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colleagues the United States
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remains of the view that a broader
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conflict in the Middle East is neither
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desirable nor
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inevitable but the act the actions
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various actors take in the coming days
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will once again determine how the
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situation
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evolves it is imperative that even as
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facts emerge about the latest incidents
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in which I reiterate the United States
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played no role all parties refrained
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from any actions which could plunge the
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region into a devastating
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War Security Council cannot ignore the
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origins of this particular conflict
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between Israel and
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hisbah prior to hamas's brutal terrorist
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attack quiet had largely been maintained
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along the blue line for 18 years since
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the adoption of resolution 1701 in
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2006 this stability was shattered on
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October 7 and 8 when Israel was attacked
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without provocation by non-state armed
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groups in
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Lebanon and for the past 11 months the
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people of Lebanon have suffered the
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devastating consequences of this
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conflict which is not their
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own more than 100,000 Lebanese civilians
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and more than 65,000 Israeli civilians
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have been
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displaced civilians on both sides of the
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Blue Line have seen their homes
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destroyed and their fields and Orchards
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burned hisbah which receives extensive
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training arms and financing from Iran
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took these actions in solidarity with
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Hamas not for Lebanon or the Lebanese
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people and for the past 11 months hisbah
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has continued to bombard communities in
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Northern Israel on a near daily basis
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again in support of Hamas and Iran's
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broader campaign to threaten
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Israel his bullet sustained attacks
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presence along the Blue Line an
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entrenchment in southern Lebanon also
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put Israeli and Lebanese civilians at
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risk Israel has a right to defend itself
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against his Bullis
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attacks no member of this Council facing
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a terrorist organization on its border
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would tolerate daily rocket attacks on
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its territory and the displacement of
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tens of thousands of its
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people we expect all parties will comply
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with International humanitarian law and
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take all reasonable steps to minimize
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harm to civilians especially those in
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densely populated
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areas continued escalation of the
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violence across the Blue Line will not
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create the conditions for displaced
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Israeli and Lebanese civilians to return
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to their homes in Northern Israel and
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Southern
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Lebanon rather the United States
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continues to believe a diplomatic
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resolution is the only way to create the
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conditions for displace Lebanese and
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Israeli civilians to return to their
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homes with Safety and
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Security and we will continue to pursue
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this
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goal Iran through its sustained supply
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of weapons and Personnel to hisbah in
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blatant disregard and Defiance of the
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call for disarmament in resolutions 1559
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and 1701 and in violation of the
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latter's legally bonding arms embargo
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appears to have a different
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agenda over many years the United States
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has committed substantial resources to
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humanitarian efforts in Lebanon and
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supported independent institutions such
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as the Lebanese armed forces and
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internal security
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forces equally significant the security
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Council has clearly and repeatedly
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expressed its desire to see the full
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authority of the Lebanese government
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extended throughout lebanon's
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territory and it has emphasized its
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strong support for the aspirations of
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the Lebanese people to live in peace
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free from foreign
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meddling every member of this Council
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has a responsibility to help lebanon's
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people avoid further
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trategy to support diplomatic efforts
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that would help restore calm along the
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blue line which again would enable
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civilians in southern Lebanon and
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Northern Israel to return to their homes
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and to also press Iran to cease its
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destabilizing and dangerous use of
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hisbah to undermine Regional Security in
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a way that puts the Lebanese people in
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danger this is the path toward greater
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Regional stability and the United States
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will continue to do everything possible
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to support deescalation and enduring
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diplomatic solution thank you Mr
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President I give the floor to the
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representative of
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China
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president Algeria for requesting this
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meeting and welcome the presence of
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Lebanese foreign minister Mr abalak
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I listen carefully to the briefings by
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usgo and High
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Commissioner thousands of communications
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devices in Lebanon including pages and
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two-way radi were detonated remely and
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simultaneously the explosions caused
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thousands of Civilian casualties China
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hereby registers profound shock and
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great concern over this development
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children playing in the street lost
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their
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mother shopping in supermarkets had
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their
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Li doctors on their way to work were
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critically injured these and other
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harrowing scenes are distressing Beyond
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imagination remotely detonating
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communication devices indiscriminate
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attacks causing Mass civilian casualties
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and panic in
