Negroponte doctrine
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On July 26, 2002, John Negroponte, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, stated (during a closed meeting of the UN Security Council) that the United States will oppose Security Council resolutions that condemn Israel without also condemning terrorist groups (and so are one-sided and biased from the US government point of view). This has come to be known as the Negroponte doctrine, and is viewed by the United States as a counterweight to the frequent resolutions denouncing Israel which are passed by the UN General Assembly.
Here is a widely-reported summary of Negroponte's statement (an official transcript of these closed-session remarks does not appear to have been released):
- For any resolution to go forward, the United States — which has a veto in the 15-nation council — would want it to have the following four elements:
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- A strong and explicit condemnation of all terrorism and incitement to terrorism;
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- A condemnation by name of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, Islamic Jihad and Hamas, groups that have claimed responsibility for suicide attacks on Israel;
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- An appeal to all parties for a political settlement of the crisis;
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- A demand for improvement of the security situation as a condition for any call for a withdrawal of Israeli armed forces to positions they held before the September 2000 start of the al-Aqsa intifada Palestinian uprising in which 1,467 Palestinians and 564 Israelis have died.
