At UN, Shalom calls for 'infrastructure of peace'
===> "Holding a 175-page thick sheaf of anti-Israel resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly last year, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom urged the international body to "rise above the tired politics of yesterday and adopt a new, courageous agenda for tomorrow."
Shalom, who addressed the General Assembly's 58th annual debate yesterday, called on member states to "move away from the partisan hostility that has taken over the Middle East agenda."
"No country has suffered such unjustified attack and consistent discrimination within the UN system. The time has come to end this campaign of diplomatic incitement," he said. He called for an end to the yearly passage of dozens of anti-Israel resolutions, most of them adopted annually by a majority of the UN's 191 members since the 1970s.<===
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Also from the article: ===> "Shalom's 20-minute address was followed by loud applause from the audience, and he was greeted by a receiving line of foreign dignitaries upon his exit from the assembly chamber.
Despite being pilloried regularly at the General Assembly, Shalom held meetings, described in positive terms by aides, with some 30 heads of state and foreign ministers during his three-day stay in New York. Among those he discussed Middle East peace with was the King of Morocco and foreign ministers from Jordan, Qatar, Oman and Tunisia, where Shalom was born." <===
Are world leaders getting tired of the Arab dictators who are teaching hatred towards Christians, Hindus and Jews, and of dictators who's countries are havens for terrorist training grounds?
Perhaps Shalom's speech, and warm reception before the world nations at the UN, will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship! Now, hopefully, Israel's fight against Palestinian terrorism will get more support in the UN. |
