permanent member of the Security Council. Prince Saud pointed out that the Secretariat's report has adequately explained the different negotiation stages through which the Arab Committee had gone to press for the issuance of a UN resolution based on the basic elements of the draft adopted by the Arab Ministerial Council in Cairo. Prince Saud Al-Faisal went on to say that it is true that the Security Council resolution still remains disregarded by Israeli in consistence with its previous experience. However, the language of the resolution, given the circumstances surrounding its birth, particularly the stereotyped rejection of the U.S. in similar cases, itself represents a very important diplomatic event that we should invest to enforce an immediate cessation of the war in Gaza, which, if continued, will have serious consequences.