The following is the official translation of the September 22, 2025, speech by “President of the State of Palestine” Mahmoud Abbas, delivered via video link to the United Nations during the High-level International Conference for Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and Implementation of the Two-State Solution.

In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
Your Excellency President Emmanuel Macron,
Your Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud,
H.E. Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres,
Distinguished leaders and heads of delegations,
Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

On behalf of the State of Palestine, I express profound appreciation to the CoChairs, to the United Nations, and to all participating states for the historic New York Declaration issued by the July Conference, which was adopted by an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, marking the beginning of irreversible steps toward ending the humanitarian catastrophe and the occupation, in accordance with international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative, and realizing the independent State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with the State of Israel in security, peace, and good neighborliness.

The Declaration affirmed that the war against our people must end
immediately and permanently, and that crimes of siege, starvation, and
destruction cannot be a means to achieve security. We therefore demand a
permanent ceasefire, the guaranteed delivery of humanitarian aid through the United Nations and UNRWA, the release of all hostages and prisoners, the withdrawal of occupation forces from Gaza, and the immediate start of
rehabilitation and reconstruction in Gaza and the West Bank through the
International Conference in Cairo.

We commend the Egyptian, Qatari, and the United States of America
mediation efforts seeking to stop the war, and we value the positions of Egypt and Jordan in rejecting displacement—an approach shared with us by the international community.

The State........

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