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What will UN Palestine conference achieve?

France and Saudi Arabia are gearing up to host a conference on Palestinian statehood at the United Nation. But the leaders of both countries are not planning to attend.

Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories talks with UN Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour during the emergency conference of The Hague Group at the San Carlos Palace in Bogota on July 15, 2025.

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France and Saudi Arabia are gearing up to host a conference on Palestinian statehood at the United Nations in New York. But given that the leaders of both countries are not planning to attend and the war in Gaza is grinding on, how much will likely be achieved?

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