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113058
Tue, 03/23/2010 - 14:35
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RI CONDEMNS ISRAEL`S DECISION TO BUILD MORE HOUSES IN PALESTINE
London, March 23 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has condemned Israel for its provocative decision to build 1,600 illegal houses in Palestine's East Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Indonesia's permanent representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations, Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, expressed the condemnation in his capacity as the head of the Indonesian delegation to the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday.
First Secretary Kamapradipta of the Indonesian Permanent Representative Office in Geneva told ANTARA correspondent in London the 13th Session discussed the human rights situation in the Israel occupied territories in Palestine, including the Goldstone Report on human rights violations in the Gaza Strip during Israeli attacks in 2009.
The Human Rights Council heard a presentation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on reports concerning the human rights situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories and then held a general debate on follow-ups to the ninth and twelfth Special Sessions of the Human Rights Council concerning the same topic.
Indonesia's chief delegate said Indonesia remained deeply concerned about the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, particularly in the Gaza Strip, where living conditions had deteriorated sharply since the excessive and disproportionate aggression of Operation Cast Lead.
"There were blatant infringements of international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibited tampering with or modification of religious heritage sites in occupied areas, and Israel should halt that provocative and illegal policy, as such activities did nothing but increase tensions and hostilities in the region and ultimately hindered efforts towards a long-awaited peace process," Ambassador Djani said.
The report of the High Commissioner outlined many troubling incidents and painted a picture of unacceptable suffering and despair for the Palestinian people.
"There is no doubt that the occupation had resulted in widespread violations of the civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people, and there were breaches of the fundamental human rights to water, sanitation and decent housing, as well as to freedom of religion," he said.
All of those violations, alongside documented incidences of torture and arbitrary detention, were a testament to the occupying power's clear disregard for basic human rights, he said.
Indonesia also deeply regretted that the protracted conflict remained unresolved, and expressed steadfast support to the diplomatic efforts by the international community to find a just and comprehensive two-State solution leading to the establishment of an independent and democratic State of Palestine.
Indonesia also reminded the world that no progress on peace had been made after the Goldstone report, and the recommendations of the latter had not been fully implemented.
Indonesia's permanent representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations, Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, expressed the condemnation in his capacity as the head of the Indonesian delegation to the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday.
First Secretary Kamapradipta of the Indonesian Permanent Representative Office in Geneva told ANTARA correspondent in London the 13th Session discussed the human rights situation in the Israel occupied territories in Palestine, including the Goldstone Report on human rights violations in the Gaza Strip during Israeli attacks in 2009.
The Human Rights Council heard a presentation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on reports concerning the human rights situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories and then held a general debate on follow-ups to the ninth and twelfth Special Sessions of the Human Rights Council concerning the same topic.
Indonesia's chief delegate said Indonesia remained deeply concerned about the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, particularly in the Gaza Strip, where living conditions had deteriorated sharply since the excessive and disproportionate aggression of Operation Cast Lead.
"There were blatant infringements of international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibited tampering with or modification of religious heritage sites in occupied areas, and Israel should halt that provocative and illegal policy, as such activities did nothing but increase tensions and hostilities in the region and ultimately hindered efforts towards a long-awaited peace process," Ambassador Djani said.
The report of the High Commissioner outlined many troubling incidents and painted a picture of unacceptable suffering and despair for the Palestinian people.
"There is no doubt that the occupation had resulted in widespread violations of the civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people, and there were breaches of the fundamental human rights to water, sanitation and decent housing, as well as to freedom of religion," he said.
All of those violations, alongside documented incidences of torture and arbitrary detention, were a testament to the occupying power's clear disregard for basic human rights, he said.
Indonesia also deeply regretted that the protracted conflict remained unresolved, and expressed steadfast support to the diplomatic efforts by the international community to find a just and comprehensive two-State solution leading to the establishment of an independent and democratic State of Palestine.
Indonesia also reminded the world that no progress on peace had been made after the Goldstone report, and the recommendations of the latter had not been fully implemented.
