UNRWA OPENS NEW SHELTERS FOR RAFAH HOMELESS,

NEW SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF DEMOLISHED AREAS

(Reissued as received.)

UN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SUPPORT

 

OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE to convene 13 - 14 September

 

Bureau of Palestinian rights committee issues statement concerning

hunger strike in Israeli detention facilities

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement concerning the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention facilities on 24 August:

ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN YOUTH TO VISIT UNITED NATIONS IN VIENNA

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on the Inalienable Rights                        

 of the Palestinian People                                 

280^th Meeting (AM)

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.

BUREAU OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WELCOMES ADVISORY OPINION

BY INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

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.

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.

CAPETOWN MEETING CONCLUDES WITH FINAL DOCUMENT

Panellists Encourage International Efforts to Support the Peace Process

(Received from UN Information Officer.)