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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR MEETING: 2 AUGUST 1983 NEW YORK CONTENTS Page Provisional agenda (S/Agenda/2461) ..,*.....,,*.......,.,....,,...*.... 1 Adoption of the agenda . , *. , , . , . 1 The situation in the occupied Arab territories: Letter dated 5 November 1982 from the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15481); Letter dated 9 November 1982 from the Permanent Representative of the Niger to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15483); Letter dated 8 February 1983 from the Chargt d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15599); Letter dated 13 May 1983 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15764); Letter dated 27 July 1983 from the Permanent RepresentativC of Democratic Yemen to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15890) . , . , . ,.,,*...,,,...,....,,.....,......,,.... 1 S/W.246 1 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. 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The new system, which has been apphed retroactively to resolutions adopted before 1 January 1965, became fully operative on that date. 2461st MEETING Held in New York on Tuesday, 2 August 1983, at 3.30 p.m. President: Mr. Luc de La BARRE de NANTEUIL Letter dated 8 February 1983 from the Chargd d’af- (France). faires a. i. of the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Secu- Pw.wI~: The representatives of the following States: rity Council (S/15599); China, France, Guyana, Jordan, Malta, Netherlands, Letter dated 13 May 1983 from the Permanent Nicaragua, Pakistan, Poland, Togo, Union of Soviet Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain addressed to the. President of the Security Council and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Zaire, (S/15764); Zimbabwe. Letter dated 27 July 1983 from the Permanent Representative of Democratic Yemen to the United Provisional agenda (S/Agenda/2461) Nations addressed to *the President of the Security Council (S/15890) 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. The situation in the occupied Arab territories: 1. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): In Letter dated 5 November 1982 from the Permanent accordance with decisions taken at previous meetings on Representative of Morocco to the United Nations this item [2401st, 2412th to 2414th, 243&h, 2457th, 2459th addressed to the President of the Security Coun- and246Oth meetings], I invite the representative of Israel to cil (S/15481); take a place at the Council table; I invite the representatives Letter dated 9 November 1982 from the Permanent of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cuba, Dji- Representative of the Niger to the United Nations bouti, Democratic Yemen, Egypt, the German Demo- addressed to the President of the Security Coun- cratic Republic, Greece, India, Iraq, the IsIamic Republic cil (S/15483); of Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Letter dated 8 February 1983 from the ChargC Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, the Niger, Oman, d’affaires a. i. of the Permanent Mission of Jor- Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, the Sudan, the dan to the United Nations addressed to the Presi- Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab dent of the Security Council (S/15599); Emirates, Yemen and Yugoslavia to take the places reserved for them at the side of the Council chamber. I Letter dated 13 May 1983 from the Permanent invite the representative of the Palestine Liberation Organi- Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Coun- zation (PLO) to take a place at the Council table. cil (S/15764); Letter dated 27 July 1983 from the Permanent Af the invitation of the President, Mr. Blum (Israe2) took a Representative of Democratic Yemen to the place at the Council table; Mr. Zarif (Afghanistan), Mr. United Nations addressed to the President of the Sahnoun (Algeria), Mr, Al-Sabbagh (Bahrain), Mr. Wasiud- Security Council (S/15890). din (Bangladesh), Mr. Caballero Rodriguez (Cuba), Mr. Houfane (Djibouti), Mr. Al-Ashtal (Democratic Yemen), Mr. The meeting was called to order at 4.25 p.m. KhaliE (Egypnt), Mr. Hucke (German Democratic Republic), Mr. Dountas (Greece), Mr. Krishnan (India), Mr. Moham- Adoption of the agenda mad (Iraq), Mr. Rajaie-Khorassani (Islamic Republic of Iran), Mr: Abufhassan (Kuwait), Mr. Fakhoury (Lebanon), The agenda was adopted. Mr. Burwin (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), Mr. Zainal Abidin (Malaysia), Mr. Traore (Mali), Mr. Ould Hamody (Maurita- The