Date and Time: 18-Sep
Location: Global
Description of Activity:
On September 18, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/ES-10/L.31, demanding Israel end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) within 12 months and to immediately comply with the provisional measures in the genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Since then Israel has entrenched its occupation and escalated its genocidal attacks on Gaza causing the United Nations to declare famine in Gaza. The Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) and Global Civil Society is calling for a Global Strike and Day of Action on September 18, 2025, to denounce Israel’s refusal to comply with this order, and to demand that UN member nations act immediately to end Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.
The member nations of the UNGA have the power and obligation to stop the genocide, given that the Security Council has repeatedly failed to do so because of the US veto.[1] Using mechanisms available to them, in particular the Uniting for Peace Resolution and non-recognition of Israel’s credentials, the state members of the General Assembly could act immediately to end the genocide within a month. PNGO and the global organizations joining this call endorse a Uniting for Peace resolution that specifically includes the actions laid out in a recent article, including that it mandate a multinational, UN protection force to deploy to Gaza and the West Bank, acting at the request of the State of Palestine, to protect civilians, open entry points via land and sea, facilitate humanitarian aid, preserve evidence of Israeli crimes, and assist in recovery and reconstruction.
Given Israel’s repeated violations of the UN charter and refusal to comply with multiple UNGA resolutions, including the one issued on September 18, 2024, it is the clear obligation of UNGA member states to act immediately to unseat Israel from that body using all available means. Therefore, PNGO additionally calls upon states to exercise their immediate right to issue an objection to the recognition of Israel’s credentials to the credentials committee, which in turn would obligate the committee to issue a report, and would be followed by a General Assembly vote on whether or not to suspend Israel’s credentials.
Along with major endorsing global organizations, PNGO calls for the following actions leading up to and on Sep 18, 2025:
- Communicate through all available means with representatives of the State of Palestine (embassies and other official instances) that the people of the world support the State of Palestine’s recent statement to the UNSC that “[i]t is time to protect Palestinian civilians, including children, and to preserve their right to life, including by the dispatch of an international protection force to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the acceleration of unfettered humanitarian assistance by the United Nations and international organizations” and requesting that the State of Palestine urgently call for an Emergency Special Session (ESS) of the UNGA to introduce a Uniting for Peace resolution that specifically calls for the above-noted demands, including the deployment to Palestine of a multinational protective force.
- Communicate using all available means to the governments and UN missions of all UNGA member states that the people of the world back PNGO’s call for them to act within their power to stop the genocide immediately, including by supporting a Uniting for Peace mechanism that specifically calls for the above-noted demands, including the deployment to Palestine of a multinational protective force, and also by refusing to recognize Israel’s credentials at the UNGA.
- On September 18: Make it a day for global strike, assemble at strategic UN and/or governmental sites in each UNGA member country around the world to denounce Israel’s refusal to comply with the UNGA’s September 18, 2024 resolution and the ICJ advisory opinion and provisional measures, and, in view of Israel’s failure to meet its September 18, 2025 deadline and its continuing atrocities in Palestine, to demand that countries urgently support a Uniting for Peace resolution that specifically calls for the above-noted demands, including the deployment to Palestine of a multinational protective force, and that they also refuse to recognize Israel’s UNGA credentials.
Organizations may sign on to endorse PNGO’s call to action and receive information about the campaign HERE.
Organizer/s: Palestinian NGO’s Network
More Information: https://ipb.org/events/palestinian-and-global-civil-society-call-for-a-global-day-of-action-and-strike-september-18th-2025/