Statement by

Ms. Fatemeh Arab Bafrani

Second Secretary

Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations

Before the Third Committee of the 77th Session of the General Assembly

On Agenda Item 68: (a-d) Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

“Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Ms. Francesca P. ALBANESE”

New York, 27 October 2022

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Mr. Chair,

Commenting on this occupation situation, my delegation welcomes the report of madam Special Rapporteur.

The Palestinian nation is experiencing escalating levels of inhuman and intolerable occupation, blockade, aggression, and expansionism under the Israeli regime.

Palestinians' basic rights, including the right to life, housing, and employment, are being violated on a daily basis. Furthermore, we are witnessing a new wave of illegal settlements, forced migration, confiscation of property, destruction of farmlands, and arbitrary detentions.

The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that ending more than seven decades of conflicts and disputes in the Middle East, and the establishment of a durable peace is only possible by resolving the Palestinian issue by ending the occupation, restoring the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, return of the refugees to their homeland and establishing a democratic mechanism through which all inhabitants of Palestine, as well as Palestinians, driven out of their homeland, could have the possibility to determine their future in a democratic and peaceful fashion.

my question for the SR is: What are the most important challenges to fulfilling your mandate and what can third parties such as Member States or CSOs do in this regard?

I thank you