US State Department must reverse decision to ban Palestine delegation from attending UNGA session in New York

By Amnesty International

Responding to the US State Department’s announcement in a statement yesterday that it has, for the second consecutive year, barred the high-level delegation of the State of Palestine, including Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, from attending the UN General Assembly in New York, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas […] The post US State Department must reverse decision to ban Palestine delegation from attending UNGA session in New York appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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