BRICS Summit Declaration Condemns Israel, Hamas & Hezbollah not cited

BRICS Summit Declaration Condemns Israel, Hamas & Hezbollah not cited
Dr. Aaron Lerner 27 October 2024

The BRICS Summit Declaration repeatedly condemns Israel without a mention of
Hamas or Hezbollah attacks against Israel.

The Declaration does call for ” the immediate and unconditional release of
all hostages and detainees from both sides who are being illegally held
captive” but it may be that as far as Russia and the rest of the BRICs
group, it is perfectly legal for Hamas to hold hostages and thus the call
does not apply to Hamas.

For a laugh read paragraph 47 …” We recognise that any acts of terrorism
are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivations.” Russia
recognizes this?

The following countries participated in the Summit: Russia, Brazil, India,
China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, United Arab Emirates.

XVI BRICS Summit
Kazan Declaration
STRENGTHENING MULTILATERALISM FOR JUST GLOBAL
DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
Kazan, Russian Federation
23 October 2024
http://static.kremlin.ru/media/events/files/en/RosOySvLzGaJtmx2wYFv0lN4NSPZp
loG.pdf
…
28. We are deeply concerned over continued conflicts and instability in the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, noting the Joint Statement by
BRICS Deputy Foreign Ministers and Special Envoys at their meeting of 25
April 2024.

29. We mourn the tragic loss of civilian lives in the recent period and
express sympathy with all civilian victims and their families. We call for
urgent measures, in accordance with international law, to ensure the
protection of lives.

30. We reiterate our grave concern at the deterioration of the situation and
humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the
unprecedented escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and in West Bank as a
result of the Israeli military offensive, which led to mass killing and
injury of civilians,
forced displacement and widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure.
We stress the urgent need for an immediate, comprehensive and permanent
ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the immediate and unconditional release of all
hostages and detainees from both sides who are being illegally held captive
and the unhindered sustainable and at scale supply of humanitarian aid to
the Gaza Strip, and cessation of all aggressive actions. We denounce the
Israeli attacks against humanitarian operations, facilities, personnel and
distribution points. For this purpose, we call for the full implementation
of resolutions 2712 (2023), 2720 (2023), 2728 (2024) and 2735 (2024) of the
United Nations Security Council and in this regard welcome the continuous
efforts by the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State of Qatar, other regional
and international efforts in order to reach immediate ceasefire, accelerate
the delivery of humanitarian aid and Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza
Strip. We call for adherence to international law. We are also alarmed that
the further escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip fuel tension,
extremism and severe negative consequences both regionally and globally. We
call on all relevant parties to act with utmost restraint and to avoid
escalatory actions and provocative declarations. We acknowledge the
provisional measures of the International Court of Justice in the legal
proceedings instituted by South Africa against Israel. We reaffirm our
support for the State of Palestine’s full membership in the United Nations
in the context of the unwavering commitment to the vision of the two-state
solution based on
international law including relevant UNSC and UNGA resolutions and the Arab
Peace Initiative that includes the establishment of a sovereign, independent
and viable State of Palestine in line with internationally recognised
borders of June 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital living side by side
in peace and security with Israel.

31. We express alarm over the situation in Southern Lebanon. We condemn the
loss of civilian lives and the immense damage to civilian infrastructure
resulting from attacks by Israel in residential areas in Lebanon and call
for immediate cessation of military acts. We stress the need to preserve the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State of Lebanon and to create
conditions for political and diplomatic solution in order to safeguard peace
and stability in the Middle East while underlining the importance of strict
observance of UNSC resolutions 1701 (2006) and 2749 (2024).
We strongly condemn attacks on UN personnel, threats to their safety and
call upon Israel to immediately cease such activity.

32. We express our concern over the increasing incidents of terrorist
attacks linked with ICT capabilities. In this regard, we condemn the
premeditated terrorist act of detonating handheld communication devices in
Beirut on 17 September 2024, resulted in the loss of life and injury of
dozens of civilians. We reiterate that these attacks constitute a grave
violation of International Law.

33. We stress the importance of ensuring the exercise of navigational rights
and freedoms of vessels of all states in the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandab
Strait, in accordance with international law. We encourage enhanced
diplomatic efforts by all parties to that end, including by addressing the
causes of the conflict, and continued support for dialogue and Yemen’s peace
process under UN auspices.

34. We stress that Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be
strictly observed. We condemn illegal foreign military presence that lead to
increasing risks of a large-scale conflict in the region. We emphasize that
illegal unilateral sanctions seriously exacerbate the suffering of the
Syrian people.

35. We condemn the attack against the diplomatic premises of the Islamic
Republic of Iran in the Syrian capital Damascus by Israel on 1 April 2024
that constitutes a violation of the fundamental principle of the
inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises under the 1961 Vienna
Convention on Diplomatic
Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

…
47. We reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms
and manifestations whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed while
reaffirming that it should not be associated with any religion, nationality,
civilization or ethnic group. We emphasize that terrorism is a common
threat, which requires a comprehensive and balanced approach at global and
regional levels with due regard to national priorities of States. We commit
to enhance further international and regional cooperation to prevent and
counter terrorist threats on the basis of full respect for the sovereignty
and security of States and in accordance with the Charter of the United
Nations and international law. We acknowledge that States have the primary
responsibility in preventing and combating terrorism with the United Nations
continuing to play central and coordinating role in this area. We recognize
that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of
their motivations, and stress the need to ensure strong collective response
to the persistent and emerging terrorist threats without double standards.
We reject any attempts at politicization of counter-terrorism issues and the
use of terrorist groups to achieve political ends. We
commit to take decisive measures to prevent and disrupt the spread of
terrorist ideology and radicalization, the misuse of modern technologies for
terrorist purposes, cross-border movement of terrorists, terrorist financing
and other forms of terrorism support, incitement to commit terrorist acts,
as well as recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters. We call for an
expeditious finalization and adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on
International Terrorism within the UN framework. We call for concerted
actions against all UN designated terrorists and terrorist entities.
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