‘We welcome any steps that are aimed at stopping the bloodshed as soon as possible and ensuring a sustainable, permanent cease-fire,’ Lavrov tells news conference
“Norway has made it very clear that it supports Palestine’s application for full membership status in the UN, and that Norway will vote in favor the day the General Assembly holds a vote on the application,” Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in a statement issued late Friday.
The president’s remarks came in an interview with the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, which mostly criticized the US for thwarting an Arab resolution project demanding full Palestinian membership in the United Nations.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres 'continues to hope that the Security Council will find a way to speak with one voice on this issue,' says his spokesperson
The call came following an emergency meeting held by the Cairo-based body at the level of permanent delegates upon a request from Palestine to discuss ways of halting the Israeli war, which has killed more than 25,000 people since 7 October.
Security Council scheduled vote on draft resolution calling for urgent cessation of hostilities in Gaza to allow unhindered access to deliver humanitarian aid
Discussing the need for “reform” at the UN, Khasawneh said the international community is weary, and the success of any reform speech is unlikely, during the seventh TRT World Forum in Istanbul.