The United Nations General Assembly will be convene its 10th Emergency Special Sessin on Thursday, October 26.
UNGA President Dennis Francis tweeted that following the request of the member states on the resumption of the session, he will be convening it.
As per the UN websitte, an emergency special session can be convened within 24 hours. "If not in session at the time, the General Assembly may meet in emergency special session within twenty-four hours of the request therefor. Such emergency special session shall be called if requested by the Security Council on the vote of any seven members, or by a majority of the Members of the United Nations," the UN website states.
This comes in the backdrop of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which started on October 7 after the militant organisation fired a barrage of rockets and missiles from Gaza Strip and invading into Southern Israel.
In February last year, the 193-member UN General Assembly had convened its rare and unprecedented emergency special session after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This came after the 15-nation Securityy Council voted on a resolution to refere the crisis to the most representative body of the world organisation.
