The Hague Group, comprising Colombia, South Africa, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, and Senegal, is taking a series of actions during and around the now ongoing UN General Debate.
In July, the group announced that a number of nations were jointly committed to taking specific measures to put pressure on Israel. These included ending arms sales, preventing Israeli vessels from using a nation’s ports, preventing arms sales on vessels flying the participating countries’ flags, reviewing contracts with Israeli firms, and acting to ensure that perpetrators of grave crimes could not exist with impunity. The 13 nations included, in addition to The Hague Group members, such nations as Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Oman, and Türkiye.
Now, in September, the group reports that its members will showcase, during their contributions to the General Debate, “national-level policies, actions, and legislation” they have taken or passed.
On Sept. 26, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the General Assembly, The Hague Group will hold a meeting “to present collective and coordinated measures being implemented at national and international levels” [emphasis added]. That evening, there will be a public meeting in Manhattan, including the president of Colombia and the foreign minister of South Africa.
