Every year on this day, the international community stands in solidarity for the dignity, rights, justice and self-determination of the Palestinian people.? This year¡¯s commemoration is especially painful as those fundamental goals are as distant as they have ever been.?
Nothing justifies the 7 October terror attacks by Hamas and the taking of hostages.? And nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.?
Yet, more than a year later, Gaza is in ruins, more than 43,000 Palestinians ¨C mostly women and children ¨C have been reportedly killed, and the humanitarian crisis is getting worse by the day.? This is appalling and inexcusable.?
Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli military operations, settlement expansion, evictions, demolitions, settler violence and threats of annexation are inflicting further pain and injustice.
It is past time for an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional release of all hostages; an end to the unlawful occupation of the Palestinian Territory ¨C as confirmed by the International Court of Justice and the General Assembly; and irreversible progress towards a two-State solution, in line with international law and relevant UN resolutions ¨C with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security, and Jerusalem as the capital of both States.
As a matter of urgency, I appeal for full support of lifesaving humanitarian relief for the Palestinian people ¨C in particular through the work of UNRWA, which represents an irreplaceable lifeline for millions of Palestinians.
The United Nations will continue to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their inalienable rights to live in peace, security and dignity.
Chaque ann¨¦e, en ce jour, la communaut¨¦ internationale exprime sa solidarit¨¦ ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦gard du peuple palestinien et de son aspiration ¨¤ vivre dans la dignit¨¦ et la justice et ¨¤ jouir de ses droits, notamment le droit ¨¤ l¡¯autod¨¦termination. Cette ann¨¦e, c¡¯est une journ¨¦e particuli¨¨rement douloureuse, car ces objectifs fondamentaux semblent plus lointains que jamais.
Rien ne peut justifier les attentats terroristes perp¨¦tr¨¦s le 7?octobre par le Hamas et la prise d¡¯otages. Et rien ne peut justifier le ch?timent collectif inflig¨¦ au peuple palestinien.
Pourtant, plus d¡¯un an apr¨¨s, Gaza est en ruines, plus de 43?000?Palestiniens, en majorit¨¦ des femmes et des enfants, auraient ¨¦t¨¦ tu¨¦s, et la crise humanitaire s¡¯aggrave de jour en jour. C¡¯est ¨¦pouvantable et inexcusable.
Pendant ce temps, en Cisjordanie occup¨¦e, y compris J¨¦rusalem-Est, les op¨¦rations militaires isra¨¦liennes, l¡¯expansion des colonies, les expulsions, les d¨¦molitions, la violence des colons et les menaces d¡¯annexion infligent davantage de souffrance et d¡¯injustice.
Il est grand temps d¡¯instaurer un cessez-le-feu imm¨¦diat et de lib¨¦rer sans condition tous les otages, et de mettre fin ¨¤ l¡¯occupation ill¨¦gale du Territoire palestinien ¨C ill¨¦galit¨¦ d¡¯ailleurs confirm¨¦e par la Cour internationale de Justice et l¡¯Assembl¨¦e g¨¦n¨¦rale. Il est grand temps de progresser de mani¨¨re irr¨¦versible vers la solution des deux ?tats, conform¨¦ment au droit international et aux r¨¦solutions des organes de l¡¯ONU, avec Isra?l et la Palestine vivant c?te ¨¤ c?te dans la paix et la s¨¦curit¨¦, et J¨¦rusalem comme capitale des deux ?tats.
Je demande qu¡¯un soutien total soit apport¨¦ d¡¯urgence ¨¤ l¡¯aide humanitaire vitale destin¨¦e au peuple palestinien, notamment celle que fournit l¡¯UNRWA, qui repr¨¦sente une bou¨¦e de sauvetage irrempla?able pour des millions de Palestiniennes et de Palestiniens.
L¡¯Organisation des Nations Unies continuera de se tenir aux c?t¨¦s du peuple palestinien et de d¨¦fendre son droit inali¨¦nable de vivre dans la paix, la s¨¦curit¨¦ et la dignit¨¦.
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