Russia has tabled a draft resolution at the UN Security Council calling for an immediate end to violence in the Gaza Strip. This was confirmed to reporters by Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin, the Voice of Russia reported.
According to him, in accordance with SC procedural rules the document will be up for vote on Tuesday at 15:00 local time (midnight Wednesday Moscow Time).
The draft resolution calls for "an immediate, durable and fully observed end of the violence" in the Palestinian enclave, and supports all efforts aimed at a speedy way out of the situation.
The document also calls on Israel and the Palestinian Authority "to immediately resume negotiations in order to reach a peace agreement."
The draft resolution also proposes that Security Council members condemn "violence against civilians", and calls on the parties to "provide safe and unhindered access of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people", besides responding to the serious economic challenges facing the Palestinian authorities.