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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

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

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.

Amid unprecedented confrontations over Syria, ‘Careful Diplomacy’ vital to support de-escalation, avert miscalculations, Special Envoy tells Security Council at 8260th meeting.

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

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said recent reports of fighting in that country involving Israel and Iran demonstrated “a troubling trajectory of an ever more frequent and ever more intense international confrontations over Syria, unprecedented since 1973.” UNIFEED