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New York, September 24, 2025

The State of Qatar participated in the emergency ministerial meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
HE Minister of State for International Cooperation Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad represented the State of Qatar at the meeting.
In Qatar's statement to the meeting, Her Excellency affirmed Qatar's adherence to the Islamic Group's statement.
Her Excellency said that experience has confirmed that mediation and diplomacy are the only way to resolve disputes, noting that the joint efforts made by the State of Qatar, the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the United States to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip were widely appreciated and the Security Council recognized their importance in its Resolution 2735 (2024).
However, these efforts suffered a treacherous blow when an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential area in Doha on Sep. 9, resulting in civilian casualties, including the martyr Bader Al Dosari, 22, and the injury of 18 others, Her Excellency added.
Her Excellency stressed that the Israeli attack on a mediating state is not only a flagrant violation of its sovereignty, international humanitarian law, and the UN Charter, but also a direct assault on the principle of mediation itself and an undermining of dialogue as an option for resolving conflicts.
Her Excellency said that protecting mediators and negotiators is not just a political issue, but rather a fundamental pillar of maintaining international peace and security.
Her Excellency noted that international solidarity with the State of Qatar was evident, both through the Security Council statement issued on Sep. 11 and at the Arab-Islamic summit held in Doha, all of which emphasized that this Israeli attack poses a serious threat to regional security and undermines prospects for peace and calm efforts.
HE the Minister of State for International Cooperation noted that this month, particularly during the High-Level Week, witnessed the crystallization of an unprecedented international consensus in support of a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue and the two-state solution based on international law and international legitimacy resolutions.
Her Excellency indicated that this consensus was evident in the statements made by heads of state and government before the General Assembly's general debate, and at the ministerial conference co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, with the participation of the State of Qatar at the highest level. Several countries announced their recognition of the State of Palestine, completing the international drive to resolve the longest-standing issues at the United Nations.
Her Excellency added that this consensus is embodied in numerous General Assembly resolutions, the most recent of which was the resolution on the participation of the State of Palestine, hading hoped that the Security Council would join this consensus by adopting the draft resolution submitted by the elected states. This council, by virtue of its basic mandate, bears full responsibility for taking the necessary measures to halt the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, prevent genocide and forced displacement, and adopt a binding resolution under Chapter VII to ensure Israel's compliance with its resolutions and impose an immediate ceasefire.
Her Excellency stressed that Israel's violations of international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories continue systematically. These include targeting civilians, using starvation as a weapon, destroying infrastructure and hospitals, forced displacement, threats of illegal annexation of the West Bank, settlement expansion, and repeated attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites. These violations constitute clear violations of international law and pose a direct threat to the two-state solution.
Her Excellency emphasized that repeated Israeli attacks on the territories of neighboring countries, in Syria and Lebanon, undermine stability and increase the likelihood of a wider conflict, making their threat to international peace and security an urgent responsibility for this council.
Her Excellency added that a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in the Middle East will not be achieved by ignoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people or by imposing a fait accompli by force, but rather by adhering to the Arab Peace Initiative and relevant international legitimacy resolutions.
From this platform, we call on the international community, especially the Security Council, to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and adopt practical steps to establish a binding timetable for ending the Israeli occupation and ensuring full recognition of the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, Her Excellency added.
Her Excellency urged the United Nations to activate all its mechanisms to achieve an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, ensure unconditional access for humanitarian aid, lift the siege, protect mediators and mediation efforts as an essential tool for resolving conflicts, and work to achieve a final political settlement based on the two-state solution, ensuring international security and stability.