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COMMITTEE ON THE EXERCISE OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 141st MEETING<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Held at Headquarters, New York,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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on Tuesday, 7 July 1987, at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chairman<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0Mr. SARRE (Senegal)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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CONTENTS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Admission of Bangladesh as an observer in the Committee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Adoption of the agenda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Election of officers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Asian Regional Seminar\/NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine, New Delhi,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8-12 June 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This record is subject to correction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Any\u00a0\u00a0corrections\u00a0\u00a0to\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0\u00a0record\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0this\u00a0\u00a0meeting\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0other\u00a0\u00a0meetings will be issued in a corrigendum. North American Regional Seminar on the Question of Palestine, New York, 22 and 23 June 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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North American Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine, New York,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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24-26 June 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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International NGO Meeting on the Question of Palestine, Geneva, 7-9 September 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Other matters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The meeting was called to order at 3.05 p.m<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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STATEMENT BY THE UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFFAIRS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr. REED<\/u>\u00a0(Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs) said that, having recently assumed his new post, he wished to say that under his stewardship the Division for Palestinian Rights would continue to service the Committee in accordance with the instructions of the General Assembly and on behalf of the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He introduced Mr. Naseem Mirza, who had been recently appointed as Chief of the Division, and stated that the structure of the Division remained unchanged.\u00a0\u00a0He looked forward to working with the Committee in order to make further progress in the tasks ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Mr. TERZI<\/u><\/span>\u00a0(Observer, Palestine Liberation Organization) congratulated Mr. Reed and Mr. Mirza on assuming their respective posts.\u00a0\u00a0The new Under-Secretary-General had accepted a major mission – the task of enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights and doing everything possible to bring about the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East in accordance with General Assembly resolution <\/span>38\/58 C<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0He noted with satisfaction that the Under-Secretary-General wished to maintain the current structure of the Division for Palestinian Rights and assured Mr. Reed of his organization’s total support.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr. ORAMAS-OLIVA<\/u>\u00a0(Cuba), Mr. OUDOVENKO<\/u>\u00a0(Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), Mr. KARRAN<\/u>\u00a0(Guyana), Mr. CHOHAN<\/u>\u00a0(Pakistan), Mr. RATH<\/u>\u00a0(India) and Mr. MEZNI<\/u>\u00a0(Observer, Organization of the Islamic Conference) congratulated Mr. Reed on assuming his new post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr. KARRAN<\/u>\u00a0(Guyana) and Mr. CHOHAN<\/u>\u00a0(Pakistan) also expressed their appreciation for the efforts undertaken by the former Chief of the Division to assist the Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ADMISSION OF BANGLADESH AS AN OBSERVER IN THE COMMITTEE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0said that, in a letter dated 15 May 1987 addressed to him, the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh had requested admission as an observer to participate in the work of the Committee.\u00a0\u00a0He said that, if he heard no objection, he would take it that the Committee wished to accord observer status to Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr. SIDDIKY<\/u>\u00a0(Observer for Bangladesh) expressed gratitude to the members of the Committee for granting his delegation’s request and said that his country would do its best to contribute to the work of the Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The agenda was adopted<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ELECTION OF OFFICERS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0said that, if he heard no objection, he would take it that the Committee wished to appoint Mr. Borg (Malta) interim Rapporteur and interim Chairman of the Working Group, pending the arrival of the new Permanent Representative of Malta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11.\u00a0\u00a0It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ASIAN REGIONAL SEMINAR\/NGO SYMPOSIUM ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE, NEW DELHI,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8-12 JUNE 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. RATH<\/u>\u00a0(India), introducing the report of the sixteenth United Nations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Seminar on the Question of Palestine, said that the Seminar had unanimously adopted a number of conclusions and recommendations, the English text of which had been distributed to members of the Committee and observers.\u00a0\u00a0The final report would be distributed to the Committee at a later stage.\u00a0\u00a0The Seminar had held seven meetings, during which 14 panelists had presented papers and participated in the panel discussions.\u00a0\u00a0The four panels had considered, respectively, the role of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East in accordance with General Assembly resolution 38\/58 C, the question of Palestine and Asian public opinion, and the United Nations and the question of Palestine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13.