"Israel uses the excuse of self-defense to inflict terror in Gaza"

Speech by Alva Baptiste, Foreign Minister of Saint Lucia, in the 79th session of the UNGA. teleSUR

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00:00President St. Lucia therefore reiterates the call it made at the 78th session of

00:07the UNGA that the UN should become seized of the question of reparations

00:13for the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the Western Hemisphere. This

00:19is why in part our Caribbean civilization resents the current

00:24carnage in Gaza and the West Bank because in Gaza presidents for the last

00:30year over 41,000 persons the majority being women and children have been

00:36killed by an Israeli army in the name of self-defense occasioned by a terrorist

00:42attack on Israel on October 7th 2023 in which approximately 1,200 persons were

00:50killed. St. Lucia condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations by

00:56whomever and whatever commits it but humanitarianism has been lost in the

01:02carnage. Since October last year 289 aid workers including 207 UNRWA team

01:11members have been killed in Gaza. In addition more than 110 journalists have

01:17been killed. President this war in Palestine what some have referred to as

01:22genocide whatever it is called must be brought to an end today for the world

01:29has no future with it and has no appetite for it.