Thursday, January 19, 2012

Security Council to Discuss Jerusalem, Settlements, says Official

Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA

RAMALLAH, January 19, 2012 (WAFA) – The United Nations Security Council will hold a public session on January 24 to discuss Israeli settlements and policy in occupied East Jerusalem, Palestine’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said Thursday.

He told Voice of Palestine radio that the Security Council’s meeting was arranged to discuss a report by UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos on the Israeli settlements, the situation in the old city of Jerusalem and the bypass roads Israel is building for settlers in the West Bank.

Mansour noted that the Arab and European interventions revolved around settlement activities and their detrimental impact on the political process.

He pointed out that the European Union recommended in its last report to take punitive measures against the settlers, a decision which will be adopted in Brussels next month.

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