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.
Committee delegation attends the OIC Summit in The Gambia 4-5 May 2024
On 4-5 May, the Bureau delegation led by the Chair attended the OIC Summit of Heads of States in Banjul where the question of Palestine featured prominently and a resolution on Palestine was adopted. The delegation met with H.E Mr. Basirou Diomaye and H.E. Mr. Yacine Fall, respectively President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, who reite [...]
Committee delegation meeting with the Secretary-General of CARICOM, 25 April 2024
The Bureau met with the Secretary-General of CARICOM at their headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana to advocate for Palestinian rights and to promote recognition of the State of Palestine. [...]
Committee delegation visit to Guyana, 24-26 April 2024
The CEIRPP Bureau delegation visited Guyana from 24 to 26 April 2024 to advocate for Palestinian rights amid the Gaza conflict. This visit, led by Chair, Ambassador Cheikh Niang, and accompanied by Bureau Vice Chairs, Ambassador Ernesto Sober¨®n Guzm¨¢n and Minister Riyad Mansour, and Secretary of the Committee, Patrice Chiwota, followed the Security [...]
Committee delegation visit to Trinidad and Tobago, 22- 23 April 2024
The CEIRPP Bureau delegation visited Trinidad and Tobago from April 21 to 23, 2024, to advocate for Palestinian rights. This visit followed the Security Council's veto on Palestine's Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ membership (April 18), the ongoing Gaza conflict, escalating settler attacks in the West Bank, and threats to the two-State solution. Led by Chair, Ambassador Cheik [...]
Conference of Civil Society Organisations working on the Question of Palestine, Geneva 3-4 April 2024
The Conference focused, among others, on the role of civil society worldwide in advocating for a durable and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza and in achieving accountability for Israel¡¯s war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.?Participants represented organisations and solidarity movements [...]
War on Gaza: impact on Palestinian Women and children ¨C Virtual event
The virtual event, organized by the CEIRPP on the margin of the annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) aims to support the rights of Palestinian women and provide a platform to inform about their situation under occupation.? By organizing this event, the Committee intends to discuss the impact of the war in Gaza on Palesti [...]
416th Committee Meeting- 11 March 2024
On?11 March 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. The agenda included the?election of Vice Chairs?of the Bureau. [...]
Briefing to New Delegates 2024
On 27 February 2024 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters, the Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR) held its annual Briefing for New Delegates?on the General Assembly mandate and work of the?Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee Chair, Amb. Cheikh Niang opened the briefing, which was attended by 15 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ delegates. [...]
415th Committee Meeting ¨C 31 January 2024
On Tuesday 31 January 2024 at 10 a.m., the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 415th Committee Meeting in Conference Room 12 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ in New York. At this meeting, the Secretary General presided over the election of the Chair and the Committee approved its 2024 Programme of Work. The Permanent R [...]
Panel discussion on the Responsibility to Prevent Genocide
. The Panel discussion ¡°2023 War on Gaza: The Responsibility to Prevent Genocide¡± was convened on 12 December 2023 by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP). The event consisted of an opening with remarks by?H.E. Mr.?Arrmanatha Christiawan?Nasir, Vice Chair of the Committee and Permanent [...]
413th Committee meeting ¨C 30 August 2023
On Wednesday, 30 August 2023, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened in Conference Room 4 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ in New York to consider and adopt its 2023 Annual Report. The Committee also considered accreditation requests from non-governmental organizations.? Out of the 8 who had applied, the Committee app [...]
Bureau of the Palestinian Rights Committee Meets with Ant¨®nio Guterres, Secretary-General, 22 August 2023
The Bureau of the Committee met with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres to express concern at the worsening situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem. The Chair of the Committee, Ambassador Cheikh Niang (Senegal) encouraged the Secretary-General to visit the OPT as soon as possible to learn first-hand abou [...]
International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem – Virtual event
. ¡°The impact of Israeli settlement policies on the Palestinian population?in Jerusalem¡± Convened by the?Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)?in cooperation with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) On Thursday, 20 July 2023, the Committee, in cooperation with the OIC, held the Interna [...]
Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters in New York
2023 marks the 75th?anniversary?of the mass displacement of Palestinians known as ¡°the Nakba¡± or ¡°the Catastrophe¡±.?The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) commemorated the 75th?anniversary of the Nakba at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters in New York. For the first time in the history of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, this anniversa [...]
411th Committee Meeting ¨C 3 May 2023
On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 10 a.m., the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 411th Committee Meeting in Conference Room 2 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ in New York. The Committee elected Permanent Representative of Malaysia, H.E. Mr. Ahmad Faisal Muhamad, as Bureau Vice-Chair and Rapporteur. The State of Palestine em [...]
Memories of the Nakba and its impact on Palestinians: A discussion with author Nadine Sayegh – Virtual Event
On Wednesday, 15 March 2023, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held a virtual event titled ¡°Memories of the Nakba and its impact on Palestinians¡± on the margins of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). During the event, Nadine Sayegh, author of the book ¡°Oranges fr [...]
410th Committee Meeting ¨C 22 February 2023
On Wednesday 22 February 2023 at 10 a.m., the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 410th Committee Meeting in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (ECOSOC) at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ in New York. At this meeting the Secretary General presided over the Bureau elections in which all Bureau members were re-elected [...]
2022 Bureau Retreat and Delegation Visit to Dakar, Senegal, 5-7 December 2022
From 5 to 7 December, a Bureau delegation led by the Chair, H.E. Mr. Cheikh Niang, visited Dakar to hold its annual Retreat. Following the retreat, the delegation also met Government officials including with H.E Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, the Chief de Cabinet, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Madame A?ssata Tall Sall, th [...]
409th Committee Meeting ¨C 29 November 2022
On Tuesday 29 November 2022 at 10 a.m., the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (ECOSOC) at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ in New York to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.? Further details of this meeting are available here: 2022 Intern [...]
Closed Consultations with Civil Society Organizations: ¡°Advocating for Accountability in the OPT¡±
? Chair Summary (English-French-Spanish) ? [...]