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The Israeli government has unanimously rejected a recommendation adopted last week by the UN General Assembly calling for greater rights within the assembly for Palestine. "We will not reward the terrible massacre of October 7," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday following his cabinet's decision to reject the resolution. "We will not allow them to establish a terrorist state from which they will be able to vigorously attack us," he added. Neither the General Assembly nor any other organization can prevent Israel from exercising its right to self-defence, Netanyahu said. On Fri...
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday scheduled further hearings in the genocide proceedings against Israel for its military operations against militants from the Palestinian organization Hamas in Rafah. The highest court of the United Nations will on Thursday and Friday deal with the urgent application by South Africa, it announced in The Hague. South Africa is demanding Israel's immediate withdrawal from Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip to prevent genocide against Palestinians. The attacks threaten "severe and irreparable harm" to the population in Gaza and extreme peril to...
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned the Israeli military against expanding its assault on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. "The situation in Rafah is on a knife's edge, as airstrikes continue throughout southern Gaza," said Guterres at a press conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Friday. "A massive ground attack in Rafah would lead to an epic humanitarian disaster and pull the plug on our efforts to support people as famine looms," Guterres said. More than one million Palestinians are seeking refuge in Rafah, half of them children, Guterres pointed out. Humanitarian vol...
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The UN Security Council on Friday called for an investigation into mass graves discovered near health facilities in the Gaza Strip. Graves containing several hundred bodies were found near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in recent weeks. Last month the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which cited the Palestinian civil defence, said some bodies had bound hands. Hospitals and other medical establishments are entitled special protections under international humanitarian law. The Israeli side has said accusations that Israeli forces had...
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The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in New York on Friday in favour of a resolution to enhance the status of the Palestinians at the world body, including full membership for Palestine. A clear majority of 143 member states voted in favour, with nine against and 25 abstentions. The General Assembly has 193 member states. The resolution grants the Palestinians more participation rights and privileges within the General Assembly, where debates take place and no member wields veto power. It also called upon the UN Security Council to "favourably" consider full UN membership for Palestine...
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The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution to enhance the status of the Palestinians within the United Nations. A majority of the UN's 193 member states voted for the resolution granting Palestine significantly extended rights to participate in the sessions of the UN General Assembly. The assembly recognized Palestine as an observer state in 2012 despite resistance from the United States. Palestine and the Vatican are the only two non-member states with observer status in the body. The resolution passed on Friday also called upon the UN Security Council to to "f...
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The UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution to enhance the status of the Palestinians within the United Nations, including full membership for Palestine.
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The United States will again block attempts to grant Palestinians increased rights in the United Nations General Assembly despite expectations of a large majority in favour in a vote to be taken in New York on Friday. Nate Evans, spokesman for the US Mission to the UN, indicated that the US would again use its veto as it last did on April 18. Palestine currently holds only "observer" status at the world body. "Should the General Assembly adopt this resolution and refer the Palestinian membership application back to the Security Council, we expect a similar outcome to what occurred in April," h...
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The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to vote on Friday on granting Palestinians greater representation and participation rights in the UN's largest body. The draft resolution grants Palestine significantly extended rights to participate in the sessions of the General Assembly, but does not give it regular voting rights. Adoption of the resolution would also likely increase pressure to grant Palestine full membership. The UN General Assembly recognized Palestine as an observer state in 2012 despite resistance from the United States. Palestine and the Vatican are the only two non-mem...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has criticized Russian authorities' crackdown on journalists since the beginning of Moscow's conflict with Ukraine more than two years ago. Russian reporters are increasingly being charged, sentenced and imprisoned, Türk's office said in Geneva on Tuesday. "The continuous attacks on free speech and the criminalization of independent journalism in Russia are very troubling," he stated. At least 30 reporters are currently in custody in Russia on a variety of charges, including terrorism, espionage and treason. Of those, 12 face prison sentences o...
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