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Observance of International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People, 29 November

GA/PAL/1213-OBV/1055
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will hold a special meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 29 November, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.

Photo Exhibition to Mark International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People Opens at Headquarters Visitors’ Lobby, 29 November

Note No. 6329
A photo exhibition entitled “Palestinian Vista” will be launched at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 29 November in the Main Gallery of the Visitors’ Lobby in observance of the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Electoral Process Crucial for Stabilization, Development in Democratic Republic of Congo, Secretary-General Says, Reiterating United Nations Support

SG/SM/13972-AFR/2296
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement, issued 27 November, on the presidential and National Assembly elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Deputy Secretary-General, at Inter-Parliamentary Union Event, Stresses Importance of Accountability, Gender Balance, Inclusiveness, Confronting Corruption

DSG/SM/593
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) parliamentary hearing on “Strengthening Accountability for a More Peaceful and Prosperous World” in New York on 28 November:

Secretary-General, in Message to States Parties to Mine Ban Treaty, Calls for Destruction of Landmine Stockpiles, Support for Victims, Families

SG/SM/13973-DC/3315
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Eleventh Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, delivered by Helen Clark, Administrator, UN Development Programme (UNDP), in Phnom Penh, 28 November: