:12:15

occupation and the settlements so the facts are now clear the law is now clear

2:12:22

the legal obligations are now clear and we are entitled to expect that this be

2:12:27

taken seriously and those who act contrary to law are held accountable um Sul referred to the data

2:12:37

base of the High Commissioner for human rights um that’s an important contribution to this but the High

2:12:44

Commissioner has not had the resources to make it as extensive and updated as

2:12:49

it should be I know again I I I’m not winging

2:12:55

complaining about our resources but they’re appalling but the High Commissioner can

2:13:00

make a great contribution to this question of complicity at the moment and is unable to do so so perhaps the the

2:13:08

the bottom line message is that if you expect the High Commissioner or us or the reporters to do more or even to do

2:13:16

adequately what we’re currently expected to do you got got to enable us to do it

2:13:22

give us what we need to be able to do it but this question is now with complicity

2:13:27

clearcut and that database becomes even more important thank you very much uh

2:13:36

commissioner Chris I now give the floor to commissioner

2:13:42

diu thank you very much um you know when when you study

2:13:48

international law one of the things that you learn in fact

2:13:53

the the main state of international law is studying about genocide and the

2:13:59

reason that we study genocide is because it becomes the test of the will of the

2:14:05

International Community and and so in studying U

2:14:10

international law and in studying genocide you begin to see the patterns

2:14:16

that are engage that are used in order to carry out a genocide

2:14:22

and those patterns uh all of these distinguished figes have have spoken

2:14:27

about it and and written about it but the patterns are so clear when it comes

2:14:32

to what Israel is doing today and despite the fact that we have all of this knowledge and indeed there is a

2:14:38

great deal of knowledge this is probably the most over reported place um in the

2:14:44

world there’s still an unwillingness to act and that unwillingness to act leads

2:14:51

me to believe that we have to form a coalition that is going to go against

2:14:57

the axis of genocide and I think that that is more I think that that’s actually possible but

2:15:04

instead what we’ve seen is that because the United States and because Israel are on one side and nobody or very few are

2:15:12

willing to challenge the United States or or Israel that we end up seeing many

2:15:17

many countries that are somehow sitting on the fence terminology that’s incorrect such as War conflict those

2:15:24

sorts of things um instead of taking the actions that are necessary and anybody

2:15:30

who knows anything about genocide knows that the number one duty is to prevent

2:15:36

genocide and then to stop it when it’s in place and so it’s incumbent upon the

2:15:43

members in this room both as member states as well as us as

2:15:48

individuals both individually and collectively to do absolutely everything

2:15:54

that is necessary to stop this genocide and to stop Israel from from continuing

2:15:59

to perpetrate its crimes not just in Gaza but also in the West Bank and

2:16:05

against pal the Palestinian people as a whole and so Franchesca has given some

2:16:10

amazing interventions about ideas Chris has done the same I’m not going to add to any of those and certainly Salah and

2:16:17

David have also um given us some some tools but what I do want to say is that it’s

2:16:24

time that we begin to speak as one voice because they’re definitely speaking as

2:16:29

one voice and it’s time for those who oppose genocide who believe in preventing genocide and stopping

2:16:36

genocide to speak in one voice to counter that axis of genocide and I want

2:16:42

to end by saying that you know for all of the for since since the establishment

2:16:48

of the state of Israel the state of Israel the only way that it could have been established was through the dehumanization the systematic

2:16:55

dehumanization of the Palestinian people when you think about it who can live on another’s land who can live literally

2:17:02

inside the home of another person using their Cutlery their dishes sleeping on their bed unless you’ve so dehumanized

2:17:10

them to the point where you don’t see them any longer and so it’s incumbent

2:17:16

upon us to get to the point where we’re no longer dehumanizing Palestinians

2:17:22

forcing Palestinians to constantly be putting their genocide on display

2:17:28

instead it’s incumbent upon us to continue to act to do whatever is

2:17:33

possible with all of the suggestions that has have been given because I refuse to live in a world where Israel

