Members of the Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza under the chairmanship of His Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, met on Wednesday, 25th of September, 2024, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres. Also present were His Excellency Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani; His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Mustafa, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine; His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ayman Al-Safadi; His Excellency Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt; His Excellency Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain; His Excellency Mr. Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trkiye; Her Excellen
cy Retno Marsudi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia; His Excellency Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States; and His Excellency Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
The ministerial meeting comes on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly high-level week to discuss ways to intensify Arab and Islamic action during the General Assembly’s work to support efforts aimed at activating recognition of the Palestinian state and ensuring the fulfillment of the rights of the Palestinian people to embody their independent, sovereign state along the June 4, 1967 lines, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital.
The meeting discussed the dangerous developments in the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli occupation continued its military escalation against unarmed civilians, reiterating the unified position of Arab and Islamic countries in rejecting the Israeli occupation forces’ continued aggression against
the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and their call for the need for an immediate and complete ceasefire, and ensuring the protection of civilians as stipulated by international humanitarian law.
The committee members also expressed their appreciation for the efforts of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and his courageous positions that he has shown during the crisis, especially with regard to efforts to protect civilians and provide humanitarian assistance.
The committee members discussed the importance of the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) as an indispensable necessity in all humanitarian response operations in Gaza. They stressed the importance of countering the systematic campaigns aimed at undermining the agency’s role. They also noted the importance of supporting it to ensure the delivery of assistance to those in need.
The committee members called for addressing all the flagrant violations committed by the Israe
li occupation forces against the Palestinian people, which exacerbate the humanitarian tragedy and obstruct the entry of urgent humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing the importance of holding the Israeli occupation state accountable for the ongoing violations in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, which violates international law and international humanitarian law.
The committee members also stressed the importance of taking serious and urgent steps to ensure the security of relief corridors to deliver sufficient and urgent humanitarian, food, and medical aid to the Gaza Strip, expressing their rejection of restricting the entry of humanitarian aid in a rapid, sustainable, and safe manner.
The members of the ministerial committee expressed their unequivocally rejecting all forms of forced displacement operations that the occupation seeks to implement, stressing the importance of adhering to international law and international humanitarian law and empha
sizing confronting these operations at all levels.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
