At the United Nations General Assembly, Tunisia has denounced what it described as a collective failure on the Palestinian issue and called for respect for international law amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
Tunisia strongly criticized the international community’s inaction on the Palestinian question during a General Assembly session held Wednesday in New York.
The meeting, convened to examine the use of the veto power on a draft resolution related to Middle East tensions, featured remarks by Tunisia’s Permanent Representative Nabil Ammar, who reiterated his country’s longstanding positions.
In his statement, the Tunisian diplomat expressed his country’s “full” solidarity with several Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan and Iraq.
The declaration comes against a regional backdrop marked by persistent security concerns, which Tunis links to a broader deterioration of the geopolitical environment.
Reaffirming the core principles of Tunisian diplomacy, Ammar stressed his country’s commitment to respect for state sovereignty, the United Nations Charter and the primacy of peaceful solutions. In the face of rising tensions, he called for increased reliance on diplomatic mechanisms to contain the risks of escalation.
However, his remarks took a firmer tone regarding the situation in Palestine. Describing it as “tragic,” the ambassador said it poses a direct threat to international peace. He attributed this situation to “the failure of the international community” to guarantee the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, referring to it as an “unprecedented global moral, ethical and human scandal.”
Building on this criticism, Tunisia’s intervention also highlighted persistent deadlock within the Security Council, where divisions over the use of the veto limit the effectiveness of diplomatic initiatives.
Without proposing specific measures, Tunis sought to refocus the debate on international law within a multilateral system facing enduring fault lines.
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