2:17:41

is considered Above the Law and where Palestinians are considered to be beneath the law and thank

2:17:48

you thank you very much Mrs Diana Buu I now give the floor to

2:17:55

Mrs Anisha Patel thank you chair um all the esteem

2:18:01

speakers before me have outlined all the tools that we have already with us and I

2:18:06

think after 76 years of Relentless atrocities that have been inflicted on the Palestinian people and documented

2:18:13

and analyzed legally socially in all other aspects I think the only call is

2:18:20

to bring bring this to an end accountability towards States corporations individuals institutions is

2:18:27

now a legally binding obligation on everybody present here and it’s it’s not

2:18:33

just on um and I also want to specifically Echo what commissioner sidoti said let everybody who is doing

2:18:40

their jobs do their jobs including Civil Society repression for following international law norms and outcomes

2:18:47

that this General Assembly or this this group of States this un institutions

2:18:53

have created is unacceptable not just for the sake of Palestinian people and for ensuring their exercise of their

2:19:00

inable rights to self-determination but for the legitimacy of this

2:19:05

institution thank you thank you so very much Mrs Anisha

2:19:10

Patel uh we have come to the end of this event I would like first of all to thank

2:19:16

most warmly uh our panelist Nicaragua Nar AA am I going to give you the

2:19:23

floor you have to beg okay you have the

2:19:30

floor thank you very much distinguished chair I didn’t hear your last work as I

2:19:38

Was preparing my remarks

2:19:49

chair representative Palestine first of

2:19:54

all I’d like to express the fact that I have always

2:20:01

supported and will always support Palestine we reiterate

2:20:07

our love and our commitment to fight in this

2:20:15

constant historical struggle which is palestine’s for its National

2:20:23

Liberation we thank the two special reporters and the commissioner and Miss

2:20:31

Buu and Miss Patel very deeply from the bottom of my heart and I’d like to thank

2:20:39

colleagues representatives of states and the various organizations who’ve spoken

2:20:46

alike we share the same

2:20:52

feeling and opinion on this matter but the most important of all is that I have

2:21:00

noted as Cuba did when their representatives started to speak that we

2:21:05

all share the pain being born by the people of

2:21:13

Palestine and not just in this room we’ve all witnessed how all of

2:21:19

humankind actually is sharing not just this pain but also

2:21:25

solidarity with Palestine all of

2:21:31

you have quite rightly pointed to the specifics of the current

2:21:39

tragedy but what we would like to emphasize is what Miss Patel and Cuba

2:21:47

said and various panelists too

2:21:53

before though we should recall that we must never forget and Miss spoke about

2:22:01

this earlier we must never forget the vital responsibility of the United

2:22:08

Nations throughout this tragedy and pain to support the people of

2:22:15

palestin when the UN took the decisions it took and that can never be forgotten

2:22:22

there is a responsibility incumbered upon the UN to find a solution so that

2:22:28

this cannot continue as it has been

2:22:34

happening if we’ve seen so much suffering repression and

2:22:43

genocide which we can now see all over the world we want tode like two

2:22:51

things we fully agree with Miss

2:22:57

Patel it’s not enough to just condemn this reality and this

2:23:04

suffering actions are needed now more than

2:23:11

ever in addition there was discussion about complicity Miss Patel mentioned

2:23:18

this others to quite rightly pointing to the

2:23:24

advisory opinion of the icj and we wish to stress that above and

2:23:31

beyond complicity the essential thing here is to put an end to the policy of

2:23:37

double standards the Palestinian

2:23:44

tragedy compels us to put these policies

2:23:49

to one side forever in all multilateral

2:23:55

organizations and we say that because we are seeing it if you

2:24:04

take any organization where this situation

2:24:10

is presented for instance where do we see

2:24:15

double standards we see it when some States

2:24:20

agree or even are obliged to engage in a ceasefire but

2:24:27

they continue to arm Israel they continue with political economic and

2:24:33

Military Support to Israel some

2:24:38

states have also said that they support the two-state solution but they do not

2:24:45

recognize Palestine as a state they only recognize one state

2:24:53

and they say they support the two-state solution we also know quite

2:25:00

well why the security Council has been totally incapable of

2:25:08

using the mechanisms it has at its disposal under the charter to put an end to this

