"PALESTINE QUESTION"

One month into ‘fragile’ ceasefire in Gaza, maximum restraint remains crucial, Special Coordinator tells Security Council, citing new Israeli Government.

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland visited the Gaza Strip today “in the context of maintaining calm,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said the recent events have “made clear once again the costs of perpetual conflict and lost hope” adding that the international community's approach to Gaza and the conflict as a whole “cannot be business as usual, and we cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) made a flash appeal for 38 million USD in emergency funding to “respond to the immediate needs and to carry out essential emergency interventions in Gaza.” UNIFEED

Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour said it was not in the interest of the Palestinian people to “send gifts” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rather it is to “isolate Netanyahu and his extremist fascist groups until they cannot bare this global pressure on them to stop this aggression, which will happen.” UNIFEED

UN human rights office called on “Israel to immediately halt all forced evictions, including those in Sheikh Jarrah, and to cease any activity that would further contribute to a coercive environment and lead to a risk of forcible transfer.” UNTV CH

Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, reads a press statement on the Palestine question on behalf of current European Union members Estonia and France and former EU members Belgium and Germany.

Amid resurgent COVID-19, Palestinian expectations high ahead of long-awaited elections, Special Coordinator tells Security Council.

Press briefing by Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April, on the Council's Programme of Work for the month.

UN chief António Guterres today reiterated his call on the Government of Israel to “immediately halt all settlement activity, which is a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-State solution, and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.” UNIFEED