  {"id":186138,"date":"1982-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=186138"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:01:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:01:25","slug":"auto-insert-186138","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-186138\/","title":{"rendered":"Situation in the OPT\/Bir Zeit University &#8211; Letter from CEIRPP Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">GENERAL ASSEMBLY<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>SECURITY COUNCIL Thirty-seventh session<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>Thirty-seventh year<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Item 31 of the preliminary list *<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">QUESTION OF PALESTINE<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Letter dated 18 February 1982 from the Chairman of the Committee on the<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<u>Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to the<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<u>Secretary-General<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">As Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, I wish to express the profound concern caused to the Committee by the Israeli decision once again to close down Bir Zeit University.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">It may be recalled that I previously drew attention, on 13 November 1981 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E3CFAB7DA3482DEE852569690059BE5A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">(see A\/36\/688-S\/14754)<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">, to the Committee&#39;s profound concern at certain acts committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian Arab territory of the West Bank, where the closing of Bir Zeit University had provoked a protest by the international community and led to a campaign in Israel and abroad for its&nbsp;&nbsp;opening.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>The New York Times<\/u>&nbsp;of 17 February 1982 reports that the Israeli Military Government has again ordered the closing of Bir Zeit University for a period of two months.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is the second time in four months that this has happened.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is worth mentioning that classes had resumed only on 4 January 1982.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>The New York Times<\/u>&nbsp;also reports that 50 students and teachers at the University have been arrested.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The situation in the occupied territories remains extremely tense, and acts committed there in violation of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions can only further exacerbate tensions in the region.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Committee considers it to be of the greatest importance that energetic measures should be taken, particularly by the Security Council, to put an end to acts and policies which endanger international peace and security.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I should be obliged if you would circulate the text of this letter as a document of the General Assembly, under item 31 of the preliminary list, and of the Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"38%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"61%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, 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