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about$9 ryrf disda)r{ I lot year's obscr"ardeof the LrtematisnalDay of Solidaritywith the 200-q. Palestinian Peopleon 29 t-iovember .: thet tbis map has been displaycdanrrrnlly rre'ha.vq nevcrtheliss, looked into this, and it appars as on the sarneoccasionfor many yerus. It is a historicairnap,showing Palestine it was in 1948, of at the errd, the British Mandate. , mandaterlby the General Asscnrbly each)ear since 1977,urd is orgnrd*C by tbe Gommifreeon fte Inalicilsblc Rights ofthe.PalestinianPeople- r @rnutirce of the GeneralAsscrnbly, In rtrerefore, $egetariat is simply the providing.informationabout fre eventon the IJll rrrcbsite, job. doing its "of Palestine ir as In 1981the Committcemadea specificdecisionthatths map andflag room; and the practiccofdoing this displayedinsidctlre confernce existdin 1949" should be during the annrralobservancehas remainedrnuhalged ever since and to for It'is also.custorna{y tbe Secretary-General take part in the observance, to make a statcment. ln ffse you have not seenif I have plcasurcin inelosing a copy ofthe s'tatement -thatlhe Seoretary4eneralmadeon this most rcccnt occasion. and spokeat the E{rnc Ambassador Danlbrth, artended , i t rnight,addtbat your predeceoror, of in 2004, in his capacityas Presiderrt tle SecurityCorursil' :*,9g '

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Ifis Exccllency 'Mr:'Iohn R. Bolton of PeruranentRnpresentadve the United Stetes ts lbc lJnited Nations ' New York

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sai4 the Secmtary-Generat gatefirl to you aodothcrs*ho h"". drawnhis 11.r4t is , attentiontc thc rn-ap, to the unfortruataimpressioa dieplayingit corddgive, oemelythat urd dw tbc United Nations favous rhereplaceneil of Israelby a singlePaleniniansutc. Thie, of pointedouq Isael ii a full coursq il not thc case As the Secretary4eneralhasrepeatedly with ofthc UnitedA*ations, the sa:rerigirtsandobligations anyotlrermearber. member as Borh

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cachotberand their neighborus, r*i:hin tscllre andrecognizcd borurdaries. Cleafly,asyourightly point out,thedisplayof the Ig48 nap hasacquired neward a very trorbling,coanotationin the ligbt of thc rumarksmadercocirtlyhy tbo Prcsident ofthe IslamicRquHlic of Iran The Secrctary-General cradeclearhis stong disapprova! suc-h bas of remarts- and hehopcstlst the MembcrStates'Commite ou thc Inalienable Righs of the u,ill Paleslinian:Pccrple considcr deciding notto dieplaytbcI948 *.g h firhru
I mA on 2l Deccrnber 2005 with thc Chainnau of the Comrnittee, Ambassador lg! .Radii otf $rurgal, to discusshow this issuernight be resolvcd. I was cocorrragedby his-connu cat to addressthe rnatter in a nanueg which I believc will bc acceptable to you You may wish m discussthe issue furrher with Anbassador Badi.

Pleale,accppt, Ercellency, as$.Earlces my highest considerationol t"tty the of a* t\S.^,-J ,rJ.OJLrf.

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