2:25:18

genocide but we do have have to point to something which is that things are

2:25:24

changing we share the frustration that there is within the UN

2:25:29

that what is being done what what needs to be done is not being done to Halt

2:25:35

this genocide but there is a change in the air I’ve noticed the general

2:25:42

assembly is speaking out with greater strength and support every day

2:25:50

calling the inalienable right to the Palestinian people demanding that Justice be served for the people of

2:25:55

Palestine and we see

2:26:01

this given that Palestine is in the room and the general assembly and for all

2:26:07

meetings we are taking steps in the right direction the European Union can

2:26:12

no longer continue with this complicity denying the Palestinian people their

2:26:18

rights they must recognize palestin as a state we are quite

2:26:26

sure that it will the more states recognize

2:26:32

Palestine it will be e it will become ever more difficult to violate the rights of the Palestinian

2:26:38

people I’m sorry for speaking at some length but I must express our ongoing

2:26:45

solidarity with Palestine this is a National Liberation struggle of course

2:26:51

we are convinced that Palestine will be free this is

2:26:58

something that applies to people across the world even in the United States and

2:27:04

with Europe where we’ve seen these double standards those who claim to defend freedom of expression but in

2:27:11

their own country they’re arresting Palestinians or any citizens expressing

2:27:17

their solidarity with the people of Palestine these double standards must

2:27:24

end they’re losing credibility all of these people supporting Israel and

2:27:30

standing behind them no matter what they say it’s also absolutely

2:27:37

critical to point to the security Council the security Council will be able to stop this only with great

2:27:45

difficulty and so action in that connection is important we have the international court of

2:27:52

justice Nicaragua has turned to that court on a number of occasions and we thank the court for all of its rulings

2:28:00

on

2:28:06

Palestine complicity has to stop but what the

2:28:11

states have to do it’s fundamental to stop the shipment

2:28:17

of arms to Israel this is something European states can

2:28:24

do apologies chair

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but we just needed to share that that’s also a

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priority the ceasefire is required but we need to

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demand that there are no more shipments of arms to Israel I thank my dear friend and

2:28:47

colleague from Nicaragua I can see that there is another request from the

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floor uh seat number 1085 identify yourself and be brief

2:28:58

please thank you uh thank you very much uh Mr chair for giving me the floor I

2:29:05

would like on behalf of my delegation the Islamic Republic of Iran to thank you and the committee of Palestinian in

2:29:12

alienable rights for convening this briefing meeting and uh I would also

2:29:19

like to thank this distinguish the speakers and briefers for their insightful and comprehensive

2:29:26

remarks as a country that has always since the illegal occupation of

2:29:32

Palestine by a racist and aparte regime began many decades ago expressed its

2:29:39

objection and condemnation of the colonial and extremist genocide and

2:29:44

aparte policies that have been taken against the Palestinians the Islamic Republic of

2:29:50

Iran once again unequivocally condemns the war crimes

2:29:55

genocide and crimes against humanity of perpetrated by the Israeli regime in

2:30:00

occupied Palestinian territory Mr chair my delegation is of the opinion that

2:30:06

among all the important and critical points shared by esteemed speakers and

2:30:12

panelists are those which we should seriously consider not only as members

2:30:18

of the internation Community but also as Humanity terminating relations

2:30:25

supporting judicial cases against occupation and genocide reconsider

2:30:31

Israel’s presence in different United Nations bodies taking into account

2:30:37

activities they have done in contrary to conditions by which their delegation

2:30:43

membership at the United Nations was accepted and other necessary actions

2:30:48

that have mentioned in this meeting must seriously keep into

2:30:53

consideration all we heard today regarding the violating human rights of Palestinians and mass crimes and

