[[{"content_id":"125223","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"World leaders speaking on Palestine","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2014-09-29 13:58:58","content_summary":"Following are excerpts from speeches made by some world leaders on Palestine","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":"WAFA reported:\r\n\r\n\tA geographically and socio-politically diverse group of leaders and heads of states convened Friday in the UN General Assembly to debate the unprecedented mix of challenges facing the Middle East. Those leaders tackled the Palestinians cause and the plight of the Palestinian people suffering under the yoke of Israeli occupation. Following are excerpts from their original speeches compiled by the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Negotiations Affairs Department from the UN’s website, noting that the department was unable to include some other speeches due to technical problems.\r\n\r\n\tFollowing are excerpts on Palestine taken from speeches delivered in the morning session on second day of the UN General Assembly session:\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger:\r\n\r\n\t“In this regard (solving terrorism), a just solution to the Palestinian question will certainly help.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident John Dramani Mahama, Ghana:\r\n\r\n\t“When I hear reports about Israel and Gaza, it is 2005 again and Israel has launched Operation Summer Rain, immediately followed by Operation Autumn Clouds. The resulting death toll in the Gaza Strip is in the hundreds. Many are children (…) we call upon Israel to stop settlement expansion, we support a two-state solution.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Hassan Rouhani, Iran (Islamic Republic of):\r\n\r\n\t“Had we had greater cooperation and coordination in the Middle East, thousands of innocent Palestinians in Gaza would not have been fallen victim to Zionist regime's aggression.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, Tunisia:\r\n\r\n\t“We call upon Israel to lift the siege over Gaza, to allow the building of an airport and a seaport, not only to open the border crossings. We call for the creation of an independent, contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State, living in peace and security. Gaza must be rebuilt now.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Columbia:\r\n\r\n\t“We are not indifferent to the suffering of so many families in Palestine and Israel, victims of armed confrontations.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Ivo Josipovi\u0107, Croatia:\r\n\r\n\t“Also, although it is a difficult task, a stable and sustainable peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians is an imperative. We hope that honest and serious efforts will be brought back to negotiate a comprehensive and sustainable peace agreement. The one that will establish ground for two state solution living in peace and security, mutually recognizing and respecting each other, gradually transforming the entire Middle East into a region of peace and cooperation.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tSultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan, Brunei Darussalam\r\n\r\n\t“On Palestine, freedom and justice is long overdue. The endless suffering experienced by our Palestinian brothers and sisters is a stark example of how little our development goals mean if there is no peace and stability. They must be granted their basic rights to live in dignity and enjoy economic development. We are encouraged by the observance of the current ceasefire by the parties involved. I much appreciate the efforts of many countries, which have made this possible.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe:\r\n\r\n\t“We continue to witness the suffering and persecution of the people of Palestine at the hands of Israel. We have witnessed the callous murder of women and children in shelters where they seek refuge from Israel's bombs. We have witnessed the brutal and random destruction of infrastructure in the Gaza strip, and while these heinous acts were being perpetrated by Israel, the so-called civilized world maintained a deafening silence. Lasting peace in the Middle East can only be achieved through a two state solution based on the 1967 borders. Any other maneuvers to change demographic realities through settlements or use of force will only prolong the suffering of the Palestinians.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Ollanta Humala Tasso, Peru:\r\n\r\n\t“The Security Council's capacity to respond to the different crises in different parts of producing world reflects the need for reforming its work methodology, including those related to the use of veto is necessary for the Security Council to respond to these situations in an effective way, through a comprehensive reform including increasing the number of its permanent and non-permanent members, making such body more efficient, democratic, clear, and representative.\r\n\r\n\tSpecifically, on the Palestine issue, my government confirms the need to address the root causes of such conflict through negotiation. This in order to achieve a viable and lasting solution to overcome the status quo, hence enabling Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and to prosper in the two states with secure and recognized borders.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPrime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan:\r\n\r\n\t“As early as the mid-198o's, Japan launched cooperation in Gaza to foster human resources. A total of more than 400 administrative officials and technical experts have come to Japan to receive intensive training. After being educated in Japan for a month, Najjar Osama brought solar power technology back to his hometown, to be attached to the facility in greatest need of a stand-alone power system.”\r\n\r\n\t“The equipment that he and his colleagues introduced to the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip has endured the unrest and kept the lights on in the hospital's emergency room. One of them is Mr. Najjar Osama, a young man serving as an official with the Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority. He said, 'Gaza has no natural resources whatsoever. The only thing we have is people, a situation the same as Japan's. What I learned in Japan is the spirit of never ever giving up.””