ADIYATWIDI ADIWOSO ASMADY (Indonesia):  Mr. President, the year 2005 witnessed positive developments in the Middle East, in particular the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit in February, the London meeting in support of the Palestinian Authority in the following month and the Israel disengagement from the Gaza Strip and the northern part of West Bank last August have provided a flicker of life to the peace process.  Despite this development, however, the situation in the Occupied Territory has at the same time deteriorated.  
We witnessed the intensified expansion of the Israeli settlements in another part of the West Bank, including in and around East Jerusalem and acceleration in the completion of the illegal wall built in Occupied Palestinian Territory, which is clearly in contravention of Israel’s obligations under Road Map and violation of international law and complete disregard of the relevant advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.  This undermined the positive momentum of the Gaza withdrawal and the understandings reached at Sharm El-Sheikh.  
Meanwhile the 61st Sessions of the Commission on Human Rights reaffirms that the construction of the Wall violates Israel obligations under international human rights law, particularly with respect to the Freedom of Movement of Palestinians and their right to adequate housing, food, family life, education and health.  
While we recognize Israel’s disengagement from Gaza as a positive step, my delegation would like to make it positively clear that disengagements involve only a small fraction of the land Israel occupied in the 1967 War.  Therefore, it should be further accompanied by Israeli withdrawal from all remaining occupied lands.  
Furthermore, Israel forces are still exercising control over the movement of people and Gaza’s borders, and coastline and air space, leaving Israel to launch incursions of her will.  
All disengagement has done little to improve the living condition of Palestine.  The United Nations Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East continues to report difficulties in trying to deliver assistance to Palestine refugees.  The living conditions of refugees have been severely affected by violence, Israel closure and destruction of properties and livelihood.  There is a general increase in food insecurity, terrible shortage of drinking water as well as a decline of food consumption and nutrition levels.  Its policy of continued violence against innocent civilians, internal and external closures, and military incursions have aggravated the economic hardship of the Palestine refugees.  
Mr. President, the Special Committee of the Investigators of Israel Practice Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories is also denied access by Israel to visit the Occupied Palestine Territories.  We are deeply disturbed by the effort of Israel to hinder the Special Committee access to the needy and to information about the objective conditions in the Occupied Palestine Territories.  We are also deeply concerned that according to the Special Committee reports 70 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israel settlers since the second Intifada.  None of them has been arrested and brought to justice by the Israel authorities.  Meanwhile, Israel continues to demand the right to protect its civilians from the attack by Palestinian militants.  
In addition to the brutality of Israel defense forces, attacks of Israeli settlers have led to the dead of 834 Palestinians including 13 women and 165 children.  It is obvious therefore that the government of Israel must also stop the attacks by the illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians and bring the perpetrators to justice.  
Mr. President, Indonesia wishes to recall support of the final document issue at the United Nations international meeting on the Question of Palestine convened in Geneva on 8th and 9th March 2005, which called on the international community to adopt measures to pursue the government of Israel to comply the international law and the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice with regard to the construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestine Territories and under Quartet to redouble its effort with the parties together with other international and regional actors to implement the Road Map towards a just and lasting settlement of the conflict.  
As we are approaching the end of 2005, we reach the target timeframe for the establishment of the State of Palestine according to the Road Map.  International community must continue to pursue on Israel to full implement the Road Map.  The same pressure must also be exerted upon Israel for her to halt the construction of the Wall, comply with its obligation to protect civilians, assist UNRWA to deliver humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees, and to authorize the Special Committee to Investigate Israel Practice Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories to visit the occupied Palestinian territories.  
My delegation wishes to reiterate that the Question of Palestine must be resolved in accordance with international law, especially Security Council Resolutions 242 of 1967, 338 of 1973, 1397 of 2002, and 1515 of 2003, which guarantee the establishment of a sovereign, democratic, viable and contiguous Palestine state, living side-by-side in peace with the secure Israel.  
In this regard, my delegation calls on the international community to support the people of Palestine in order to ensure the smooth conduct of a free and fair parliamentary election in January 2006.  
In conclusion, Mr. President, my delegation reaffirms the paramount responsibility of this organization of all aspects of the Question of Palestine until it is resolved.  I thank you, Mr. President.