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Palestinian FM to international community: Ban Israeli settlers from your countries
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Malki on Tuesday called on the international community not to allow Israeli settlers to enter their countries and to boycott products from those West Bank communities.
“They must not deal directly or indirectly with the occupation system in addition to not allowing the entry of illegal settlers into their country” Malki said.
He spoke during the opening high level segment of 31st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.x
The UN recognizes Palestine as a non-member states and allows its representatives to address UN bodies.
Malki urged the international community to help push Israel to withdraw to the pre-1967 lines and to end its military rule of the West Bank.
“I call on all the countries to boycott settlements and to boycott the products of settlements and to warn of the possibly of imposing economic and commercial sanctions on the occupying power and that in accordance with the guidelines on businesses and human rights” Malki said.
He called on the UN Security Council in New York to pass a resolution against the settlements based on international consensus with regard to their “illegal nature.”
“This will contribute the success of the french efforts to hold a peace conference very soon” Malki said.
He urged members UNHRC member states to support Agenda Item 7 which mandates that Israeli violations of human rights against the Palestinians be addressed three times a year at each UNHRC session.
Israel whose human rights violations are addressed under a separate agenda item. Human rights abuses by all other countries including Iran and Syria and addressed under Agenda Item 4.
To protest Agenda Item 7 western countries have begun addressing their concerns with regard to Israeli behavior in the West Bank and Gaza under Agenda Item 4.
“I call on states to discuss the situation of Palestine under [Agenda Item 7] and not to allow attempts to undermine this item on the agenda” Malki said.
“They must not deal directly or indirectly with the occupation system in addition to not allowing the entry of illegal settlers into their country” Malki said.
He spoke during the opening high level segment of 31st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.x
The UN recognizes Palestine as a non-member states and allows its representatives to address UN bodies.
Malki urged the international community to help push Israel to withdraw to the pre-1967 lines and to end its military rule of the West Bank.
“I call on all the countries to boycott settlements and to boycott the products of settlements and to warn of the possibly of imposing economic and commercial sanctions on the occupying power and that in accordance with the guidelines on businesses and human rights” Malki said.
He called on the UN Security Council in New York to pass a resolution against the settlements based on international consensus with regard to their “illegal nature.”
“This will contribute the success of the french efforts to hold a peace conference very soon” Malki said.
He urged members UNHRC member states to support Agenda Item 7 which mandates that Israeli violations of human rights against the Palestinians be addressed three times a year at each UNHRC session.
Israel whose human rights violations are addressed under a separate agenda item. Human rights abuses by all other countries including Iran and Syria and addressed under Agenda Item 4.
To protest Agenda Item 7 western countries have begun addressing their concerns with regard to Israeli behavior in the West Bank and Gaza under Agenda Item 4.
“I call on states to discuss the situation of Palestine under [Agenda Item 7] and not to allow attempts to undermine this item on the agenda” Malki said.
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