Mahmoud Abbas (front, R), president of the Palestinian Authority, and David Miliband (front, L), British secretary of state, attend the meeting on Gaza crisis held by Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on January 6, 2009. [Xinhua]

Israel's UN Ambassador Gabriella Shalev addresses the Security Council during the meeting on Gaza crisis at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on January 6, 2009. [Xinhua]