  {"id":199141,"date":"2008-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=199141"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:43:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:43:52","slug":"auto-insert-199141","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-199141\/","title":{"rendered":"CEIRPP\/DPR &#8211; Press backgrounder (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>THE COMMITTEE ON THE EXERCISE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>AND<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>THE DIVISION FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:6pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>PRESS BACKGROUNDER<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2778%27%20height%3D%2768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2078%2068%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2778%27%20height%3D%2768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/cd0513570043cfba85257473006f7893_image0.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"68px\" width=\"78px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:6pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:6pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNITED NATIONS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;font-size:6pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>New York, April 2008<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>CONTENTS<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;font-size:6pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>___________________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:7pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>IN BRIEF&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>THE COMMITTEE&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>DIVISION FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>CIVIL SOCIETY COOPERATION <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNISPAL&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>CONTACT&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>IN BRIEF<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>____________________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>was established in 1975 by the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations to recommend a programme designed to enable the Palestinian people to exercise its inalienable rights defined by the General Assembly as the right to <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>self determination <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>independence<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>and <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>sovereignty<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>; and the right of Palestinians to <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>return to their homes and property<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The General Assembly mandated the Committee to:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Promote<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Raise international awareness<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;on the question of Palestine;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Mobilize international support<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;for and assistance to the Palestinian people;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Work towards <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>In pursuance of its mandate the Committee: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>organizes<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>international meetings and conferences; <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>provides<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>publications and information;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>monitors<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>the situation relating to the question of Palestine; <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>reports<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>and makes suggestions to the General Assembly, the Security Council or the Secretary General; <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>maintains liaison and cooperation with civil society organizations<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>interested in the question of Palestine. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The Division for Palestinian Rights was established as the Committee&#8217;s secretariat. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>THE COMMITTEE <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>____________________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>In November 1975, by its resolution 3376 the General Assembly established the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee was given the task of recommending a programme designed to enable the Palestinian people to exercise its inalienable rights. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Today, the Committee actively promotes the rights of the Palestinian people by raising awareness of the question of Palestine and mobilizing international support for the Palestinians. The Committee works towards the realization of the inalienable right of the Palestinian People. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Membership<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>The Committee is comprised of 22 Member States from a variety of regions such as <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Asia<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Africa<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Latin America<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>and <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Western Europe<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>. There are 26 observers to the Committee, including the <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Permanent Observer of Palestine<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;and regional organizations such as the <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>African Union<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>, the <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>League of Arab States <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>and the <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Organization of the Islamic Conference<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>The elected Bureau of the Committee consists of:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Chairman: Ambassador Paul Badji of <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Senegal<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Vice-Chairmen: Ambassador Zahir Tanin of Afghanistan and Ambassador Rodrigo Palmira D&#237;az of <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Cuba<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Rapporteur: Ambassador<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Saviour Borg<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;of <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Malta<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Mandate<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The Committee is mandated by the General Assembly to promote the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, to support the Middle East peace process, and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The General Assembly requested the Committee to monitor the situation relating to the question of Palestine and make recommendations to the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Secretary General. The Assembly annually considers the Committee&#8217;s report and reaffirms its mandate. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Since 1991 the Committee has consistently supported the peace process. It has welcomed the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference and has strongly supported the objective, affirmed in Security Council resolution 1397 (2002), of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side within secure and recognized borders. The Committee also welcomed and supported the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet&#8217;s Road Map and called on the parties to implement it. The Committee welcomed the holding of the Annapolis Conference and the Joint Declaration reached in November 2007 by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert. It viewed this Conference as an important pivotal point for permanent status negotiations. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>At the same time, the Committee has expressed grave concern at the many obstacles and delays in the negotiations, the illegal annexation of East Jerusalem, the continuing expansion of settlements and the growing network of checkpoints and roadblocks in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the construction of the separation wall, and the serious deterioration of the Palestinian economic situation due to prolonged military closures. The Committee has repeatedly condemned acts of violence by extremists. It has reiterated that the Israeli occupation continued to be the root cause of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Programme of work <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>In order to promote international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people, as well as international awareness of the question of Palestine, the Committee convenes international meetings and conferences in various regions of the world. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>In addition to a publications programme and information activities, each year on 29 November the Committee holds a special meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The Committee also cooperates with a wide network of civil society organizations active on the question of Palestine. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>DIVISION FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>________________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The Division for Palestinian Rights was established by the General Assembly pursuant to resolution 32\/40. It acts as the secretariat for the Committee on the Exercise of the Palestinian People. