On?5 February 2018, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 388th?meeting and the first meeting for the current year at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ headquarters in New York. In a session presided over by the Secretary-General, the Committee conducted the annual election for the Bureau. All incumbent Bureau members were re-elected by acclamation. The Committee also?approved its Program of Work for 2018 by consensus.

The composition of the Bureau for 2018 is as follows:

Chair:? ? ? ? ? ? Senegal

Vice-Chairs: Afghanistan, Cuba, Indonesia, Namibia, Nicaragua

Rapporteur: Malta

Observer:? ? ? State of Palestine.

For the message of the Secretary-General’s on the occasion,?click here.

For the statement of the Chair of the Committee following the election of the Bureau, click here.