The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 9687th meeting

The Security Council today heard growing calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as speakers reiterated their concern about the ongoing war’s unspeakable toll on civilians and the dwindling prospect for a two-State solution for Israel and Palestine.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 03:23:47
• Production Date: 17 July 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: SERGEY LAVROV
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; MIDDLE EAST SITUATION; TERRORISM; CEASEFIRES; ABDUCTION; PALESTINE QUESTION; ARMED GROUPS; HOSTAGES; DEATH; TWO-STATE SOLUTION
• Geographic Subject: PALESTINE; GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3241886
• Parent Id: 3236977

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The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

'This Terrible War Must End’, Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet Urges Security Council, amid Growing Calls for Immediate Ceasefire to End Bloodshed in Gaza.

Delegates Warn Israel’s Continuous Attacks in the Strip, Settlement Expansion in West Bank, Regional Spillover Threatening Prospect for Two-State Solution.

• Presidency: His Excellency Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation 
• Briefer: Mr. Earle Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet, Executive Office of the Secretary-General 
• Statement: Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations 
• Statement: Israel 
• Statement: His Excellency Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation 
• Statement: His Excellency Wolfgang Amadeus Brülhart, Special Envoy on the Middle East and North Africa, Switzerland 
• Statements: United States of America, Guyana, China, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Republic of Korea, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Japan, Mozambique, Malta, Ecuador, France 
• Statement: His Excellency Ali Bagheri, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran
•  Statement: His Excellency Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bahrain
•  Statement: His Excellency Abdallah Bou Habib, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Lebanon 
• Statement: His Excellency Eltaher Salem Elbaour, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Libya 
• Statement: His Excellency Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kuwait 
• Statement: His Excellency Russ Jalichandra, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Thailand 

The meeting was suspended.

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