Condemning Hostage-Taking in Israel on October 7 as a Psychological Tool of Terrorism - UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting

The meeting is organized by the United States and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and the United Kingdom to the United Nations

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 03:18:49
• Production Date: 16 May 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS; PALESTINE; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; ABDUCTION; PALESTINE QUESTION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; HOSTAGES; SEX CRIMES; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; RULE OF LAW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 3244541
• Parent Id: 3206649

Description

The United States holds an Arria-Formula meeting on Thursday, May 16 at 3 p.m. in Conference Room 11 at UN Headquarters on condemning hostage-taking in Israel on October 7 as a psychological tool of terrorism. 

United States Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, chairs the meeting, which is co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungry, Israel, Italy, Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 

Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, former vice-chair of the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and one of the first recipients of the Department of State’s International Women of Courage Award, provided a briefing. 

A released hostage and hostage family members also participated in the meeting. 

The Arria-formula meeting focuses on demanding that Hamas and other armed groups immediately and unconditionally release all hostages being held in Gaza. 

It also highlighted the long-term health and psychological impact of hostage-taking not only on those held, but those left behind. 

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