Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine, addresses the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 23 September 2022). In his address to the General Assembly's General Debate, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas today (23 Sep) said, “Israel is enacting racist laws, consecrating an apartheid regime.” Abbas said, “yes, apartheid, and if they do not like the appellation, this is the truth. They are an apartheid regime,” and added that “they are doing so against our people before the eyes on the international community with total impunity.” The President of the State of Palestine said, “IIsrael did not leave us any land on which we can establish our independent state in the frame of its frantic settlement expansion. Where will our people live in freedom and dignity? Where can we build our independent state that will live in peace with its neighbours? We want to live in peace with them. With them. With Israel. Where will we establish our independent state to live?” Abbas said, “Israel is telling the Palestinian people, either you demolish your house, or I will demolish it myself. But demolish it yourself with your own hands is better, because if I demolish it, you will have to pay the cost of the demolishing. Have you ever heard about this? Can you imagine what is happening? This is what is taking place. I have to demolish my house, or they demolish my house, and they make me pay for it.” ---------------------------------------- The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote. The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. But one thing has stayed the same: it remains the one place on Earth where all the world’s nations can gather together, discuss common problems, and find shared solutions that benefit all of humanity. General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/ ---------------------------------------- Watch this video in the Original Language Spoken: https://youtu.be/wrSFPQR03rM مشاهدة هذا الفيديو باللغة العربية على موقع البث الشبكي للأمم المتحدة 请在联合国网络电视（UN Web TV）观看中文版视频 Regardez cette vidéo en français sur UN Web TV Vean este video en español en UN Web TV Смотрите это видео на русском на UN Web TV https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1hoim2mxt Screenshot credit: UN Photo #UNGA #UnitedNations
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