\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident of the Council Herman Van Rompuym, Europian Union:\r\n\r\n\t“What is needed is a comprehensive regional solution; it must include as this summer’s tragiv events in Gaza underline once again, a two-state solution with an independent, democratic, viable Palestinian state, living side by side in peace with Israel its other neighbors.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPrime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-mubarak Al-hamad Al Sabah, Kuwait:\r\n\r\n\t“Currently, several countries in the Middle East region, face tremendous security, political and humanitarian challenges, and an exceptional situation due to the inability of the Security Council to carry out its functions which, has led to the aggravation and deterioration of the situations in many states of the region. The latest Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip, which lasted for 50 consecutive days, during which the non-stop killing and destruction machine kept targeting all that relates to humanity, harvesting the lives of thousands of unarmed civilians, the majority of whom were elderly, children and women, in an apparent embodiment of the landmarks of the series of Israeli violations of the most basic riles of international law, and international humanitarian law, in a new addition to its historic bloody record, that rejects all regional and international initiatives to lay down the foundations of a just and lasting peace (…) in this regard, the State of Kuwait welcomes the “cease-fire” agreement signed on 26 August 2014, as awll as the international and regional endeavours and efforts that were exerted to put an end to this crisis and aggression; foremost among which, were those exerted by the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt (…) In this connection we renew our call for the need of the Security Council to assume its responsibility, to provide international protection to the Palestinian people and territory, according to the 4thGeneva Convention of 1949, and compel Israel, the occupying power, to halt its unilateral practices and policies that aim to impose a policy of “faits accompli”, such as the illegal settlement and the unlawful siege on the Gaza Strip, in addition to its attempts to change the demographic nature of Jerusalem (al-Quds), by its judaization. Israel must be compelled to return to the negotiations table, with a view to end its occupation of all Palestinian and Arab lands, as well as the establishment of the Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, according to the relevant Security Council resolutions, the principle of land for peace, the Roadmap, and the Arab Peace Initiative.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tFollowing are excerpts taken from speeches that were delivered in the afternoon sessions.\r\n\r\n\tPresident Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, Gambia:\r\n\r\n\t“Third, the situation in the Middle East remains highly volatile, and the UN has been watching the cycle of violence in the region rather helplessly. in the most recent conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis, about more than 2000 people from Gaza, mostly women and children died at the hands of Israel and about 70 Israelis all of them soldiers except for 3 children lost their lives. Despite repeated calls for restraint by the international community, the continuing expansion of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land undermines any prospects for a two-state solution. The US government has been playing very strategic and useful mediating role in the past, but the UN must take up its commanding role in seeking a peaceful settlement that is just and durable and acceptable to the members of the United Nations.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Bronislaw Komorowski, Republic of Poland:\r\n\r\n\t“We express our concern and pain caused by the conflicts and tragedies suffered by civilians in Syria, Libya, Israel, and the Gaza Strip, and in many African states. All these conflicts, and to an even greater degree the civil wars in some African countries, are accompanied by humanitarian catastrophes. The United Nations, and especially the superpowers that can influence the participating parties, should do everything to stop them.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Andris B\u0113rzi\u0146š, Latvia:\r\n\r\n\t“In addition, the security situation in the wider Middle East is very fragile. A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is paramount in order to establish lasting stability in the region.\r\n\r\n\tFollowing the escalation of violence in the past months, the Latvia, has international helped to community, address including emergency humanitarian needs of the people of Gaza. We hope the current ceasefire will be fully respected by both sides.\r\n\r\n\tHowever, only an agreement on a two-state solution, achieved through direct negotiations, will accomplish these goals.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon (in French):\r\n\r\n\t“S'agissant du conflit israelo-palestinien, je salue la signature, sous la mediation de l'Egypte, du cessez-le-feu entre Israel et le Hamas. Je forme le vceu que cette trove dure et favorise la reprise des negociations directes en vue de la realisation de la vision largement partagee de la creation d'un Etat palestinien viable, existant en bonne intelligence aux cotes d'Israel, dans la paix et la securite, a l'interieur de frontieres sures et internationalement reconnues.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Rosen Plevneliev Republic of Bulgaria:\r\n\r\n\t“We stand for a just and lasting settlement of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict based on the 'two-state solution' formula. This is only possible through direct negotiations, with no preconditions and in conformity with the relevant international obligations. Any durable ceasefire should address both Israeli security concerns and Palestinian demands of lifting the Gaza closure regime.