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30 October 2025<\/p>\n
(Excerpt on the situation in the State of Palestine)<\/em><\/p>\n Eightieth Session, Detailing the judicial activities of the International Court of Justice over the past year, its President described to the General Assembly today how the principal judicial organ of the United Nations contributes to the Organization\u2019s objectives as it continues to advise and adjudicate on issues of global importance.<\/p>\n \/…<\/p>\n Turning to the second advisory opinion \u2014 delivered on 22\u00a0October\u00a02025 \u2014 he said that the Court considered Israel\u2019s obligations as an occupying Power and UN Member State regarding UN presence and activities in and related to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.\u00a0 \u201cGiven the circumstances on the ground, the Court paid particular attention to Israel\u2019s obligations in the Gaza Strip,\u201d he noted.\u00a0The Court observed that, since 7\u00a0October\u00a02023, Israel\u2019s effective control over the Strip had increased significantly.\u00a0 \u201cTherefore, the Court found that Israel\u2019s obligations under the law of occupation had also increased significantly,\u201d he reported.<\/p>\n The Court, he said, also found that the local population in Gaza has been inadequately supplied and that Israel, as the occupying Power, is obliged to \u201cfacilitate relief schemes provided by the United Nations, including UNRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East]\u201d.\u00a0 Additionally, the Court held that Israel is prohibited from restricting the presence and activities of the UN, other international organizations and third States \u201cto a degree that created conditions of life that would force the population to leave\u201d, he said \u2014 nor can it use starvation as a method of warfare.<\/p>\n The Court also noted that, to the extent the local population has been capable of enjoying human rights, this has been largely enabled and ensured through UN efforts \u2014 particularly through UNRWA.\u00a0 The Court therefore held, he recalled, that \u201cany diminution by Israel of the capacity of these entities to ensure these basic human rights meant that the obligations of Israel to protect these rights increase to a commensurate degree\u201d.<\/p>\n \/…<\/p>\n On the Court\u2019s recent advisory opinion concerning Israel, South Africa\u2019s representative recalled the Court\u2019s 1971 finding that the implementation of Apartheid was a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and that the occupation of his country was illegal.\u00a0 Also spotlighting the Court\u2019s advisory opinion regarding Israel\u2019s obligations as an occupying Power, he rejected attempts by Israel \u2014 or any Member State \u2014 to ignore their legal obligations.<\/p>\n Oman\u2019s representative, speaking for the Arab Group, also pointed to that advisory opinion \u2014 issued in the case brought by South Africa \u2014 stressing that Israel must implement this measure to protect the Palestinian people.\u00a0 Further, the Court\u2019s 22\u00a0October advisory opinion affirmed Israel\u2019s obligation to facilitate the work of humanitarian agencies \u2014 especially UNRWA \u2014 and refuted false claims made against the Agency.\u00a0 The Court, he said, has therefore played a historic role in defending the rights of Palestinians.<\/p>\n The representative of Uganda, speaking for the Non-Aligned Movement, also welcomed South Africa\u2019s 2023 case against Israel and called on the latter country to comply with the provisional measures issuing therefrom.\u00a0 He further welcomed the Court\u2019s July\u00a02024 advisory opinion affirming that Israel\u2019s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is \u201cunlawful and must be ended as rapidly as possible\u201d.\u00a0 Urging \u201cserious efforts\u201d to ensure respect for the Court\u2019s legal determinations, he also recalled the clear finding of an obligation to pursue nuclear 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\n24th & 25th Meetings (AM & PM)<\/p>\nIsrael\u2019s Presence in Occupied Palestinian Territory \u2018Unlawful, Must End\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n