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Seventy-ninth Session,
\n94th & 95th Meetings (AM & PM)<\/p>\n
\/…<\/p>\n
The Assembly, acting without a vote, decided to resume the High-Level International Conference<\/a> for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution on 22\u00a0September during the 193-member organ\u2019s upcoming eightieth session.\u00a0 Introducing a draft oral decision, the representative of Saudi Arabia recalled the suspension of that Conference on 30\u00a0July, emphasizing that\u00a0\u201cthe situation on the ground in Palestine has never been more dire\u201d and\u00a0\u201cit is precisely at this moment that the momentum towards peace must be maintained\u201d.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s delegate, however, questioned the move, pointing out that resolution\u00a079\/81 \u2014 which mandated the Conference \u2014 contained no provision for its suspension or resumption. \u00a0He also raised concerns about the procedural basis for the July suspension, the financial regulations that should have applied when the meeting extended beyond its originally mandated two days, and the programme budget implications of the new proposal.<\/p>\n Responding, a representative of the Secretariat said that General Assembly entitlements had been used to cover the third day of the Conference in July and would likewise apply to the resumed meeting in September.<\/p>\n After the adoption, Israel\u2019s delegate dissociated from the decision, expressing concerns about its procedure and substance.\u00a0 The text was rushed through, and delegations were not given time to consider it fully.\u00a0 The Assembly must not succumb to \u201cprocedure bullying\u201d, he said, adding that the text is not \u201can attempt at peacemaking; it is a performance, nothing more than a publicity stunt\u201d.\u00a0 Noting that Hamas welcomed France\u2019s recent pledge on the issue of Palestinian statehood, he said:\u00a0 \u201cWhen terrorists are the ones cheering you on, you are on the wrong side of history.\u201d\u00a0The oral decision threatens \u201cto prolong the war, embolden Hamas and undermine real diplomatic efforts\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n Also dissociating from this decision, the representative of the United States said she was \u201csurprised and dismayed\u201d about the lack of transparency with which this proposal was treated.\u00a0The Conference is \u201can ill-timed publicity stunt\u201d that \u201cwill prolong the war, embolden Hamas and undermine efforts to achieve peace\u201d, she said.\u00a0 Her country will continue to lead \u201creal-world efforts to end the fighting\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n \/…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seventy-ninth Session, 94th & 95th Meetings (AM & PM) \/… Resumption of High-Level Conference on Palestine Statehood The Assembly, acting without a vote, decided to resume the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution on 22\u00a0September during the 193-member organ\u2019s upcoming eightieth […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[897,1098,2553],"document-category":[2625,1329],"document-source":[1365],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1749,6771],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-311111","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-israel","country-saudi-arabia","country-united-states-of-america","document-category-meeting-record","document-category-press-release","document-source-general-assembly","document-subject-palestine-question","document-subject-two-state-solution","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/311111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/311111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311168,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/311111\/revisions\/311168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=311111"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=311111"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=311111"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=311111"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=311111"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=311111"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=311111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}