UN holds open debate on Middle East, including Palestinian question


(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) New york, Oct.18 (Petra) -- The United Nations Security Council( UNSC), on Wednesday is scheduled to hold its quarterly open debate under the agenda item" "the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question".

Assistant Secretary-General for Political, Affairs Miroslav Jenca, will brief member states on recent developments with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and may touch on other regional issues.

The briefing and interventions by Council members and other member states are expected to focus on the unity agreement signed by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas on 12 October in Cairo, a deal brokered by Egyptian government mediators in an effort to end a decade of stalled relations between the Fatah party and Hamas movement that has controlled Gaza since June 2007.

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18/10/2017 - 08:56:09 AM

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Jordan News Agency

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