CAIRO, Feb 11 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim stressed Saturday the importance of resuming Kuwaiti efforts, in cooperation with Arab parliaments, to freeze Israeli Knesset's membership at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
The document released earlier at end of the second conference of Arab Parliament and chairmen of Arab parliaments and legislative councils highlighted the significance of taking such a step, Al-Ghanim said in a press statement.
The document's timing coincides with UNSC's recent adopted resolution that condemned and demanded the Israeli government to stop the ongoing construction of settlements in the Palestinian territories, he noted, adding that several major countries supported the UNSC resolution, except the United States that refrained from backing the UNSC's action.
"As Arabs, we must have our own measures and decisions that are, at least, different than the ones of non-Arab countries," the Kuwaiti Speaker said, indicating that freezing Israeli government's IPU membership is possible due to the absence of veto power in that regard, in addition to the presence of 57 Muslim countries.
The Kuwaiti parliament has completed the legal aspect regarding resumption of efforts and will submit it in the next conference of speakers of Arab parliaments, Al-Ghanim affirmed, calling Arab States to support the Kuwaiti efforts.
Freezing the Knesset's IPU membership is the least that can be done to make the Israeli occupation government commit to the UN resolutions, he said, adding that the Israeli authorities, backed by the Knesset, have continued to violate all UN charters and resolutions and never showed any regard or respect to honor their commitments. (pickup previous) ms.ma