The UN General Assembly confirmed for Thursday (26), at 11 am (Brasília time), an extraordinary meeting to resume the debate on the conflict in the Middle East.
The call comes under pressure from several countries, including Brazil, after an impasse in the Security Council. Russia and Brazil had their proposals for a resolution to the conflict vetoed in the collegiate.
Now, the United States must also submit a new proposal to the Security Council, focusing on Israel’s right to self-defense for the terrorist attacks committed on October 7.
The United Nations’ special emergency sessions were created in the 1950s and used only 11 times in the organization’s entire history. The last call took place to deal with the war between Russia and Ukraine.
This emergency session on the conflict in the Middle East began in the 90s, but it remains open and every time there is an impasse it is resumed in the General Assembly.
This time, two blocs — the Arab Group (made up of 20 countries) and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (which brings together 57 Muslim-majority nations) — formally presented a request to convene the General Assembly.
These blocs bring together countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Morocco and Turkey. They called for the resumption of the 10th emergency session, initially convened in 1997, which discussed the conflict between Israel and Palestine,
Resolutions in the General Assembly need two-thirds, out of the 192 possible votes, to be approved. There is no veto power, as in the Security Council.
This Tuesday (24) there will be an open debate at the UN Security Council. This meeting takes place every three months and has been planned since the beginning of Brazil’s presidency of the collegiate. However, given the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Egypt, the session gained greater relevance and with more countries participating.
The UN Security Council meeting will begin at 11 am (Brasília time) and demonstrations by countries are expected to continue throughout the day.
Source: CNN Brasil
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