\u00a0\u00a0The success of the Seminar had been largely due to the panelists, who had presented well-researched and interesting papers and had contributed to a lively discussion of all the topics.\u00a0\u00a0The panelists were political figures and scholars from Asia and other regions and their views had been of considerable significance. The main conclusion of the Seminar had been its unanimous support for the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East in accordance with General Assembly resolution 38\/58 C.\u00a0\u00a0The participants had considered the Conference the best means of establishing just and lasting peace in the region and had urged the members of the Security Council to make every effort to bring about the convening of the Conference.\u00a0\u00a0The Seminar had supported the establishment of a preparatory committee within the framework of the Security Council to take the necessary action to convene the Conference, in accordance with General Assembly resolution <\/span>41\/43 D<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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14.\u00a0\u00a0The Seminar had considered the role of Asian public opinion and had made a number of recommendations to mobilize further Asian support for the Palestinian cause.\u00a0\u00a0It had also called upon the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights to keep under review the development of relations between Israel and South Africa and to report thereon.\u00a0\u00a0The Seminar had also felt that the Committee had a major role to play in promoting the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East and had urged the United Nations to co-ordinate all forms of economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people in co-operation with the PLO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15.\u00a0\u00a0The Asian Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine had been held concurrently with the Seminar.\u00a0\u00a0There had been a workshop on NGO activities to promote the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East and to mobilize Asian public opinion, and a panel on NGO collaboration on the question of Palestine and the role of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16.\u00a0\u00a0The Symposium had recognized 1987 as the Year of the Palestinian People and had fully supported the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East.\u00a0\u00a0It had urged the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Asia to increase public awareness concerning the question of Palestine and to formulate strategies to influence public opinion in Israel and the United States.\u00a0\u00a0It had decided that an Asian regional co-ordinating committee for NGOs on the question of Palestine should be established to serve as a focal point for Asian regional efforts, and to that end had set up a preparatory committee composed of members of NGOs from the countries represented at the Symposium and others strategically located in the region.\u00a0\u00a0In view of the vast size and population of the Asian region, the Symposium had requested the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to consider the possibility of organizing more than one Asian regional NGO symposium, if the Preparatory Committee so requested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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17.\u00a0\u00a0The Symposium had requested the Chairman and the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Committee to remain in contact with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Chief of the Division for Palestinian Rights.\u00a0\u00a0It had also requested the Committee to consider inviting the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee to the International NGO Meeting on the Question of Palestine to be held in September 1987.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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18.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. OUDOVENKO<\/u>\u00a0(Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) said that the New Delhi Seminar constituted an important step towards solving the Middle East problem, the core of which was the question of Palestine.\u00a0\u00a0The Seminar’s conclusions and recommendations demonstrated the soundness of the approach taken by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.\u00a0\u00a0Such seminars made concrete recommendations for bringing about a speedy solution in the Middle East.\u00a0\u00a0The task of the Committee was to bring those recommendations to the attention of the General Assembly so that it could take further steps to solve those problems.\u00a0\u00a0The main conclusion of the New Delhi Seminar had been the need for the speedy convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East. There was currently close agreement on the nature and tasks of that Conference, which must be held in a constructive atmosphere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. ORAMAS-OLIVA<\/u>\u00a0(Cuba) expressed satisfaction at the efforts taken by the Government of India in ensuring the successful holding of the Seminar.\u00a0\u00a0That constituted a further contribution by India to efforts to uphold the just and noble cause of the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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20.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. TERZI<\/u>\u00a0(Observer, Palestine Liberation Organization) said that the<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New Delhi Seminar had been most productive.\u00a0\u00a0What had impressed him most was the number of Indian parliamentary groups which had formed nuclei for joint action and had expressed the desire to co-ordinate efforts at national and international parliamentary levels.\u00a0\u00a0He trusted that the Committee would view favourably the applications which several of them intended to make to attend future events as active participants instead of as observers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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21.\u00a0\u00a0He expressed his thanks to those who had co-ordinated the work of the Indian and Asian NGOs in their preparations for establishing the Asian co-ordinating committee for NGOs.\u00a0\u00a0He hoped that the Committee would give its utmost assistance in that endeavour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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22.