[inaudible conversations] 1338th meeting of the Security Council will come to order. The provision is the situation in the middle east including the palestinian issue is adopted. In accordance with those provisional rules special coordinator for the Peace Process secretary general to participate in this meeting. It is so decided the Security Council will now begin item two of the agenda. Mr. President and members of the Security Council i devote my regular briefing on this situation to present a report of the resolution 2334. I will focus development on the ground in accordance with those provisions including regional and International Efforts. From the outset none of those developments on the ground can be divorced from the context of which they are happening those uncertainties about the Peace Process unilateral actions to undermine the two state solution as the 21st of december will mark the adoption of the resolution to address those broader trends we have witnessed. To be called immediately in the palestinian territory of East Jerusalem. Those steps taken during the reporting period those units in the occupied west bank was construction 460 were in the settlement. Israel advanced to the final stages of the planning process in the area of the west bank. Plans included the new settlement and a new neighborhood and a new site north and south of jerusalem respectively. Either those from the illegal outpost or those soon to be evicted from the outpost which has been plan and then the government announced 296 Housing Units however this has not been published they also talk about the case Housing Units with approval since 2001 and in East Jerusalem preparations began for the construction which if built would solidify that settlement isolating East Jerusalem from the west bank and to be the conditionally approved Building Permits for 168,000 units for the palestinian neighborhood and in november granted Building Permits for 418 housing unit. Let me reiterate they consider all settlement activities to be illegal International Law. As reported in 2016 all structures lacking permits from the israeli authorities are potentially subject to demolition during that period they demolished the q1 structures for lacking Building Permits. 110 people including 61 children were displaced and over 1000 people were affected. Meanwhile those that comprise 1500 residents remain at a high risk of displacement. And to be in the northern Jordan Valley that reporting. Has significant legal developments with the opinion issued in november the attorney general has a legalization of an access road built on private property. By this of range for justice determined the confiscation in the Public Interest had this massive interest have certain conditions legal in the west bank with fair compensation to the landowners. However the attorney general did not soften his stance on the 22nd of november he wrote quote mac there is no alternative to declare that land unconstitutional. Still the government informed for the first time allowing the confiscation to make clear for that retroactive legalization so mr. President for those that remain a hallmark of the conflict that security situation to remain relatively calm 22 palestinians have been killed by Israeli Security forces including Security Operations and one by a civilian in the west bank. And to be killed by palestinians last week with the foiled kidnapping plot in the west bank in the wake of the decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital the situation has become more tense with an increase with the rockets fired from gaza from the Israeli Security forces most recently on december 101 israeli was seriously injured the palestinian perpetrator was detained and then to destroy yet another tunnel coming from gaza militants were killed underground groups aim was to kidnap the Israeli Soldiers and then destroyed on december 10 a palestinian man was shot dead and the 30th of november in the Northern West Bank they threw stones at a group of israelis in both incidents are under investigation. Twentyeight rockets were fired from gaza into israel and 12 mortar rounds in response as they continue to target the military post across the gaza strip in which they were killed since december 7 there has been a visible increase of rocket fire of those projectiles fired 27 have been launched since the loss called for the escalation those protected by the iron dome one landed in the town giving damage to a kindergarten as well as vehicles resulting with no injuries at least eight more landed in israel. Mr. President allow me to turn to the rhetoric resolution 2334 calls to restrain from such acts during that reporting. They continue to make those deplorable calls to the state of israel that has been heightened since december 6 from the anti fatah and that social media page continuing to celebrate those attacks against the israelis including h of september attack in which two security guards were killed most recently with the jerusalem bus station israeli politicians have made provocative statements during this period and to recognize parts of israel and this will have both parties take steps for those that imperil the two state solution although the goal is sustainable peace it remains elusive to sign the agreement to allow the houston in authority to assume control of gaza. And then to return control it is registered in preparation process is substantial agreements including important questions of the Public Sector salaries and giving up Security Control that was exacerbated to reduce payments to israel they would lose four hours of electricity per day. Medical supplies are at zero stock only through the fuel that is distributed through the United Nations on december 7 and additional 2. 2 million was released to cover Urgent Health and Food Security needs in gaza. Talks between the ministries of finance and on the 28th of november the amount of 63. 