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STATEMENT BY H.E. MS. ILEANA N(IffEZ MORDOCHE, CIIARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. OF CUBAgON BETIALF OFTIIE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT, ATTHE GENERAL DEBATEOF THE SPECIAL POLITICALAND DECOLONIZATION COMMITIEE (4ffi COMMITTEE). AGENDA ITEM 3o: REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE To INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES AFFECTINGTHE HUMAN RIGHTS OFTHE PALESTINIAN PBOPLEAND OTHERARABS OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. New Yor\ Mr. Chairman, I havethe honour to speakon behalf of the rr8 Membersstates of the Non Aligned Movement. Th9 situalio1 in Be Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,continues to deteriorate and to be ,markedby deadly violerrce,instab.ility and high tension-s.The toll of human lives, injured, displaced, homgless,impoverished and those without accest to basic needs in the Occupied pitestinian T;nitory continuesto increaseat an alamring The poverty rate is currently at 65.8% in the Occupiedpalestiniair _rate. Territory, rea$ing a total of 8o% the population in the besiegedGazaStrip, where the majority of the -of population is clependent food aid for survival and nearly 5o% aie unemployed. on The Non-Aligned Movement expresses grave concernabout the constant deterioration ofthe situation in its the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly as a result of the excessive and indiscriminate use- force by Israel, the occupyingPower,againit the Palestiniancivilian population and its of many-other illegal policies and practices, including its inhumane and destructive -"uiu"". of collective punishment against the Palestinian civilian populaiion, which violate the rights of the palestinian people and havedevastated their socio-economiccondiiions, amounting to a dire hurianitarian crisis. NAM condemns the prolonged-Israeli military occlpation of the Palestinian Territory since 1967 and expressesgrave concern over the distressing developments in the recent period. Foi more than four -been 'intemational uirrelentingly violating law, incluiling lecades, Israel, tle- occuplng Power, has intemational humanitarian an! hqlan rights law, in its actions in the 6ccupied Palestinian Tenitori including EastJemsalem. During this time, the occupflng,Powerhas been committing grave human righis violations againstthe Palestinianpeople,including reported war crimes. Moteover, for more than four decades, occ_upyrng ttre Powerhas carried out deliberate and unlawfrrl policies and practices.aimedat alterin_g thedemographii composition, characterand nature ofthe palestiniin land, P?rttctla4y viq measuressuch as the_confiscationoflarge areasof Palestinian land, implementation of iti illegal.colonial settlementpoliry and, zoo3, its illegal constructionof a Wall in the West Bank, _since rncludrngin and around East Jerusalem. In addition, the occupying Power continues to impose a *and humiliatirrg and discriminatory network of hundreds of checkpoints roadblocks throughout the Occupied. Palestinian Territory, restricting the movement of persons and goods and also"seriously la8mentin8 and.underminjng the contiguity and integrity of the territory andcompletely isolating Easl Jerusalemfrom the rest of the West Bank. includiqg its continued sealing-off of the GazaStrip. At the same I:*d f,* continues,to impose_closures, time, the occupyng Power continues to arrest and detain thousandsof ialestinian civilians, a:ndto carry out intense military raids and incursiols in ?alestinian population canters, causing extensive loss of life and tnjury to-Palestiniancivilians, i'rcluding children, and-thi deliberateand widespiad destruction of prpperty and land. Also, the settlers that- Israel- has illegally trarsfened to the Occupie{ Palestinian i"".ltoi, continue tq $!,_ injure and intimidate Palestinian civilians and to destroy their lroperties, including their agricultural fields and crops. 4 November goo8.

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Mr. Chairman, In grave violation of international law, including the Fourth GenevaConvention, in violation of numerous

e YL*^dj:o_:.ry ot tie lnternational lenerat^{ssetbty F_":ltycouncil.andCourt of Justice Aovrsory uprnron and the will of the intemational community,Israel, $9 ogcltnvrls Power, continues to cany out its illegal cotorrial settlement-;;il;;; the occupied Palestinian Territory, especially,ln and arbund occupie?EastJerusalem. M"*o;;i;;;it" commitments made in the context of the Middle East peaceproceis and agreementsreachedtherein urd *nt""ry to th" spirit -and goals of this renewed peace process, Israeli has"escal"t"d ;;h-ili"g"l-;"tfi;;, in tle recent period.
the, Past sweral months, Israel has issued tenders for ttrousands of new units in Israeli settlements ],n _ glupied Palestiian Territory and continues to construct and expand its illegal settlementg ::T:$l""llT_"_ roads to serve those to butld b)tpass settlements and to maintain_ settlement "oritposts". etihe same time, the. o-ccupying ?ower continues to- illegally construct the wall ir th" o;""pifi-iuiotioiun -which Territory, including in and around EastJerusalem, is intricately correlatedwith its cJl,oniaiseiiliment activities, serving, inrer clic, to firther entrench the settlementsand to facilitate th;ir;*p;;;i;;-;;d the attempG1o defacto annexmore Palestinianland. Such actions not onlv constitute,flagrant violations and grave breaches of international law, heightentensions,further destabilirJttt" t"j " .ii"u;;; ;" the ground and very negatively but also impact the peace process betweenthe two sides. illegal Israeli p"olicies ""iftti;;; and aLt"oj,i"g tl" .Indeed,th_ese territorial contiguity, -integrity and unity_of-the ocgupiel palestinian T""ttt "y;;;;.i;u'naermining the prospectsfor the establishment o-fa physically viable ind contiguous Palestinian state-aria tilus ttrr*iioio! {ry p.*"p""tf

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Jhe lt'Igmbers of.the Non-Aligned Movement riterate their cond.emnationof all such illegal actions by Israel, the occupyingPower,and call for their immediate cessafion. Mr, Chairman, NAM reaffirms that all measures -and_actiontaken, or to be taken by Israel, the occupfng power, which alter the.legal, physical and demographic condition and institutional rt*"t r* of tfr" PuTort^tq o""upi"a SyrianGolan,as well as the Israeli measures imposejurisdiction and administration to tt "r", u* null, void and haveno legal effect. We also reaffirm that all these measuresand actions, including the illegal constr:uctionand. expansionof tle Israeli settlemenF- t!9 syrian Golan since 1967,constitute"violatiois of internationai law, international il agreements, u.N. charter and resolutions,including the security council resoiuuon the +gz (rggr), the fou{h $e1rya conventiou, and a challenqeto ihe internitional comniunity. rrt" rra.""rr""] a"mands that Israel abide by resolution 4g7 e98t) ani *ithdraw completely t",,' trrJ o.""prJ sfi;; Gohn to the bordersof4 June 1967. Mr. Chairman, NAM will continue to support the Palestinianpeopleand its leadershipin order to bring an end to the Israeli olcupation that began in 1967, in accordancewith the rules and phnciples oi f.i"ti"u"""r hw and the relevant UN resolutionsw", oLr u3:vav.eln8 solution of the Israeli-palestinian conflict -commitmentto a jwt and peacefrrl andT*Sry inalienable to the right ofthe Palestinian pe.ople eierciseits self-determination sovercipty in its to and independent Stateof Palestine, with EastJerusale'm it. .uoliaf. u. Thank you