8 May 2026

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee members and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRIC Moderator

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Ambassador?of Senegal to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ,?Coly Seck,?opened a press conference?organised?in Brussels?this week: ¡°We want peace.?We want?engagement. We want to make sure that Europe will help bring this conflict to an end?and?make sure that the two-state solution will prevail.¡±?

Ambassador Seck chairs the?United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. During a two-day visit to Brussels this week, the Committee discussed with European governments the importance of defending international law and preserving the two-state solution.

The delegation,?which included?ambassadors to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ from Senegal, Cuba and Namibia, alongside Minister Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, met with EU officials, diplomats and civil society?organisations?as part of a wider European tour aimed at?mobilising?support for peace in Palestine.?

Established by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ General Assembly in 1975, the Committee works to support Palestinian self-determination, sovereignty and the realisation of a two-state solution. ?

Ambassador Seck stressed that Europe has a ¡°key role to play politically, diplomatically, economically and humanitarianly¡± at what he described as a critical moment for the region.?

Camera filming Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee at Press Conference

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International law?

Minister?Mansour called for concrete measures in response to what he said are violations of international law?and for?European leaders to move beyond ¡°business as usual¡±.?He pointed specifically to Israeli settlements?in the occupied West Bank, citing rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which he said had made clear the settlements were illegal and ¡°have to be dismantled¡±.?

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee members stressed the need to uphold the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ?Charter,?Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ?resolutions?and a multilateral rules-based order grounded in international law.?

The delegation also highlighted the importance of preserving the fragile Gaza ceasefire and supporting efforts toward a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.?

Hope?

The Brussels meetings formed part of a wider European tour that began in France and would continue in Spain. ¡°Some of our contributions, we believe, resonated in the minds and hearts of those that we met with,¡± Minister Mansour said. ¡°We hope that this contribution will make a difference in our collective responsibility and approach to open widely the door for peace and justice in the Middle East, especially for the Palestinian people.¡±?

The agenda in Brussels included meetings with representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European External Action Service, the EU Council¡¯s??(PSC), the Belgian Foreign?Ministry?and civil society?organisations.?

The visit builds on the engagements of the recent?2025 Conference on the Two-State Solution?and the?New York Declaration?on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.?