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However, if such actions are taken under the full glare of public attention, this is a breach of promise and a breach of promise is just what it is, obvious to the whole world.

The Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are confronting genocide under the very nose of the Security Council, and the Israeli occupying Power is clearly and flagrantly violating its obligations under international law and international humanitarian law.

We meet today under the watchful eyes of bereaved orphans, widows, thousands of wounded, detainees, displaced children, young people, the elderly and women who continue to hope for the support of the Security Council and thus to live a decent, free life based on right, justice and good governance.

In the past weekend, for two days in a row, it invoked the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance to forcibly seize the bas-relief commemorating the 4 June incident and two statues of the Goddess of Democracy in the full glare of the public.

[...] [...] (b) result from violations of international humanitarian law, including the 1949 Geneva Conventions, or other violations of international law.

[...] [...] cell in full view of any member [...]

[...] [...] sanctions for grave breaches and other violations against cultural [...] [...]

All of this happened in full view of the armed men.

Paragraph E of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons states that “the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, and in particular the principles and rules of humanitarian law”.

It should be noted that the people of this area supported the Syrian Arab army and would praise it in the sight and hearing of the world, which would appear to have cost them their lives in this revenge attack.

We would have hoped that the Australian delegation would talk to us about the Iraqi women and children who emigrated and whose bodies were devoured by sharks, in full view of Australian ship crews in the Java Sea.

Now that the Japanese Government, before the eyes of the world, has distorted history and built its so-called national dignity on a pack of lies that cannot withstand the smallest blow, I am afraid that Japan has lost all its demeanour in the international community.

On the other hand, in an advanced international metropolis like Hong Kong, I am pained to see a building collapse and turn into ashes in broad daylight, making it a headline of international news.

[...] [...] following: (a) grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I thereto (primarily States members of the Commonwealth); (b) crimes specified under the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (for example, Cyprus, Japan and the Netherlands); (c) other violations of international humanitarian law where no treaty requires universal jurisdiction, such as war crimes committed in non-international armed conflict (Belgium, Canada, New Zealand and the Philippines) and violations of treaties that [...] [...]

The representative of Turkey underlined the following points: (a) the organization, Centre Europe-tiers monde had been failing to adhere to the basic principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the basic requirements set out in Council resolution 1996/31 by disrespecting the territorial integrity and political unity of Turkey; (b) the organization had been undertaking unsubstantiated and politically motivated allegations against Turkey; (c) the organization had been inciting and condoning acts of terrorism against States Members of the United Nations, which is prohibited under international law; (d) the organization had become a propaganda vehicle of the terrorist organization PKK/Kongra-Gel; and (e) the organization had not taken into consideration earlier statements of Turkey regarding the need to uphold its obligations and responsibilities under the Charter and Council resolution 1996/31.

From its beginnings, Israel has had its own clearly defined road map: the absorption of the entire Palestinian territory, the exile of that people along with the corresponding Judaization of the territory, and the expansion of its own State — all in full sight and with the consent of the members of this Council.