UN WELCOMES PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT

Photo : Press Tv UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

New York, 6 Sya’ban 1435/4 Juni 2014 (MINA) – The United Nations has hailed the formation of a Palestinian unity government amid growing Israeli isolation over the move.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon “welcomes, on the basis of assurances provided both publicly and to the United Nations, Press Tv quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting Wednesday (4/6)

The announcement on 2 June by President Mahmoud Abbas of the formation of a government of national consensus headed by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.”

He added that the UN “underscored the need for progress towards Palestinian unity in line with existing resolutions, within the framework of the Palestinian Authority and the commitments of the Palestine Liberation Organization.”

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“The secretary general counts on a constructive approach by regional stakeholders,” the UN spokesman stated.

Dujarric also said the international body was “ready to lend its full support to the newly formed government in its effort to reunite the West Bank and Gaza,”

Adding that “the serious political, security, humanitarian, and economic challenges in Gaza, and holding long overdue elections” are issues that need to be addressed.

The new cabinet of the Palestinian unity government was sworn in before Abbas in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday.

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The cabinet is led by Hamdallah and has 17 ministers including five from the Hamas movement.

In April, Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed an agreement to end years of rivalry and form a unity government. (T/P012/P04)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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