Request for swift resumption of the 10th Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly- Letter from Charis of Arab Group, OIC and Coordinating Bureau of the NAM at the UN (A/ES-10/1009)

09 September 2024

Tenth emergency special session

Agenda item 5

Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Letter dated 9 September 2024 from the Permanent Representatives of Mauritania, the Syrian Arab Republic and Uganda to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly

We write to you today in our capacities as the Chairs of the Arab Group, the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation Group and the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement at the United Nations in New York to respectfully request the swift resumption of the tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly so as to enable the membership to consider urgent follow-up on the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The advisory opinion was rendered by the International Court of Justice on 19 July 2024, pursuant to the request made by the General Assembly in its resolution 77/247 of 30 December 2022. The authoritative determinations made by the Court in accordance with international law require immediate follow-up by the Assembly to address this prolonged, historic injustice and particularly in light of the extremely grave and worsening situation being endured by the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.

We recall in this regard the permanent responsibility of the United Nations with regard to the question of Palestine until it is resolved in all its aspects in accordance with international law and the relevant United Nations resolutions, and recall also the determination by the International Court of Justice in the advisory opinion that “the United Nations, and especially the General Assembly, which requested this opinion, and the Security Council, should consider the precise modalities and further action required to bring to an end as rapidly as possible the unlawful presence of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”.

Accordingly, we make this appeal to resume the tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly, with a respectful request to resume the session on 17 September 2024 with action to be taken on 18 September 2024, to address this urgent matter, in accordance with resolution 377 (V) of 1950, “Uniting for peace”, as rapidly as possible.

(Signed) Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf

Chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Group

Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the United Nations

(Signed) Koussay Aldahhak

Chair of the Arab Group

Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations

(Signed) Adonia Ayebare

Chair of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations