Justice Richard Goldstone
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Security Council to discuss Goldstone Report on Oct. 14
UN agrees to advance monthly meeting on Middle East following Libyan request for urgent discussion on report claiming Israel, Hamas committed war crimes in Gaza
The United Nations Security Council will discuss a report next week that claims war crimes were committed by both sides during last winter's Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.
The council met behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss Libya's request for an emergency meeting on the report, written by legal experts chaired by eminent South African jurist Richard Goldstone.
The council agreed to advance its monthly meeting on the Middle East to October 14 and focus on the war crimes report. The meeting was originally scheduled for October 20.
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN observer, said the Palestinians, Arab nations, and the 118-nation Nonaligned Movement of mainly developing countries strongly support the Libyan initiative.
