MEDIA COVERAGE OF MIDDLE EAST SITUATION AMONG ISSUES

DISCUSSED AT SEMINAR ON CONFLICT IN REGION

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST OPENS IN SEVILLE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

DPI TO HOST INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON PEACE

IN MIDDLE EAST IN SEVILLE, 21-22 OCTOBER

Focus to be on ‘Two-State Solution’

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

274^th Meeting (AM)

BUILDING OF SEPARATION WALL, CONTINUING SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES HARMFUL

TO CHANCES OF ACHIEVING PEACE, PALESTINE RIGHTS COMMITTEE TOLD

Palestine Observer Says Recent Quartet Statement

Not Reflective of Tense, Serious Nature of Discussion

WAR-TORN PALESTINIAN ECONOMY NEEDS TO BRIDGE RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT,

SAYS UNCTAD REPORT

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 September (UNCTAD) -- Protracted occupation and conflict have effectively transformed the occupied Palestinian territory into a "war-torn economy", with serious implications for Palestinian development prospects, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in a new report.

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

AM & PM Meetings

UN CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AGREES TO PRESS

GOVERNMENTS TO DEMAND DESTRUCTION OF WALL IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Action Plan Adopted Today Also Calls for Educating Public,

Tabling of New Resolutions in General Assembly, Security Council

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

AM & PM Meetings

CIVIL SOCIETY SUPPORT INDISPENSABLE TO ACHIEVING MIDDLE EAST ‘ROAD MAP’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS TWO-DAY HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE OPENS

Panel Discussions Address Such Issues as Israeli ‘Separation Wall’,

Obstacles to Assistance, Grass-Roots Activism in Occupied Territories

UN CONFERENCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

TO BE HELD 4-5 SEPTEMBER

PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY WELCOMES NEW UNITED STATES PLEDGE TO EMERGENCY APPEAL

GAZA, 6 August, (UNRWA) -- Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), today warmly welcomed the news that the United States will pledge up to $26 million to the Agency’s sixth emergency appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory.  The current appeal covers the six-month period to the end of December, 2003.

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

273^rd Meeting (AM)