PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO MEET ON 29 NOVEMBER

 

TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY

 

A solemn meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will be held on Monday, 29 November 2004, in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as mandated by General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.

Invitations to address this annual meeting have been extended to the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council, a representative of Palestine, the Chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, several intergovernmental organizations, and a representative of the International Coordinating Network on Palestine.

All Member States and Observers have been invited to attend the meeting and forward messages of solidarity, which will be announced during the meeting.  United Nations family organizations, intergovernmental and civil society organizations have also been invited to attend.  The proceedings, including the texts of messages received, will be published in a special bulletin of the Division for Palestinian Rights of the United Nations Secretariat.

On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity, the Committee, in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, is presenting a cultural exhibit entitled “Steadfast in Palestine”.  The exhibit will open at 6 p.m. on Monday, 29 November, and will be on display until 10 December, in the Public Lobby of the General Assembly building.

In addition, the Committee has arranged for the screening of two films entitled “In the Name of Security” and “The Wall”, which will be shown at 1 p.m. on Monday, 29 November, at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

For further information you may contact the Division for Palestinian Rights of the United Nations Secretariat at:  tel.:  1-212-963-5172, 1-212-963-5162; Fax:  1-212-963-4199.

Information on the International Day of Solidarity is also available on the Internet:  http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/ngo/calendar.htm.

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