Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ambassador Fazvi A. Shobokshi
Saudi Arabia has never been a member of the UN SecurityCouncil. Fazvi A. Shobokshi has served as Saudi Arabia’s permanentrepresentative to the UN since May 1999. The following is excerpted from debateduring the 5,493rd meeting of the UN Security Council, on July 21,2006. No one would doubt Israel’s ability and skills atslapping together a pretext to justify pursuing its aggression and to cover itstracks, create chaos, and expose the region to greater disruption and tension.This all-out war pursued by Israelagainst Lebanon and,earlier, against Gaza cannot be justified by Israel’spretext. It is regrettable that, despite what has taken place in Lebanon…
