Switzerland will chair a meeting at the Security Council on Wednesday

(Keystone-ATS) Switzerland began its second presidency of the UN Security Council in the midst of Iranian missile attacks on Israel. She has scheduled an emergency meeting of the body on the situation in the Middle East for Wednesday morning in New York.

“We have planned a public meeting, followed by closed consultations,” the Swiss mission to the UN announced Tuesday afternoon in New York (evening in Switzerland). This will take place at 10:00 a.m. (4:00 p.m. in Switzerland).

Previously, Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl told the press to expect a meeting “as soon as possible”. Discussions have already taken place with members on Tuesday. “We are following the rapidly changing situation not only with the greatest concern, but also very closely,” the ambassador added.

“We are in contact with everyone,” she also clarified. “I don’t think we urgently need a new resolution. We urgently need the application of the resolution which provides for the absence of Israeli troops and the withdrawal of Hezbollah from southern Lebanon and its disarmament, the ambassador further affirmed. “The emergency is a cessation of hostilities, a ceasefire,” she said again.