Today's GA resolution: 1⃣4⃣3⃣ member States for, 9 against, 25 abstaining. State of Palestine qualified for 🇺🇳membership in accordance with 🇺🇳 Charter. Recommends that SecCo reconsider the matter favourably, grants Palestine additional rights at UN un.org/unispal/docume…

GA resolution determines that State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the UN in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter and should be admitted to membership, recommends that Security Council reconsider the matter favourably, grants Palestine additional rights at UN

With no let-up in the Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah into Friday, UN humanitarians issued renewed calls for a ceasefire as “the only hope” to avert further bloodshed and restore desperately needed aid deliveries.

The Israeli military’s ground operation targeting eastern #Rafah is a culmination of a seven-month long campaign to forcibly transfer and destroy #Gaza ’s population, UN experts warned today.
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The UN General Assembly convened again today for an emergency special session on the Gaza crisis & overwhelmingly passed a resolution which upgrades Palestine's rights at the world body as an Observer State, without offering full membership. ⤵️
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لا مكان آمن في #غزة

تعرضت المرافق التابعة لـ الأونروا للأضرار 368 مرة منذ بدء الحرب، وقتل ما لا يقل عن 429 نازحا أثناء احتمائهم بمرافق الأونروا.

يجب حماية المدنيين في جميع الأوقات. العاملون في المجال الإنساني #ليسوا_هدفا . نحن بحاجة إلى #وقف_اطلاق_النار الآن

The UN General Assembly convened again shortly after 10:00 AM New York time for an emergency special session on the #Gaza crisis with the fate hundreds of thousands of civilians in Rafah hanging in the balance as Israeli forces continue their advance into the southern city.

بأغلبية 143 عضوا اعتمدت الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة قرارا يدعم طلب فلسطين للحصول على عضوية كاملة بالأمم المتحدة، ويوصي مجلس الأمن بإعادة النظر في الطلب. كما يحدد طرقا لإعمال حقوق وامتيازات إضافية تتعلق بمشاركة فلسطين بالأمم المتحدة.

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Resolution adopted by 143 votes to 9, with 25 abstentions

On the agenda of the General Assembly today: draft resolution 'Admission of new Members to the United Nations' (A/ES-10/L.30/Rev.1) #Palestine un.org/unispal/docume…

“Over the past months, UN staff have regularly been subjected to harassment and intimidation. Our compound has been seriously vandalized and damaged. On several occasions, Israeli extremists threatened our staff with guns.”⤵️

في ظل عدم اليقين بشأن احتمال وقف إطلاق النار في #غزة والتصعيد العسكري في رفح، أعربت وكالات الأمم المتحدة عن القلق البالغ بشأن استمرار إغلاق المعبرين الرئيسيين المؤديين إلى قطاع غزة.
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As war rages in Gaza, violations against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank have also increased substantially, a senior official with the UN human rights office, UN Human Rights Palestine , said on Tuesday.
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Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that “no fuel or aid” is getting into the enclave.

Israeli bombardment from the air, land, and sea continues to be reported across much of the Gaza Strip, resulting in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of houses and other civilian infrastructure.⤵️

قال أنطونيو غوتيريش الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة إن اللحظة الحالية حاسمة للفلسطينيين والإسرائيليين ولمصير المنطقة بأكملها. وشدد على أهمية التوصل إلى اتفاق بين حكومة إسرائيل وقيادة حماس لإنهاء المعاناة التي لا يمكن تحملها للفلسطينيين في غزة والرهائن وأسرهم.

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Amid ongoing uncertainty about escalation of the military operation in #Rafah , UN expressed deep concerns that the 2 main access points into the enclave remained closed, while families are scared and “hanging on psychologically and physically by a thread”.
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🇺🇳 UN mine action experts warned on Monday that even when current hostilities end, the risk remains lethally high for civilians in #Gaza from unexploded weapons and contaminated rubble throughout the devastated enclave. ⤵️
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The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday reiterated his appeal to Israel to stop any escalation in Gaza, amid reports that its forces have taken over key border crossings in Rafah. ⤵️

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📽️ Talking to reporters on 6 May 2024, UN Secretary-General António Guterres made “a very strong appeal to the Government of Israel and to the leadership of the Hamas in order to go an extra mile to materialize an agreement that is 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥.”