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 Visit to France, Malta and Switzerland, 31 October – 4 November 2022
From 31 October to 4 November, a delegation of the Committee including the Chair, Ambassador Cheikh Niang, and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, traveled to France, Malta and Switzerland to meet with Government officials and to share ideas and discuss approaches leading to a lasting peace between [...]
Delegation visit to Ottawa, Canada, 17-19 October 2022
From 17 to 19 October, the Chair and Ambassador Mansour of the State of Palestine travelled to Ottawa (Canada) at the invitation of the Canada-Palestine Parliamentarian Friendship Group.? The objective of the visit was to advocate for Canada, a good friend of both Palestine and Israel, to promote a just and lasting resolution to the question of Pa [...]
CEIRPP Bureau meets with Ms. Maysoon Elayyan author and mother of terrorism victim
On 8 September 2022, the Palestinian Rights Committee¡¯s Bureau honoured? Ms. Maysoon Elayyan, ?author and the mother of a terror victim, at a meeting hosted by the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. The meeting was also attended by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Representative Office Director Greta Gunnarsdottir and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Global Communications¡¯ Outreach [...]
408th Committee Meeting – 30 August 2022
On Tuesday 30 August 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 consider and adopt its 2022 Annual Report. At this meeting the Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµWRA Office New York, Ms. Gr¨¦ta Gunnarsdottir, briefed the Committ [...]
Committee Delegation Visit to Amman, Jordan 25 July 2022
On 25 July, the Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, H. E. Ambassador Cheikh Niang met with Mr. Mohammed Hindawi, Director of Negotiations Coordination Bureau of the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Chair expressed appreciation for Jordan¡¯s support for the Palestinian people's right [...]
International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem ¡°Palestinian Youth in East Jerusalem under Occupation¡± – Virtual Event
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People? with support from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)?? International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem? ?¡°Palestinian Youth in East Jerusalem under Occupation¡±? The?Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee, with support from the Organization of Islamic Cooper [...]
407th Committee Meeting – 13 July 2022
On 13 July 2022, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 407th meeting, which Ambassador Cheikh Niang chaired, to consider progress in the implementation of its 2022 programme of work. The Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine updated the Committee on the situation in the Occupied P [...]
¡°Apartheid, International Law,? and the Occupied Palestinian Territory¡± – Virtual high-level event
On 16 June 2022, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)? held a Virtual High-Level Event? ¡°Apartheid, International Law,? and the Occupied Palestinian Territory¡±? featuring a conversation between Zeid?Ra¡¯ad?Al-Hussein,?President and Chief Executive Officer of International Peace?Institute,? fo [...]
Committee Delegation Visit to Dublin, Ireland, 5 May 2022
On 5 May 2022, the Committee delegation met in Dublin with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Simon Coveney, and parliamentarians from different political parties. The objective of the meetings was to exchange ideas on how Ireland, a current member of the Security Council, could further assist in finding a just and lasting solution to the qu [...]
¡°Al Khalil/Hebron ¨C A case study for the impact of Israeli settlements on Palestinian rights under occupation¡±?? ¨C Virtual Event?
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee organized the Virtual Event on ¡°Al-Khalil/Hebron ¨C A case study for the impact of Israeli settlements on Palestinian rights under occupation¡±. The event was organized as a panel conversation ¨C moderated by H.E. Mr. Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir, Vice-Chair of the Committee and Permanent Representative of Indonesi [...]
Palestinian Rights Committee Bureau meets with the President of the 76th General Assembly
On 30 March 2022, the Bureau of the United Nations General Assembly¡¯s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met with H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th General Assembly. The Bureau called for renewed efforts by the international community to facilitate a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement [...]
Impact of Forced Displacement on Palestinian Women ¨C Virtual Event
On 23 March 2022, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People organized a virtual event?on?¡°Impact of forced displacement on Palestinian women¡± on the margins of the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Resources Curtain Raiser? Programme Bio Notes of Panellists Chair Summary [...]
Closed Consultations with Civil Society Organizations
Chair Summary (Arabic, English, French) ? ? [...]
Briefing to New Delegates
The Division for Palestinian Rights organized 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 on 28 February 2022 in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. [...]
406th Committee Meeting ¨C 8 February 2022
On 8 February, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 406th meeting. With the Secretary-General presiding, the Committee re-elected the incumbent members of the Bureau, with the Permanent Representative of Senegal as the Chair of the Committee, and the Permanent Representatives of Cuba, Indonesia [...]
¡°Supporting Human Rights Defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Reality, Challenges, and Obligations¡± ¨C Virtual Event
¡°Supporting Human Rights Defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Reality, Challenges, and Obligations¡± Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People ?VIRTUAL EVENT Tuesday,?7 December?2021, 10.30 a.m. ¨C 12.30 p.m. (NY Time) The?Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee organized the Virtual Event on ¡°Supporting Hu [...]
405th Committee Meeting ¨C 7 December 2021
Resources Press release [...]
404th Committee Meeting ¨C 29 November 2021
On 29 November 2021,?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 th [...]
Closed Consultations with Civil Society Organizations
Chair Summary ¨C English Chair Summary ¨C Arabic [...]
403rd Committee meeting – 30 August 2021
On ?30th August 2021, at its 403rd meeting, the Committee adopted its Annual Report to the General Assembly? featuring the work of the Committee in the context of the resolutions and international law emanating from its mandate.? The report will be circulated shortly. The Committee also heard updates about recent activities and the situation on the [...]