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The Meeting was held under the auspices of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The objective of the Meeting was to draw the attention of the international community to the fact that it had been 60 years since vast numbers of Palestinians had been forced to leave their homes and property as a result of the 1948 hostilities. Those Palestinians have remained refugees until today. Their refugee status has been passed from generation to generation, yet their plight has received little attention from the world community and the issue remains unresolved. The Committee is convinced that without a just solution of the question of Palestine refugees, lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians cannot be achieved.

The Chairman of the Committee opened the Meeting, followed by statements by the representatives of Palestine and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Experts on the issue presented their views on the situation of Palestine refugees, and prospects and modalities for finding a solution to the issue. All United Nations Members and Observers were invited to participate in the Meeting. Civil society organizations were invited to participate as observers.

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:: United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine
    Qawra, Malta, 3 and 4 June 2008

The Meeting was held under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The objective of the Meeting was to foster greater support by the international community for the creation of a climate conducive to the advancement of the permanent status negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Participants in the Meeting discussed the impact of the settlement construction on the current political process and the need for the parties to meet Road Map commitments. They also examined the effects of the construction of the wall in the Occupied West Bank, and the importance of finding a solution to the question of Jerusalem. Invited to participate in the Meeting were experts on the question of Palestine, including Israeli and Palestinian, representatives of United Nations Members and Observers, United Nations system entities, parliamentarians, members of the academic community, representatives of civil society organizations, as well as the media.

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The objective of the Conference, organized under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, was to assess the present situation of Palestine refugees and examine the role of the UN in alleviating their plight.  It also examined efforts at finding an agreed, just and fair solution to the refugee issue in keeping with relevant UN resolutions as a prerequisite for resolving the question of Palestine and achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East. Participating in the Conference were experts on the Palestine refugee issue, including Israelis and Palestinians, representatives of United Nations Member States and Observers, intergovernmental organizations and United Nations agencies, parliamentarians, members of the academic community, representatives of civil society organizations, as well as the media. 

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• Conclusions and recommendations

The Seminar was held under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.  By organizing this event, the Committee wished to build on the positive momentum created by the Annapolis Conference and the Paris Donors’ Conference and support all efforts to mobilize international assistance to the Palestinian people.  The Seminar provided an opportunity to assess the scope of the socio-economic and humanitarian emergency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; discussed the United Nations, international and regional response to the needs of the Palestinian people; and exchanged views on the immediate and longer-term steps that needed to be taken on the road to Palestinian economic recovery.  Invited to the Seminar were internationally renowned experts, including Israelis and Palestinians, as well as representatives of United Nations Members and Observers, intergovernmental organizations, the United Nations system, civil society and the media. 

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