INTERNATIONAL LAW SHOULD NOT BE SELECTIVE
January 27, 2024South Africa’s Political Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Masotsha Mnguni, strongly condemned the actions of Israel in Palestine during the open debate on ‘The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question, – Security Council’s 9534th meeting’ this week.
Mnguni highlighted the atrocities committed against civilians, the violation of international law, and stressed the urgent need for a comprehensive ceasefire. He called for the establishment of two states, Palestine and Israel, along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, in line with UN resolutions.
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English Script:
Masotsha Mnguni: Madam President, we meet at a time when once again the Middle East region is engulfed in moderate conflicts. And as is almost always the case when there’s conflict, it is innocent civilians that are most affected. Recent reports indicate that more civilians were killed in armed conflict over the last year, than any other year for more than a decade. And civilians in the Middle East region make up the most of those lives lost. Madam President, South Africa reiterates its horror at the atrocities being committed in Palestine through the targeting of civilians, civilian infrastructure, UN premises and other vulnerable targets. The actions that we are all witnessing daily by Israel are a violation of international law, including the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Convention and its protocols in these attacks on and kidnaping of innocent civilians. Hamas has also violated international law. There can be no doubt that the illegal occupation of Palestine by Israel for several decades has led to bitter hatred and increased violence.
The ongoing Nakba of the Palestinian people lies through Israel’s colonization of Palestine since 1948 has systematically and forcibly dispossessed, displaced, fragmented the Palestinian people, deliberately denying them their internationally recognized, inalienable right to self-determination and their internationally recognized right of return as refugees to their towns and villages in what is now the state of Israel. Madam President, it is important to stress that the ultimate solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict is the establishment of two states, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace. The Palestinian state should be created along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and in line with UN resolutions. For this two-state solution to materialize a peace process initiated by the United Nations. My last comments urgently, if these negotiations were to commence and for there to be peace, all of us must insist on a comprehensive ceasefire. The killings must come to an end. The world has expressed horror but has not acted effectively to save Palestinian lives. Madam President, as we have consistently stressed, we cannot proclaim the importance of international law and the importance of the UN Charter in some situations and not in others, as if the rule of law only applies to a select few. For international law to be credible, it should be uniformly applied and not selective. The events of the past few months in Gaza have illustrated that Israel is acting contrary to its obligations in terms of the Genocide Convention.
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