Guyana supports UN resolution recognising Palestine’s statehood

Guyana was among 138 member states of the United Nations which voted in favour of a resolution on the status of Palestine in the UN.
Guyana was also a co-sponsor of the resolution which was adopted. In a statement, government said too that it submitted to the Palestinian Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people a statement of solidarity on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.  The text of that reads:
On occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the government and people of Guyana renew their principled support for the just struggle of the Palestinian people to realise their inalienable rights to self-determination, including the right to an independent state and permanent homeland.
This year’s commemoration marks the 65th anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 181 (ll) of 29 November, 1947, through which the United Nations determined that there would be the creation of an independent Jewish state and an independent Arab state in the territory of Palestine. While the State of Israel has long since seen the light of day, Palestinians continue to endure a long night of repeated frustration of their own aspiration to statehood. Without correcting this historic wrong, the goal of a two-state solution, to which the international community subscribes, will not be achieved. Guyana, therefore, supports Palestine’s request for non-member observer state status in the United Nations and calls on the General Assembly to favourably consider this request as an initial step towards the fulfilment of this goal.
Repeated hostilities, such as the most recent outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza, serve only to deepen hatred and add to the incalculable cost of the conflict in the loss of human life and material destruction. They bear tragic testimony to the urgent necessity for the two parties to return to the negotiating table and renew in earnest the pursuit of a mutually acceptable solution for the sake of the Palestinian and Israeli people.
Guyana will remain steadfast in its support of all efforts aimed at the peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the realisation of a viable independent State of Palestine living side by side and at peace with a secure State of Israel, and the achievement of a durable peace in the entire Middle East in keeping with relevant resolutions of the United Nations.