Epstein Secrets

September 2011) 559 President Abbas’s Speech to UN General Assembly on Palestine’s Membership (23 September 2011) 562

es, the UN Secretary-General could then report to the Security Council and eventually recommend that it should confirm t

eement. 27 April 1949 Opening of the Lausanne Conference convened by the United Nations’ Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP). 11 May 1949 The UN General Assembly admits Israel as UN member state through Resolution A/RES/273 (IID. 20 July 1949 Syria-Israel General Armistice Agreement. 12 December 1949 UN Gene

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n September on independence. They will prevail in the General Assembly, though not in the Security Council. President Ba

ll prevail in the General Assembly, though not in the Security Council. President Barack Obama, with whom Netanyahu just

7180 Any confusion about Israel's overriding security preoccupation should have been dispelled by Prime Minister Netanyahu's October 1 address to the UN General Assembly. While pledging his readiness to make "an historic compromise with our Palestinian neighbors," Mr. Netanyahu spent the majority of his speech artic

ith Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki, former chief of intelligence and brother of the foreign minister. Excerpts: Q. Who made the decision to turn down the U.N. Security Council seat? A. It is always in the end the king [King Abdullah] who makes the decision. But it wasn't a whimsical decision. Nor was it, as some newspape

he Obama administration vetoes the application in the Security Council as expected, Palestinian officials are likely to

rkey and Israel have been suspended. Turkey will not recognize the Gaza HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024999 --- PAGE BREAK --- blockade and will take action at the UN General Assembly to make sure that the matter is discussed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). And finally, Turkey will extend full support to the families o

lestine. Although this responsibility falls under the Security Council, the constant exercise by the US of its veto powe

auspices of the United Nations (UN). HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029943 --- PAGE BREAK --- 13 Whereas the defunct two state solution was proposed in 1947, when the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 181 calling for dividing historic Palestine into two entities and for granting Jerusalem an international status, the reversal of t