Committee Meetings at UN Headquarters
422nd Committee Meeting – 3 April 2025
The UN Palestinian Rights Committee held its 422nd meeting on 3rd April 2025. The speakers delved into the human rights and legal aspects surrounding land issues in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The meeting featured the Palestinian co-Director of the Oscar-winning documentary film “ No Other L [...]
421st Committee Meeting – 5 February 2025
On 5 February 2025, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened its first annual meeting to elect its Bureau and adopt its annual Programme of Work. As customary, the Secretary-General participated in the meeting and presided over the election of the [...]
420th Committee Meeting – 26 November 2024
On 26 November 2024, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Solidarity Day) was marked by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People with a Special Meeting of th [...]
419th Committee Meeting – 31 October 2024
On 31 October 2024, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People organized the briefing “International legal responsibilities for preventing genocide, holding perpetrators of war crimes accountable, and for ending the unlawful occupation of Palestine”. The e [...]
418th Committee Meeting – 30 August 2024
On 30 August, the UN Palestinian Rights Committee convened a Committee Meeting in the United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber at UNHQ in New York. During the meeting, the Committee reviewed and formally adopted its annual report to the 2024 General Assembly (document A/79/35), which outlines th [...]
417th Committee Meeting- 26 June 2024
On, 26 June 2024, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened a Committee Meeting in the Trusteeship Chamber at UNHQ in New York. At this meeting, the Committee elected the new Permanent Representative of Cuba, H.E. Mr. Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, [...]
416th Committee Meeting- 11 March 2024
On 11 March 2024, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened a Committee Meeting in the Trusteeship Chamber at UNHQ in New York. The agenda included the election of Vice Chairs of the Bureau. [...]
415th Committee Meeting – 31 January 2024
On Tuesday 31 January 2024 at 10 a.m., the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 415th Committee Meeting in Conference Room 12 at UNHQ in New York. At this meeting, the Secretary General presided over the election of the Chair and the Committee app [...]
413th Committee meeting – 30 August 2023
On Wednesday, 30 August 2023, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened in Conference Room 4 at UNHQ in New York to consider and adopt its 2023 Annual Report. The Committee also considered accreditation requests from non-governmental organizations. [...]
411th Committee Meeting – 3 May 2023
On Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 10 a.m., the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 411th Committee Meeting in Conference Room 2 at UNHQ in New York. The Committee elected Permanent Representative of Malaysia, H.E. Mr. Ahmad Faisal Muhamad, as Bureau Vic [...]
410th Committee Meeting – 22 February 2023
On Wednesday 22 February 2023 at 10 a.m., the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 410th Committee Meeting in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (ECOSOC) at UNHQ in New York. At this meeting the Secretary General presided over the Bureau elec [...]
409th Committee Meeting – 29 November 2022
On Tuesday 29 November 2022 at 10 a.m., the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (ECOSOC) at UNHQ in New York to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Further detail [...]
408th Committee Meeting – 30 August 2022
On Tuesday 30 August 2022 at 10 a.m., the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (ECOSOC) at UNHQ in New York to consider and adopt its 2022 Annual Report. At this meeting the Director of UNWRA Office New Y [...]
407th Committee Meeting – 13 July 2022
On 13 July 2022, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 407th meeting, which Ambassador Cheikh Niang chaired, to consider progress in the implementation of its 2022 programme of work. The Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine updated [...]
406th Committee Meeting – 8 February 2022
On 8 February, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 406th meeting. With the Secretary-General presiding, the Committee re-elected the incumbent members of the Bureau, with the Permanent Representative of Senegal as the Chair of the Committee, and [...]
405th Committee Meeting – 7 December 2021
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404th Committee Meeting – 29 November 2021
On 29 November 2021, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Solidarity Day) was marked by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People with a Special Meeting of t [...]
403rd Committee meeting – 30 August 2021
On 30th August 2021, at its 403rd meeting, the Committee adopted its Annual Report to the General Assembly featuring the work of the Committee in the context of the resolutions and international law emanating from its mandate. The report will be circulated shortly. The Committee also heard updates [...]
402nd Committee Meeting – 4 February 2021
The first meeting of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in 2021 took place on Thursday, 4 February 2021. The Secretary-General of the United Nations presided over the election of the Bureau Members, for the period of one-year, from 4 February 202 [...]
401st Committee Meeting – 14 July 2020
On 14 July 2020, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 401st meeting as a virtual event. The main points of discussion related to potential international response to threats of annexation of parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory by Israel, [...]
400th Committee Meeting – 18 May 2020
“In conversation with H.E. Mr. Mohammed Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the State of Palestine” The UN Palestinian Rights Committee held a virtual interactive conversation with the Prime Minister of the State of the Palestine Mr. Mohammed Shtayyeh on 18 May 2020 which was livestreamed on UN Web TV, the [...]
399th Committee Meeting – 4 February 2020
Overview On 4 February, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its first meeting of 2020 to elect its Bureau and adopt the Programme of Work. The Secretary-General, accompanied by the Chef de Cabinet and the Assistant Secretary-General for Departme [...]
397th Committee Meeting – 20 November 2019
On 20 November, at its 397th meeting, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People unanimously endorsed the four draft resolutions to be voted in the GA on 3 December (on the Committee, the Division for Palestinian Rights, the Special Programme on Palestine [...]
396th Committee Meeting – 4 September 2019
General Assembly Seventy-third sessionCommittee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 396th meeting On 4 September, at its 396th meeting, the Committee adopted its 2019 Annual Report to the General Assembly (A/74/35) featuring the work of the Committee in the contex [...]
395th Committee Meeting – 28 March 2019
On 28 March 2019, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 395th meeting in Conference Room 11 at UN Headquarters in New York. H.E. Ms. Adela Raz, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan was elected as one of the Vice-Chairs. The main points of disc [...]