The UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold an emergency special session on Gaza tomorrow (Tuesday), according to Monica Graeli, spokesperson for the Assembly's president.

“The President of the UN General Assembly, Denis Francis, has just informed member states that he will convene the 45th plenary session of the tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, December 12,” the spokeswoman said on Sunday.

Egypt and Mauritania officially requested the meeting to be held, as they referred in their letter to the President of the United Nations General Assembly to General Assembly Resolution No. 377, “United for Peace.”

The letter highlighted the necessity of holding this meeting after the United States vetoed a draft Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in Gaza.

The United for Peace resolution gives the Assembly the authority to deal with issues related to international peace and security when the Security Council fails to reach a unanimous decision among the five permanent members with veto power.