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Assembly President calls on Israel, Palestinians to implement resolution on Gaza conflict

6 November  2009 - General Assembly President Ali Treki today urged Israel and the Palestinians to heed the body’s call to conduct credible investigations into charges that both sides were guilty of serious human rights violations during the conflict in the Gaza Strip at the start of the year.

General Assembly backs findings of UN report into Gaza conflict

5 November  2009 - The General Assembly today endorsed the report of the United Nations investigation which found that both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants were guilty of serious human rights violations during the conflict in the Gaza Strip at the start of the year.

General Assembly begins debate on UN rights probe into Gaza conflict

4 November  2009 - The General Assembly today began its debate on the report of the United Nations probe which found that both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants were guilty of serious human rights violations during the Gaza conflict earlier this year.

General Assembly to consider UN probe into Gaza conflict next week

30 October  2009 - The General Assembly will meet on 4 November to consider the report of the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict, which found evidence that both Israel and the Palestinians committed serious war crimes during the hostilities earlier this year.

UN Secretariat seeks more than $5 billion to cover work for next two years

29 October  2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today proposed a budget of just over $5 billion to cover the work of the United Nations Secretariat for the next two years, telling a General Assembly committee that only a slight increase over the budget is needed despite increased demands for the UN’s services.