Fourth Committee, 5th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 81st session

1. Item 52

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🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇲🇦 Morocco

1. 🇩🇿 AlgeriaFirst reply▶ 2:30:00 · 4 min

   Thank you, Mr. Chair. As uh I've explained yesterday that my delegation does not uh intend to raise to the point of order repeatedly unless it is necessary. I think that we all witness witnessed how our distinguished colleague from the Kingdom of Morocco Has interrupted four times, maybe more, one of the petitioners, because he was not using, according to her, the right terminology. And now she is engaging in an abundant way, in a substance. And to be honest, Mr. Chair, it is a blatant disregard to the rules of procedure. And we urge you, Mr. Chair, this is not a right of reply. The rules are clear, and Rule 113 is clear. No one here, no delegation has the right to violate it. If she cannot bear what these petitioners are saying, I exposed yesterday what alternative she has. I can add another one, but I will keep it for myself for the moment. And asking people and petitioners to use terminology when she herself. Is not respecting. Our today's meeting on is on Western Sahara. Moroccan Sahara is not under colonial rule. And there is no interest for this committee to discuss anything about Moroccan Sahara. We are speaking about Western Sahara. And these interruptions are politically motivated. Both petitioners, the one that was cut. Four times and this one they were cut because they can testify exactly what's happening on the ground, and this is what we need in this committee, and this is why this part of the work of this committee was established. I thank you, Mr. Chair. remercie, I thank the distinguished representative and remind petitioners that applauding in the room is prohibited, and I ask that you respect these requirements. je demande aux pétitionnaires, I ask that petitioners respect decorum in this room. You do not have the floor, and I will not give you the floor again. je demande à la sécurité de prendre les disputations. I ask security to take the necessary measures to avoid further insults. Distingué représentant du Maroc, j'ai Distinguished Representative of Morocco, it will be handled. I have asked security to take care of it. I remind petitioners that uh I remind the petitioner that they have one minute fifteen seconds remaining. distingué pétitionnaire, vous aurez la parole. Distinguished P Petitioner, you you have oh please wait one moment. Maroc, vous aurez la parole.

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2. 🇲🇦 MoroccoFirst replyin response to Algeria▶ 2:33:57 · 4 min

   Chair, I thank you. And I genuinely apologize for the manner in which certain persons that are politically motivated are using this pony. Are you are you are you making a motion? It is to respond to the delegation of Algeria, so it's a right of reply to a statement. and uh this is just to react to the delegation of Algeria Excuse me. Excuse me. Si c'est droit de réponse à la fin. If it is a right of reply, uh please please reply at the end. Rights of reply will be dealt with at the end. Because well, the delegation of Algeria mentioned Morocco, therefore I am compelled to respond. I am obliged to respond. You have a right of reply. The rights of reply will be at the end of the meeting. Monsieur le President No, Chair, you have not under I do understand, send the chair. But if it is a point of order, I give you the floor. It is a point of order, says Morocco. It is also a point of order. Monsieur le President, Chair. we have been qualified by the delegation of Algeria as being someone who is disturb disturbing the committee. Between yesterday and today, we're having a group of people in this room reacting outside the elementary basic sense of respect. And number three, I will not react to everything that Algeria, the delegation of Algeria, just said now, because The statement of Algeria proves that it is a principal party to the conflict. So all the statements that said Algeria now confirms, once again, that it is party, principal party. Blattened disregard. I will not accept this word from the delegation of Algeria. No one can qualify the wording of another member state. Because up to now I never qualified the speech of Algeria. I can use all kinds of adjectives as well. Number two, I will give him. The delegation of Algeria, my dear brother specifically, some kind of pardon, because of maybe English is not the first language of my dear brother, but he has to try to at least check the wordings without uh before uttering them. Number three, he talked about my statements are being politicized or political, that's his wording. Well, this is called a special political and decolonization committee, so there is the political aspect of it. Je vous remercie. I thank you. I'm being interrupted just a couple of four men. I remind petitioners. This is a fourth committee which has been Distinguished delegates, you have exhausted your time. uh clowns, if I may use the word since I'm being qualified since yesterday, to applaud and to disturb the proceedings.

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3. 🇲🇦 MoroccoSecond reply▶ 2:55:58 · 29 s

   Mr. Chair, the petition the petitioner has said that Morocco recognizes such and such, and as representative of the Kingdom of Morocco, I would like to mention here that I, as representative of the Kingdom of Morocco in this committee, we do not recognize, and I do not recognize any word and any letter that the petitioner has given. Before this committee. Thank you.

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4. 🇩🇿 AlgeriaSecond reply▶ 2:56:37 · 1 min

   Thank you, Mr. Chair. We respectfully recall Rule 113 that confine the point of orders to procedural matters. what is what we have heard right now from the distinguished colleague is again a blatant disregard to this rule. I thank you, mister Chair. I remind delegates to please respect decorum and I recall Article one hundred and thirteen um to avoid us delaying our work. Thank you.

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5. 🇲🇦 MoroccoSecond reply▶ 2:57:26 · 1 min

   Thank you, Mr. Chair. And again, as a quick reaction to my dear distinguished colleague from Algeria, two things. The petitioner, first of all, and this is a procedural, purely procedural matter. The petitioner mentioned a situation outside of the situation under examination. In this case, if Algeria missed that, referred to Eritrea. Second thing, the petitioner spoke on behalf of my delegation, saying that my delegation and the Kingdom of Morocco itself admits this, this, and that. So out of procedures again, we are taking the floor to say that no one is speaking on behalf of the delegation of Morocco except the one sitting in this seat. And no one else. I thank you.

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6. 🇲🇦 MoroccoSecond reply▶ 3:05:40 · 1 min

   Thank you, Mr. Chair. And first of all, we kindly ask the petitioners to respect the chair. When the chair takes the floor to lead this committee, the petitioners need to listen and to respect each other here. Second, the petitioner is mentioning one of the symbols of the Kingdom of Morocco. It is the extreme symbol, it's the highest symbol. His Majesty King Muhammad VI. I don't understand why the petitioner from the Nigeria movement for the liberation of whatever, the Moroccan Sahara, liberation from what? It's part of the Morocco is dwelling into things that have nothing to do with the uh the point under examination. So I kindly ask through you, Mr. Chair, that you instruct the petitioner not to mention the head of states, not to use this podium to insult member states, their symbols, their head of states, or their constitutional institutions. I thank you. Yeah.

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