Your Majesty King Harald, Your Majesty Queen Sonja, Professor Sejersted – Chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, A quote from the Holy Koran, «Then if they should be inclined to make peace, do thou incline towards it also, and put thy trust in Allah.» The Holy Koran, 8:62. Ever…

Mr. President, Honorable Members: It never occurred to me that my second meeting with this honorable assembly since 1974 would take place in the hospitable city of Geneva. 1 bad thought that the new political positions and postures evolved by our Palestinian people in the course of the Algiers meeting of the Palestine National –…

In the name of the people of Palestine and the leader of its national struggle, the Palestine Liberation organization, I take this opportunity to extend to you, Mr. President, my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the twenty-ninth session of he United nations general assembly. We have, of course, long known you…