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29 November 2A07

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Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, DearFriends, people In the nameof the Palestinian and theirleadership,wishto I extend our best and sincerestgreetingsand our most profound gratitude all who join us in commemorating International of to the Day Solidarity with the Palestinian People.This day was designated the by UnitedNations General Assembly 1977,as an occasion remind in to all peopleand to stressthe necessity of the suffering the Palestinian of of just solution theircause,basedfirstlyand lastlyon the achieving a to principleof the right to self-determination an end to the lsraeli and occupation leading the establishment the independent to of Palestinian Statewith EastJerusalem its capital. as The annualcommemoration of this occasion the UnitedNationsis a testament the importance by of and centrality the question Palestine relationto international of of in peaceand security. I avail myself of this opportunityto express our profound appreciation our brotherH.E.Ambassador to Paul Badji,Chairman of the Committeeon the Exerciseof the InalienableRights of the PalestinianPeople and to all of the esteemed members of the committee and alsoto H.E.Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-Generalthe of UnitedNations, his efforts for and his message this occasion. also on I wish to extendour thanksto H.E. Dr. SrgjanKerim,President the of General Assembly,and to H.E. Mr. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa, President the SecurityCouncil. I would also like to extend our of warmestgreetings and gratitude all the speakersand to all present to here today sharing with us the commemoration this occasionin all of partsof the worldas an expression theirsolidarity of with the Palestinian people theirstruggle attain in to theirlegitimate rights. The UnitedNationsGeneralAssembly adoptedthis date for the commemoration this occasion 1977as a reminder its resolution of in of partition Palestine.lt was also decidedto underscore in 1947on the of the necessity bringing end to the longsuffering our people, of an of who paida highpricewithout having committed crirne. They havebeen any living decades for either refugees as deprived theirhomeland living of or under ocbupation enduringail kinds of practicesagainst them of oppression and subjugation, including the confiscation their land, of

mass arrests campaigns and other measures and crimeswhich occur daily beforethe eyes and ears of the entire world. Generation after generation have not knownthe senseof freedomand have not enjoyed the leastof what other peoples earthare enjoying. The time has on come to put the past behind us and to begin a new era without occupation animosity, era basedon the logicof rightsnot on the and an logicof force. The Palestine LiberationOrganization(PLO), the sole and legitimate representative our people,has endeavored, the basisof of on resolutions adoptedby the Palestinian National Counciland sincethe Declaration Independence 1988,to achievea political of in settlement leading peace,whichwe all aspireto achieveand which is basedon to the recognizedterms of reference starting frorn United Nations resolutions, Road Map,the Arab PeaceInitiative, the President Bush's vision, and the agreements signedbetween and the lsraeli us side. The historical conference, which was held in Annapolistwo days juncture ago, is a very important and opportunity launching for serious peacenegotiations withina set time frame underthe auspices and of with the participation the international of community,including the members represented the international by aimedat bringing Quartet, an end to the conflict and to achieving peacethatwill bringan end to the a lsraeli occupation the Palestinian of Territory, including EastJerusalem, provide a just and agreeduponsolution the issueof the Palestine for to refugees the basisof UnitedNations on GeneralAssembly resolution 194, and guarantee the establishment our independent of State of Palestine with EastJerusalem its capital, as livingin peaceand security with its neighbors, including lsrael. Peace can not be achievedby the construction the apartheid of wall, whichwas condemned illegal The Haguecourt, nor by the as by expansion settlements, by the judaization of nor measures Jerusalem of and the preventing Palestinians, Christians of both and Muslims, from enteringtheir city even for their right to religious worship.Security cannotbe achieved the siegeimposed the Cityof Bethlehem, by on the birthplace Jesus christ, and by surrounding with walls and of it settlements and transforming holy places to isolatedantiquities. its Security cannotbe achieved the siege imposedon the occupied by particularly the Gaza Strip. Security Palestinian Territory, in cannotbe achieved military by attacks, raidsand incursions Palestinian into cities,

towns and villages. Security cannotbe achievedby the confiscation of Palestinianlands and allowing extremist,fanatic settlers to attack Palestinian civilians and to set fireto and uproot theiragricultural crops. security for both peoples can only be achieved through the achievement a just peace,andthroughrelations of basedon equality and mutual respect. On this day, 29 November, which coincideswith the sixtieth anniversary the adoptionof the Partition of resolution 1947and the in fortieth anniversaryof the occupationof the PalestinianTerritory, including East Jerusalem, 1967,our peoplelook fonarard in with great hope to the future and they are determined uphold their rights, to confident that the international community not allowthis opportunity will today to be lost in order to solve the Arab-lsraeli conflicton all tracks starting with the core and basisof this conflict, the Palestinian-lsraeli conflict. The wide international participation the AnnapolisConference in is a manifestation the extentof attention of given by all the peoplesof the worldto peacein our region.On this occasion, reiterate thanks I our gratitudeto all who have contributed and participated the and to in commemoration this day. llook fonvard with great hope to of commemorating with you next year, God willing,in our free and it independent Stateof Palestine Al-Quds with Al-Sharif its capital. as Peacebe uponyou.