Head of UN General Assembly, Miguel Brockmann, Slams Security Council's Failure to Take Action About Gaza

UN general assembly slams security council's failure to take action about Gaza

[ 07/01/2009 - 04:14 PM ]

NEW YORK, (PIC)--

Miguel Brockmann, the head of the UN general assembly, strongly denounced the security council's failure to take action to stop the Israeli wanton aggression on the Gaza Strip, pointing out that some council members are trying to protect their political interests.

"Do they not think that the illegitimate occupation of the Palestinian lands and the treatment they are daily exposed to is deemed as an act of aggression?" Brockmann said in reference to the members of the security council.

In a news conference held in New York, Miguel held the security council members responsible for the deterioration of the UN image because of their inability to take action, highlighting that the security council urgently needs deep reform.

In his response to a question about the Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli targets, the UN official confirmed that the Palestinians have the right to defend themselves, adding that the responsibility for this entire situation is due to the security council's resolutions which were not fulfilled.

The UN official also noted that the US protection of Israel did not enable the UN to force Israel to comply with the international resolutions.

In another related context, Turkish premier Recep Erdogan strongly denounced Israel for committing massacres in Gaza, affirming that the Israeli aggression on Gaza is aimed to achieve electoral gains.

In a speech in the presence of his party's justice and development parliamentary bloc members, Erdogan held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the tension in the region.

The Turkish premier underlined that the Israeli massacres against the Palestinians cause hard-to-heal wounds in the conscience of humanity.

John Ging, the director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, said that three Israeli artillery shells fired on its school in the Jabaliya refugee camp killed more than 30 people and injured 55 others, pointing out that all the victims were families who took refuge at the school.

Ging underscored that all UN schools in Gaza are easy to recognize and clearly marked with UN flags, adding that the locations of the UN buildings had been already reported to the Israel.

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