"GAZA"

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Gaza on verge of collapse, senior United Nations official tells Security Council, calling for all parties to act urgently, ‘avoid another war’, at 8265th meeting.

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said the recent violence at the Israel-Gaza border was “a reminder that Gaza is on the verge of collapse, that its people – who have lived for more than a decade under the control of Hamas, with crippling Israeli closures and with diminishing hopes for an end to the occupation and a political solution, and who have survived three devastating conflicts – are increasingly desperate.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution urging the dispatch of “an independent, international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of international humanitarian law and international human rights law" related to Gaza protests that began on 30 March. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called for international investigation on Gaza violence, following reports that 87 Palestinians, including twelve children, were killed in demonstrations since 30 March. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Palestinians recognized Israel on 78 percent of their land but now “Israel wants to take over all of historical Palestine, and that is how the two-state solution is being destroyed.” UNIFEED

Press Conference by Hanan Ashrawi, PLO Executive Committee Member, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Head of the PLO Department of Culture and Information.

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.