OIC also urges UNSC to hold an emergency meeting to salvage the opportunities for peace, revive attempts at reinstatement of the political process under international supervision.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the pandemic is accelerating and it has not yet reached its peak.

Germany and Belgium, two of the council's non-permanent members, had drafted the resolution.

According to the WHO website, the UN has received notification of the decision by President Donald Trump in this regard.

Hanan Ashrawi says the decision is important at a time of increasing Israeli actions against Palestinian heritage sites in the West Bank.

Fifteen others injured when a bus fell into a lake in Xixiu city.

Foreign ministers of France and Germany have also urged Israel to abandon plans.