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tBaron Divavesi Waqa President of Nauru:\r\n\r\n\t“I take this opportunity to also express my country's deep appreciation to our friends and partners who continue to support our sustainable development priorities including; Australia, Russia, New Zealand, European Union, Cuba, Israel and Turkey to mention a few.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPresident Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Tanzania (United Republic of):\r\n\r\n\t“Situation in Palestine Mr. President; The horrifying scenes of bombing and death of innocent women, children as well as men in the recent hostilities between Israel and Palestine is heartbreaking. Unfortunately, this conflict has been going on for far too long while the lasting solution is known: two states living side by side harmoniously. This solution has been elusive for far too long. Time has come for the United Nations, the United States of America, Russia, Europe and other global and regional powers to come together in concerted efforts to make it happen. We shouldn't wait any longer.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPrime Minister Mark Rutte, Netherlands:\r\n\r\n\t“(Beginning of speech) On17July, in a summer already marked by alarming reports from Syria, Iraq and Gaza, our country was confronted with stark international reality. The 298 passengers of flight MH17 would be alive today if not for the Crimea conflict and the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. 196 of the victims were Dutch nationals.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPrime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Timor-Leste:\r\n\r\n\t“The war in Iraq, which has destroyed the legacy of a centuries-old civilisation, as well as the bloody conflicts in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and the Ukraine, should make the international community draw its conclusions about the international standards applied in these contexts. The uncertainty and the bloody anguish that surround Israel and Palestine, with those two peoples destined to live side by side, should alert us once and for all to the fact that fear and insecurity for the future lead to hate, which is the root of all evils.”\r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\tPrime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway:\r\n\r\n\t“Early this year, Norway hosted a humanitarian donor conference for South Sudan and we will shortly co-host a donor conference to address the aftermath of the conflict in Gaza.”","content_html":"

\r\n\tWAFA reported:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tA geographically and socio-politically diverse group of leaders and heads of states convened Friday in the UN General Assembly to debate the unprecedented mix of challenges facing the Middle East. Those leaders tackled the Palestinians cause and the plight of the Palestinian people suffering under the yoke of Israeli occupation. Following are excerpts from their original speeches compiled by the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Negotiations Affairs Department from the UN’s website, noting that the department was unable to include some other speeches due to technical problems.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tFollowing are excerpts on Palestine taken from speeches delivered in the morning session on second day of the UN General Assembly session:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“In this regard (solving terrorism), a just solution to the Palestinian question will certainly help.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident John Dramani Mahama, Ghana:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“When I hear reports about Israel and Gaza, it is 2005 again and Israel has launched Operation Summer Rain, immediately followed by Operation Autumn Clouds. The resulting death toll in the Gaza Strip is in the hundreds. Many are children (…) we call upon Israel to stop settlement expansion, we support a two-state solution.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Hassan Rouhani, Iran (Islamic Republic of):<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“Had we had greater cooperation and coordination in the Middle East, thousands of innocent Palestinians in Gaza would not have been fallen victim to Zionist regime's aggression.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, Tunisia:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“We call upon Israel to lift the siege over Gaza, to allow the building of an airport and a seaport, not only to open the border crossings. We call for the creation of an independent, contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State, living in peace and security. Gaza must be rebuilt now.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Columbia:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“We are not indifferent to the suffering of so many families in Palestine and Israel, victims of armed confrontations.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Ivo Josipovi\u0107, Croatia:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“Also, although it is a difficult task, a stable and sustainable peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians is an imperative. We hope that honest and serious efforts will be brought back to negotiate a comprehensive and sustainable peace agreement. The one that will establish ground for two state solution living in peace and security, mutually recognizing and respecting each other, gradually transforming the entire Middle East into a region of peace and cooperation.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tSultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan, Brunei Darussalam<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“On Palestine, freedom and justice is long overdue. The endless suffering experienced by our Palestinian brothers and sisters is a stark example of how little our development goals mean if there is no peace and stability. They must be granted their basic rights to live in dignity and enjoy economic development. We are encouraged by the observance of the current ceasefire by the parties involved. I much appreciate the efforts of many countries, which have made this possible.