UN General Assembly
2014

agenda for 2016-2030. The theme for this session of the General Assembly is therefore quite timely. Bangladesh believes that our deliberations will help us to arrive at a balanced, pragmatic and ambitious agenda. We cannot achieve sustainable development in the absence of durable peace and security. The volatile global security situation continues to pose significant challenges to international development. Bangladesh believes that a threat to peace anywhere is a threat to humankind as a whole. In keeping with our position of principle, we continue to express our full solidarity with the Palestinian people in their legitimate struggle for self- determination. We condemn the systematic killing of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including women and children, by Israel during the recent offensive in Gaza. We seek a permanent solution to that long-standing conflict through the creation of an independent and viable State of Palestine based on the pre-1967 borders and with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. Bangladesh strongly believes in the centrality and legitimacy of the United Nations as the custodian of global peace, security and development. Our