BUREAU OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION

ENDORSING ‘ROAD MAP’ TO SOLUTION OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

On 19 November 2003, the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement concerning the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1515 (2003):

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

275^th Meeting (AM)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE SEEKS END TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES,

REVERSAL OF BUILDING OF SEPARATION WALL

Action by General Assembly Called for; Other Texts Urge UN

To Continue Information, Related Efforts to Mobilize International Support

GOALS OF ROAD MAP REMAIN ONLY VIABLE PATHS TO PEACE,

UN COORDINATOR TELLS MIDDLE EAST SEMINAR

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

SEVILLE, 22 October -- The second day of the international media seminar on the question of peace in the Middle East, now taking place in Seville, Spain, reaffirmed the usefulness of dialogue and mutual understanding among the parties to the conflict in the region.

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