Note
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that this two paragraph statement was written by two parties with very different values. Paragraph one comes out of the mouth of the Secretary-General, repeating the words Kofi Annan made publicly prior to the Quartet meeting. It urges "respect" for the election of a terrorist organization whose foundational charter reads "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it." The UN role? Undermining international peace and security.