OIC Secretary General Condemns the Decision to Construct New Settlement Units in East Jerusalem
Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation issued a vigorous condemnation of the Israeli Government’s decision to authorize the construction of 930 settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, a decision which he considered as a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian law and of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
The Secretary General condemned this settlement decision as illegitimate act aimed at creating a new reality on the ground through the alteration of the demographic composition in the occupied Palestinian territories and the isolation of the city of Al-Quds/Jerusalem from its Palestinian environment, an exercise that commands a firm stand on the part of the international community. The Secretary General called upon the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Security Council to take action and compel Israel to halt all forms of settlement and aggression against the Palestinian people and their properties.
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Document Type: French text, Press Release
Document Sources: Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Subject: Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Settlements
Publication Date: 07/08/2011