Kuwait hails Egypt's efforts for halting Israeli aggression against Palestinians
Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the United
Nations Mansour Al-Otaibi hailed Egypt's efforts to clinch a ceasefire and halt
Israeli hostilities in the Gaza Strip.
Addressing a UN Security Council session on the
latest developments in the Middle East, Otaibi stressed Kuwait's rejection of
the illegal Israeli settlement policies, pointing out that the Israeli
authorities' attempt to impose a status quo on the occupied territories through
expanding settlements will never be acceptable.
He voiced full support to the truce, condemning the
recent Israeli attack in which scores of civilians were killed.
He noted that the Special Political and
Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the United Nations General
Assembly voted to extend the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until 2023, noting that 170 UN
Member-States reaffirmed their trust in UNRWA and expressed support for it to
continue providing its essential assistance for the next three years.
UNRWA currently supports 5.5 million Palestinian
refugees in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and
Syria. The agency provides services in the fields of health, education,
microfinance, protection and relief and social services, with over half a
million girls and boys attending its 709 schools and some 8.5 million patient
visits provided in 2018 alone in 22 health centers across the five fields of
operation
