United Nation calls for end to unlawful occupation 'Palestinian territory'

Statehood for the Palestinians is a right, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, while reiterating the call for an end to the unlawful occupation of the Palestinian territory.

In remarks to a special meeting commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, delivered by Courtenay Rattray, chef de cabinet of the UN chief, Guterres reaffirmed “a simple truth: The



Palestinian people have a right to dignity, to justice, and to self-determination.”

He called for “irreversible progress towards a two-State solution, in line with international law and relevant UN resolutions, with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security within their secure and recognized borders, on the basis of pre-1967 lines, with Jerusalem as the capital of both States.”