Amir Abdollahian: The volume of bombs used against Gaza was 3 times the explosive power of the American atomic bombs in Hiroshima.

According to Tasnim news agency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the presence of a number of UN officials officials of humanitarian institutions, religious institutions, university professors and some foreign ambassadors residing in Geneva gave a speech about the current developments in Palestine and the Zionist regime’s aggression in Gaza.

The text of this speech is as follows:

In the Name of God, the Most Merciful

Mr. President,

I would like to thank the Geneva Humanitarian Dialogue Center for hosting this dialogue and my colleagues at the Republic I am also grateful to the Islamic Institute of Iran for coordinating this initiative. is “humanitarian dialogues” and its mission and responsibility are defined as “handling humanitarian affairs”, we want to discuss the most urgent humanitarian disaster in the world today, which is Gaza.

Dear friends

The choice of Geneva to hold this dialogue was not without reason. , just as there is a clear reason for choosing this time.

Geneva has been the place of development and compilation of the most important achievements of human civilization to make war a little more humane. . The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 are considered as the extract of the historical effort of mankind for the humane regulation of armed conflicts, according to their common article, all governments are not only obliged to comply with its rules, but also ensure that others comply with them. achieve The principle of “Respect and Ensure Respect” is a key principle in the law of armed conflict. In addition, Geneva is the place of drafting two supplementary protocols to the Geneva Conventions. According to Protocol No. 1 of 1977, the armed struggle of people under foreign occupation or people under apartheid to gain the right to self-determination as an international armed conflict is included in the rules and principles of the law of war. From this point of view, the Palestinian resistance is a liberating and legitimate movement, not a terrorist group. Another point is that there is no logic and basis for giving the right of legitimate defense to the occupying regime. The incessant bombing of Gaza comes just three days after the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on November 18 in Jeddah. In the 11th paragraph of the final resolution of the summit, Islamic countries are obliged to increase diplomatic efforts to shed light on the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and to try to stop war crimes against the defenseless people of Palestine.

My presence in Geneva and in this meeting at the center of humanitarian dialogues and the intensive consultations that I will have with some international organizations based in Geneva is in line with the performance of the duty that, in addition to being the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic Iran, on behalf of the Iranian nation, I assume responsibility based on the responsibility assigned by the OIC organization.

Dear audience,

All of us, as representatives of governments and all of us as human beings, have a duty and responsibility to stop the catastrophic lawlessness that is destroying, killing and destroying every moment. Article 1 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 defines the duty. Article 1 of the Genocide Convention has also clarified the legal duty of states to prevent genocide, a duty that, according to the explicit opinion of the International Court of Justice, has an extraterritorial nature.

The occupying regime insists on gross violations of international humanitarian law and committing crimes that are war crimes, genocide crimes, and crimes against humanity, but this should not only cause us to be inactive. rather, it should make us more steadfast in our commitment to “ensure compliance” with the rules of the Geneva Conventions and prevent a full-scale genocide. Inattention to continuous, obvious and severe violations of humanitarian rights is an irreparable blow to the principle of the rule of law and the validity of international law.

It is said that the volume of bombs and explosives used against Gaza in these forty days was more than three times the explosive power of the American atomic bombs in Hiroshima.

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