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4 February 1999

The President of the fifty-third session returned to New York this morning. Tomorrow morning, the Assembly will resume its tenth emergency special session to consider "Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of Occupied Palestinian Territory. The request to reconvene the session was contained in a letter by the Permanent Representative of Jordan on behalf of the Arab Group and supported by the Non-Aligned Movement, as indicated in a letter by the Permanent Representative of South Africa in his capacity as Chairman of the Coordinating Bureau of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. The list of speakers is open, and so far some 20 delegations have inscribed to address the Assembly on this matter. Consultations are still ongoing on the draft resolution that will be before the Assembly.