21 November 1995

Press Release
PAL/1825
PI/922

7 December 1995

Press Release
GA/PAL/716

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT URGING ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL AID TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, EXPRESSING FULL SUPPORT FOR PEACE PROCESS

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Other Drafts Deal with Its Programme of Work, Division for Palestinian Rights, Department of Public Information

26 February 1996

Press Release
GA/PAL/717

20 March 1996

Press Release
PAL/1829

26 March 1996

Press Release
PAL/1830

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, meeting back to back with the Security Council briefing this morning by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, heard briefings on the latest developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and progress in the political process, and reviewed its activities since its last meeting in May.

A high-level commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) today highlighted not only the stabilizing presence of an Agency created in 1949 to carry out direct relief for Palestine refugees, but the ongoing hardships endured by more than 4.5 million people.

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, today, adopted its annual draft report, urging Israel and the Palestinians to resume the permanent status talks.

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, with the agreement of the Government of Cyprus, will convene the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace on 6 and 7 May at the Hilton Park Hotel in Nicosia. Mandated by the United Nations General Assembly, the theme of the Meeting is “Action by European, Arab and other parliamentarians and their umbrella organizations for Israeli-Palestinian peace”.

As the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace got under way in the capital city of Cyprus today, the focus was on “parliamentary diplomacy” as a means to shape public opinion and soften the ground for a resumption of political dialogue, both central to the pursuit of a peaceful settlement of the conflict.