JEDDAH, December 20, 2024 (WAFA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday welcomed the United Nations General Assembly's resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel's obligations concerning the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third states.

The OIC praised the efforts of the Kingdom of Norway and all countries that co-sponsored and supported the resolution.

In a statement, the OIC stressed that all measures and plans enacted by the Israeli occupation —particularly legislation affecting the presence, operations and immunities of the UN, its agencies and bodies, including UNRWA, as well as other international organizations and third states in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem—constitute violations of the UN Charter and relevant resolutions.

These actions, the organization warned, deprive the Palestinian people of essential aid and worsen the humanitarian crisis they face.

The OIC also welcomed the General Assembly's adoption of another resolution affirming the permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.

The organization urged all states and international organizations, including the UN, its agencies, and bodies, to intensify efforts to end the Israeli occupation and enable the Palestinian people to exercise their legitimate rights, including their right to self-determination and establishing an independent state along the June 4, 1967, borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

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