Vereinte Nationen: Vatikan wirft der Staatengemeinschaft Tatenlosigkeit vor
Der Vatikan hat der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft Tatenlosigkeit angesichts
der Spirale der Gewalt im Heiligen Land vorgeworfen. Bei der gestrigen Vollversammlung
beklagte der Ständige Beobachter des Heiligen Stuhls bei der UNO, Erzbischof Celestino
Migliore, die tiefe Ungerechtigkeit, die dem Konflikt zu Grunde liege. Mit Blick auf
die Angriffe Israels im Gazastreifen sagte er, es sei schmerzlich, dass noch kein
echter Dialog zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern zustande gekommen sei. Die
Vollversammlung hat Israel aufgefordert, unverzüglich seine Truppen aus dem Gazastreifen
abzuziehen. Zudem verurteilte sie in einer Resolution den israelischen Artillerie-Beschuss,
durch den in der Ortschaft Beit Hanun 19 palästinensische Zivilisten starben. Die
Vollversammlung nahm den von arabischen Staaten eingebrachten Entwurf mit großer Mehrheit
an. 156 Länder stimmten für die Resolution, sieben dagegen, sechs enthielten sich.
Ein ähnlicher Resolutionsentwurf war am vergangenen Samstag im UN-Sicherheitsrat am
Veto der USA gescheitert. (rv / dw 181106 mc)
Hier der Wortlaut der Ansprache:
Madam President, As the General Assembly resumes its tenth emergency
special session on the situation in the occupied Palestinian Territory, my delegation
takes this opportunity to express its closeness to the civilian populations suffering
the consequences of recent violence. I would also like to convey the invitation of
Pope Benedict XVI to join him in prayer “that God will enlighten the Israeli and Palestinian
Authorities, as well as those nations that have a particular responsibility in the
region, so that they may do all they can to put an end to the bloodshed, increase
humanitarian aid initiatives and encourage the immediate resumption of direct, serious,
and concrete negotiations".While regretting a new toll of deaths and condemning the
spiral of violence caused by both military operations and terrorist attacks, we cannot
but note that these horrendous occurrences form part of a much larger issue which,
as we all know, has festered far too long in the region. Each time we hold an emergency
meeting such as this, we recite the seemingly endless list of difficulties and differences
separating Israelis and Palestinians, which make it all the more urgent for states
to address the problem of the fundamental injustice at the heart of this question.
To make a litany of symptoms without addressing the root cause is hardly helpful to
either party. Each is forced to live under the horrible tensions of potential explosive
acts of terror or military incursions that result in death, casualties and the destruction
of infrastructures. The centrality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the persistent
instability in the Middle East cannot be ignored. It is a sad fact that the international
community has failed to engage the Israelis and Palestinians in significant and substantive
dialogue, along with resolution of disputes, in order to bring stability and peace
to both. It falls squarely upon the international community to use its good offices
to facilitate with all speed a rapprochement between the two sides. This is a
time of both urgency and of opportunity: urgency, because the situation is not static,
rather it is deteriorating by the minute, as this emergency special session testifies;
opportunity, because besides some favourable elements in this political conjuncture,
civilian populations everywhere have seen and suffered the devastations of the conflicts
and are surely more willing than ever for an honourable peace. The only peace
with a chance of lasting in the region will be a truly comprehensive one. It will
involve all major players in the Middle East region and it will have to be based upon
bilateral peace treaties and multilateral agreements on all questions of common concern,
including water, environment and trade. To do so requires a new and all-embracing
visionthat will usher in concrete plans for peace. Thank you, Madam President.