Archbishop Bernardito Auza, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council in a July 12 debate that the time to make peace between Israel and Palestine was long overdue.
Archbishop Auza said the Security Council should accept the recommendations made on July 1 by the Quartet on the Middle East, the foursome of the UN, the United States, the Russian Federation and the European Union founded in 2002 to work toward peace in the Middle East.
"The time is long overdue to put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has become increasingly unacceptable as it has become increasingly intractable," the archbishop said. He called for the full implementation of the UN General Assembly's Resolution 181, which called for the creation of a Palestinian state almost 70 years ago and has not been fulfilled.
