Palestinian issues


PAL/1875
8 December 1999


Press Release
PAL/1875


FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNRWA FOUNDING RESOLUTION MARKED AT UN

19991208

NEW YORK, 8 December (UNRWA) -- The United Nations is today observing the passage of 50 years since the General Assembly, on 8 December 1949, adopted resolution 302 (IV) establishing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

GA/PAL/811
27 October 1999


Press Release
GA/PAL/811


PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE URGES SUPPORT FOR BETHLEHEM 2000 PROJECT

19991027

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People recommended this afternoon that the General Assembly welcome the impending celebration in Bethlehem of the birth of Jesus Christ “as a symbol of the shared hope for peace among all peoples of the world”.

PAL/1871
18 October 1999


Press Release
PAL/1871


PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS IMPROVING PALESTINIAN ECONOMY DONORS TOLD AT TOKYO MEETING

19991018

TOYKO, 14 October (Office of Special Coordinator) -- Recent progress on the peace front is reinforcing improvements in the Palestinian economy, donors were told by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Terje-Rod Larsen.