Riyad Mansour (1st L), permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York, on July 28, 2021. The United Nations on Wednesday called for a political solution to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, although the international community is providing urgent assistance to Gaza in the wake of the most recent round of hostilities. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)