United Nations: Tunisia, Norway and China have requested another emergency UN Security Council meeting be scheduled Friday on the worsening situation in Palestine, despite ongoing US resistance for the body to take a role in the conflict.
The session would be public and would include participation by Israel and the Palestinians, diplomats told AFP Wednesday.
The Council has already held two closed-door videoconferences since Monday, with the United States — a close Israel ally — opposing adoption of a joint declaration, which it said would not “help de-escalate” the situation.
According to a diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity, the idea of a third meeting in less than a week was pushed by the Palestinians.
The goal of a new meeting is “to try to contribute to peace… and to have a Security Council able to express itself and to call for a ceasefire,” stressed another diplomat speaking anonymously.
