Expressing concern over the deteriorating situation, the UN chief regretted that conflict in other parts of the world was also diverting the attention of international community from the Israel-Palestine issue, which is making "matters worse" with prospects of a two-nation solution slipping away out of reach.
He said the international community must make it clear that it remains committed to helping the two sides to rebuild trust and create conditions for meaningful negotiations.
The day is observed by the United Nations on or around November 29 each year, in accordance with General Assembly mandates contained in resolutions adopted under agenda item "Question of Palestine."
"Gaza remains a humanitarian emergency, with 2 million Palestinians struggling with crumbling infrastructure and a paralysed economy, and tens of thousands still displaced, awaiting reconstruction of homes destroyed by conflict," Ban said.
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Adnan Abu Haija, Ambassador of the State of Palestinian, said the incumbent Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not serious about the peace process.
Bhaskar said India was the first non-Arab state to recognise PLO as a sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in 1974. India was the first country to recognise the state Palestine in 1988 and in 1996 India opened its representative office in Gaza which later shifted to Ramallah in 2003.
"India has always played a pro-active role for garnering support for the Palestine cause in multilateral fora," Bhaskar said.