The United Nations said in a report submitted to the Security Council today, Thursday, that the number of settlement units that have been submitted plans to build in the Palestinian territories, or were approved during the current year amounted to 10,000 units compared to about 6800 in each From the past two years.
The report added: "Since 2016, plans have been planned or approved to establish more than 22,000 new settlement units in West Bank settlements, including East Jerusalem, and tenders have been issued for the construction of 8,000 units."
The Security Council discussed the twelfth Secretary-General´s report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334, covering the period between September 12 and December 6, 2019.
