Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ?Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?
?In conversation with Palestinian civil society:??
¡°The COVID-19 pandemic under occupation ¨C national resilience and international support¡±????
?Tuesday,?21?April?2020, 10?– 11.30?a.m.?
?The?Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ?Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?will hold a virtual conversation on ¡°The COVID-19 pandemic under occupation ¨C national resilience and international support¡±. The event will?take place?on?21?April 2020 from 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (New?York?Time) and livestreamed on the Committee Facebook page:?.?Viewers?can pose questions via the Committee Facebook page and the email?dpr-meeting@un.org.?
?The event will?consist of?a conversation between the Committee Bureau?and?3 Palestinian civil society?representatives:?Mr. Ali?Gheith, a Palestinian journalist and activist?in?East Jerusalem; Ms.?Randa?Siniora, Palestinian human rights and women’s rights activist and General Director of the Women¡¯s Center for Legal Aid and Counselling?in Ramallah; and Mr.?Issam?Younis, the Director–General of the Al?Mezan?Center for Human Rights in Gaza.??
?The 1.5-hour?event?will address?how the Palestinian population in the West Bank?– including East Jerusalem?–?and Gaza?is?coping with?the COVID-19 pandemic under the ongoing occupation?and?political uncertainty in Israel and threats?of annexation. The speakers will elaborate on their distinct?sets of?challenges and restrictions in their respective locations, and on?whether?Israel, the?occupying?Power, is?living up to its?responsibilities under?international law?vis-¨¤-vis the occupied Palestinian population.?The?event will also address?options and strategies for Member States and global civil society to provide continued political and practical support to the Palestinian people.?
?All Member States and Observers, United Nations organizations, intergovernmental and civil society organizations have been invited to attend.?
?For further information, please visit?/unispal/?or contact the Division for Palestinian Rights of the United Nations Secretariat, email:?dpr-meeting@un.org.?Viewers are encouraged to use the hashtag?#Rights4Palestine?on social media and to tag the Committee¡¯s social media pages.?
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Document Sources: Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling
Subject: Annexation, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Population, Protection
Publication Date: 17/04/2020
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