New York (U.N.), Nov 20, 2012 (MAP)
New York (U.N.), Nov 20, 2012 (MAP)
The UN Security Council “should send a message” to end violence in Gaza and the international community “cannot understand the silence” of the Council over this tragic situation, said, Monday in New York, Morocco’s Ambassador to the UN, Mohamed Loulichki.
“This is urgent, time is very critical and the international community cannot understand that the Security Council is unable to comment on a situation that deteriorates every day,” the Ambassador told reporters shortly after closed consultations of the Council’s permanent members on a draft statement presented by Morocco.
The draft declaration was presented last Thursday and has been the subject of intense discussions and bilateral consultations led by the Moroccan delegation with each Council member state.
There is an ” increasingly obvious “awareness that “the more time passes, the more the possibility of realizing the vision of two states living side by side starts to fade and lose its momentum, due to the settlement policy pursued by Israel in total disrespect for the entire international community. “
Regardless of the “form and status” of the document that will come out of the Council, all what the public will remember is the fact that “the Security Council has sent a message to the parties to stop the killing and put an end to the Israeli military aggression, ” he added.
“Gaza is suffering under the indiscriminate bombing of the Israeli army which is sparing no school, no home, no hospital and which indiscriminately targets civilians whose only sin is their will to stay rooted in the land of their ancestors,” the Ambassador said.
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip, six days ago.
Following these tragic events, HM King Mohammed VI ordered the immediate establishment of a Moroccan field hospital in Gaza.