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society of in
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history this without doubt gr violation
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of a country's sovereignty
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security international law particularly
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interational humanitarian law is an act
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that tramples on human lives with
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unconscionable C the attacks were so
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outrageously brutal and atrocious that
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they deser nothing less than
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condemnation in the strongest terms so
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far no one has claimed responsibility
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for the same attack but different
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parties
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come to more or less the same conclusion
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as to who did it we call full
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investigation to orchestrators and
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implementers to
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account right now the situation Middle
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East is hanging by a
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threat Israel's military operations in
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Gaza are still ongoing which have
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already more than 40,000 Palestinian
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lives Israel
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heightening the tensions around its
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border
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with we are informed by some analysis
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that recent remotely executed attacks
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are a precursor to major military
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operations we have also taken the latest
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statement from the hollah
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leadership we are deeply concerned by
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the possibility of a further escalation
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of the tensions between Lebanon and
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Israel we call on the parties to
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exercise maximum restraint
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and call on Israel in particular to foro
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its obsession with the use of force and
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to without delay its militti operations
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in
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Gaza violations of leban
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security and its
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adventurism dragging the region into yet
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another devastating
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catastrophe we strongly urge with
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influence Israel to take tangible steps
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to stop Israel from going further down
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the wrong path we support the security
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Council in taking all necessary actions
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and doing all it can to ease the
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situation between Lebanon and Israel and
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to maintain peace and stability in the
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Middle East thank you
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president Mr
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President we support Al's initiative to
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convene today's
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meeting in connection with the latest
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dangerous wave of escalation in the
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middle east
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region we listen we we closely studied
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the concerns of both Lebanon and Iran
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which were set out in correspondence
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that had been circulated yesterday we
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listened to the reports and the
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briefings of the Deputy uh under
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Secretary General and Mr Turk about the
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situation in Lebanon with concern we
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welcome the participation in today's
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meeting of the minister for foreign
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affairs of
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Lebanon Mr President unfortunately
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devastating bombardment air strikes and
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brutal ground cleansing have for nearly
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a year become a grim daily reality for
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the Middle East despite the protest of
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the International Community the uPorn
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practice of targeted liquidations is
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expanding it would seem that in this
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cauldron of violence there is no longer
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any act which we all would not condemn
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we do not condemn time and time again in
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this chamber however we transpired in
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Lebanon and Syria over the past week
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brings the escalation in Lebanon and
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Syria into a new high technology
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Dimension and this is a very dangerous
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turn as a result of hauling provocations
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with the Spate of detonations of two-way
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handheld Communications devices in
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recent days 37 people died including two
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children more than 4,000 were wounded
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those who carried out this barbaric
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crime spared nobody the detonations
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occurred in hospitals in markets on the
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streets in stores and in pharmacies it
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is clear that this is a coordinated
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remotely guided operation for which no
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one has assumed responsibility however
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in the region facts have been analyzed
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dots have been connected and the
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relevant conclusions have been drawn we
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regard what happened as a terrorist act
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which poses a threat to International
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Peace and security with unpredictable
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consequences for the entire Middle East
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we emphatically condemn this
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unprecedented attack on the friendly
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Lebanon and its citizens which is an
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egregious violation of its sovereignty
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and a major challenge to international
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law weend sincere condolences to the
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families of the dead and we wish a
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speedy recovery to those who were
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wounded those behind this crime
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certainly are aware that such attempts
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to draw Lebanon into a regional
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confrontation are fueling an already
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violati situation in the region clearly
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the organizers of this unprecedented
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attack unprecedented in terms of the
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malicious use of domestic Communications
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devices have deliberately been seeking
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to ferment a large scale military
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confrontation they have striven to
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provoke a new major Middle East War this
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is not the first such attempt this is a
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continuation of a state of political
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attacks and murders and assassinations
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Lebanon Syria in Lebanon and Iran for a
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part of which uh the West Jerusalem
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authorities have assumed responsibility
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these include the largest in in the past
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year bombardment by Israel of South
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Lebanon which continued for two
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consecutive hours and was followed by
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another strike on South beout as a
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result of which according to the
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Lebanese Ministry of Health eight people
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died and another 59 were wounded the
