...and Iraq, wished his remarks to be understood as free of any polemical elements. But he felt some sadness that his distinguished colleague of Israel should have presented a strong statement. He wished the representative of Israel could have announced, for example, that his country had decided to submit to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He would have welcomed a statement from Iraq stating that Iraq would comply with relevant Security Council resolutions. He could only hope that these announcements would be made in the countries' next statements. All condemned terrorism, and Algeria had suffered from terrorism long before 11 September, and in the face of universal indifference. All were affected by all civilian victims of terrorism. The Conference was here to work through peaceful dialogue and to build international peace and security. It was time to see beyond the prevailing arguments to the opportunities in the region of the Middle East for peace, such as those broached by the Beirut Summit.

Israel's exercise of memory about efforts at peace had been somewhat selective, moreover -- what about the Oslo agreement, for example? Why had Israel skipped over that agreement? Was it that the Oslo agreement was no longer being adhered to?

The representative of Israel, responding, said the statement he had made outlined Israel's views and policies in relation to the Conference. There were sufficient forums elsewhere for discussing the wild accusations launched by the representative of Iraq and the more reasoned issues raised by the representative of Algeria. Israel could discuss terrorism with similar concern and compassion as that expressed by the representative of Algeria. Israel did feel the Oslo Agreement had been abrogated -- by one party, the Palestinian State.

But these issues...

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