thiscriaieanditsdnagerous ramifications inordertopleas8onepartyor another. Metookourposition inkeeping withourprinciples andourdetermination tosafeguard thesecurity andaafetyofthecountries andthepeoples ofthe regiODe Inthiscontezt weCaDDotbutezpr... ourastonishment atthenervous reactions -ofwhichwehearan4whoa.effecta wefeel-toourprincipled stand, whichrejects theoccupation oftheterritory ofothersbyforce,whileattheeame Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRS/ASM AI"5/PV.8 79-80 (Mr.lal1m BJordan).1 timewecontinue toWorktoward. apeacoful andhonourable 80lution tothis crisieinawaythat40e.notmakeitpossible foruseithertoignoreitorlook atitvithindifference. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJSMlpt Al45/PV.8 81 (Mr,la.18.JOrdlD)..4, OUfcc.nltment totheS.~urity Council &Dditar.solution. iaaaattar dictated byouradherence tothIICharter, weCUDOt40~tlIelecti".ly or seasoaally. Jor4aBhamdeclared itsaaherence totherecentresolutioa8 ofthe Security eOUDcil oath&ariais. Bence,our1JIpl...ntationoftheSttcudty COUDcll re.olution iMposing sanctions ODIra;,inspiteofitsdevaatatiag effects onour national .co~, whichthreaten Jor4cD DOWandinthefutureiaallwelksoflife. wewerethefirstStat.tor~e.tconsultation. withthoS-curity Council regardiag theparticular econe-ic difficultie. whichwillariso..aresultofOUf complianc. withSecurity COUDcl1 regolation 661(1"0),inaccordance with A1'tic1o 50ofthoCharter. It18unfortunate thatthereare:JOINwhowettou•• this.aa..anstooz.rcl.. pre.sure ODuaondCCMpel UDtozupportpoaitions end polici.. thatwobolieve w111briagd••truction totheregion. Mehopethattheinternational community villappreciate th.a'ior difficulties thatOUfecoD~ facesasare.ultofthecri81s. IIIaddition tothe burdens resultiDg fromOUfca.pliance withSecurity Councilresolution Gel(1990), wehave.tartedtosuff.rd.teriorating conditions .sar.sultofhuaaaitarian probl••sthatbes.tJor4aDlane working iDKuwaitandotherplace.whohavelostall Jordanalsoface.th.influzofhUDdre4e ofthousand. ofpersollSofother nationalitie. COIling frOllIriUJandKuwait. Helping ~s.vastDUllber.ofpeople creat••veryheavybur4ltns whichourecoDOMy carmotwithatand. Itleregrettable thatallthisbappoasatat~vhe.~facoasituation ve~.tailertoa.tateof siege.. Jordan,inthefaceoftheeri.iaaDdit80Yerall effects, ha.DOchoicebut tocontinue .uiBCJefforts, tOCJoth~r withArabu4otherStat••,toprewnt a military confrontation &Ddprepare thegroundforcreatlag acl1Bat. conducive to d Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJf."Upt------ ....-----------_., AI.S/PV.I 82 (Mr,lagl..JprdlD) re.ehllUJ apel1llUleDt' .01utioD tothecdai.that"illgulrutee theintereats of allpartiea andenabl.the.toabou1del' theirrespoDsibilities towardsthe'region anditaresources, whichwerocognise eabeiDgt.portant tohUMancivilisatioD, iD auchawayastoeDauretheaclaie"...Dt u4..iDtoDUce ofpeaceiDtheregion, freefrOBallforagl..aDdpretezt. forforeign pre.eDce. Ne..phaai.e that siDce~e,.objective andUDbi..e4ArabparticipatioD ~stbean.integral partofany solutioD offered ~theUDited.atiouforthlacrisla, because wefiaa1.ybelieve thatoysOlutioD 1!Ipo.e4 frOlloutaidether8CJiODvUlhaveDOchanceofsucce•• whatloever. obfortheothersi48oftheMiddleBa.tregioD, d••pitethep••singof 23yearsaiDceitsadoptioD bytheSecurity COUDcil, anotherresolution, Damely resolutioD 242(19&'),r_lll8wdapl"'llted. Israel,toth18veryday,co»tlnues tooccupytheterritori.. frOMwhichtheSecurity Council demanded thatitshould withdraw. %hePaleatlDianpeople continue toliveundera~stbrutaltindof co10Diali..,despite aam.rouI re.olutions adopted bytheSecurity Council cona..nlDg variou8a.peat.ofthatcoloniali.. -fre-theaDDezatlon ofArab JeruI,l_ andtheSydanGoluHeights, tothee.tebl1sbllleDt of.ettle"Dt. OD Pal.stiDian territori.. andotheractsofoppre••ion,includin9 thedeportatioD of Pale.ti8ians fromtheirland,a.partof•achemedeslga_4 tovacatethe10Ddof it.people-1l0DOoftho..r••olutioD. ha.foUD4itawaytot.pl"'DtatioD. Israel haefoundfrieDdswilling BOtotilytohelpitiaDott.pl....tiDgthere.olutions oftheSecurity Council, ~utalsoiDhlD4eriag theSecurity Council's workBIld paralysiDg itaabilitytotakedeCi8iODa ODtheaubject~ thusaatlllC)itdifficult fortheCouncil merely toconvene,ifonlyto4iacu••the.ituatioD iDtheoccupied territorie •• rhi.eDcouraged 181'••1toperaist iDitacoloDialiat plana,thetheMe.and coatente ofwhIchBraDOlODgerch...,ioDec1 byoatr_ist or.argllUl group.,but Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJSNlp~ Al4S/PV.8 83 (Mt.laalm,Jordan) ha".beco.theofficially declared policy.oftheIsraeli GoverDlllent. Thepolicy guideU,••tha~con.titute theplatfol'l!l ofthepresont GoverlUl8nt inIsrael, as UDOUDCed t;h1.putJUD.,statothat.