Kuwait welcomes UN High Commissioner’s report on situation in Palestine

Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva Nasser Abdullah Al-Hayen welcomed the latest report of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk stressing the need of accountability for all acts of unlawful violence and human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories Addressing 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on the state of human rights in Palestine on Friday, Ambassador Al-Hayen denounced the flagrant violations being committed by Israel against the armless Palestinians.

On behalf of the State of Kuwait, he urged the international community to ensure respect for the principles and rules of the international laws on the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.

The High Commissioner’s report shows a clear and constant deterioration of the state of human rights in the Palestinian territories as well as a surge in violence and hostile acts in the northern part of the West Bank, Ambassador Al-Hayen pointed out.

He cited as example the increasing use of live ammunition by the Israeli security forces and Jewish settlers against armless Palestinian civilians.

He commended the report for holding Israel accountable for the new spat of serious and systematic abuses, disproportionate use of lethal force and extrajudicial executions.

Israel’s persistence in using unjustifiable lethal force against civilians is tantamount to a war crime, Ambassador Al-Hayen stressed.

The State of Kuwait and the international community are profoundly worried about the persistence of the atmosphere of evasion of punishment, and underscore the need of accountability for all reports of disproportionate use of lethal force.

The State of Kuwait supports the call of the High Commissioner for Israel, the occupying power, to fulfil its obligations under the international law, Ambassador Al-Hayen went on.

He reaffirmed Kuwait’s support to the Palestinian people until they reach their aspirations for ending the Israeli occupation and establish an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital in keeping with the UN resolutions, the Arab initiative for peace and the two-state vision.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

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