2:31:00

brutality against civilians in Gaza and other territories under the aggression

2:31:06

of Israel in our region which embody not only war crimes and acts of genocide but

2:31:12

also a gross disregard for prmary Norms of

2:31:18

international law and human Desy have a clear and meaningful message for the

2:31:24

United Nations this message contains nothing but but that the biggest and most

2:31:32

Dreadful violation of human rights has been committed and is

2:31:37

continued to to be committed by Israel in West Asia so there is nothing else

2:31:43

more important and crucial for all human rights un mechanisms to address

2:31:51

especially while currently the entire system of the United Nations including its Charter and its staff immunity is

2:31:59

facing systematic Defiance and Ignorance by Israeli regime accordingly we believe

2:32:05

that this systematic attacks on onra which has stood with Palestinian

2:32:10

refugees for decades are part of a broader effort to dismantle Palestinian

2:32:16

hope and eras their cause as well as under ing the role of the United

2:32:23

Nations uh this was my question that I wanted to ask distinguished panelists

2:32:29

that considering all several International resolutions conventions

2:32:34

pacts and Covenants that exist to protect human rights which practical and

2:32:40

necessary steps should be prioritized in the United Nations agenda and must be

2:32:46

taken by the member states of the United Nations to stop these human rights violations against the people of

2:32:52

Palestine Lebanon and other occupied territories in West Asia however I’ve

2:32:58

already got the answer in final remarks and comments kindly expressed by panelists so I don’t

2:33:06

want to to take more time in this regard uh just just to conclude Mr chair I just

2:33:13

want to thank you and your colleagues again and while commending

2:33:18

your efforts in seeking the realization of Palestinian rights including their ill right to self-determination and a

2:33:25

full-fledged membership at the United Nations assure you and other esteemed panelists of my delegation support in

2:33:33

this regard I thank you I thank the distinguished representative of Iran for his statement

2:33:40

and for his question but I have to indicate that the question was already addressed by the panelist unless they

2:33:46

want to add something to what they said previously but I think it has been addressed thank you very much for your

2:33:53

encouragements to the committee and uh we really appreciate also your support

2:33:59

and your commitment to the work of uh this committee we thank you now we have

2:34:04

come to the end of our event I would like to thank most warmly our panelist I

2:34:11

think the accounts have been enlightening and have once again highlighted the urgent need to

2:34:17

immediately first of all stop the current war in Gaza and also to

2:34:22

address the issue of accountability for the crimes perpetuated against Palestinians and

2:34:30

also to finally put an end uh to the occupation I would like to thank uh our

2:34:35

colleagues I’ve have seen here many of our colleagues uh from member states and many ambassadors here I really

2:34:40

appreciate their presence here the mere fact of being here is a true testimony of the commitment and the support of

2:34:47

this cause and we also thank those who have taken the floor to make comments ask questions we also thank uh non

2:34:55

member states who have taken the floor to ask questions and show their support and we also thank all those who have

2:35:03

been following us uh on un web TV uh events like these I think uh play

2:35:09

essential role uh in exposing the Staggering level of suffering affecting

2:35:14

Palestinians our discussion reminds us that we as International Community civil

2:35:20

society and individuals alike uh we must collectively be relentless in continuing

2:35:26

to advocate for a just and peaceful solution to question of Palestine I know that there are so many things to be

2:35:32

achieved we seem to be uh slow in in acting but the mere fact of having that

2:35:39

discussion this kind of discussion I think will help us uh keep uh the story

2:35:44

alive and uh continue to uh promote the rights of the Poli

2:35:50

this will only uh will only stop talking when we come to the end of the Israeli

2:35:56

occupation uh that began in 1967 and this only will be stopping when

2:36:02

we will witness one day and we wish that the day happens as soon as possible the

2:36:09

realization of the self determination and Independence of the Palestinian people the world cannot fail the

2:36:15

Palestinians in their legitimate aspirations for freedom but before closing uh I would like to give the

