Ambassador Cheikh Niang is Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

An Urgent Call for Justice and Peace: Marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Amid Escalating Violence in Gaza

The Security Council adopts resolution 2712 (2023) calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip, 15 November 2023. UN Photo/Loey Felipe

We call on everyone to transcend the anguish and horrors wrought upon civilians by the current conflict in Gaza and reaffirm our collective commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and to international law.