RAMALLAH, December 3, 2025 (WAFA) – The President of the UN General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, said that the time has come to take decisive action on the decades-long Palestinian issue, urging member states not to let UN resolutions remain mere words on paper.

In her address to the General Assembly session held on Tuesday under the agenda item "Question of Palestine," she added that the Palestinian issue has been on the General Assembly's agenda almost since the founding of the United Nations.

 "For 78 years, the Palestinian people have been denied their inalienable rights, particularly their right to self-determination," she said. "It is time to end this decades-long stalemate."

Baerbock addressed the crimes committed by Israeli forces in Gaza, which have resulted in the killing of tens of thousands, mostly children and women. She also noted that the ongoing Israeli aggression in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, undermines the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state.

She emphasized that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be resolved through illegal occupation, de facto or de jure annexation, or forced displacement, stressing that UN resolutions provide the necessary framework for a two-state solution.

She also stressed the need for the continued flow of humanitarian aid on the ground without hindrance, in accordance with the commitments stipulated in the ceasefire agreement.

She added that "the pursuit of peace, stability, and justice in the Middle East requires the United Nations," calling on member states to participate in this process within the framework of the UN Charter and to uphold the pledges they have made.

"Let us remember once again that the right to self-determination and the human right to live in peace, security, and dignity in one's own country, free from war, occupation, and violence, is not a privilege to be acquired, but a right to be protected."

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