The United Nations General Assembly resumed its tenth emergency special session to address the dangerous situation in the Gaza Strip, for the second time since the start of the Israeli aggression against the besieged Strip.

This came at the request of the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, in its capacity as Chairman of the Arab Group for this month, and the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the United Nations, in its capacity as Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and in coordination with the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, in light of The Security Council failed to carry out its duties under the Charter, which threatens the maintenance of international peace and security, as a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons was adopted by an unprecedented overwhelming majority, as the resolution received the support of 153 countries, against the objection of 10 countries, and the abstention of 23 countries.

The Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, confirmed in the State of Palestine’s speech, during the second session held by the General Assembly of this resumed session yesterday evening, that states have legal and moral obligations to act and work to stop atrocities and save human lives, noting that all children in Gaza faces a death sentence that could be carried out at any moment.

In this context, Mansour stressed that no country should participate in issuing these rulings or accept participation in signing the death certificates of our children, noting the General Assembly’s response to the initial call and the calls of the United Nations through its Secretary-General and its organizations, along with the peoples of the entire world, to stop humane shooting.

He noted that there is no way to end the massacres committed against civilians, including children, and to address the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the occupation, at an unprecedented pace, and to address the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the occupation on an unprecedented scale, except through a ceasefire.

Mansour said, "Our children who were killed or orphaned are not collateral damage, but rather another generation that fell victim to the Israeli occupation."

He also stressed that the General Assembly moved and demanded a humanitarian ceasefire, in the name of humanity, morality and legitimacy, noting that the member states of the United Nations voted in support of the Charter of the United Nations and the Geneva Conventions, and voted for human rights, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and against a new Nakba, on the 75th anniversary of the Nakba.

Mansour stressed the need for this vote to be followed by resolute collective action to ensure the implementation of the resolution that was adopted a few days ago without further delay, as every day, every hour and every minute is important to our people, noting that Israel is committing heinous atrocities in the Gaza Strip and deliberately making it a place unfit for human life, while also forcibly displacing two million Palestinians for more than two months.

He said that there is no doubt that what is happening in Gaza are brutal crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, stressing that there is one moral position in the face of such atrocities, which is an immediate ceasefire and an end to genocide.