UN General Assembly meets on situation in occupied Palestinian territories

UN General Assembly meets on situation in occupied Palestinian territories.

The United Nations General Assembly will hold an urgent meeting on Thursday.

UN General Assembly meets on situation in occupied Palestinian territories

It will discuss the grave situation in the Occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.

Israel continues its deadly aggression in occupied Palestine despite worldwide opposition and condemnation.

The session comes in response to a request from the chairmen of the OIC Group at the UN and the Arab Group in a joint letter to the 193-member Assembly President Volkan Bozkir of Turkey.

Meanwhile, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun, the president of the Security Council this month, has vowed to push for UN Security Council action to defuse Israeli-Palestinian tension.

CNN has sought opinion from Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram.

In interview with CNN, he lamented that the Security Council has remained paralyzed in this crisis.

He said the world expects that at the very least the Council will call for an immediate halt to the hostilities.

Furthermore, he said the world expects UN to prevent the killing of more innocent children, women and men in occupied Palestine.

Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that Palestinian Authority will seek to prosecute Israelis for “war crimes” before international courts.

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