UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on Palestine
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20 May, 2021, 06:15 pm
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It did not say how many of the Geneva-based organisation's 47 member states had backed the call - but at least a third must come out in support for a special session request to be granted
An Israeli security force member detains a protester during a demonstration held by Palestinians to show their solidarity amid Israel-Gaza fighting, at Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem’s Old City [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
The UN Human Rights Council has announced there will be a special session on 27 May to address "the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem".
"The special session is being convened per an official request submitted... jointly by Pakistan, as co-ordinator of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, and the State of Palestine," the council said in a statement, reports the BBC.
It did not say how many of the Geneva-based organisation's 47 member states had backed the call - but at least a third must come out in support for a special session request to be granted.
Israel has so far made no public comments on the issue.
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