BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Question of Palestine - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:/unispal X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Question of Palestine REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200414T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200414T110000 DTSTAMP:20200408T171629Z CREATED:20200408T163753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200408T171629Z UID:235290-1586858400-1586862000@www.un.org SUMMARY:The COVID-19 pandemic in Gaza and ways to mitigate its impact on Palestine refugees - conversation with Matthias Schmale\, ĢƵRWA Director of Operations in Gaza  DESCRIPTION:ĢƵ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People  \nIn conversation with Matthias Schmale\, ĢƵRWA Director of Operations in Gaza  \n“The COVID-19 pandemic in Gaza and ways to mitigate its impact on Palestine refugees”  \nTuesday\, 14 April 2020  \n10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. (NY Time)  \nThe Chair of the ĢƵ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People Mr. Cheikh Niang (Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations in New York) will be in (virtual) conversation with Mr. Matthias Schmale\, ĢƵRWA Director of Operations in Gaza\, on the topic “The COVID-19 pandemic in Gaza and ways to mitigate its impact on Palestine refugees”. The event will be held with the participation of the Mission of Palestine in New York and will be livestreamed on the Committee Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ĢƵ.palestinianrights/. Viewers can pose questions via the Committee Facebook page and the email dpr-meeting@un.org.  \nThe conversation will address the recent and current developments in the occupied Gaza Strip during the Global Coronavirus Pandemic\, the ĢƵRWA assistance to Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip\, and the need for continued international resolve to support the Agency including with emergency funding.  \nDuring his more than 24 years of professional experience in international humanitarian and development organizations\, Mr. Schmale has held numerous senior management positions; he served in the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)\, the British Red Cross\, and the International Save the Children Alliance. For ĢƵRWA\, he has served as the director for Lebanon\, for Syria\, and for its Representative Office in New York. In October 2017\, he was appointed as Director of Field Operations in Gaza. Mr. Schmale holds a PhD in development economics from the Free University in Berlin\, Germany.  \nAll Member States and Observers\, United Nations organizations\, intergovernmental and civil society organizations are invited to attend.  \nFor 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.  \nFor a video introduction to the work of ĢƵRWA in Gaza: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/videos/unrwa-responds-covid-19-gaza-concerns-matthias-schmale-director-unrwa-operations  \n  \n  URL:/unispal/event/the-covid-19-pandemic-in-gaza-and-the-work-of-unrwa-conversation-with-matthias-schmale-unrwa-director-of-operations-in-gaza/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200421T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200421T113000 DTSTAMP:20200422T200338Z CREATED:20200417T181050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200422T200338Z UID:235492-1587463200-1587468600@www.un.org SUMMARY:In conversation with Palestinian civil society: “The COVID-19 pandemic under occupation – national resilience and international support” DESCRIPTION:ĢƵ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People  \nIn conversation with Palestinian civil society:   \n“The COVID-19 pandemic under occupation – national resilience and international support”     \nTuesday\, 21 April 2020\, 10 – 11.30 a.m.  \nThe ĢƵ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will hold a virtual conversation on “The COVID-19 pandemic under occupation – 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: https://www.facebook.com/ĢƵ.palestinianrights/. Viewers can pose questions via the Committee Facebook page and the email dpr-meeting@un.org.  \nThe event will consist of a conversation between the Committee Bureau and 3 Palestinian civil society representatives: Mr. Ali Ghaith\, 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.   \nThe 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\, 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-à-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.  \nAll Member States and Observers\, United Nations organizations\, intergovernmental and civil society organizations have been invited to attend.  \nFor 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.  \nCurtain Raiser \n   http://www.facebook.com/ĢƵ.palestinianrights    http://www.twitter.com/ĢƵISPAL    URL:/unispal/event/in-conversation-with-palestinian-civil-society-the-covid-19-pandemic-under-occupation-national-resilience-and-international-support/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T130000 DTSTAMP:20200428T172614Z CREATED:20200422T211935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200428T172614Z UID:235565-1587636000-1587646800@www.un.org SUMMARY:Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East\, including the Palestinian question DESCRIPTION:Live webcast can be accessed here.  \nStatement by the Chair of the Palestinian Rights Committee \nStatement by the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov URL:/unispal/event/security-council-meeting-on-the-situation-in-the-middle-east-including-the-palestinian-question/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR