Palestinian issues


PAL/2007
14/07/2004
Press Release
PAL/2007


UNRWA DELIVERS FOOD FOR 20,000 PEOPLE IN BEIT HANOUN, CONVOY COMES UNDER FIRE


(Reissued as received.)


GAZA, 14 July (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) today delivered 370 tons of food aid to the population of Beit Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip.  The aid will provide food for approximately 20,000 persons, two thirds of the population of the besieged town.

GA/PAL/961
01/07/2004
Press Release
GA/PAL/961


ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SEARCH FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE EXPLORED AT CAPE TOWN FORUM


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


CAPE TOWN, 1 July -- Representatives of civil society concerned with the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict met in Cape Town today to explore the role of civil society in supporting a peaceful solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

GA/PAL/960
01/07/2004
Press Release
GA/PAL/960


CAPETOWN MEETING CONCLUDES WITH FINAL DOCUMENT


Panellists Encourage International Efforts to Support the Peace Process


(Received from UN Information Officer.)

PAL/2005
01/07/2004
Press Release
PAL/2005


VANESSA REDGRAVE MAKES HUMANITARIAN APPEALFOR GAZA, WEST BANK


(Reissued as received.)


JERUSALEM, 1 July (UNRWA) -- The actress and human rights activist Vanessa Redgrave has made an appeal to the international community to increase its emergency humanitarian assistance to Palestinians suffering in the occupied Palestinian territory and to the Government of Israel to ease its movement restrictions on United Nations agencies.