UN General Assembly Allows Abbas to Address Session by Pre-Recorded Video

TREE NEWS update: The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on 17 September allowing the State of Palestine to submit a pre-recorded address by President Mahmoud Abbas, to be played in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of its 81st session. The resolution also permits Palestine to speak by video conference, or to submit a pre-recorded statement, at the high-level international conference on a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question and implementation of the two-state solution.