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“We continue to witness the suffering and persecution of the people of Palestine at the hands of Israel. We have witnessed the callous murder of women and children in shelters where they seek refuge from Israel's bombs. We have witnessed the brutal and random destruction of infrastructure in the Gaza strip, and while these heinous acts were being perpetrated by Israel, the so-called civilized world maintained a deafening silence. Lasting peace in the Middle East can only be achieved through a two state solution based on the 1967 borders. Any other maneuvers to change demographic realities through settlements or use of force will only prolong the suffering of the Palestinians.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Ollanta Humala Tasso, Peru:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“The Security Council's capacity to respond to the different crises in different parts of producing world reflects the need for reforming its work methodology, including those related to the use of veto is necessary for the Security Council to respond to these situations in an effective way, through a comprehensive reform including increasing the number of its permanent and non-permanent members, making such body more efficient, democratic, clear, and representative.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tSpecifically, on the Palestine issue, my government confirms the need to address the root causes of such conflict through negotiation. This in order to achieve a viable and lasting solution to overcome the status quo, hence enabling Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and to prosper in the two states with secure and recognized borders.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPrime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“As early as the mid-198o's, Japan launched cooperation in Gaza to foster human resources. A total of more than 400 administrative officials and technical experts have come to Japan to receive intensive training. After being educated in Japan for a month, Najjar Osama brought solar power technology back to his hometown, to be attached to the facility in greatest need of a stand-alone power system.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“The equipment that he and his colleagues introduced to the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip has endured the unrest and kept the lights on in the hospital's emergency room. One of them is Mr. Najjar Osama, a young man serving as an official with the Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority. He said, 'Gaza has no natural resources whatsoever. The only thing we have is people, a situation the same as Japan's. What I learned in Japan is the spirit of never ever giving up.””<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident of the Council Herman Van Rompuym, Europian Union:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“What is needed is a comprehensive regional solution; it must include as this summer’s tragiv events in Gaza underline once again, a two-state solution with an independent, democratic, viable Palestinian state, living side by side in peace with Israel its other neighbors.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPrime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-mubarak Al-hamad Al Sabah, Kuwait:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“Currently, several countries in the Middle East region, face tremendous security, political and humanitarian challenges, and an exceptional situation due to the inability of the Security Council to carry out its functions which, has led to the aggravation and deterioration of the situations in many states of the region. The latest Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip, which lasted for 50 consecutive days, during which the non-stop killing and destruction machine kept targeting all that relates to humanity, harvesting the lives of thousands of unarmed civilians, the majority of whom were elderly, children and women, in an apparent embodiment of the landmarks of the series of Israeli violations of the most basic riles of international law, and international humanitarian law, in a new addition to its historic bloody record, that rejects all regional and international initiatives to lay down the foundations of a just and lasting peace (…) in this regard, the State of Kuwait welcomes the “cease-fire” agreement signed on 26 August 2014, as awll as the international and regional endeavours and efforts that were exerted to put an end to this crisis and aggression; foremost among which, were those exerted by the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt (…) In this connection we renew our call for the need of the Security Council to assume its responsibility, to provide international protection to the Palestinian people and territory, according to the 4thGeneva Convention of 1949, and compel Israel, the occupying power, to halt its unilateral practices and policies that aim to impose a policy of “faits accompli”, such as the illegal settlement and the unlawful siege on the Gaza Strip, in addition to its attempts to change the demographic nature of Jerusalem (al-Quds), by its judaization. Israel must be compelled to return to the negotiations table, with a view to end its occupation of all Palestinian and Arab lands, as well as the establishment of the Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, according to the relevant Security Council resolutions, the principle of land for peace, the Roadmap, and the Arab Peace Initiative.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tFollowing are excerpts taken from speeches that were delivered in the afternoon sessions.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, Gambia:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“Third, the situation in the Middle East remains highly volatile, and the UN has been watching the cycle of violence in the region rather helplessly. in the most recent conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis, about more than 2000 people from Gaza, mostly women and children died at the hands of Israel and about 70 Israelis all of them soldiers except for 3 children lost their lives. Despite repeated calls for restraint by the international community, the continuing expansion of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land undermines any prospects for a two-state solution. The US government has been playing very strategic and useful mediating role in the past, but the UN must take up its commanding role in seeking a peaceful settlement that is just and durable and acceptable to the members of the United Nations.