LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEETING ON PALESTINE QUESTION OPENS IN HAVANA

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

EXPERTS EXAMINE SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Speakers Emphasize Role of Israeli Settlements in Hindering Peace Process

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

DPI TO HOST INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ENCOUNTER ON QUESTION

OF PALESTINE IN PARIS, 18 - 19 JUNE

UNITED NATIONS LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEETING

ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE, HAVANA, 12-13 JUNE

The United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People has convened the United Nations Latin American and Caribbean Meeting on the Question of Palestine, to be held on 12 and 13 June

2001 in Havana, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 55/52 and 55/53 of

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of Palestinian People

256^th Meeting (AM)

MULTIPLE CRISES IN MIDDLE EAST REQUIRE ‘STATESMANSHIP AND VISION’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/PAL/857 issued 1 March, the third paragraph on page 1a should read:

Also this morning, the Committee unanimously re-elected its officers:

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of Palestinian People

256^th Meeting (AM)

MULTIPLE CRISES IN MIDDLE EAST REQUIRE ‘STATESMANSHIP AND VISION’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Committee Adopts Work Programme, Elects Officers;

Palestine’s Permanent Observer Stresses Need for Observer Mission

                                                      22 February2001

UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY LAUNCHES NEW EMERGENCY APPEAL, AS SITUATION

IN WEST BANK AND GAZA CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE

PALESTINIAN SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

Speakers Call for End to Israeli

Restrictive Measures, Donor Assistance to Palestinian Economy

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

EXPERT PANEL EXAMINES ROLES OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

IN ALLEVIATING HARDSHIPS IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OPENS IN VIENNA

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

VIENNA, 20 February -- "The dramatic upheavals of the past several months and the tragic loss of life have underlined the urgency of reaching a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine", Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today at the opening of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People.