UN General Assembly to debate Gaza report next week

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The United Nations General Assembly will debate next week a report that accuses Israel and Palestinian fighters of committing war crimes during Israel’s offensive against Gaza last winter.

...will take place during a plenary meeting on 4 November.

...Ban also urged Israel to reopen the Gaza Strip’s borders to allow UN-backed reconstruction efforts to proceed. Ban noted that 10 months after the end of the war there has been no progress on rebuilding homes, buildings and infrastructure, even though an international donors’ conference in Egypt raised 4.5 billion US dollars for reconstruction.

“Little if any of that money has been delivered,” he said, according to the UN news service. “Families have not been able to rebuild their homes. Clinics and schools are still in ruins. I urge Israel to accept the UN reconstruction proposals as set forth, recognizing that the only true guarantee of peace is people’s well-being and security.”

Israel bans the entry of all construction materials to Gaza as a part of a blockade it has imposed since June 2007. Full story