00:00Thank you.
00:01I give the floor to the representative of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
00:05Vice President PCHR welcomes the updated U.N. database of businesses
00:10involved in activities related to illegal israelis settlements
00:13and reiterates its call on Member States to ensure that companies under their jurisdiction
00:18do not contribute or benefit from the settlement enterprise.
00:21Mr. Vice President, nearly three years into the live stream genocide in Gaza,
00:26The evidence is overwhelming. To this date, senior Israeli officials continue to publicly declare their genocidal intent towards Palestinians.
00:34Palestinian, Israeli, and international human rights organizations, legal scholars, UN mandate holders, and the UN Commission of Inquiry have all
00:42reached findings of genocide in Gaza.
00:45Why then has the High Commissioner for Human Rights still not acknowledged this reality for what it is?
00:50The High Commissioner is not merely another voice. His office carries significant legal authority and moral weight within the international
00:57human rights system and the wider international justice system.
01:01A clear acknowledgement from the High Commissioner would carry considerable institutional weight, reinforce the urgency of the obligation to prevent
01:09genocide, and exert pressure on states to act to end the ongoing atrocities in Gaza in line with their obligations
01:15under the Genocide Convention.
01:17We therefore call on the High Commissioner to simply act as his predecessors, rightly did in relation to other situations,
01:26to acknowledge that situation in Gaza is one of genocide,
01:29and to make preventing further genocidal acts and ensuring accountability for them central to the office's response. I thank you.
01:38Thank you.