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0said that, if he heard no objection, he would take it that the Committee wished to take note of the conclusions and recommendations adopted by the Sixteenth United Nations Seminar on the Question of Palestine, New Delhi, 8-12 June 1987, and of the declaration adopted by the NGO Symposium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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23.\u00a0\u00a0It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE, NEW YORK, 22 AND 23 JUNE 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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24.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. BORG<\/u>\u00a0(Malta), Rapporteur a.i., introduced the report of the Seventeenth United Nations Seminar on the Question of Palestine, held in New York on 22 and 23 June 1987, of which he had been the Rapporteur.\u00a0\u00a0Among the conclusions and recommendations of the Seminar he emphasized the following:\u00a0\u00a0(a) support for the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East and for the establishment of a preparatory committee within the framework of the Security Council; (b) appreciation for the Secretary-General’s endeavours with a view to the convening of the Conference; (c) the major role that the Committee could play in promoting the convening of the Conference; (d) the appeal to the United Nations system to render and co-ordinate all forms of economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people in co-operation with the PLO; (e) reiteration of the Security Council’s position on Jerusalem; (f) the recommendation that the United Nations should make additional efforts to disseminate factual and up-to-date information on the question of Palestine; (g) encouragement to the Committee to take a strong position against the pending United States legislation aimed at closing the office of the PLO Observer to the United Nations, to ask the United Nations Legal Counsel about implications regarding the compatibility of that legislation with the Headquarters Agreement and to request the Committee on Relations with the Host Country to take a position against the proposed legislation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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25.\u00a0\u00a0Among the papers presented at the Seminar had been that of Mr. Gueivandov of the Soviet Union, who had been unable to participate, as his visa for the United States had not been issued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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26.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. OUDOVENKO<\/u>\u00a0(Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) said that his delegation supported the recommendations of the New York Seminar.\u00a0\u00a0That Seminar had taken place within almost the same framework as the New Delhi Seminar, and its conclusions and recommendations were vital for solving the Middle East conflict and the Palestinian question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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27.\u00a0\u00a0As to the denial of a United States visa mentioned by the Rapporteur a.i., attempts to restrict the movements of representatives, like efforts to close the New York office of the PLO, violated the Headquarters Agreement.\u00a0\u00a0The Ukrainian Mission had also been required to reduce its staff.\u00a0\u00a0All that was the result of the work of those who were, to say the least, not interested in enabling the Committee to continue to function smoothly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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28.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0said that, if he heard no objections, he would take it that the Committee wished to take note of the conclusions and recommendations of the Seventeenth United Nations Seminar on the Question of Palestine, New York, 22 and 23 June 1987.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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29.\u00a0\u00a0It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL NGO SYMPOSIUM ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE, NEW YORK,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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24-26 JUNE 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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30.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. VELAZCO-SAN JOSE<\/u>\u00a0(Cuba) introduced the report of the fourth United Nations North American Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine, in which he had taken part on behalf of the Committee.\u00a0\u00a0The highly successful Symposium had emphasized increased mobilization of NGOs, the involvement of new NGO constituencies in the question of Palestine and the identification of strategies for increasing public awareness of the urgent need to convene the International Peace Conference on the Middle East.\u00a0\u00a0There had been much discussion on ways and means of inducing the Governments in the North American region to change their current position on the convening of the Conference.\u00a0\u00a0The Declaration of the Symposium had been adopted unanimously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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31.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0said that, if he heard no objections, he would take it that the Committee wished to take note of the Declaration of the United Nations North American Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine, 24-26 June 1987.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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32.\u00a0\u00a0It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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INTERNATIONAL NGO MEETING ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE, GENEVA, 7-9 SEPTEMBER 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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33.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0informed the Committee that a number of experts had already accepted the Committee’s invitation to the Meeting.\u00a0\u00a0The Bureau wished to recommend the addition to the list of political figures to be invited of Mr. Yankovitsch and Mr. Haksar.\u00a0\u00a0The two experts would both be invited to present papers on the subject of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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34.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0said that, if he heard no objections, he would take it that the Committee wished to adopt the recommendation of the Bureau.