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Core functions of the Division<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Providing substantive support and secretariat services for the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Assisting the Committee in the exercise of its mandate and the promotion and implementation of its recommendations <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Monitoring the developments relevant to the question of Palestine<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Planning, organizing and servicing the Committee&#8217;s programme of international meetings and conferences in various regions of the world <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Maintaining liaison with civil society organizations active on the issue <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Organizing the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Preparing studies and publications relating to the question of Palestine and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and promoting their widest possible dissemination <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Maintaining and developing a Web-based United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL). <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Conducting an annual training programme for staff of the Palestinian Authority <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>________________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The Division for Palestinian Rights, under the guidance of the Committee, organizes international meetings and conferences to raise awareness of the various aspects of the question of Palestine. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Invited to such meetings are representatives of Governments, internationally renowned experts, including Israeli and Palestinian, representatives of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations, parliamentarians, representatives of civil society, the media and others. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Among the meetings organized by the Committee are seminars for assistance to the Palestinian People and civil society events in support for Israeli-Palestinian peace. These meetings are held in various regions of the world with the participation of all sectors of the international community. They are geared towards constructive analysis and discussion of the various aspects of the question of Palestine and mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>CIVIL SOCIETY COOPERATION<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>____________________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights maintain liaison with civil society organizations. The Civil Society Network on the Question of Palestine is the <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>main UN forum for NGOs <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>which are active on the issue of Palestine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>The network consists of <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>more than 1,000 civil society organizations <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>from various regions: national and international, political and humanitarian, NGOs promoting human rights or economic and social development, solidarity-, charitable- or action-oriented groups, churches, trade unions and professional associations, and organizations with special focus on women, children, refugees and prisoners. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>The Committee, on a regular basis, organizes <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>meetings and conferences <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>, which bring together numerous organizations active on the question of Palestine, including Palestinian and Israeli. Panel discussions provide information and analysis on current political developments, focus on the needs of the Palestinian people and improve networking among NGOs. Part of the meetings is devoted to workshops, where NGOs have an opportunity to exchange experience and expertise with kindred groups and elaborate common strategies and proposals. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The reports of the meetings are issued as publications of the Division for Palestinian Rights and are widely disseminated. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>The Committee encourages <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>cooperation, coordination and networking<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>among civil society organizations. Through the Division it liaises with national, regional and international coordinating mechanisms. It holds periodic consultations with various organizations on ways and means to enhance its programme of cooperation with civil society. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>____________________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>The Committee each year on <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>29 November<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>holds a special meeting to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at United Nations Headquarters in New York. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The date of 29 November was chosen because of its meaning and significance to the Palestinian people. On that day in 1947, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), which came to be known as the Partition Resolution. That resolution provided for the establishment in Palestine of a &quot;Jewish State&quot; and an &quot;Arab State&quot;, with Jerusalem as a <\/strong><i><strong>corpus separatum <\/strong><\/i><strong>under a special international regime. Of the two States to be created under this resolution, only one, Israel, has so far come into being. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Speakers at these annual events include the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, the President of the Security Council, and representatives of relevant United Nations bodies, intergovernmental organizations and the Permanent Observer of Palestine. NGOs are invited to attend and a spokesperson for the international community of civil society organizations working on the issue. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Other activities organized in New York in connection with the observance of the Day of Solidarity include a Palestinian exhibit or a cultural event sponsored by the Committee and presented by the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, and the screening of films. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Meetings in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People are also held at the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna and in various capitals of the world. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNISPAL<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>____________________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The Division for Palestinian Rights has developed the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL). It contains the texts of historical and current United Nations documents on the question of Palestine and other issues related to the Middle East situation and the search for peace in the region. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The UNISPAL documents collection includes the texts of resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, the General Assembly, and other United Nations bodies; documents of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; reports and statements of the Secretary-General; and documents and publications of the various United Nations system entities. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>UNISPAL can be accessed at: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/unispal.un.org\/\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><br \/><strong><u>http:\/\/unispal.un.org<\/u><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:center;padding-top:4px;font-size:4pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Additional information on the question of Palestine and the United Nations can be found at the Division&#8217;s Question of Palestine site at <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/depts\/dpa\/qpal\" style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong><u>www.un.org\/depts\/dpa\/qpal<\/u><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;, or via the Unite Nations home page <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/\" style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong><u>www.un.org<\/u><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>under Peace and Security. The site includes a brief history of the issue, glossary of related terms, a calendar of upcoming and recent events and an overview of action in the General Assembly, Security Council, and other United Nations bodies with regard to the question of Palestine. The site also contains links to relevant United Nations websites and a civil society page. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>CONTACT<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>______________________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>United Nations Secretariat<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Division for Palestinian Rights<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Room S-3350<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>New York, New York 10017<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Tel: +1-212-963-5159 <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Fax: +1-212-963-4199<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS, san-serif;\"><strong>Email:<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:Dpr-meeting@un.org\"><br \/><strong><u>dpr-meeting@un.org<\/u><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE COMMITTEE ON THE EXERCISE OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE&nbsp; 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