Egypt calls on UN to condemn Jewish settlements in occupied territories

Egypt called on the United Nations (UN) to condemn Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Ahmad Abul-Gheit, Egypt's permanent envoy to the UN, said Egypt is following up with concern the human settlements committee's decision on condemning illegal Israeli settlements on the grounds that they violate international law and the Geneva Convention.

He called on the UN program on human settlements to go beyond the office studies and to start preparing an integrated plan of action to implement these resolutions in a way that would help the Palestinian people in their ordeal in light of the serious Israeli practices that are against international law and norms.

The Arab Group in the UN held a meeting in New York last night to listen to a report by Anna Tipayoka, Executive Director of the Nairobi-based UN program on human settlements.