Committee on Inalienable Rights                              GA/PAL/890

BUREAU OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ISSUES STATEMENT

ON SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

263^rd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL’S FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT ITS RESOLUTIONS ALLOWED ISRAEL TO BEHAVE

AS ‘COUNTRY ABOVE INTERNATIONAL LAW’, PALESTINE RIGHTS COMMITTEE TOLD

$70 MILLION NEEDED FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN WEST BANK AND GAZA

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN, 9 May (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has identified an extra $70 million to meet the emergency humanitarian needs of refugees in the West Bank and Gaza, created by the recent Israeli military incursions into the occupied Palestinian territory.

GAZA FACING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

(Reissued as received.)

GAZA, 2 May (UNRWA) -- A humanitarian crisis is looming in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli authorities continue to block the entry of basic foodstuffs, medicines and fuel, and refuse to relax internal restrictions on the movement of all goods and personnel.

ISRAELI MILITARY PREVENTS 75 TONNES OF HUMANITARIAN AID REACHING QALQILYA

(Reissued as received.)

INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE APPROVES NICOSIA DECLARATION

Speakers at Closing Meeting Stress Urgency of Ending

Israeli Occupation, Establishing Palestinian State as Key to Peace in Region

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

CONTINUED UN CONCERN AT GAZA FOOD SHORTAGES

GAZA, 18 April (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has protested to the Israeli military authorities at the tight security measures imposed on the Gaza Strip that are causing shortages of basic foodstuffs.

DECLARATION, ISSUED AT CLOSE OF NICOSIA MEETING,

STATES ISRAELI OCCUPATION CORE OF CONFLICT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NICOSIA, 17 April –- Following is the full text of the Nicosia Declaration approved at the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace held in Nicosia, Cyprus, 16 and 17 April:

NGOS URGE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Plan of Action Holds Israel Responsible for Reparations to Palestinians

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)