The General Assembly will hear the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and a note from the Secretary-General, António Guterres, on the economic costs of the Israeli occupation for the Palestinian population.

In particular, the meeting will focus on the harm to the well-being of the Palestinians due to the fragmentation of the occupied territories in the West.

The Assembly may take action on the draft resolution during the meeting.

The UN General Assembly was the first to approve a resolution to call for humanitarian pauses in the Gaza Strip at the end of October after the crisis unleashed on the 7th of that month.

Although it is a non-binding instrument, the resolution confirmed the majority support of member countries in what many describe as a decisive moment to achieve the creation of a Palestinian state after decades of conflict.

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is considered a call to the international community to focus its attention on the lack of a different way, out of the occupation.

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