This section highlights key committee meetings, delegation visits, international conferences, and side events, showcasing important discussions and engagements at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters and around the world.
424th Committee Meeting: Adoption of 2025 Annual Report – 28 August 2025
On 28 August 2025, the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened its 424th meeting at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters in New York. During the session, the Committee adopted its Annual Report for submission to the General Assembly (document?A/80/35), with Jaime Hermida Castillo (Nicaragua), Vice-Chair of [...]
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee Bureau holds annual meeting with the Secretary-General
The Committee Bureau held its annual meeting with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on 26 August 2025. During the meeting, the sides discussed the urgent need for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and stressed the imperative of protecting civilians, as well as the importance of rapid, sustained, and unhindered entry of humanitarian ai [...]
2025 Conference on the Question of Jerusalem – Dakar, Senegal
On 9 July, the 2025 Conference on the Question of Jerusalem, organized jointly with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), took place in Dakar, Senegal. The event reflected on the challenges faced by the Palestinian people in occupied East Jerusalem in terms of displacement, dispossession and violence and provided the platform to [...]
Committee delegation visits Dakar, Senegal, 6-7 July 2025
Ahead of the 2025 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-OIC Conference on the Question of Jerusalem, held in Dakar on 9 July, on 6 and 7 July the Delegation of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee Bureau, headed by Chair Amb. Coly Seck (PR of Senegal), Vice-Chair Amb. Ahmad Faisal Muhamad (PR of Malaysia), Amb. Moreno Guerra (DPR of Cuba) and Amb. Riyad Mansour (Permanent Ob [...]
423rd Committee Meeting: Commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the Nakba – 15 May 2025
This year marks the 77th?anniversary of the?Nakba?(¡°catastrophe¡± in Arabic), the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The Nakba remains a deeply traumatic event in the Palestinian collective memory and continues to shape their struggle for justice and for their right to return to their homes.??The?U [...]
Screening of the anthology film ¡°From Ground Zero¡±
On 15 May 2025, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ General Assembly Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held an exclusive screening of the documentary?¡°From Ground Zero¡±. Created by 22 artists living under siege in the Gaza Strip, this powerful anthology film made up of 22 short films offers a vital and deeply contextualized perspect [...]
Committee Consultations with Civil Society Organizations
The?Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened its first 2025 civil society engagement ¡°International Action Towards Ending the Nakba and Realising the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People¡±, on the margins of the 77th commemoration of the Palestinian?Nakba, on 15 May 2025 and 16 May 2025?in?the E [...]
Screening of the Oscar-winning documentary ¡°No Other Land¡±
On 3 April, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ General Assembly Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held an exclusive screening of the 2025 Academy Award winner for best documentary ¡°No Other Land¡± at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters in New York. The film, co-produced by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, tells the story of the destruction of Palest [...]
422nd Committee Meeting ¨C 3 April 2025
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee held its 422nd meeting on 3rd April 2025. The speakers delved into the human rights and legal aspects surrounding land issues in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The meeting featured the Palestinian co-Director of the Oscar-winning documentary film ¡° No Other Land ¡± Mr. Basel Adra, who shared his unique insig [...]
Virtual Event ¡°The destruction of the health system in Palestine: A lifeline in peril for women and girls¡±
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee organized a virtual event on the margins of CSW69 titled : ¡°The destruction of the health system in Palestine: A lifeline in peril for women and girls¡±. The event focused on the war on Gaza ¨C and the latest resumption of attacks by Israel- whose victims are over 70% women and children. The all-female panel saw [...]
Briefing to New Delegates 2025
On 4 March 2025 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters, the Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR) hosted its annual briefing for new delegates on the mandate and work of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee. Chaired by Ambassador Coly Seck and attended by 19 delegates and Member State representatives, the session provided a comprehensive overview of the Committee¡¯s ann [...]
421st Committee Meeting: Election of the Bureau ¨C 5 February 2025
On 5 February 2025, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened its first annual meeting to elect its Bureau and adopt its annual Programme of Work. As customary, the Secretary-General participated in the meeting and presided over the election of the Bureau.?The newly elected Bureau comprises: H.E. [...]
420th Committee Meeting ¨C 26 November 2024
On 26 November 2024,?in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Solidarity Day)?was?marked by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?with?a Special Meeting of the Committee where Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Members States expressed the [...]
419th Committee Meeting – 31 October 2024
On 31 October 2024, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People organized the briefing ¡°International legal responsibilities for preventing genocide, holding perpetrators of war crimes accountable, and for ending the unlawful occupation of Palestine¡±. The event featured presentations by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Special Rap [...]
418th Committee Meeting – 30 August 2024
On 30 August, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee convened a Committee Meeting in the United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ in New York. During the meeting, the Committee reviewed and formally adopted its annual report?to the 2024 General Assembly (document?A/79/35), which outlines the Committee¡¯s activities, priorities, and recomme [...]
Committee delegation visits Jakarta, Indonesia, 3-5 July 2024
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ General Assembly Committee on Palestinian Rights visited Indonesia from July 3 to 5, 2024, for consultations on the Palestinian question with the government, parliament, civil society, think tanks, and the business community. As a CEIRPP Committee and Bureau member, Indonesia plays a crucial role in mobilizing support for Palestine [...]
Committee delegation visits Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2 July 2024
A Committee Delegation, headed by Chair Ambassador Cheikh Niang, travelled to Riyadh, after the CEIRPP-OIC Jerusalem Symposium in Jeddah on 1 July, at the invitation of the Government of Saudi Arabia. The Delegation included Vice-Chairs Ambassador Arrmanatha C. Nasir (Indonesia), Amb. Ahmad Faisal Muhamad (Malaysia), Amb. Neville Melvin Gertze [...]
Symposium on the Question of Jerusalem ¡°Jerusalem and the Gaza War: Palestinian Identity and Existence Under Threat of Erasure¡±
The 2024 Symposium on the Question of Jerusalem ¡°Jerusalem and the Gaza War: Palestinian Identity and Existence Under Threat of Erasure¡± was convened at the headquarters of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under the joint auspices of the OIC and the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights o [...]
417th Committee Meeting- 26 June 2024
On, 26 June 2024, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened a Committee Meeting in the Trusteeship Chamber at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ in New York. At this meeting, the Committee elected the new Permanent Representative of Cuba, H.E. Mr. Ernesto Sober¨®n Guzm¨¢n, as Vice Chair of the Committee. The meeting also [...]
Panel Discussion ¡°1948 ¨C 2024: The Ongoing Palestinian Nakba¡±, New York 17 May 2024
The Panel discussion ¡°1948-2024: The Ongoing Palestinian Nakba¡± was held under the auspices of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) on 17 May in the ECOSOC Chamber, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters in New York. The event focused on the historical context of the 1948 events that lead to the mass di [...]