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UN General Assembly votes in favor of Palestinian self-determination

Wednesday-20-December-2017

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a majority in favor of a resolution reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.

UN General Assembly to hold emergency session on Jerusalem

Tuesday-19-December-2017

The bloc of Arab countries at the UN has submitted a request with the General Assembly to hold an emergency meeting to adopt a resolution that overturns the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

UN official condemns Israel’s fatal shooting of wheelchaired protester

Tuesday-19-December-2017

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ben Ra'ad al-Hussein expressed on Tuesday “true shock” over Israeli forces’ fatal shooting of Ibrahim Abu Thuraya a wheelchair-bound amputee near Gaza’s border fence last Friday.

Israel US try to head off UN blacklist over settlements

Monday-27-November-2017

Israel and the US administration are working feverishly to prevent the upcoming publication of a UN database of companies that operate in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories fearing such blacklist could have devastating consequences.

Mladenov: No humanitarian improvement in Gaza despite reconciliation

Tuesday-21-November-2017

Nickolay Mladenov UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process has expressed his regret and dismay at the absence of any improvement in the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip despite the signing of a reconciliation agreement between Palestinian rivals in Cairo last month.

UN concerned over mistreatment of Palestinian children in Israeli jail

Tuesday-7-November-2017

The United Nations expressed on Monday concerns over the situation of 500 Palestinian children incarcerated in Israeli jails.

Palestine: UNSC ineffective in dealing with Israel

Thursday-19-October-2017

The Permanent Representative of the Palestinian Authority to the United Nations Riad Mansour said that the UN’s Security Council is ‘paralyzed’ when it comes to Israel.

UN envoy: Gaza part and parcel of future Palestinian state

Wednesday-4-October-2017

Gaza is and must be an integral part of the future Palestinian state United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov has said.

PPS: Israel manipulates judiciary to tighten grip on prisoners

Tuesday-26-September-2017

Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) Fares Qaddoura sounded the alarm over the preplanned torture tactics pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities against Palestinian detainees.

Mladenov: UN to supervise PA government’s takeover of responsibilities

Monday-25-September-2017

Special UN coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nikolay Mladenov told a news briefing in Gaza that the United Nations (UN) is ready to supervise the Palestinian consensus government's takeover of responsibilities in the Gaza Strip.