From 31 October to 4 November, a delegation of the Committee including the Chair, Ambassador Cheikh Niang, and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, traveled to France, Malta and Switzerland to meet with Government officials and to share ideas and discuss approaches leading to a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. On 3 November, the delegation participated in the opening of the UN Media Seminar for Peace in the Middle East in Geneva.