21 December 2001 (A/ES-10/129-S/2001/1166)
Letter sent by Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Ambassador and Permanent
Observer of Palestine to the U.N., to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, the President of the Security Council, and the President of the
General Assembly: (Israeli Bloody Military Campaign Continues despite
Palestinian Attempts to Achieve Cease-fire)
In spite of Palestinian attempts at the highest level to
achieve a cease-fire and prevent all military attacks, Israel, the occupying
Power, continues with its bloody military campaign against the Palestinian
people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, committing
yet additional war crimes and State terrorism. Since my last letter to you,
dated 10 December 2001, Israeli occupying forces have killed 29 more
Palestinians. These killings include cases of extra-judiciary executions,
willful killings in cold blood and deaths as a result of Israeli bombardments
by fighter jets and helicopter gunships. Israeli occupying forces have also
increased their siege on many Palestinian cities and villages, including major
cities such as the city of Ramallah.
In this regard, it is highly regrettable that the United
Nations Security Council failed to fulfill its primary responsibilities for
the maintenance of international peace and security due to the exercise of
veto by one of the permanent members of the Council, during the vote on a
draft resolution in the early hours of last Saturday, 15 December 2001. The
General Assembly, however, under the formula "United for Peace", resumed the
tenth emergency special session on 20 December 2001 and adopted by a large
majority the same text of the draft resolution which was presented to Security
Council. The tenth emergency special session also adopted another draft
resolution on the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Declaration adopted by the
Conference of High Contracting Parties on 5 December 2001 in Geneva, calling
on all members and observers of the United Nations as well as the organization
and its agencies to observe the above mentioned Declaration.
The tenth emergency special session, in adopting those two
important draft resolutions, made the right decision and send the appropriate
message to the occupying Power, to the people under occupation and to the
peoples and governments of the region. Moreover, the resolutions adopted
required a follow-up from members and United Nations systems.
In follow-up of my previous 84 letters to you regarding this
grave situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem,
dated from 29 September 2000 to 10 December 2001 (A/55/432-S/2000/921;
A/55/437-S/2000/930; A/55/450-S/2000/957; A/55/466-S/2000/971;
A/55/474-S/2000/984; A/55/490-S/2000/993; A/ES-10/39-S/2000/1015;
A/ES-10/40-S/2000/1025; A/ES-10/42-S/2000/1068; A/ES-10/43-S/2000/1078;
A/ES-10/44 S/2000/1093; A/ES-10/45-S/2000/1104; A/ES-10/46-S/2000/1107;
A/ES-10/47-S/2000/1116; A/ES-10/48-S/2000/1129; A/ES-10/49-S/2000/1154;
A/ES-10/50-S/2000/1173; A/ES-10/51- S/2000/1185; A/ES-10/52-S/2000/1206;
A/ES-10/53-S/2000/1247; A/ES-10/54-S/2001/7; A/ES-10/55-S/2001/33;
A/ES-10/56-S/2001/50; A/ES-10/57-S/2001/101; A/ES-10/58-S/2001/131;
A/ES-10/59-S/2001/156; A/ES-10/60-S/2001/175; A/ES-10/61-S/2001/189;
A/ES-10/64-S/2001/209; A/ES-10/65-S/2001/226; A/ES-10/66-S/2001/239;
A/ES-10/67-S/2001/255; A/ES-10/68-S/2001/284; A/ES-10/69-S/2001/295;
A/ES-10/70-S/2001/304; A/ES-10/71-S/2001/314; A/ES-10/72-S/2001/332;
A/ES-10/75-S/2001/352; A/ES-10/76-S/2001/372; A/ES-10/79-S/2001/418;
A/ES-10/80-S/2001/432; A/ES-10/81-S/2001/447; A/ES-10/82-S/2001/463;
A/ES-10/83-S/2001/471; A/ES-10/84-S/2001/479; A/ES-10/85-S/2001/486;
A/ES-10/86-S/2001/496; A/ES-10/87-S/2001/504; A/ES-10/88-S/2001/508;
A/ES-10/89-S/2001/544; A/ES-10/90-S/2001/586; A/ES-10/91-S/2001/605;
A/ES-10/92-S/2001/629; A/ES-10/93-S/2001/657; A/ES-10/94-S/2001/669;
A/ES-10/95-S/2001/686; A/ES-10/96-S/2001/697;
A/ES-10/97-S/2001/708;A/ES-10/98-S/2001/717;A/ES-10/99 S/2001/742;
A/ES-10/100-S/2001/754;A/ES10/101-S/2001/783;A/ES-10/102-S/2001/785;
A/ES-10/103-S/2001/798; A/ES10/104;S/2001/812; A/ES-10/105-S/2001/814;
A/ES-10/107-S/2001/821; A/ES-10/108-S/2001/826; A/ES-10/111-S/2001/880;
A/ES-10/112-S/2001/918; A/ES-10/114-S/2001/928; A/ES-10/115-S/2001/932;
A/ES-10/116-S/2001/941; A/ES-10/117-S/2001/971 A/ES-10/118-S/2001/989;
A/ES-10/119-S/2001/991; A/ES-10/121-S/2001/1007, A/ES-10/122-S/2001/1024;
A/ES-10/123-S/2001/1036; A/ES-10/124-S/2001/1084; A/ES-10/125-S/2001/1092;
A/ES-10/126-S/2001/1118; A/ES-10/128-S/2001/1149 and A/ES-10/129-S/2001/1166),
I regret to inform you that the 29 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupying
forces raise the total number of Palestinians killed since 28 September 2000
to 832. (The names of the martyrs are contained in the annex to the present
letter.)
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Names of Martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem* (Monday, 10 December 2001 through Thursday, 20
December 2001)
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Monday, 10 December 2001
(in addition to names of martyrs included in letter dated 10 December
2001)
- Shady Ahmed Arafa (12 years old)
Tuesday, 11 December 2001
- Mohammed Khalil Abu Maraheel
- Mohammed Abdel Qader Jam’an
Wednesday, 12 December 2001
- Yasser Hassan Abu Namoos
- Asa’ad Abdel Karim Abu Sittah
- Saeed Ahmed Abu Sittah
- Fadel Abu Ebeid
- Hayat Asa’ad Al-Haytham
Thursday, 13 December 2001
- Ahmed Mohammed Al-Damisi
- Ahmed Khamees Al-Masri (15 years old)
- Ramy Saleh Zo’rob (13 years old)
Friday, 14 December 2001
- Rizq Sha’baan Abu Khadeejah
- Jawad Al-Dams
- Khaled Yaqoub
- Mohammed Abdel Aziz Ashour
- Asa’ad Abu Attiyah
- Abdel Baset Mohammed Abu Turki
- Imad El-Dean Al-Omrani
Saturday, 15 December 2001
- Ahmed Mohammed Al-Basyouni
- Yussef Shawki Al-Najjar (11 years old)
- Mohammed Abu Zaher (16 years old)
- Ammar Mohammed Al-Ghaleez (16 years old)
- Sa’eed Abd Rabbo Dawood
Sunday, 16 December 2001
- Abdallah Ibrahim Al-Tarawa
Monday, 17 December 2001
- Munjed Selman
- Mohammed Jum’an (13 years old)
- Yaqoub Edkayek
Thursday, 20 December 2001
- Deeb Asa’ad Farawy
- Mohammed Saeed Hawash
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* Total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli
occupying forces since 28 September 2000 = 832
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