"INTERNATIONAL LAW"

General Assembly adopts text reiterating call for comprehensive Middle East peace, after failing to pass resolution condemning actions by Hamas in Gaza at 47th plenary meeting.

Although a majority of UN Member States voted in favour of a General Assembly resolution put forward by the United States condemning the activities of Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza, it failed to obtain a two-thirds majority and was not adopted. UNIFEED

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

Speaking to journalists in Geneva on Wednesday, the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that an at least 7,000 people in Deir-Ez-Zor province were trapped, amid efforts to dislodge ISIL from one of their last strongholds in Syria. UNTV CH

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

Calling for final peace settlement to Israeli Palestinian conflict, General Assembly adopts six resolutions on Middle East at 43rd plenary meeting.

As General Assembly debates question of Palestine, members call for swift action to jump-start Israeli-Palestinian talks, realize two-state solution at 42nd plenary meeting.

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

Humanitarian affairs official, briefing Security Council, stresses need to renew authorization for cross-border aid delivery in Syria at 8411th meeting.

A top UN official told the Security Council that any confirmed use of chemical weapons “is abhorrent and a clear violation of international law” following the reported use of chlorine in Syria’s Aleppo City. UNIFEED