UNHRC talks human rights situation in occupied Palestinian territory
UNHRC discusses human rights situation in occupied Palestinian territory
A Vietnamese delegation attended a special session on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, held by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18.
Smoke rises after Israel's airstrikes on Hamas targets in Beit Lahia near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 14 (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Geneva (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation attended aspecial session on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinianterritory, including East Jerusalem, held by the UN Human Rights Council(UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18.
Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam’sPermanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, led the delegation to the session.
The special session was held at the request ofPalestine and the United Arab Emirates on May 15. More than 50 states supportedthis session, including 17 members of the UNHRC.
It took place amid more than 100 Palestinianskilled and thousands of others injured in recent conflicts with the Israelimilitary in the Gaza Strip.
At the event, on behalf of the Organisation ofIslamic Cooperation, Pakistan submitted a draft resolution to the UNHRC to callfor the urgent dispatch of an independent international commission of inquiryto the Gaza Strip.
Later, the 47 member states of the UNHRCdiscussed the draft resolution, which asks for a probe into violations ofinternational humanitarian law and international human rights law in thecontext of the military assaults on large-scale civilian protests that began onMarch 30.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the GazaStrip took part in protests since March 30 to demand the right to return totheir villages and towns they were forcibly displaced from in 1948, when theestablishment of the State of Israel was declared.
The protests coincided with the US’s movement ofits embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and opening of this embassy onMay 14.
Clashes between Palestinian protestors andIsrael’s security force on May 14 killed 60 protestors and injured 2,500others, making it the bloodiest day in the Israel-Palestine conflict since 2014.-VNA
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Smoke rises after Israel's airstrikes on Hamas targets in Beit Lahia near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 14 (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
