The Division for Palestinian Rights serves as the Secretariat of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) and provides the following core functions:
- Organizes the meetings of the Committee and its Bureau at UN Headquarters.
- Monitors political and other relevant developments.
- Organizes the Committee’s programme of events, international meetings and conferences.
- Implements a publications programme.
- Develops and maintains the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL).
- Liaises with civil society organizations active on the issue and publishes the weekly “NGO Action News”.
- Organizes the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
- Conducts an annual training programme for Palestinian civil servants at UN Headquarters and several other capacity building activities.