The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) last Wednesday adopted a draft resolution titled “Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women” in its 2017 session that was held at the UN headquarters in New York.
The draft resolution was approved by a recorded vote of 23 in favor two against (Australia and the US) and 17 abstentions.
In its resolution the council demands Israel the occupying power to comply fully with the provisions and principles of the relevant rules principles and instruments of international law to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families.
The council has called upon Israel to facilitate the return of all refugees and displaced Palestinian women and children to their homes and properties.
It also urged the international community to continue to provide urgently needed assistance to alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis being faced by Palestinian women and their families in the occupied territories.
