UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis will convene the plenary meeting of the Tenth Emergency Special Session on Tuesday to discuss the situation around the Gaza Strip, spokesperson to the UN General Assembly President, Monica Grayley, stated on Sunday.
The resumption of the special session was requested on Friday by Egypt's permanent representative to the UN Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud and Mauritania's permanent representative to the UN Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf "in their respective capacities as Chair of the Arab Group and Chair of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation," she added.
Adopted on 3 November 1950, the “Uniting for Peace” UN Resolution 377 is meant to allow the 193-member UNGA to act where the Security Council (UNSC)” has failed to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security”.
It was last used in March 2022, when the UNGA voted to demand that Russia stop its spop in Ukraine and immediately withdraw all troops.
The resolution does allow the UNGA to recommend the use of force but this aspect of the resolution has only been used once, in 1951, calling on states to provide assistance to “the United Nations action in Korea”.
By contrast, the UNSC has the power to impose sanctions or authorise an international force.
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