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Bronislaw Komorowski, Republic of Poland:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“We express our concern and pain caused by the conflicts and tragedies suffered by civilians in Syria, Libya, Israel, and the Gaza Strip, and in many African states. All these conflicts, and to an even greater degree the civil wars in some African countries, are accompanied by humanitarian catastrophes. The United Nations, and especially the superpowers that can influence the participating parties, should do everything to stop them.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Andris B\u0113rzi\u0146š, Latvia:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“In addition, the security situation in the wider Middle East is very fragile. A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is paramount in order to establish lasting stability in the region.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tFollowing the escalation of violence in the past months, the Latvia, has international helped to community, address including emergency humanitarian needs of the people of Gaza. We hope the current ceasefire will be fully respected by both sides.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tHowever, only an agreement on a two-state solution, achieved through direct negotiations, will accomplish these goals.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon (in French):<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“S'agissant du conflit israelo-palestinien, je salue la signature, sous la mediation de l'Egypte, du cessez-le-feu entre Israel et le Hamas. Je forme le vceu que cette trove dure et favorise la reprise des negociations directes en vue de la realisation de la vision largement partagee de la creation d'un Etat palestinien viable, existant en bonne intelligence aux cotes d'Israel, dans la paix et la securite, a l'interieur de frontieres sures et internationalement reconnues.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Rosen Plevneliev Republic of Bulgaria:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“We stand for a just and lasting settlement of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict based on the 'two-state solution' formula. This is only possible through direct negotiations, with no preconditions and in conformity with the relevant international obligations. Any durable ceasefire should address both Israeli security concerns and Palestinian demands of lifting the Gaza closure regime.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tBaron Divavesi Waqa President of Nauru:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“I take this opportunity to also express my country's deep appreciation to our friends and partners who continue to support our sustainable development priorities including; Australia, Russia, New Zealand, European Union, Cuba, Israel and Turkey to mention a few.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPresident Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Tanzania (United Republic of):<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“Situation in Palestine Mr. President; The horrifying scenes of bombing and death of innocent women, children as well as men in the recent hostilities between Israel and Palestine is heartbreaking. Unfortunately, this conflict has been going on for far too long while the lasting solution is known: two states living side by side harmoniously. This solution has been elusive for far too long. Time has come for the United Nations, the United States of America, Russia, Europe and other global and regional powers to come together in concerted efforts to make it happen. We shouldn't wait any longer.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPrime Minister Mark Rutte, Netherlands:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“(Beginning of speech) On17July, in a summer already marked by alarming reports from Syria, Iraq and Gaza, our country was confronted with stark international reality. The 298 passengers of flight MH17 would be alive today if not for the Crimea conflict and the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. 196 of the victims were Dutch nationals.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPrime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Timor-Leste:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“The war in Iraq, which has destroyed the legacy of a centuries-old civilisation, as well as the bloody conflicts in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and the Ukraine, should make the international community draw its conclusions about the international standards applied in these contexts. The uncertainty and the bloody anguish that surround Israel and Palestine, with those two peoples destined to live side by side, should alert us once and for all to the fact that fear and insecurity for the future lead to hate, which is the root of all evils.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t <\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPrime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway:<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“Early this year, Norway hosted a humanitarian donor conference for South Sudan and we will shortly co-host a donor conference to address the aftermath of the conflict in Gaza.”<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2014-09-29 13:58:58","content_date_finish":"2014-09-29 13:58:58","content_date_register":"2014-09-29 13:58:58","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"123478","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"4017349892","attach_date_register":"2014-09-29 13:59:08","attach_id":"123124","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"390","attach_img_height":"250","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"142","visit_date_last":"2025-05-10 19:10:42","attach_title":"World leaders speaking on Palestine","node_title":"Commentaries","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":134, \"left\":25, \"right\":26}]"}]]