This section highlights key committee meetings, delegation visits, international conferences, and side events, showcasing important discussions and engagements at UN Headquarters and around the world.
United Nations International Meeting of Parliamentarians in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, 21 November 2014 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in the ECOSOC chamber
Overview The Meeting was convened under the auspices of the UN?Palestinian Rights Committee. The Committee believes that efforts towards a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict need to be grounded in international law and human rights in order to succeed. The tragic conflict in Gaza unfolding over this summer exposed protection [...]
366th Committee Meeting 每 19 Nov 2014
Overview Rights Committee Approves Four Resolutions on Question of Palestine, Amid Warnings Violent Outbreak in Jerusalem Could Turn Conflict into ＆Outright Religious War＊ ...more Resources Press Release (English) [...]
Palestinian Fashion Show, UNHQ in New York, 10 November 2014
Overview The?Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine, organized?a?fashion show by Jamal Taslaq, a Palestinian-Italian designer, as a cultural event in the framework of the?International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [...]
Lecture by Prof. Noam Chomsky, 14 October 2014, General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters
Overview UN Photo/Amanda Voisard Within the framework of the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People organized a lecture by the world-renowned intellectual and linguist,?Prof. Noam Chomsky, on the prospects for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian [...]
365th Committee Meeting 每 14 Oct 2014
Overview Within the framework of the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People organized a lecture by the world-renowned intellectual and linguist, Prof. Noam Chomsky, on the prospects for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in th [...]
364th Committee Meeting 每 3 Oct 2014
Overview Speakers at Palestinian Rights Committee Call for Massive Efforts to Aid Gaza Following Recent Conflict ...more Video Resources Press Release (English) A/AC.183/SR.364 - Summary record of the 364th meeting [...]
363rd Committee Meeting 每 2 Sep 2014
Overview Two-State Solution ＆Disappearing Before Our Very Eyes＊, Palestinian Lawmaker Tells Rights Committee, Noting Israel＊s Announced Annexation of West Bank Territory. Describing ※a system of enslavement§ in occupied Palestine, Hanan Ashrawi, a Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council who also serves on the Executive Committee of the Palest [...]
Special Meeting to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 9 July 2014, UN Headquarters, New York
Overview H.E. Amb. Hussein Haniff, Permanent Representative of Malaysia and the Vice-President on behalf of the President of the General Assembly Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Tarranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, reading out a message of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (English) H.E. Amb. Abdou Salam Diallo, Chairman of the Committe [...]
362nd Committee Meeting 每 9 Jul 2014
Overview Special meeting of the Committee to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Video - English Video - Original Resources Press Release (English) Provisional Agenda Statement by the Com [...]
United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People,1-2 July 2014, United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)
Overview The Seminar will review the socio-economic and humanitarian impact of the Israeli occupation. It will look at the financial, developmental, and environmental challenges and long-term strategies of the State of Palestine for sustainable economic development and growth. Finally, the Seminar will also address the role of the international a [...]
361st Committee Meeting 每 2 June 2014
Overview This morning＊s swearing in of a new Palestinian unity Government officially ended seven years of division between the State of Palestine＊s two main political factions and strengthened its ability to address the challenges posed by Israel＊s occupation, the top Palestinian diplomat at the United Nations said today. ※Today we tried to put beh [...]
Screening of “Flying Paper”, a documentary on Palestinian youth in Gaza UN Headquarters, 21 May 2014
Overview The Working Group of the Palestinian Rights Committee organized a special event - a briefing by Mr. Robert Turner, UNRWA Director of Operations in Gaza, on the situation in Gaza, followed by a screening of "Flying Paper", a documentary on Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip. The screening was followed by a Q&A session with Mr. Niti [...]
Public Forum on the Question of Jerusalem – Ankara, 14 May 2014
Overview The event is organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People at the University of Economics and Technology, in cooperation with the Centre for Middle Eastern and Strategic Studies in Ankara. Dr. Ihsan Sezal, Dean of Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Economics and Techn [...]
International Meeting on the Question of Jerusalem “Strengthening international support for a just and lasting solution of the question of Jerusalem” – Ankara, 12 and 13 May 2014
The objective of the Meeting is to raise awareness of the international community for the significance of a just solution of the question of Jerusalem for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for achieving peace in the Middle East. The Organizers (UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Organiza [...]
Screening of Oscar-nominated feature film “Omar” UN Headquarters, 1 May 2014
The United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People hosted Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, for an interactive briefing on the margins of the 61st. Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The briefing was moderated by Prof. Anne-Marie Goetz from NYU's Center for [...]
United Nations Roundtable on Legal Aspects of the Question of Palestine United Nations Office at Geneva, 24 and 25 April 2014
All Members and Observers of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People have been invited to participate in this Roundtable. Mr. Michael M?ller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, delivering a message of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (English) (Arabic | French). UN Photo/Violai [...]
360th Committee Meeting 每 8 April 2014
Overview At its meeting on 8 April 2014, the Committee heard a briefing by Amb. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, on developments in the political process. Amb. Christopher Grima of Malta, Rapporteur of the Committee, reported on the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine and the United [...]
United Nations Meeting of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Engaging civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean for the two-State solution Quito, Ecuador, 27 March 2014
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359th Committee Meeting – 14 March 2014
Overview Palestinians would change their approach to ending the occupation of their land if Israel＊s inflammatory and illegal policies 〞 such as its recent attempt to impose its sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque, a major Islamic holy site in East Jerusalem 〞 continued unabated, the Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine said today. ※We a [...]
Joint Meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the League of Arab States – 10 March 2014, Cairo
※2014 - The International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People§ The Joint Meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People with the League of Arab States was held in Cairo on 10 March 2014. The meeting was convened to reinforce the critical support of all Arab States for the International Year. [...]