[voice of translator] in the name of god, the merciful and compassionate, your excellency, secretarygeneral, ladies and gentlemen, may the peace and blessings of god be upon you. At the outset, i have the pleasure to convey to you the y sincerestm congratulations on his election for the 74th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. And i would like to thank her excellency, maria fernandez, for her efforts in the former session of the General Assembly. I would like to pay special tribute to the secretarygeneral, antonio gutierrez. Mr. President , ladies and gentlemen, i had hoped to talk today about the efforts made by my country, the kingdom of saudi arabia, a Founding Member of the United Nations, to fulfill the purposes of the United Nations charter in preserving peace and security for the peoples around the world, its role in achieving prosperity, growth and stability in our region, as well as its development and humanitarian efforts worldwide. I would have liked also to social the economic and challenges facing our world, such as poverty, disease, Climate Change and weapons of mass destruction, among others. While highlighting the kingdoms position and perspective on these issues. I wanted to talk about the countrys ongoing Economic Development and reforms in various fields that takes us back to our true islamic faith that rejects all forms of extremism, a position that aims at achieving an advanced society in all areas, a connected society that is engaged with its surroundings and the world. However, the aggressive act of september 14 on the kingdoms Oil Facilities violated the principles of this organization as enshrined in its charter and upset the security of our region. Threatened the security and prosperity of our region. This aggression requires from all of us a historic position i would lay out in my address today. Mr. President , ladies and gentlemen, the reprehensible attacks on the kingdoms Oil Facilities by 25 cruise missiles and drones, which cut Oil Production by almost half, that is equivalent to 5. 7 million barrels, is a flagrant violation of International Law and regulations. Those attacks are violations of International Peace and security and constitute a significant threat to global oil supplies. I repeat, those attacks are flagrant violations of International Laws and regulations. They are an attack on International Peace and security and constitute a significant threat to global oil supplies. We know very well who stood behind this aggression. We invited u. N. And International Experts to pin down the perpetrator. Those who stood behind these attacks are also responsible for the other assaults on commercial tankers in the gulf of oman last june and july, and the attacks at an airport in july in saudi arabia, and an oil field last august. It is a violent cowardly regime which hides behind its affiliated militias, pushing them to claim responsibility for attacks on oil installations, and before that on an oil pumping facility. The same regime role views our state as a means to achieve its subversive agenda. For 40 known this regime years. It is good at nothing but masterminding explosions, destruction and assassinations, not only in our region but throughout the world. This is the same regime which, ever since its inception, carried out terrorist attacks inside the kingdom of saudi arabia, bahrain, kuwait, lebanon, as well as European Countries and beyond. It is the same regime which assassinated a number of saudi diplomats in thailand in 1989 and 1990 and is responsible for the assassination in 2011 of a saudi diplomat in karachi. May they all rest in peace. Also in that same year, the regime tried to assassinate the kingdoms ambassador to the united states. It is that regime which in 2005 slayed the Prime Minister of lebanon in the heart of beirut. This approach, unfortunately, continues, as we witnessed in recent years when this regime tried to conduct terrorism in france and denmark, and not a day goes by without witnessing its terror in yemen, lebanon and other countries in this region. Mr. President , ladies and gentlemen, the latest attacks and aggression have exposed the Iranian Regime to the entire world. We are dealing with a rogue and terrorist regime that continues to threaten International Peace and security. It is also jeopardizing Energy Supplies in the world economy, hence the recent attacks are test on the International Communitys will. This organization faces a moral responsibility to take unified position. Utmost pressure should be applied using every tool available to end the terrorist and aggressive behavior of the Iranian Regime. It is a position that should not make do with half measures, or partial or interim agreements. It should rather seek to change the character and behavior of this rogue regime. Otherwise, the region, International Peace and security as well as the stability of the world economy, will face an unknown future. Mr. President , ladies, we have seen how the policy of appeasement in the last century led to death and destruction. And we have seen how the same policy of appeasement toward the Iranian Regime, through partial agreements, has increased its terrorist and aggressive activities over the last four years. This regime can only be confronted with a firm and unified stand, and the application of maximum and sustained pressure until it desists from its terrorist behavior. Mr. President , all of us has to deal with this regime based on its nature and reality and not based on an assumption that has been repeatedly proven to be incorrect. The reality is that this bloodthirsty regime is not only menacing the peoples of the region, it is menacing the whole world. It is an illusion to believe that special accords or lifting sanctions and going back to past agreements that have proven failure, would rid the world of its evil. More evidence is the debris of more than 215 missiles that were launched on our citizens inside the kingdom. This organization acknowledged that the Iranian Regime provided its militias with missiles and blatant violation of the rules. For further evidence, one should also look at the party responsible for disrupting yemen, breaching resolutions, targeting civilians, threatening maritime shipping lanes and blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid. This rogue regime made use of revenues resulting from the Nuclear Agreement to finance its terrorist activities. Therefore it is necessary for the International Community today to realize cutting off sources of finance is the best way to compel the regime to renounce its militias, to prevent it from developing Ballistic Missiles and to put an end to its destabilizing activities in the region and in the world. Mr. President , ladies and gentlemen, today we bear historic responsibility, the credibility of this organization and the entire world is at stake. The Iranian Regime is left with one of two options. Either become a normal state that respects International Laws and norms, or face in International Unified position that chooses all instruments of pressure and deterrence. Mr. President , ladies and gentlemen, my country, the land of the two holy mosques, to which muslims turn to pray has never promoted war but will stop at nothing to defend its sovereignty. Thank you and may peace be upon you. On behalf of the general mbly, i wish to thank we had an armed officer in my school and a came to that moment of fight or flight. And he went away. So the idea is that teachers having guns would solve this issue is the same idea as giving another person a gun to solve gun violence. When we hear that two guns will protect the majority of people from one bad guy with a gun sounds like we are trying to turn every single teacher into an armed vigilante and that is something no teacher should have to be. And i cannot imagine that if teachers were armed, the amount of incidents that would take that would be them killing a student that did not happen to be the perpetrator of the violence, there would just be more violence coming out of that if teachers were armed. Announcer all of that Senate Homeland security subcommittee hearing on gun violence and School Safety can be seen tuesday night on cspan at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. 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