8 Million Construction of the emergency Sewage Treatment plant and israel has informed that authority to have 56 megawatts this will help to address sewage and other so there has been no developments related to the states and the relative dealing of 1967 regrettably they have not seen the parties that have remained divided the president announced in december his decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of the state of israel that remains for the parties to be determined to make clear to the palestinians and since then they have canceled meetings calling for the establishment of a new mechanism to achieve peace the palestinian president sc to vow recognition and full membership in the absence of a meaningful Peace Process. The United Nations maintains that jerusalem must be resolved through direct through the Security Council and resolutions showing legitimate concerns mr. President and members of the council in closing i would like to share some developments during the past year. First continued settlement construction of resolution 2334. That was approved 2017 that has more than doubled to nearly 7000. In East Jerusalem coming from 1600 now 3100. Those that published and open is the area of 3200 units announced in 2017 only to have been published so far. The First Time Since 2010 East Jerusalem in 2017 there is no new published. So the movements that are concentrated im sorry 50 of the the settlement move they are concentrated around major population. 20 were in the out line locations. The number of palestinian structures demolished in 2017 the west bank was significantly lower than 2016. The lowest since 2009. Also the structures that were demolished during 2017 to those 1000 structures demolished in 2016. In addition 2017 has seen those demonstrating initiatives with the policy with the legal steps of the west bank with private palestinian land. Settlement activities undermine the chances for the palestinian state. Second continuing violence against civilians perpetuates fear and suspicion since the adoption of 2334 it has been a significant reduction and in 2017 there were 109 shootings, stabbings and bombing attacks with 223 similar attacks in 2016. So its responsibility in the human rights and humanitarian law use of force. Bringing the National Authority enhancing the prospect of peace i come int commend egypt for ths and encourage all to focus on the communitarian situation with a focus on the electricity crisis and to ensure an agreement is reached to implement the october 12 agreement forcing the progress and finalizing agreements between israel and the Palestinian Authority with regards to water, energy, telecommunications and other areas aimed at improving the economic palestinians. These efforts are critical to rebuilding the obstacles to the realization to be removed and im particularly concerned for the future of the collective efforts to achieve peace between israelis and palestinians the United Nations remains committed to supporting all endeavors to words that negotiated to store solution. The secretarygeneral has been cleared ending the occupation in realizing the solution with jerusalem and the capital of israel and palestine is the only way to achieve such a vision. Today, however, there is a growing risk that the party be reversed to the morgue unilateral action. Mr. President , in the current environment of the continued absence of the credible proposal which can become the basis of meaningful negotiations is damaging the prospects for peace. The lack of significant steps on the groun ground up to protect e viability of the two state solution and support Palestinian Statehood is undermining radicals. At the beginning of the intellectual architecture is increasing the risk to the region resolving the conflict to remove the key drivers of extremism and terrorism in the middle east and provide hope to generations of israelis and palestinians trapped in a vicious cycle of violence and conflict. Thank you. I now give the floor to the members who wish to make statements. Thank you mr. President. I will not use the Councils Time to address where the sovereign nation might decide to put its embassy and why we have every right to do so. I will address a more appropriate and urgent concern. This week marks the oneyear anniversary of the passage of the resolution 2334. On that day in the council in december 2016, the united state elected to abstain allowing the measure to pass. Now its one year and a new Administration Later given the chance to vote again on the resolution 2334, i can say with complete confidence that the United States would vote no. We would exercise our veto power. The reasons why you are relevant to the cause of peace in the middle east. On the surface resolution 2334 described the settlement as impediments to. Reasonable people can disagree about that and in fact over the years, the United States has expressed criticism of the settlement policies many times but in truth it wa was resolutin 233 for its sel itself that wasn impediment to peace. The Security Council put the negotiations between the israelis and palestinians further out of reach by injecting itself yet again in between the two parties. In this placing the blame for the failure of the peace efforts squarely on the israeli settlements, the resolution gave the pass to the palestinian leaders who for many years rejected one peace proposal after another. It also gave them encouragement to avoid negotiations in the future. It refused to acknowledge the legacy of the failed negotiations on related settlements. And the Council Passed judgment on issues that must be decided and direct negotiations between the parties. If the peace efforts prove anything it is that talking in new york cannot take place of the facetoface negotiations