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Security Council members threaten to push anti-settlement draft if Egypt won’t
by Joshua Davidovich, TOI Staff
December 23, 2016

Four countries have reportedly issued Egypt with an ultimatum, threatening to bring forward a UN Security Council resolution on West Bank settlement activity if Cairo does not reintroduce the draft, hours after it was suddenly shelved. In a note, New Zealand, Venezuela, Malaysia and Senegal gave Egypt until the end of Thursday to clarify how it intended to proceed, Reuters reported. “In the event that Egypt decides that it cannot proceed to call for vote on 23 December or does not provide a response by the deadline, those delegations reserve the right to table the draft … and proceed to put it to vote ASAP,” the note read, according to the report. READ MORE

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