The time had come for the international community to take more effective measures to ensure respect for international law.

For that reason, the international community must scrupulously comply with the principles of international humanitarian law and human rights.

If the international community did not further commit itself to ensuring strict respect for international law and the agreements concluded, it would soon be confronted with a humanitarian disaster.

Accordingly, the confidence of the Saharan people and their representatives in the will of the international community to find a speedy and just solution in conformity with international law risked being shattered.

Indeed, as far as international law and international recognition were concerned, there was hardly a country that considered Morocco to have a legitimate claim to Western Sahara.

Lastly, he asked what the international community as a whole could do to ensure that human rights and international humanitarian law were respected in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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Without being a panacea, a comprehensive international legal framework would seal the existing gaps in international law and become a coordination tool. It was imperative, therefore, to make progress in the formulation of the conventions relating to terrorism.

The passivity of the international community allowed the fundamental rights of the Saharans to be violated on a daily basis.

In 1925, the first International Child Welfare congress was held in Geneva.

His extremist and inappropriate calls to the international community should also be rejected.

In the years following the adoption of the Declaration, colonial peoples had managed to break the yoke of foreign domination and become sovereign and independent peoples.

That was why a solution should be imposed by the United Nations and the international community.

Lastly, it had considered the relationship between the protective regime of the Convention and the protection provided by international humanitarian law.

A more sincere and consistent global response to terrorist acts was required.

The Committee had then considered a proposal by Costa Rica on the relationship between the 1994 Convention and international humanitarian law.

It was the obligation of the Committee and the international community at large to work expeditiously to complete the decolonization of those Territories.

Self determination was a basic right of all peoples and withholding it was a grave violation of international law.

The Moroccan Government did not want the international community to tell it what it should do with regard to the status of what it called its Saharan provinces .

It was determined to ensure the observance of the laws of warfare and took very seriously the accusations of improper behaviour or behaviour contrary to international law levelled against its armed forces.

The international community must therefore increase its support to the Afghan Government to help strengthen its army, police forces and resources.

Mr. Zeidan (Lebanon) said he was glad that the Special Rapporteur had had the courage to describe the situation as he saw it and as the international community saw it.

Sri Lanka unreservedly condemned those attacks and joined the international community in urging that those responsible should be brought to justice.

His delegation also viewed the Costa Rican proposal on the relationship between the Convention and international humanitarian law as highly relevant and worth considering.

Even more worrisome was the inability of the international community to ensure respect for the law and to protect the fundamental rights of the Saharan people.

He asked whether the Special Rapporteur found difficulty in carrying out his mandate and how the international community and the two parties to the conflict reacted.

In addition, the definition of the relationship between international humanitarian law and the 1994 Convention was important and should be studied by the Ad Hoc Committee.

In that regard, it was essential that the international legal regime should offer the highest possible standard of protection for United Nations and associated personnel.

The Saharans, on the other hand, had accepted it, once again showing their willingness to abide by the will of the international community and seek a peaceful end to the conflict.

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No matter how unjustifiable terrorist acts were, the international community must deal with the root causes of the evil.

He emphasized the importance of the Declaration, which established that colonialism was contrary to international law, and encouraged the adoption of practical measures to accelerate its eradication and reflected a growing awareness among the international community, which now believed that colonialism was an impediment to economic development.

At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. Briones (International Association of Jurists for Western Sahara) took a place at the petitioners' table.

Consequently, the provisions of international humanitarian law and of the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to which Morocco had been a party since 1957, should continue to apply.

He said he did not feel that the question of transitional justice was treated fully from the standpoint of the principles of international criminal law, for no account was taken of the foreign aggression and its legal implications.

The second stage would involve changing certain cultural traditions, something that would require a far greater effort on the part of the Government and the international community.

He wondered why the Special Rapporteur had not referred to the international community's obligation to urge Israel to implement the Advisory Opinion.

The ongoing negotiations on the two draft conventions before the Committee could provide a wider legal basis for a more effective global response to terrorism.

The United Nations must do more to compel Morocco to respect international law and the Security Council must be much firmer with Morocco.

The Spanish Government was sure that it could count on the unconditional support of the immense majority of the Spanish people and the international community as well.

He emphasized that, basically, he limited himself to reiterating the Advisory Opinion, which the international community should abide by, as it had done in the case of South Africa, condemned in 1971 for its occupation of Namibia.

According to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, the route of the Wall did not respect the 1967 borders and violated the Geneva Conventions on human rights and international humanitarian law.

Despite a number of important new developments, there were still some loopholes in international law that terrorists could exploit and that should be closed as soon as possible.

Mr. Briones (International Association of Jurists for Western Sahara) said the question of Western Sahara was primarily an issue of decolonization.

It was therefore important for the international community to serve notice on Israel that it would remain subject to the obligations contained in the Fourth Geneva Convention in respect of Gaza.