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world the entire world was flooded with
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images showing the horrific magnitude of
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the devastation from the Israeli air
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strike we strongly condemn such actions
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by West Jerusalem we call on all parties
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to exercise maximum restraint to
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immediately cease fire and to comply
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with the resolution the the provisions
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of resolution
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1701 a major war in the Middle East is
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in nobody's
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interest also northy is a spiraling
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violence is clearly undermining the
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Biden administration's widely touted
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efforts both for ceasefire in uh the
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Gaza Strip and for stabilization of the
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situation on the Blue Line in Lebanon
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the results of pseudo diplomacy are
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dubious at V instead of peace there's an
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ongoing we see ongoing blood letting in
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the occupied Palestinian territory the
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murder of the head of the political uh
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Bureau of Hamas Mr Han was the main
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negotiator on the deal with and now the
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first ever large scale terrorist attack
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with the use of information
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Communications Technologies which
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resulted in
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fatalities in the light of the policy
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declared by Washington and allies to use
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ICT for the attainment of offensive
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military political objectives it is
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clear that specifically their actions
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have brought us to this threshold where
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we are liable to encounter ter where we
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where we are liable to encounter C
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terrorist threat with the use of
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domestic
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appliances given that according to
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incoming reports we're talking about
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remote manipulation of electronic
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devices by the way from a different
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jurisdiction uh we view this as an
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exceedingly dangerous precedent we
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repeatedly cautioned against such risks
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including at Specialized United Nations
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platforms where the issue of
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International Information Security is
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discussed having foreen that I
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can be used for destructive purposes
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Russia has already for a number of years
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Advanced the idea of establishment of a
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specific International legal regime to
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resolve the dig to to govern the digital
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landscape and this would take into
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account technical vulnerabilities
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including anonymity crossb features and
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other hidden functions unfortunately the
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United States and allies
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consistently object to any such
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obligations in this in order to maintain
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their freedom of movement the
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consequences of this are apparent in the
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terrorist attack in Lebanon if we were
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talking about the consequences for the
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information tations landscape these
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kinds of incidents further worsen the
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already growing mistrust by states of
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information Communications devices
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manufactured in other countries this in
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turn furthers the trend of
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self-isolation of national
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infrastructures in this area and as a
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consequence result in the fragmentation
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of of the information space undermining
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International standards in this area the
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destruction of Supply chains and the
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expansion of the digital divide between
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developed and developing
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countries with respect to the terrorist
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attack in Lebanon the question of the
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origin of the electronic devices used
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for the explosions is fundamental there
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is a need for detailed account of the
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commercial structures involved regarding
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the safety of their products let us
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recall that States pursuing to
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specialized key resolutions of the
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general assembly states have the
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obligation to ensure supply chain
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Integrity Mr
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presid regardless of how however
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horrific this of the use of ICT for
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terrorist purposes may be the
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International Community is not powerless
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in the face of this thre recently Russ's
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initiative a global intergovernmental
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directory of points of contact was
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launched to prevent and resolve serious
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incidents in information landscape as
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well as to reduce tensions in crisis
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situations this instrument was
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specifically designed in order to
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prevent the to prevent escalation in the
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digital landscape which is liable to
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then spill over into the real world we
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call upon all stakeholders first and
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foremost Leon to Avail itself of this
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directory we expect that the recipient
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recipients of a possible request from
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Beirut will immediately study it and
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will provide a response to leban
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colleagues this is key to determine all
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of the circumstances behind what
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happened in
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Lebanon Mr President it is clear to all
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that the key to resolv in the current
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and to the key to uh to to reverse in
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the current unprecedented escalation in
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the Middle East lies in ending the blood
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letting in the Gaza Strip where the
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number of of dead has now exceeded
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42,000 people only resolution is a
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prompt establishment of a cease fire
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exchange of hostages and prin and
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prisoners and the organization of
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unimpeded humanitarian access to the
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strip this is the only way to relaunch
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the process of peaceful resolution to
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the Palestine question on the
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international legal basis at the heart
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of which lies the principle of two
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states for two peoples which we
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steadfastly support for our part we
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stand ready to
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with all who share these objectives
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