United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, approved the Egyptian draft resolution on the Syrian Golan, which Egypt submits annually to the General Assembly, calling on Israel to end its occupation of the Golan.
Egypt's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Mohamed Idris noted, in a statement he delivered before the General Assembly, to the principles included in the Charter of UN, in particular, respect for the sovereignty of states, non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, the right of peoples to self-determination and the inadmissibility of annexing territories by force.
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Egypt's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Mohamed Idris[/caption]
Idris also pointed out that after all these decades, the Middle East is still suffering from several crises, indicating that the ongoing deterioration in the region cannot be stopped unless both rules of international law and the decisions of international legitimacy have been respected.
“The first step to be taken represents in putting an end to the occupation of all Arab lands, which were occupied on June 5, 1967,” Idris noted, calling on the international community to take a serious stance towards ending the occupation of the Syrian Golan and the Palestinian territories.
Egypt is keen to submit the draft resolution annually to UN General Assembly, emphasizing on Security Council Resolution No. (497) of 1981, the principles of international law and the UN Charter, with regard to the inadmissibility of annexing territories by force.
It also put emphasis on the applicability of the Geneva Convention of 1949, on the protection of civilians in times of war as well as on the occupied Syrian Golan, in addition to the illegality of establishing settlements or any other Israeli activities, that may represent a change to the nature of the Syrian Golan.
The continual occupation of the Syrian Golan represents an obstacle to achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region, calling on Israel to resume peace talks with the aim of withdrawing.
The General Assembly session also witnessed the approval of a set of decisions related to the Palestinian issue, as the ambassador emphasized in Egypt's statement that the Palestinian issue remains the focus of security and stability in the region, calling the Palestinian people to obtain their legitimate rights through the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 borders with Quds as its capital.
The ambassador also affirmed that Egypt hopes that peace and stability will prevail in the Middle East region, in which future generations will enjoy security and spiritual development.
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