Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

261^st Meeting (AM)

EVENTS OF 11 SEPTEMBER GAVE NEW URGENCY TO SOLVING PALESTINE

QUESTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SOLIDARITY DAY MEETING

Violence, However, Had Worsened Situation; Committee Hears Calls

For Renewed Efforts by Parties, With Global Support, To Reach Settlement

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

260^th Meeting (AM)

USE OF TERM ‘PALESTINE’ BY US PRESIDENT ‘A STEP FORWARD’,

PALESTINE OBSERVER TELLS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Committee Approves Four Draft Resolutions on Peaceful

Settlement; Information; Division's, Committee's Work Programmes

UNRWA AWARDED KING HUSSEIN FOUNDATION HUMANITARIAN PRIZE

FOR ITS 'TIRELESS EFFORTS' TO PROMOTE PEACE

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN, 14 November (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has won the King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Prize for its 50 years of services to Palestine refugees and its emergency work in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip over the last 13 months.

PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS TAKE PART IN DPI TRAINING PROGRAMME

For the sixth consecutive year, the United Nations Department of Public Information is hosting a training programme for Palestinian media practitioners, which is taking place at United Nations Headquarters from 22 October to 14 December.  A total of 9 Palestinian broadcasters and journalists are participating in the 2001 programme.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

Of the Palestinian People

259^th Meeting (PM)

SIGNALS OF SUPPORT FROM AROUND WORLD, SUCH AS THAT FOR PALESTINE

STATE, HELP PROMOTE MIDDLE EAST PEACE, COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee on Palestinian Rights Adopts Report to General Assembly

UNCTAD REPORT ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY REASSERTS

INTERDEPENDENCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

(Reissued as received.)

UNRWA FACES $31 MILLION BUDGET CRISIS

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN, Jordan, 24 September (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is facing a financial crisis at a time when it is needed more than ever as a force for stability in the Middle East.  That was the stark message of Peter Hansen, UNRWA’s Commissioner-General, to a meeting of donor and host nations in Amman, Jordan, today.

DONOR COUNTRIES TO TAKE UP UNRWA’S ACCESS PROBLEMS WITH ISRAEL

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN, 25 September (UNRWA) -- The European Union will continue to urge the Israeli authorities to ease the restrictions on the movement of staff and humanitarian supplies by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a meeting of 25 countries was told today in Amman.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

258^th Meeting (AM)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN,

REVIEWS RECENT MIDEAST DEVELOPMENTS

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People this morning elected by acclamation Papa Louis Fall (Senegal) as its Chairman for a one-year term.  Mr. Fall replaced Acting Chairman Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba).

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

257^th Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE MUST BE INTENSIFIED TO END SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS

CORRECTION

On page 5 of Press Release GA/PAL/872 of 25 July, the correct name of Libya’s representative should read ISA BABAA.

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