Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
At a special event today marking the seventy-eighth anniversary of the Nakba, the United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee heard testimonies from bereaved families and friends of victims — those killed during the events of 78 years ago, as well as in the ongoing conflict — including the mother of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old girl from Gaza, who has become a symbol of innocent lives lost amidst violence and war.
Palestinian women’s rights cannot be separated from their struggle for liberation from Israeli occupation, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People heard today in a conversation that ranged from tackling laws designed to discriminate to ensuring reparations for war crimes.
The following statement was issued today by the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:
As the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People began its work for 2026, humanitarian organizations in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territory drew attention to dangerous restrictions on their work.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in New York today:
The Palestinian people do not need a peace plan, “what we need is a justice plan”, Mosab Abu Toha, poet, founder of the Edward Said Library and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, told the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, delivered by Chef de Cabinet Earle Courtenay Rattray, to the special meeting commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:
The following statement was issued today by the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People: