[Note: The following is a draft resolution Libya has submitted to the UN Security Council concerning the Israeli military strikes on UN facilities and people in Gaza during the Israeli attacks on Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had established an enquiry into the attacks on the UN facilities and operations. The report produced, however, has been kept secret with only a summary from the Secretary General being made available. The following draft resolution by Libya submitted to the Security Council is the first sign of any response by the Security Council to the results of the report. There has not yet been any public response from the Security Council on this draft resolution.]

11 May 2009

Draft Resolution

The Security Council,

Reaffirming all of its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003), 1850 (2008), and 1860 (2009),

Reaffirming… weiter lesen

“Every Gazan projects a sense of having stared death in the face. Every Gazan has a tale of profound grief to tell,” recounted Karen AbuZayd, the Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in her presentation to the Security Council on January 27 before they went into closed session.

She reported that there had been a systematic destruction in Gaza of schools, universities, residential buildings, factories, shops and farms. (Karen AbuZayd’s Statement to the Security Council, January 27, 2009) (1)

AbuZayd told the Security Council that “There is rage against the attackers for often failing to distinguish between military targets and civilians and there is also resentment against the international community for having allowed first the siege and then the war to go on for so long.”(2)

Also speaking to the Security Council before they went into closed session was John Holmes, the Under-Secretary General… weiter lesen