The UN General Assembly (Photo: AFP/VNA)

UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis has informed member states that he will convene a plenary meeting of the special session on May 10, said Monica Grayley, his spokeswoman, on Wednesday.

Francis told member states that the resumption of the special session was requested by Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, and Uganda, in their respective capacities as chair of the Arab Group, chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Groups, and chair of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement.

On April 18, by a vote of 12 to 1 with two abstentions, the UN Security Council was unable to pass a draft resolution that recommended that the General Assembly hold a vote to grant Palestine full UN membership.