"TWO-STATE SOLUTION"

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.

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council welcomes strong cooperation between organization, League of Arab States, Urges addressing area crises.

Settlement expansion fuelling violence in Occupied Palestinian Territory, Middle East Peace Process Special Coordinator warns Security Council.

Security Council delegates urge Israel to end evictions of Palestinians, as chief mediator calls for political leadership, ‘firm’ actions that enable dialogue.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he is “encouraged” by recent engagement between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials and urged both sides to “expand these contacts to encompass underlying political issues.” UNIFEED

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.