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Security Council Provisional Fifty-Ninth Year United Nations S/PV.4929 Security Council Provisional Fifty-ninth year 4929th meeting Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 5 p.m. New York President: Mr. De La Sablière ................................ (France) Members: Algeria ......................................... Mr. Baali Angola ......................................... Mr. Gaspar Martins Benin .......................................... Mr. Adechi Brazil .......................................... Mr. Sardenberg Chile ........................................... Mr. Muñoz China .......................................... Mr. Wang Guangya Germany ........................................ Mr. Pleuger Pakistan ........................................ Mr. Akram Philippines ...................................... Mr. Baja Romania ........................................ Mr. Motoc Russian Federation ................................ Mr. Gatilov Spain ........................................... Mr. Arias United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ..... Sir Emyr Jones Parry United States of America ........................... Mr. Negroponte Agenda The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question Letter dated 23 March 2004 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2004/233) This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the interpretation of speeches delivered in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room C-154A. 04-28046 (E) *0428046* S/PV.4929 The meeting was called to order at 5.20 p.m. situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.” Adoption of the agenda I propose, with the consent of the Council, to The agenda was adopted. invite the Permanent Observer of Palestine to participate in the meeting in accordance with the The situation in the Middle East, including the Council’s provisional rules of procedure and the Palestinian question previous practice in this regard. There being no objection, it is so decided. Letter dated 23 March 2004 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the At the invitation of the President, the Permanent Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations Observer of Palestine took a seat at the Council addressed to the President of the Security table. Council (S/2004/233) The President (spoke in French): I should like to The President (spoke in French): I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated inform the Council that I have received letters from the 23 March 2004 from the Permanent Representative of representatives of Bahrain, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, the Algeria to the United Nations, which reads as follows: Islamic Republic of Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, “In accordance with rule 39 of the Kuwait, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, provisional rules of procedure of the Security Malaysia, Morocco, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Council, I have the honour to request you to South Africa, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, authorize His Excellency Mr. Yahya Mahmassani, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, in Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the League which they request to be invited to participate in the of Arab States to the United Nations, to address discussion of the item on the Council’s agenda. In the Council in the course of the open debate on accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the the situation in the Middle East, including the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives Palestinian question, to be held on 23 March to participate in the discussion without the right to 2004.” vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules That letter will be published as a document of the of procedure. Security Council under the symbol S/2004/236. There being no objection, it is so decided. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 to At the invitation of the President, the His Excellency Mr. Yahya Mahmassani. representative of Israel took a seat at the Council table; the other aforementioned representatives There being no objection, it is so decided. took the seats reserved for them at the side of the At the invitation of the President, Mr. Yahya Council Chamber. Mahmassani took the seat reserved for him at the The President (spoke in French): I should like to side of the Council Chamber. inform the Council that I have received a letter dated The President (spoke in French): I should like to 23 March 2004 from the Permanent Observer of inform the Council that I have received a letter dated Palestine to the United Nations, to be issued as 23 March 2004 from the Chairman of the Committee document S/2004/234, which reads as follows: on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the “I have the honour to request that, in Palestinian People, which reads as follows: accordance with its previous practice, the “In my capacity as Chairman of the Security Council invite the Permanent Observer Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable of Palestine to the United Nations to participate Rights of the Palestinian People, I have the in the meeting of the Security Council being held honour to request that I be invited to participate today, Tuesday, 23 March 2004, regarding the in the debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, under rule 39 2 S/PV.4929 of the provisional rules of procedure of the assassination and that he will continue this policy. We Security Council.” strongly condemn this new Israeli crime and hold the occupying Power and the Israeli leadership legally and In accordance with past practice in this matter, I politically responsible for committing this crime, as propose that the Council extend an invitation under well as responsible for any consequences this crime rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to the may entail. Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. We do, however, value the wide international condemnation of this crime. We also value the decisive There being no objection, it is so decided. calls made to Israel to refrain from perpetrating other At the invitation of the President, Mr. Paul Badji extrajudicial executions and to commit themselves to took the seat reserved for him at the side of the the provisions of international humanitarian law. We Council Chamber. value the readiness and the desire of the overwhelming majority of the members of the Security Council to The President (spoke in French): The Security take a clear position vis-à-vis what has happened, in Council will now consider the item on its agenda. accordance with the responsibilities of the Security The Council is meeting pursuant to the request Council and the United Nations Charter. Regretfully, presented in the letter dated 23 March 2004 addressed the Council was not able to take an urgent position in to the President of the Security Council by the Chargé the form of a presidential statement. We hope that the d’affaires ad interim of the permanent mission of the Council will be able, after taking more time to consider Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations, issued this, to adopt the draft resolution before you, which in document S/2004/233. was submitted by the Arab Group. There is no doubt that this is a matter of the utmost importance. I wish to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/2004/231, which contains a In this context, and to emphasize the importance letter dated 22 March 2004 from the Permanent of the Council taking a clear and decisive decision, Observer of Palestine. allow me to point to the statements made by Israeli officials, which highlight a general Israeli policy in this I would now like to welcome the Secretary- area that must be confronted and halted. Here, I should General, Mr. Kofi Annan, to this meeting. like to refer to statements made by three officials. I now give the floor to the Permanent Observer of (spoke in English) Palestine. Mr. Shaul Mofaz said that other Hamas leaders Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): would be targeted now that Israel had assassinated Mr. President, allow me, at the outset, to extend my Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin: “If we will congratulations to you and your friendly country, continue, in a determined way, with our strikes against France, for your presidency of the Council this month. Hamas and other terror groups, with the means I I wish to pay tribute, at the same time, to the outlined, including action against those leaders, we will Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of bring more security to Israeli citizens.” China for his presidency of the Council last month. Allow me also to welcome the Secretary-General of the Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said that United Nations to this meeting. no Palestinian “terror leader” was immune from an Israeli attack: “Anyone who is involved in the Gaza At dawn, on 22 March, Palestine time, Israel, the Strip or the West Bank or anywhere else in leading a occupying Power, committed a new war crime by terror group knows from yesterday there is no assassinating Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Israeli helicopter immunity. Everyone is in our sights.” gunships shot three missiles at the spiritual leader of the Hamas movement after he finished his prayers in a Israeli Defence Forces Chief of Staff Moshe mosque near his home. He was killed instantly, as were Ya’alon said that the responses of Palestinian Authority six other Palestinians. Afterwards, the Israeli Prime Chairman Yasser Arafat and Hizbullah chief Hassan Minister, Mr.
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