January 04, 2009	Sunday	Muharram 06, 1430

JEDDAH: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference on Saturday urged the UN Security Council to take action to halt Israel’s “brutal and sustained aggression” against the Gaza Strip.

Foreign ministers of the 57-member organisation expressed “disappointment at the failure of the UN Security Council to take the necessary measures to end the Israeli aggression” in Gaza, a statement said.

They also called on the Security Council “to live up to its responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security,” the statement said.

The ministers “strongly condemned the brutal and sustained aggression which Israel perpetrates against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The group also proposed the creation an international observer mission for Gaza “to stem the escalation of the conflict and to ensure the stabilisation of the situation.”—AFP