Amb. Arthur Kafeero, Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, delivered a statement today during the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner Report on Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the ongoing 58th Session of the Human Rights Council.

Uganda called for the need of a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza, the importance to end the blockade and expansion of settlement activity and the urgent need to achieve a two State solution in accordance with UN resolution where Israel and Palestine live side by side in peace and security.