AMMAN — The Executive Council of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
during its 21st session, unanimously adopted a resolution on the Old City of
Jerusalem and its walls, supporting the position of Jordan and Arab and Islamic
member states on the holy city.
اضافة اعلان
Spokesman for the Foreign
Ministry Ambassador Dhaifallah Al-Fayez, said that the adoption of the decision
during the council’s meeting on Wednesday came as a result of a Jordanian
diplomatic effort “in coordination with the brothers in the State of Palestine
and the Arab and Islamic groups in the organization.”
Fayez explained that the decision
supports Jordan’s position regarding the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls,
including the Islamic and Christian holy sites, and that the decision
reaffirmed that all Israeli measures aimed at changing the character of the
holy city and its legal status are null and void.
He added that the decision also
calls on Israel to stop all its illegal violations and measures at Al-Aqsa
Mosque / Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and in the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls.
He added, the decision upholds
the 19th executive council meeting’s resolutions and the World Heritage
Committee’s decisions related to Jerusalem, all of which expressed regret over
the failure of Israel, as the occupying power, to stop excavations, building
tunnels and all the other illegal works in East Jerusalem in compliance with
the international law.
The decision also called for
expediting the appointment of a permanent representative of UNESCO in the Old
City of Jerusalem to monitor all measures within the mandate of the
organization, and to send a monitoring mission from the organization to
Jerusalem to monitor all violations committed by Israel, the occupying power
under international law.
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