- Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) Lynn Hastings
- A representative of the European Union
- The Permanent Observers for the Holy See, the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
- The Vice Chair of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
The UN has never discussed HKOPS since.
Indeed on 20 January 2025 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was still declaring:
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I am deeply concerned about an existential threat to the integrity and contiguity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory of Gaza and the West Bank.
President Trump delivered his knock-out blow just two weeks later.
The UN - to remain relevant - needs to:
- Rescind Resolution 2334
- Advance the resolution of the Arab-Jewish conflict by considering implementing HKOPS – made easier now that Trump has excluded Gaza from its provisions
- Offer to close UNRWA's 8 refugee camps in Gaza and relocate their 1.58 million residents to 53 UNRWA refugee camps in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the West Bank.
Time for the UN and Secretary-General Guterres to redeem themselves.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.