AVA - Palestine to present draft resolution to Security Council over Israeli annexation plan

Palestine to present draft resolution to Security Council over Israeli annexation plan

A high-ranking official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) says Palestine is preparing to submit a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council against the Israeli regime’s contentious plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.

PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat told the Arabic-language Voice of Palestine radio station on Monday that the forthcoming Security Council session, scheduled for June 24, will discuss the developments in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the Tel Aviv regime’s annexation plan.
“The meeting will be held at the level of ministers and is very important in the efforts to present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council, despite the United States veto,” Erekat said.

“We have an unprecedented support of 192 member states out of 194 members of the United Nations General Assembly that reject the Israeli move,” he added.
Erekat highlighted that a memorandum endorsed by at least 150 US Congressmen is going to be issued within the next few hours, which would declare the politicians’ opposition to the impending annexation process.
Last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas instructed Palestine's ambassador at the UN, Riyad Mansour, to push for a meeting of foreign ministers during the UN Security Council on June 24 in order to discuss Israel's plan to annex parts of the West Bank.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was sworn into office for another term on May 17, has set July 1 for the start of cabinet discussions on extending “sovereignty” over settlements in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley.
In response to Israel’s decision, Abbas declared the end of all agreements signed with Israel and the United States on May 19.