"PALESTINIAN PEOPLE"

In his address to the General Assembly's General Debate, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas said, “Israel is enacting racist laws, consecrating an apartheid regime.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, urged Member States to support the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), telling them “don't let this collective responsibility assumed by the General Assembly to fail.” UNIFEED

Incoming President urges Member States to forge solutions through solidarity, sustainability, science, as General Assembly begins seventy-seventh session.

The Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Lynn Hastings said, “immediate steps to reverse negative trends and to support the Palestinian people are essential. The violence must stop. The tensions that have been mounting, particularly in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, amidst continued settlement activity and settler-related violence, must be addressed.” UNIFEED

Addressing Israeli-Palestinian tensions as they arise cannot replace efforts to resolve core issues, Deputy Special Coordinator tells Security Council.

Addressing Israeli-Palestinian tensions as they arise cannot replace efforts to resolve core issues, Deputy Special Coordinator tells Security Council.

Concluding management segment, Economic and Social Council adopts texts on Haiti’s development, Palestinian rights, controlling non-communicable diseases.

Status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites must be upheld, Special Middle East Coordinator tells Security Council, as speakers express alarm over recent violent clashes.

Status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites must be upheld, Special Middle East Coordinator tells Security Council, as speakers express alarm over recent violent clashes.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.