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NEW YORK, Sept 23 (KUNA) -- The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has shed light on the Gaza Strip catastrophe and the brotherly Palestinian people's suffering.
This came in a speech delivered on Tuesday by His Highness on behalf of the GCC states, during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including Palestinian cause.
His Highness the Crown Prince said that the brotherly Palestinian people have been facing the most grotesque suffering, an unfair suffocating siege, boarder devastation and the loss of over 60,000 martyrs, most of them women and children.
What is going on in the Strip is a genocide and ethnic cleansing, which are a deep wound in human conscience that need immediate action, His Highness noted.
"We have worriedly followed up the last military escalation. We condemn in the strongest terms the brutal Israeli attacks on the sisterly State of Qatar," His Highness the Crown Prince told the attendees.
"We clearly affirm that undermining a GCC state's security is an attack of all GCC members. Our security, position and fate are shared," His Highness underlined.
His Highness the Amir's Representative went to say that fair and permanent justice in "our" region could only be achieved through the two-state solution based on the international legitimacy resolutions topped with the Security Council resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.
This is the only way to end the Israeli occupation, ensure legitimate Palestinian people's rights and establish an independent Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, His Highness the Crown Prince stressed.
"We warn against undermining this solution through the policies of settlement, displacement, and imposing the status quo," His Highness affirmed.
His Highness the Crown Prince urged the international community, mainly the Security Council, to bear its full responsibility to prevent the repetition of these violations, and ensure the perpetrators would not go unpunished and the access of Palestinian people's inalienable rights to self-determination.
The Amir's Representative welcomed the countries' recognition of Palestinian state on Monday during the high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of Palestine's issue and the implementation of the two-state solution.
He termed the step as "blessed and courageous" that go in harmony with international law and justice.
In addition, His Highness the Crown Prince said that the GCC reiterated its unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people, and that these crimes are not only against Palestinians, as they pose a threat to regional and international security as a whole.
He asked the Security Council to translate its words into practical steps to immediately stop the Israeli aggression and ensure humanitarian aid access, protect civilians and end unfair and illegitimate occupation for the sake of safety and security.
His highness finally thanked the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's request to hold this emergency session. (end)
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