GENEVA, (PIC)-- Peter Falk, the UN rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian lands, said on Tuesday that the PA in Ramallah had asked him to leave his post.

Falk, in a press statement, said that the PA's demand followed criticism on his side of the way the PA was dealing with his report on the Israeli violations of human rights.

He added that the PA claimed that he was no longer capable of assuming his duties.

The UN official expressed concern at the PA practices, adding that he did not intend to resign.

The joint PA-PLO mission at the UN in Geneva had tabled a request to adjourn a report tabled by Falk on the Israeli violations of Palestinian rights.