Speech at the plenary session in the debate on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need for the release of hostages and for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a ceasefire and the prospects for peace and security in the Middle East
Dans nos 27 capitales, à Washington, et dans tous les pays de la Ligue arabe, on ne parle plus que d’eux : des deux Etats – israélien et palestinien.
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Speech at the plenary session on the despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza
I want to believe that we will be unanimous in voting for this joint resolution on the tragedies that Israelis and Palestinians are enduring today.
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Let’s state the obvious. No economic sanction against any regime has ever brought an economy to its knees. This is as true today for Russia as it was for South Africa, but international sanctions are nonetheless a most formidable weapon, because they cause industries to run out of steam, multiply financial difficulties and force their targets into a permanent search for uncertain and very costly byways.
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Plenary speech in the debate on the case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya
Mr President, the most extraordinary thing is that in Chechnya, in this land of absolute tyranny, of torture and of political assassination, there are still people as courageous as Ms Musayeva to stand up to Ramzan Kadyrov, the man-eater whom Putin has made his watchdog.
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My speech at the opening of the high-level roundtable “Voices of the Anti-war Movement....
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