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Security Council- "Peace and Security in Africa"

Statement by Ambassador Ron Prosor, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN February 21, 2012 Thank you, Mr. President, At the outset, I wish to thank you and the President of Togo for presiding over the Security Council today – and to thank the Togo delegation for organizing this important debate. Seven months ago, the bombing of the UN’s Headquarters in Abuja claimed ...

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

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GA: Discussion on the Report of the Human Rights Council Regarding the Situation in Syria

Statement by Ambassador Ron Prosor, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN February 13, 2012   Thank you, Mr. President for convening this important discussion, which is long overdue. As I watch this debate unfold, pictures that I saw over the weekend linger in my mind. Today I recall the images of infants and young children from the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs. They are ...

Monday, 13 February 2012

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Statement by Ambassador Ron Prosor International Holocaust Remembrance Day 27 January 2012     Thank you, Mr. Undersecretary-General, Dear survivors, His Excellency the President of the General Assembly, Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen,     I, Ron Prosor, stand before you, the child of Uri Prosor, who fled Nazi Germany when a Jewish ...

Monday, 30 January 2012

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Security Council-"Situation in the Middle East

Statement by Ambassador Ron Prosor, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN January 24, 2012 Thank you, Mr. President. As this is the first time that I have addressed the Security Council in the New Year, let me congratulate the five new Council members on their election. I wish each of you the best of luck in navigating the sometimes stormy debates of this ha...

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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GA: The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: letter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo tr

Statement by Ambassador Ron Prosor, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN December 20, 2011   Thank you, Mr. President. Let me begin by expressing our gratitude to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its Chairmanship and able stewardship of the Kimberley Process in 2011. I would also like to extend Israel’s welcome to the incoming Chair, the United States of America. We look forward to ...

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

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GA: Follow-up to the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transat

Statement by Haim Waxman, Deputy Permanent Representative 12 December 2011   Mr. President, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel once wrote: “If anything can, it is memory that will save humanity… hope without memory is like memory without hope”. Today, we reaffirm the vital importance of memory. This resolution memorializes the victims of the transatlantic slave trade. It recalls the legacy of 30 million stories, the ...

Monday, 12 December 2011

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