Published December 04,2024
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The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a decision calling to arrange a high-level convention to implement related resolutions and obtain a two-state answer to the Israel-Palestine battle.
The draft decision, submitted by Senegal and co-sponsored by quite a few international locations, together with Türkiye, was adopted with 157 votes in favor, eight towards and 7 abstentions.
Calling for the implementation of related UN resolutions on the Israel-Palestine battle, the decision reaffirms the necessity for a two-state answer that may result in “a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.”
It additional requires convening of a “High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.”
“The Conference will be held from 2 to 4 June 2025 in New York, preceded by a preparatory meeting, to be held in May 2025,” it mentioned.
It additional requires the adoption of a declaration on the finish of the convention, emphasizing that this declaration ought to define a roadmap for the peaceable decision of the Israel-Palestine battle and the institution of a two-state answer.
The decision additionally requires the resumption of negotiations on the ultimate standing problems with the Middle East peace course of and a convention to be held in Moscow inside this framework.
Urging each side to meet their obligations below worldwide regulation and beforehand signed agreements, the decision emphasised that Israel, because the occupying energy, should adjust to its obligations as outlined within the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
It calls for Israel “to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible, to cease immediately all new settlement activities and to evacuate all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and to put an end to its unlawful acts.”
Opposing demographic and territorial adjustments within the occupied Palestinian territories, together with East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, the decision additional underlines that forcibly buying land is illegitimate and undermines the two-state answer.
It calls for the quick and full cessation of all types of violence, together with army assaults, destruction and acts of terror.
Emphasizing the “serious humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which is catastrophic in the Gaza Strip,” the decision calls on all UN member states and the UN to proceed offering financial, humanitarian and technical help to the Palestinian individuals and the Palestinian Authority.
It additionally recalled the ICJ’s advisory opinion and underlined that Israel is obligated to totally compensate for the destruction attributable to its wrongful actions.
Source: www.anews.com.tr