PALESTINIAN FACTIONS DEMAND PA TO AMEND UN DRAFT RESOLUTION

Palestinian factions called for making major changes to the draft resolution which the Palestinian Authority intends to resubmit to the UN Security Council after the failure of the first one last December.(www.huffingtonpost.com)

Ramallah, 28 Rabi’ul Awwal 1436/19 January 2015 (MINA) – Palestinian factions called for making major changes to the draft resolution which the Palestinian Authority intends to resubmit to the UN Security Council after the failure of the first one last December.

The factions called for a new draft resolution demanding the execution of previous UN resolutions on Palestine, Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Secretary-general of the Palestinian People’s Party Bassam al-Salehi told Anadolu news agency that he rejects the submission of the same formula to the Security Council.

Salehi called on the PA to draft a concise resolution calling for implementing previous resolutions issued by the UN Security Council and the General Assembly on the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borderline, with east Jerusalem as its capital as well as on the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes.

“We should not engage in other issues. We have resolutions from the Security Council and the General Assembly, which are important and give us our rights, so we have to submit a draft resolution demanding their execution, such as resolutions 181, 194, 242 and others,” he stated.

He also affirmed that most of the factions agreed on the need to amend the current draft resolution.

For her part, senior official of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Khaleda Jarrar seconded what Salehi had stated by saying that the new draft resolution must call for fulfilling previous UN resolutions on Palestine.

Secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouthi also told Anadolu that the draft resolution that was tabled for vote at the Security Council last month did not satisfy the minimum aspirations of the Palestinian people, and called for changing it in line with the Palestinian rights and international resolutions. (T/P006/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)