2:36:22

floor to my colleague Ambassador fed ABD Hadi NASA from the state of Palestine uh

2:36:28

for her few final uh comments if she wants to do so you have the FL

2:36:34

Ambassador thank you chair and thank you uh to everyone

2:36:39

for uh your moving presentations to all of our briefers and to all of the the

2:36:47

delegations and Civil Society Representatives here for your uh your

2:36:54

compelling calls for action for accountability and for your solidarity

2:36:59

with the Palestinian people in the face of Decades of Injustice and

2:37:05

crimes um that shame and haunt us all um but today we’ve heard not only

2:37:13

unprecedented calls for accountability but we are seeing growing efforts by government by un bodies by

2:37:21

civil society and by millions of people around the world standing against this

2:37:27

inhumanity and seeking to act together to end this historic Injustice and the

2:37:35

Coalition that was mentioned by Deana that must be strengthened our efforts

2:37:40

must converge with immediate tangible legal and political actions to end

2:37:46

Israel’s wanting violations of international law and crimes against the

2:37:52

the Palestinian people and to assist them to realize their rights including

2:37:57

to return and to self-determination and to realize the justice and freedom they have long been

2:38:04

struggling for and so Mr chair I I wish to close with an expression of gratitude

2:38:11

for the empathy the solidarity and the support extended to the Palestinian

2:38:19

people but also an appeal for that empathy and solidarity and support to carry on do

2:38:27

not please for do not forsake the Palestinian people do not take for

2:38:33

granted their resilience on the front lines of this epic assault on humanity and the

2:38:41

international legal order in its entirety do not succumb to the

2:38:47

intimidation to the inight ment to The Reckless allegations of

2:38:53

anti-Semitism do not accept the mocking and disrespect of your countries your

2:39:00

principles our multilateral system and our Global family do not allow Israel to

2:39:06

destroy the International System painstakingly established nearly 80

2:39:12

years ago do not become numb to the inhumanity to the Imp

2:39:20

Unity do not normalize the depravity the killing of babies children women and men

2:39:29

do not normalize genocide stop arming stop funding stop

2:39:36

supporting this genocide and illegal occupation stop the complicity and

2:39:42

double standards stop justifying this genocide which nothing can justify not

2:39:49

October 7th nothing please continue to act with all

2:39:54

the legitimate tools we have to insist on right over might to protect and provide sustenance

2:40:02

to the Palestinian people including by protecting and sustaining unra to bring

2:40:08

an end to this nightmare our people have suffered for too long to end this n to

2:40:16

end this illegal occupation and apartheid regime to liberate them from

2:40:22

Decades of Oppression and persecution to uphold the promise of international law and our Collective

2:40:29

Humanity for the Palestinian people but also for the future of all peoples in

2:40:35

every corner of the world I thank

2:40:43

you thank you Ambassador fed Abdel Naser for your very strong and

2:40:51

moving uh remarks we heard you as per usual practice the chair

2:40:58

summary of this briefing will be posted on the website of the committee at ww.

2:41:03

unesp pal. un.org the video recording of this event will be also available on un

2:41:10

web TV and on the committee’s uh YouTube channel let me remind you that you can

2:41:15

also follow the committee uh on our on our website at unal . un.org on X

2:41:22

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2:41:29

to date with the committee’s activities for your information as part of its efforts to contribute towards a just

2:41:36

comprehensive and Lasting settlement of the question of Palestine the committee will observe the International Day of

2:41:42

solidarity with the Palestinian people on Tuesday the 26th of November

2:41:48

2024 the Special Commemorative meeting of the committee will be held in person

2:41:53

at this room at the eost Chamber from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. observances will

2:41:58

also take place at the UN offices uh at Geneva Nairobi and Vienna

2:42:05

we look forward to your ongoing engagement and to welcome you in our future activities once again a warm warm

2:42:14

warm thank you to our panelist and we thank you all this meeting is agented

2:42:21

than very much