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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35.\u00a0\u00a0It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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36.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0reminded the Committee that it had agreed to appoint an expert for the round table on the aforementioned International Conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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37.\u00a0\u00a0As there were no comments on that subject, he suggested that the matter should be given further consideration and re-examined the following week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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38.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0drew attention to working paper No. 6\/Add.1, which contained a number of replies from Member States to the Chairman’s letter requesting suggestions from all Member States in order to help the Committee in its work.\u00a0\u00a0He thanked all the Governments which had responded to his appeal for their interest in the Committee’s work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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39.\u00a0\u00a0He suggested that the working paper should be forwarded to the Working Group for consideration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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40.\u00a0\u00a0It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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41.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. EL-SAID<\/u>\u00a0(Department of Public Information) reported on the fact-finding news mission for journalists to the Middle East organized by the Department of Public Information, in close co-operation with the Committee, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 41\/43 C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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42.\u00a0\u00a0The mission had visited Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.\u00a0\u00a0Formal requests had also been sent to the Permanent Missions of the Syrian Arab Republic and Israel, but no response had been received from Israel, and Syria’s response had been received so late that the visit to Syria had been cancelled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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43.\u00a0\u00a0In Cairo and Amman, the delegation had met numerous senior officials and<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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prominent journalists and had visited a Palestinian refugee camp near Amman.\u00a0\u00a0In Iraq, the mission had met Mr. Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, the Iraqi Minister for Information, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the United States Ambassador to Iraq.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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44.\u00a0\u00a0All participants wished to thank the United Nations for organizing the mission, which had given them a first-hand opportunity to learn in depth about the various aspects of the question of Palestine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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45.\u00a0\u00a0Government officials in the three countries had expressed their support for the United Nations public information programme on the question of Palestine.\u00a0\u00a0The mission had received extensive media coverage in all three countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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46.\u00a0\u00a0A compilation of articles published by participating journalists in connection with the mission was currently under way and would be made available to interested delegations as soon as complete.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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47.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. GLAIEL<\/u>\u00a0(Observer for the Syrian Arab Republic) expressed his apologies for his country’s late reply, which had been due to circumstances beyond its control. Those responsible for dealing with the matter had been absent at the time the application had been received.\u00a0\u00a0Efforts would be made to avoid a repetition of such an occurrence.\u00a0\u00a0He was sure that in future his Government would give a positive reply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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48.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0said that, if he heard no objections, he would take it that the Committee wished to take note of the statement by the representative of the Department of Public Information and to congratulate the Department on its<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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49.\u00a0\u00a0It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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50.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. KARRAN<\/u>\u00a0(Guyana) reported on his participation in the solidarity meeting organized by the Solidarity Committee of the German Democratic Republic on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Israeli aggression of June 1967.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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51.\u00a0\u00a0The grassroots membership of the Solidarity Committee gave it the authority to speak on behalf of the ordinary people, while it also had representation from the highest legislative and executive levels.\u00a0\u00a0There had been overwhelming support for an International Peace Conference on the Middle East and for a peaceful solution of the Middle East question through consultation and dialogue.\u00a0\u00a0Tribute had been paid to the Solidarity Committee’s contribution and to the work of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.\u00a0\u00a0Participation in the solidarity meeting had been a tangible contribution to the efforts of the people of the German Democratic Republic to the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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52.\u00a0\u00a0The CHAIRMAN<\/u>\u00a0expressed his thanks to the representative of Guyana for having represented the Committee at that meeting and to the highly active Solidarity Committee for having organized the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The meeting rose at 4.45 p.m<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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