between the regional parties. It only sets back the cause of peace, not advances that. To make this very point in the resolution 2334 demanded a halt to all the settlement activities in East Jerusalem even in the jewish quarter of the old city. This is something that no responsible person or country would ever expect israel would do and in this way, 2334 did what President Trump announced as the capital of israel did not do. If pre judged issues that should be left in the final status negotiation. Given the chance today, the United States would veto the resolution 2334 for another reason. It gave new life to an ugly creation of the human rights council, the database of the Companies Operating in jewish communities. This is an effort to create a blacklist, plain and simple. Its yet another obstacle to the negotiated peace. It is a stain on americas conscience that we gave the socalled Movement Among some by allowing the passage of resolution 2334. Its been a hostile place for the democracy the United States refuses to accept the double standard that says we are not impartial by moving our u. S. Embassies but somehow the United Nations is a mutual part party n it consistently singles out israel for the combination. For decades, they withstood wave after wave of bias in the un and its agencies. The United States often stood beside israel. We did not o own december 23201. We will not make that mistake again. This week marks the oneyear anniversary of a significant setback for the middle east peace into the United States has an undiminished commitment to helping bring about final status negotiations that will lead to lasting peace. Our hand remains extended to both parties. We call on all countries that share this commitment to learn the hard lessons of the past and work to bring israel and the Palestinian People in good faith to the peace table. Thank you very much. I think the United States representative for the statement and give the floor to the representative of ergo a uruguay. As we do every month we would like to thin thank the special coordinator for the Peace Process in the middle east for his very comprehensive and detailed briefing and above all else would like to thank you and your team for your work that shows commitment to the task given to you. We very much appreciate the presentation. Our concern that these reports as well as others presented in the Security Council are issues that relate to agenda items on the council in the future circulated in writing before the meetings so that the members are able to analyze and comment on the details of the continent. A few days remain and this will be the last time we are able to speak on an issue to which my country attaches a great deal of importance and which weve been attached to since 1947 and a vote on resolution 1881 and to produce a summary of our position with regards to this matter and also mention our future expectations. We hope that the vote that will be held after this meeting and i am sure will be important will not take the focu focus of other very important issues with regards to this protracted and complicated conflict. 2017 has been a year of many anniversaries with the past conflict. Its been the First Century since the declaration and resolution 1881 passing with the General Assembly that declared palestine and its been half a century since the war that led to the occupation by israel and the palestinian land. We hope that 2017 will not be remembered as the year when certain events affected the possibility to achieve negotiated peace between the israelis and palestinians and solution of the two states. There will be held today a council of the negative effects of the measures to present similar facts in the future by other states were parties. We very much appreciate the fact that so many countries recognize the need and want to protect the special status of jerusalem. This is derived from resolution 181 of the General Assembly but that resolution was not accepted by all states at the time. Despite the regional india bilateral initiatives to attempt to put an end to this conflict, we are a long way away from seeing it peaceful solution to the conflict. On the 23rd of december 2016, the Council Approved resolution 2344 with the aim of noting that there were certain trends on the ground in particular the settlement policy and violence which were significantly compromising one year on from that date but qualified as historic we very much regret none of the provisions have been respected whose primary responsibility is the maintenance of International Peace and security must be abided by we cannot be selected in this respect while ignoring others. All of the Council Resolutions must be respected in order to achieve the solution of the two states seems to be the only viable option to put an end to the conflict. It will be necessary to begin as soon as possiblassoon as possibl negotiations in order to deal with the outstanding issues uruguay will continue to support any initiative wherever we are in this regard. In order to achieve this goal, the Current Trends on the ground needs to be reversed including the ongoing policy of settlement building and pictures to the appropriate palestinian land, the coalition of housing, displacement and communities including most recently jamaal hollabaug. Otherwise it will be y difficult for palestine to consolidate its territory that is becoming smaller on the maps which by the way should be updated and distributed by the secretary as oftesecretary as oe to reflect the settlements which continue to be billed in the west bank and jerusalem. Uruguay maintains closely the friendship for the state of israel and palestine and the reaffirm once again the right to live in peace within secure and recognized borders in the spirit of renewed cooperation for the threats and acts to disturb the peace. The