The Permanent Missions of Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia and the United Kingdom are organising this Arria meeting to provide an opportunity for Council members to hear powerful testimonies on the acute challenges affecting Palestinians living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
It will consider ways to strengthen the protection of civilians in line with international humanitarian and human rights law, ensure accountability for perpetrators of violence and how to halt further displacement of Palestinians and settlement expansion. In addition to measures to tackle the deteriorating economic and humanitarian situation, particularly the economic crisis facing the Palestinian Authority. The Arria-formula meeting presents an opportunity to reflect on how UN Member States can support implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions including resolution 2334 (2016), which underlined the Council's firm opposition to annexation of any part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and to any forcible displacement of the Palestinian people. [The objectives of the Arria-formula meeting are extracted from the organizer's concept note]
