"SETTLEMENT PLANNING"

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.

Informal comments to the media by Riyad al-Maliki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

The United Nation’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that without a “realistic prospect” of an end to Israeli occupation and the realization of a two-State solution, “it is only a matter of time before we face an irreversible, dangerous collapse and widespread instability.” UNIFEED

Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland, reads a statement on behalf of EU members France and Ireland, joined by former EU member Estonia.

Without prospect of end to occupation, Middle East region faces irreversible, dangerous collapse, Special Coordinator tells Security Council.

Without prospect of end to occupation, Middle East region faces irreversible, dangerous collapse, Special Coordinator tells Security Council.

If left unchecked, rising violence, unilateral activities in Occupied Palestinian Territory could undermine fragile stability, briefer warns Security Council.

Security Council, international community still doing too little to steer Israeli-Palestinian conflict into ‘calmer waters’, briefer says amid heightened tensions.

Informal comments to the media by Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, following Security Council consultations on the Middle East.