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‘The world cannot wait’: Penny Wong pushes for UN to set timeline on declaration of Palestinian state

Penny Wong has urged the UN to establish a timeline for the declaration of a Palestinian state, urging the Security Council the world “cannot wait” amid the bloody conflict.

September 28, 2024 - 12:08PM



Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged the UN to set a timeline for the international declaration of a Palestinian state, urging nations that the world “cannot wait”.

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Ms Wong said it was time for the “cycle of conflict” to be broken amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, reiterating the “frustration” 77 years since the General Assembly adopted a resolution for the establishment of a Jewish and Palestinian state side-by-side.

She also repeated Australia’s call - one jointly held with 152 other countries - for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip amid the heightened state of conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Sudan and the new offensive in Lebanon.

Ms Wong said Lebanon “could not become the next Gaza”

“77 years later, that Palestinian state still does not exist – long held out as the promise at the end of a peace process that has ground to a halt,” Ms Wong told the UN...........