reconciliation agreement signed in october in cairo and the recent return of the Palestinian Authority in order to take control after a decade certainly are important steps forward to bring about palestinian unity. Identification and palestine and the single democratic government is essential in order to meet the aspirations of the Palestinian People and to make it possible to include the conditions in this area subject to the serious humanitarian crisis since the conflict of 2007. In order for the agreement to be successfully implemented, it will be essential also that the measures be accompanied by agreements in the area of security for the disarmament of hamas and violence and glorification of violence. And also an end to the destruction of israel likewise a state by various countries in the region is a signal that is contrary to that in the Peace Process. In this complex situation its signals the Security Council and the entire International Community remain unified in their desire to find a peaceful resolution in all aspects of the conflict. Only in this way can we exercise the pressure on the authorities to stop the developments that are threatening the Peace Process and ask them that they be sufficiently flexible and reasonable to understand once and for all that peace is a much more valuable gold and violence and is characterized in the last decades. In conclusion mr. President , i would like to recall that uruguay has submitted to become once again in on permanent member of the security counsel for the period of 2034 to 2035. We harbor the hope that by that time the israeliPalestinian Conflict will have become a part of history and the parties will be able to be living together in peace and security with equal opportunities for their development and wellbeing of their future generations. I think the representative for his statement and i now give the floor to the representative of bolivia. Thank you very much mr. President. I would like to thank the special coordinator and special general for the Peace Process in the middle east for his presentation at first and last report of the year on implementation of the provisions contained in resolution 2334. We should point out that this resolution among other things refers to the validity and fragrant violation of International Law implied by the establishment of settlements of israel on occupied palestinian territory since 1967 including East Jerusalem. Its the first debate wit for fh time in 12 months but my delegation has participated in this important meeting on resolution 2234 and on the 23rd of december, one year will have passed since its approval and we have to say that very little or nothing at all has been achieved with regard to its implementation. We have a request for the Quarterly Report to secretarygeneral on the implementation of resolution 2234 be presented in written form and well ahead of the meeting so we are able to carry out an indepth analysis of the content and the figures with regards to the settlements in the territory such as we have today. We also take note of the secretarygenerals report of the first of november, 2017 to the General Assembly entitled israeli settlements in the occupied territory including East Jerusalem and occupied Syrian Government where the reference is made to the office of the special coordinator informing that during the First Six Months of this year, plans have been advanced for the Housing Units by the israeli planning authorities on posting the territory that is occupied. We are concerned about the forced depictions in the various communities that are subject to the inhabitants and we would point out that these actions constitute a clear violation of human rights including the right to housing, water, sanitation, health and education. My delegation would also like to refer to resolution 1881 of the General Assembly of the 29th of november which in part three refers to the special regime and it states that the city of jerusalem shall be established as a special international regime. Recent events particularly those the sixth of september after the government of the United States unilaterally recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel is in clear violation of resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly and this is a decision which has only led to an escalation of violence in the region. We would like to recall that it was this organization which provided for the International Status of the city of jerusalem under the United Nations likewise the Security Council which reiterated all measures which have the geographic, demographic or historical nature of the city of jerusalem are null and void and must be left without a fac effect. We express a Firm Commitment to all International Efforts that will lead to a peaceful solution to the Palestinian Conflict and in this regard we would join the initiatives such as the roadmap of the matter of principles called the Arab Peace Initiative and others which constitute guarantees for lasting peace so that both are able to live within recognized and secure borders antheborders and contine convinced that the only alternative in the longterm to the solution to the conflict is the solution of two states where finally there will be the consolidation of the free palestinian state that is sovereign in the defendant within International Borders and to those existing in 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital and in accordance with resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly. Thank you very much mr. President. Think the representative of the state of bolivia. There are no more names in the list of speakers. I now invite Council Members to form consultations to continue discussions on the subject. The meeting is adjourned. [inaudible conversations]
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