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.
387th meeting – 14 December 2017
On 14 December, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 387th meeting at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters in New York. The Rapporteur (Malta) briefed the Committee on a Committee delegation visit to Tanzania from 3-6 December 2017. Summary Record ? [...]
385th Committee Meeting ¨C 15 November 2017
Overview On 15?November 2017, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 385th?meeting at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ headquarters in New York. The Committee?endorsed the resolutions to be?tabled at?the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November 201 [...]
100 years of the Balfour Declaration and its impact on the Palestinian People
On 2 November 2017, the United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee organized a lecture on the Balfour Declaration and the impact it has had on the Palestinian people.? In this lecture, Professor Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and Director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia? Sch [...]
384th Committee Meeting ¨C 6 September 2017
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383rd Committee Meeting ¨C 8 August 2017
Overview The 383rd meeting of the Committee took place on 8 August 2017. Over 36 Committee Members/Observers were in attendance in addition to several civil society organizations. The Chair of the Committee (Senegal) provided brief updates on recent Committee activities, including the Committee¡¯s sponsorship of a Palestinian lecturer for the Un [...]
International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem, 20 and 21 July 2017, Baku, Azerbaijan
Overview The Conference was jointly organized by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. ?The theme of the meeting is?¡°Jerusalem and the international community: providing political and economic support¡±. ? The International Conference aims at informing [...]
382nd Committee Meeting ¨C 17 May 2017
Overview At its meeting on 17 May 2017, the Committee approved two provisional programmes, namely the programme for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Forum marking 50 years of occupation which will be held at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ on 29-30 June 2017 and the progamme for the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem which will convene in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 20-21 July 2017. [...]
United Nations Forum to Mark Fifty Years of Occupation, 29-30 June 2017, United Nations Headquarters, New York
Overview Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Forum to Mark Fifty Years of Occupation was convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 29 and 30 June 2017, under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP). A day-long event entitled ¡°Ending the Occupation: The Path to Independ [...]
United Nations Capacity Building Workshop on Sustainable Development Goals for Staff of the State of Palestine, 23 to 24 April 2017, Beirut, Lebanon
Overview The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-ESCWA) will jointly organise the United Nations Capacity Building Workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Staff of the State of Palestine on 27-28 April 2017 in Beirut, Leban [...]
In Conversation with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi. CSW61 Side-Event, 17 March 2017, New York, NY
Overview Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People hosted Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, for an interactive briefing on the margins of the 61st. Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The briefing was moderated by Prof. Anne-Marie Goetz from NYU' [...]
381st Committee Meeting – 16 February 2017
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United Nations Roundtable on the Question of Palestine, 4 February 2017, Managua, Nicaragua
Overview The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened the United Nations Roundtable on the Question of Palestine on 4 February 2017 in Managua, Nicaragua. The theme of the roundtable wasl "Building Bridges with Palestinian Diaspora in Central America". The roundtable brrought together prominent Pal [...]
380th Committee Meeting – 29 November 2016
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379th Committee Meeting – 15 November 2016
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Briefing on the human rights situation in the OPT including use of excessive force by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, Al Haq – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHQ 18 October 2016
The Working Group of CEIRPP organised a briefing on Tuesday, 18 October 2016 on the current human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the use of excessive force by Israeli security forces, and the need for accountability. The briefing was followed by a Q&A session. The briefing was held in the ECOSOC Chamber, at Un [...]
378th Committee Meeting – 3 October 2016
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377th Committee Meeting – 4 August 2016
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United Nations International Conference in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace. Geneva, 29-30 June 2016
¡°Peace is possible ¨C frameworks for a way forward¡± Experienced peace negotiators, international experts including from Israel and the State of Palestine, as well as from the United Nations, civil society, and academics gathered at the Palais des Nations to discuss lessons learned from past initiatives related to the Israeli-Palestinian peace proce [...]
United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, Stockholm, 19-20 May 2016
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People is taking place on 19 and 20 May 2016 at the 7A Odenplan Conference Centre in Stockholm, Sweden, organized under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The theme of the Seminar will be ¡°Agenda 2030: Paving the way toward a [...]
International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem, Dakar, 3-4 May 2016
International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem ¡°Jerusalem at the heart of the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine¡±. The Conference, to be convened in cooperation with the OIC at the King Fahd hotel, will provide up-to-date information on the current situation in East Jerusalem under occupation; identify opportunities [...]