{"id":311639,"date":"2025-09-23T14:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=311639"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:19:48","slug":"jordan-remarks-unga80-23sep25","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/jordan-remarks-unga80-23sep25\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan \u2013 Remarks at the 80th UNGA General Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>ADDRESS BY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>AT THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE 80TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>23 SEPTEMBER 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf4 Jordan - King Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session | #UNGA\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2jXpVteoZ8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the Name of God, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Compassionate, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Merciful Madam President,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559737&quot;:2655}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mr. Secretary General, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Your Excellencies:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559737&quot;:6394}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another year, another UN General Assembly, and another occasion when I stand before you to address the same issue: the conflict in the Middle East.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559738&quot;:321,&quot;335559740&quot;:242}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And not for the first time, developments on the ground have made me question the worth and utility of words \u2026 in capturing the magnitude of the crisis. Yet, not speaking about it, would signal acceptance of the situation and abandonment of our humanity \u2014 and that, I will not do.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559737&quot;:115,&quot;335559738&quot;:317}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our UN General Assembly was born 80 years ago, pledging to learn from \u2014 not repeat \u2014 history.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559737&quot;:117}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The world vowed: Never again.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:820,&quot;335559738&quot;:321}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, for almost as long, Palestinians have been living through a cruel cycle of \u2018yet again\u2019.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559738&quot;:322,&quot;335559740&quot;:242}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bombed indiscriminately\u2026 yet again. Killed, injured, and maimed\u2026 yet again. Displaced and dispossessed \u2026yet again.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:820,&quot;335559737&quot;:3733,&quot;335559738&quot;:316,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Denied rights, dignity\u2026 their basic humanity\u2026 <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet. Again<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. So, I must ask\u2026 <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">how long<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:820,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:1671,&quot;335559738&quot;:1,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How long <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will it be before we find a resolution to this conflict \u2014 one that safeguards the rights of all sides, and allows a level of normalcy in the lives of the families at its core?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559737&quot;:114}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How long <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will it be before I stand before you and speak\u2026 not of suffering and devastation in my region\u2026 but of prospect, prosperity and potential?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559737&quot;:103,&quot;335559738&quot;:66}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sadly, this is not the only conflict in our world\u2014and some may say that other wars are also devastating. But the Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains unique:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559737&quot;:116,&quot;335559738&quot;:321}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Garamond\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:false,&quot;335551671&quot;:0,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1180,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"0\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is the longest-standing conflict in the world. &#8230;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1180,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:90,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:483,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469777462&quot;:[1180],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Garamond\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:false,&quot;335551671&quot;:0,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1180,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8230; An illegal occupation of a helpless population by a self-declared<\/span> \u2018democratic nation\u2019. &#8230;<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1180,&quot;335559740&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Garamond\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:false,&quot;335551671&quot;:0,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1180,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8230; And a flagrant violation of repeated UN resolutions, international law, and human rights conventions \u2014 a failure that should have elicited outrage<\/span> and action, especially from major democracies &#8230; instead, it has been met with decades of inertia.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:1180,&quot;335559737&quot;:116,&quot;335559738&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:242}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My friends,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559738&quot;:317}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The war in Gaza marks one of the darkest moments in this institution\u2019s history. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But although it is today\u2019s horror, the injustice stretches back decades.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:820,&quot;335559737&quot;:116,&quot;335559738&quot;:321,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been on the UN agenda throughout its eight decades of existence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559738&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How long <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will we be satisfied with condemnation after condemnation without concrete action?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559738&quot;:321}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When it comes to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it seems that what unfolds in the halls of power is theory; the struggles and suffering on the ground is reality.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559737&quot;:103}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For decades, we\u2019ve seen several attempts to achieve a solution via interim agreements and temporary stopgaps \u2026 none that delivered on the end game. In fact, many would argue these processes served as a distraction\u2026 as Israel grabbed more land, expanded illegal settlements, demolished homes, and displaced entire neighbourhoods. Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem have been vandalised and desecrated by those under government protection.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559737&quot;:113,&quot;335559738&quot;:321}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And throughout all these years, Israeli families, too, have not been able to live in true security. Because military action cannot bring them the safety they need.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:100,&quot;335559731&quot;:719,&quot;335559738&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>No where is that more evident than in Gaza. More than [60] thousand Palestinians killed; &#8230; [50] thousand children injured or killed\u2026 Miles of burnt-out rubble. Neighbourhoods, hospitals, schools, farms, even mosques and churches, in ruins. Widespread starvation.<\/p>\n<p>And what we are seeing is only a glimpse. Because never in our modern history\u2026 has the lens of international media been obstructed like this, from capturing the reality on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Almost two years in, and the cruelty of this military campaign continues unabated.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the current Israeli government\u2019s provocative calls for a so-called \u2018Greater Israel\u2019 can only be realised through the blatant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbours \u2014 and there\u2019s nothing great about that. I can\u2019t help but wonder \u2026 if a similar outrageous call were made by an Arab leader<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 would it be met with the same global apathy?<\/p>\n<p>The international community must stop entertaining the illusion that this government is a willing partner for peace.<\/p>\n<p>Far from it\u2026 its actions on the ground are dismantling the very foundations on which peace could stand, and intentionally burying the very idea of a Palestinian State.<\/p>\n<p>It has shown how little it respects the sovereignty of other countries\u2026 as we have seen in its flagrant violations in Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Tunisia, and most recently\u2026 Qatar!<\/p>\n<p>And its hostile rhetoric calling for the targeting of Al Aqsa Mosque will incite a religious war that would reach far beyond the region and lead to an all-out clash that no nation would be able to escape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long<\/strong> before we hold all nations to the same standards?<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long<\/strong> before we recognise the Palestinians as people who aspire to the same things you and I do \u2014 and we act on that recognition?<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long<\/strong> before we recognise that statehood is not something Palestinians need to earn? It is not a reward \u2014 it is an indisputable right.<\/p>\n<p>In Jordan, we are determined to work for a world in which people are secure in their homes, are safe to practice their faiths, and are able to live and thrive in dignity.<\/p>\n<p>As Custodians of Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, we safeguard these holy places against actions that violate the city\u2019s legal and historical status quo.<\/p>\n<p>Compromising the delicate balance in the Holy City will turn it into a tinderbox that ignites global conflict.<\/p>\n<p>And Jordan is serving as the main base for the international humanitarian response in Gaza &#8230; working by all possible means to provide critical supplies of aid and food. We appreciate our regional and international partners. I am also immensely proud of the many Jordanians \u2014 including men and women of the Jordan Armed Forces \u2014 who are at the heart of this effort: Ground convoys, aircraft crews, doctors, nurses, and mobile medical staff \u2014 who work, even under fire, to provide relief.<\/p>\n<p>These, and countless others, carry forward Jordan\u2019s deep heritage of compassion and generosity to people in grave need.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Friends,<\/p>\n<p>Amid such darkness, there is a glimmer on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>We are seeing more nations stepping up on behalf of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza\u2014one that ensures the release of all hostages, unhindered humanitarian aid, and support for the Palestinian people as they rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that force is no foundation for security; it is a prelude for greater violence. Repeated wars are teaching generations of Israelis and Palestinians that their only recourse\u2026 is the gun.<\/p>\n<p>Security will only come when Palestine and Israel begin to co-exist side by side.<\/p>\n<p>This is the two-state solution, in line with international law and UN resolutions: an independent and viable Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, &#8230; alongside a secure Israel, &#8230; living in peace with its neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>For almost a quarter-century, this has been the promise of the Arab Peace Initiative\u2014in which Arab and Muslim partners around the globe extended their hand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My friends,<\/p>\n<p>For the past two years, we have finally seen the world\u2019s conscience stirring\u2026 in the courage of ordinary people from every walk of life, and every corner of the globe\u2026 raising their voices as one, and declaring it has been too long.<\/p>\n<p>This United Nations must echo that call: <strong>It has been too long<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And it must act on that call\u2026 until peace is a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ADDRESS BY HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II AT THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE 80TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS 23 SEPTEMBER 2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Madam President,\u00a0 Mr. Secretary General, Your Excellencies:\u00a0 Another year, another UN General Assembly, and another occasion when I stand before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/jordan-remarks-unga80-23sep25\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[909],"document-category":[2637,1338],"document-source":[],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1829,2005,1741,1749,6771],"entity":[1985,1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-311639","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-jordan","document-category-remarks","document-category-statement","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-casualties","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law","document-subject-palestine-question","document-subject-two-state-solution","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/311639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/311639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311644,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/311639\/revisions\/311644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=311639"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=311639"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=311639"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=311639"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=311639"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=311639"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=311639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}