situation in the occupied Arab territories: nia), Mr. Lahlou (Morocco), Mr. Oumarou (Niger), Mr. Ali Letter dated 5 November 1982 from the Permanent (Oman), Mr. Al-Boainin (Qatar), Mr. Zowawi (Saudi Ara- Representative of Morocco to the United Nations bia), Mr. Sarre’ (Senegao, Mr. Madar (Somalia), Mr. Elfaki addressed to the President of the Security Council (Sudan), Mr. El-Fattal (Syrian Arab Republic), Mr. Lessir (S/15481); (Tunisia), Mr. GGkge (Turkey), Mr. Al-Qasimi (United Arab Letter dated 9 November 1982 from the Permanent Emirates), Mr. Sallam (Yemen) and Mr. Golob (Yugoslavia) Representative of the Niger to the United Nations look the places reserved for Ihem at the side of the Council addressed to the President of the Security Council chamber; Mr. Terzi (Palestine Liberation Organization) took (S/15483); a place at the Council fable. 2. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): The a proudly and openly proclaimed objective of Israel: first speaker is the representative of Mauritania. I invite creeping colonization of the West Bank and Gaza in the him to take a place at the Council table and to make his name of a legitimacy going back thousands of years, statement. 8. The usurpation of Palestinian lands in 1948 is no 3. Mr, OULD HAMODY (Mauritania) (interpretation longer enough, no more than the unilateral and illegal from French): Sir, it is certainly a personal pleasure for me annexation of Jerusalem or that of the Syrian Golan to congratulate you on behalf of the delegation of the Heights. The whole land of Palestine must be delivered to Islamic Republic of Mauritania on your assumption of the unrestrained and chauvinistic imagination of Zionist the presidency for the month of August. This is a well- settlers before being annexed for all time. In order to deserved recognition for an ambassador of your great facilitate this dream, the theocratic State of Israel must intellectual and moral stature. Another source of satisfac- expel all Palestinians-in short, purify the land to make tion for me and for my delegation is that this confidence room for others. has been placed in the representative of a country, France, with which my country has maintained constant and 9. It goes without saying that I am not telling the Coun- multi-faceted relations for more than three quarters of a cil anything new. These broadly expanded and pro- century. claimed theories are known to all its members. As Chairman Yasser Arafat said immediately after the crimes 4. I should like also to congratulate most sincerely the perpetrated in Sabra and Shatila-these barbarous acts representative of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. that are yet another wrong inflicted on Palestine and on Ling Qing, for the wise, competent and devoted work he the Arab nation-these crimes are contrary to the huma- did as President of the Council last month. The People’s nism of Judaism and an insult to the sufferings and dis- Republic of China, whose supbort for the Arab and Afri- crimination imposed on the Jewish people for more than can peoples in their liberation struggle has always been 2,000 years. It goes without saying that such acts do constant and consistent, has earned the trust and respect ensure peace and security for the peoples of the region of Africa and of the Arab nation, of which my country is and, first and foremost, not for the Jewish populations in a perfect synthesis. Palestine. Prospects for the Middle East and with it for the rest of the world are truly threatened if such practices 5. Truly, the Arab peoples of the Middle East have been continue with impunity. The fleeting military superiority spared nothing since the brutal introduction into their accorded to the usurper by its allies-first and foremost region of Zionism and the gradual usurpation of their land the United States of America-offers no real guarantee since the creation of Israel in 1948 in conditions which are for peace and a secure life in the Middle East far the well known. Thus, the peopIes of the Middle East will populations brought from five continents to dispossess a have suffered the full panoply of the terrors of Fascist people of its land and deny it its inalienable rights. rCgimes: unprovoked aggression, genocide, mass deporta- tions, indiscriminate bombardment, terrorism, and all the 10. Just and lasting security can be achieved only by other types of individual and collective punishment of evil restoring the basic rights of the Arab peoples, and espe- memory. cially through thq total and unconditional withdrawal from all our lands, including the Holy City of Al-Quds, 6.