Qatar criticises Security Council for failing the Middle East

The prime minister of Qatar criticised the UN Security Council on Monday for failing to provide “just solutions” for the crises in the Middle East, Anadolu has reported. Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani, who is also the interior minister, was speaking at the inauguration of the Doha Club when he made his comments.

“The inability of the Security Council to resolve many of the Middle East conflicts could lead to collective failure and this might create an unstable and violent environment,” he told the audience of senior Qatari, Arab and international officials, intellectuals, businessmen, writers and journalists. Al-Thani said that the stability and security needed in the Middle East could only be achieved through a “just reconciliation for the chronic conflicts and crises”, not only in the region, but also across the world. “This could not be achieved unless and until the international community, mainly the UN Security Council, takes just decisions regarding the prime issues around the world.”

Although peace is the “strategic” solution for the current instability in the Middle East, the Qatari leader stressed that this will not be achieved until the Israeli occupation of Palestine is ended on the basis of the 1967 borders and the establishment of a State of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital.

Despite Israel’s continuous “destructive aggression” against the Palestinians, the Security Council has failed to promote justice by stopping it. “This reflects the double standards adopted by the UN,” he said. “This is against international legitimacy and undermines the credibility of this international organisation.”

Another guest speaker at the Doha Club was former Tunisian President Moncef Al-Marzouki who called for the “real stability equation” of “good governance based on the just distribution of wealth regardless of class differences.” Regional cooperation, he added, such as commercial exchange and other important fields, could also be part of good governance and this would lead to security. The people of Syria, noted Al-Marzouki, are striving for “real stability.”