BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Question of Palestine - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Question of Palestine 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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T120000 DTSTAMP:20211115T181159Z CREATED:20211115T180924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211115T181159Z UID:267401-1637056800-1637150400@www.un.org SUMMARY:2021 United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:2021 United Nations \nInternational Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East \n16-17 November 2021 \n \nThe 2021 United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East will be held virtually this year on Tuesday\, 16 November [from 10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. EST] and Wednesday\, 17 November [from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST]. \nOrganized by the United Nations Department for Global Communications\, in the context of its special information programme on the question of Palestine\, this annual event aims to sensitize public opinion to the question of Palestine and promote a peaceful settlement to the Israel-Palestine conflict. It also aims to bring together journalists\, media experts\, think tanks\, diplomats and members of academia from Israel\, Palestine\, the wider Middle East\, Europe\, the United States and other parts of the world to discuss media related dynamics and trends connected to the Israel-Palestine conflict. \n\nCurtain Raiser\nVirtual Event Programme\nParticipants’ BIOs URL:/unispal/event/2021-united-nations-international-media-seminar-on-peace-in-the-middle-east/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211129T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211129T130000 DTSTAMP:20211129T142214Z CREATED:20211112T162735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211129T142214Z UID:267341-1638180000-1638190800@www.un.org SUMMARY:Observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People DESCRIPTION:ĢƵ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People \nOBSERVANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE \nMonday\, 29 November 2021\, 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (NY Time) \nGeneral Assembly Hall \nClick HERE to watch the event being streamed on ĢƵ Web TV \nAs customary\, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977\, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Solidarity Day) will be marked by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) with a Special Meeting of the Committee where ĢƵ Members States express their solidarity with the Palestinian people\, through messages by Heads of States and Government. Similar events are held at ĢƵOG\, ĢƵON\, ĢƵOV and ĢƵICs around the world. \nThis year\, the Special Meeting will be held on Monday\, 29 November from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (New York time) and will be livestreamed on ĢƵ WebTV. \nThe International Day of Solidarity provides an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the fact that the question of Palestine remains unresolved and that the Palestinian people are yet to attain their inalienable rights as defined by the General Assembly\, namely\, the right to self-determination\, the right to national independence and sovereignty and the right to return. \nThe Special Meeting will be presided by the Chair of the Committee\, Ambassador Cheikh Niang\, who will deliver the opening statement\, followed by remarks by the President of the General Assembly\, the President of the Security Council and by the Chef de Cabinet speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General. The Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine will deliver a statement on behalf of Mahmoud Abbas\, President of the State of Palestine. Video messages of solidarity by Ms. Malala Yousafzai\, Nobel Peace Laureate\, Ms. Hanan Hroub\, Palestinian winner of “Global Teacher Prize”\, Ms. Agnès Callamard\, Amnesty International Secretary-General\, and H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen\, former co-chair of the International Women’s Commission for a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace and former President of Finland\, will be broadcast.  Mr. Mohammed El-Kurd\, Palestinian activist from Sheikh Jarrah and Representative of civil society\, will also deliver a statement. \nThe Chair of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories and representatives of regional organizations (AU\, LAS\, OIC\, NAM) will deliver statements in the second part of the Meeting. \nThis year\, the Special Meeting will be held in-person\, in the General Assembly Hall\, with some of the COVID-19 restrictions and limits to access to the ĢƵ compound. \nThe Special Meeting will be open to the media. \nThe Special Meeting will be conducted in the six official languages. \nThe meeting will be broadcast on ĢƵ Web TV \nUpdates\, including on the programme of the event and press releases\, will be posted online at Home – Question of Palestine (un.org). \n\nSign up for the Committee’s mailing list: https://app.mdirector.com/render-subscription-form/empId/84424/formId/2/lang/en\nVisit the Committee’s Website: http://www.un.org/unispal\nLike the Committee’s Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/ĢƵ.palestinianrights\nFollow the Committee on Twitter at @ĢƵISPAL: https://twitter.com/ĢƵISPAL\nFollow the Committee on Instagram at @ĢƵISPAL: https://www.instagram.com/unispal/\nSubscribe to the Committee YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ĢƵpalestinianrights/\n\n\nCurtain Raiser \nProgramme\nSecretary-General message (Arabic\, Chinese\, English\, French\, German\, Russian\, Spanish) URL:/unispal/event/observance-of-the-international-day-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people/ LOCATION:ĢƵ Headquarters\, General Assembly Hall\, 405 E 42nd Street\, New York\, 10017\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR