Examples of using Schonmann in English and their translations into Russian
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Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that she was dismayed, but hardly surprised, by the Special Rapporteur's report.
In a statement to the Third Committee in October2007 the Israeli delegate, Ms. Ady Schonmann, stated that the Special Rapporteur had failed to indicate that the Israeli NGO, Peace Now, had retracted a report of October 2006 which showed that nearly 40 per cent of the land held by Israeli settlements in the West Bank is privately owned by Palestinians.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) vigorously disputed the objectivity and impartiality of the Special Rapporteur's report.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that terrorism as a phenomenon was multifaceted, and terrorists did not fit one typical profile.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that terrorism transcended boundaries and nationalities and could exist only with the support and complicity of States.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that the broad range of opinions concerning the definition and scope of the principle of universal jurisdiction demonstrated the need for further study of the topic.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that a Government that stood ready to kill masses of its own civilians should be the last to preach about respect for the rule of law.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said her country attached great importance to developing effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that the representative of Lebanon, who had spoken of the need for international legitimacy, should heed his own rhetoric.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that, because of the complexity of the topic of aut dedere aut judicare, further analysis was needed, particularly for the determination of its constituent elements and the relationship between them.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) observed that terrorists were private individuals operating in the shadows of States, who blended effortlessly into the civilian population yet often wielded State-like power.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that the common-sense definition of terrorism was clear: it meant the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of noncombatants for the purpose of causing havoc and fear.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that it was absurd to hear some of the world's worst human rights violators lecture the only democracy in the Middle East about human rights.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) expressed strong commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and said that it was necessary to promote the concept of an international order based on the rule of law.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) expressed appreciation for the tribute paid to the memory of Shabtai Rosenne, who had played a major role in advancing respect for international law and in promoting its use for peace and the welfare of nations.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) welcomed the Commission's inclusion of two new topics in its future programme of works, namely, immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction and protection of persons in the event of disasters.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that the work of the Committee had been hijacked by a political sideshow, as some among the world's worse human rights violators continued to exploit the forum.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that the exercise of universal jurisdiction must be carefully regulated in order to ensure that it was applied in good faith and responsibly and that sufficient safeguards and filtering mechanisms were in place.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that, as a democratic State, Israel was committed to upholding the tenets of international law, even in respect of its most implacable enemies-- terrorists who themselves blatantly flouted that law.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), explaining her delegation's position, said that it had joined the consensus on the draft resolution because recent events had demonstrated how detrimental the dilution of the laws governing armed conflict could be.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 had reminded the world that terrorism posed a threat to all peace-loving peoples, had no respect for human values and transcended boundaries, nationalities, race and religion.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that, in recent decades, the contours of the law of armed conflict had become increasingly blurred, in particular because of the asymmetric nature of modern warfare and the rise in the participation of non-State actors in armed conflicts around the globe.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that it was extraordinary to hear the representative of Syria accuse another country of human rights violations at a time when his own Government was continuing to slaughter and brutally repress its own people.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) drew attention to the particular challenge of suicide terrorism, which was, without exception, unjustifiable, unlawful and immoral but was difficult to combat because imprisonment and death were motivations rather than deterrences.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that it was unfortunate, if unsurprising, that the representative of Kuwait had chosen to taint the important current debate with an outburst of unfounded, politicized allegations that had no place in the work of the Committee.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), commenting on the draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations, said she was concerned that they relied substantially on the articles on State responsibility, without taking account of the inherent differences between States and international organizations.
Ms. SCHONMANN(Israel) said that the purpose of the security fence being built by Israel was not to establish a political border but to guarantee the safety of Israeli citizens who had been subjected to unremitting terrorism as a result of the infiltration of Palestinians into Israel's towns and cities.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel) said that the broad range of views concerning the conceptual, substantive and procedural aspects of universal jurisdiction underscored the need for further study of the topic, to which end States that had not yet done so could usefully submit information on their practice in those areas.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, expressed surprise that a State distant from Israel and with little knowledge of realities on the ground should choose for the sake of polemics to politicize a professional debate regarding the laws of armed conflict.
Ms. Schonmann(Israel), speaking on the topic of responsibility of international organizations, said that her Government was not convinced that the Commission's articles on State responsibility provided a proper template for articles on the responsibility of international organizations owing to the inherent differences between the two.
