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21-Nov-2024 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East – Report of the UN GA Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA A/79/422
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United Nations system

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Report

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21-Nov-2024 Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories – Report of the UN GA Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Palestine question, Settlements, Two State solution, West Bank A/79/423
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General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

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United Nations system

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Report

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20-Nov-2024 Concluding Session, Fourth Committee Forwards Four Drafts to General Assembly Focused on Suffering of Palestinian People, Agency Mandated to Alleviate It Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons GA/SPD/828
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General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

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Press Release

Country:

19-Nov-2024 A genocide is unfolding before our eyes: History will not forgive our inaction, UN Special Committee warns General Assembly 4th Committee report Apartheid, Armed conflict, Children, Gaza Strip, Gender, Genocide, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank, Women, sexual violence
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General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices

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United Nations system

Type

Remarks, Speech, Statement

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19-Nov-2024 Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Promotes Political Agenda Intended to ‘Destroy Israel’s Image as a Democratic State,’ Fourth Committee Hears Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israel's illegal occupation, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, West Bank GA/SPD/827
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

15-Nov-2024 Dismantling UNRWA — Gazans’ Lifeline — Would Breed ‘Resentment and Hatred’, UNGA Fourth Committee Speakers Warn, Urging Israel to Cease Attempts to Do So Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA, West Bank GA/SPD/825
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

14-Nov-2024 UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war – Press release Access and movement, Apartheid, Armed conflict, Children, Environmental issues, Food, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Golan Heights, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Jerusalem, Refugees and displaced persons, Torture, West Bank, Women, human rights violations
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Malaysia, Senegal, Sri Lanka

14-Nov-2024 Speakers in GA Fourth Committee Call Israel’s Charges of UNRWA’s Collusion Baseless Fallacies About an Agency Offering ‘Food on the Table’, ‘a Glimmer of Hope’ – Press release Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Refugees and displaced persons, Terrorism, UNRWA GA/SPD/824
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General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

12-Nov-2024 Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories – GA draft resolution (A/C.4/79/L.16) Accountability, Children, Convention: Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Convention: Rights of the Child, Golan Heights, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Settlements, Settler violence, Two State solution A/C.4/79/L.16
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution

Country:

12-Nov-2024 Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues – GA draft resolution (A/C.4/79/L.14) (Approved by GA 4th Committee) Economic issues, Land, Peace process, Refugees and displaced persons, United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine A/C.4/79/L.14
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution

Country:

12-Nov-2024 The occupied Syrian Golan – approved draft of GA resolution (A/C.4/79/L.15) Fourth Geneva Convention, Golan Heights A/C.4/79/L.15
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly draft resolution

Country:

12-Nov-2024 Assistance to Palestine refugees – GA draft resolution (A/C.4/79/L.13) Armed conflict, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA A/C.4/79/L.13
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution

Country:

04-Oct-2024 Self-Determination, Sovereignty of 17 Remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories ‘Diminished by Our Delay’, Speaker Says as Fourth Committee Opens Debate (excerpts from the Press release) Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question GA/SPD/802
Sources:

General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

20-Sep-2024 Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (Starvation as a weapon of war, possibility of genocide in Gaza, apartheid in West Bank etc.) (A/79/363) Apartheid, Armed conflict, Children, Environmental issues, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Golan Heights, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Jerusalem, Occupation, Prisoners and detainees, Refugees and displaced persons, Settlements, Settler violence, Terrorism, Torture, West Bank, Women A/79/363
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

Malaysia, Senegal, Sri Lanka

07-Dec-2023 The occupied Syrian Golan – General Assembly Resolution (A/RES/78/77) Fourth Geneva Convention, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Peace conference A/RES/78/77
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

16-Nov-2023 Noticias de Acción de las ONG – 16 de noviembre 2023 Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, NGOs/Civil Society
Sources:

7amleh (NGO), ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Americans for Peace Now, Amnesty International, Association Belgo Palestininienne, Association France Palestine Solidarite, Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), B'Tselem, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Center for Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial), Human Rights Watch, Institute for Palestine Studies, Jerusalem Fund, Jewish Voice for Peace, Law For Palestine, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd., Peace Now, Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Type

NGO Action News - Spanish

Country:

16-Nov-2023 NGO Action News – 16 novembre 2023 Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, NGOs/Civil Society
Sources:

7amleh (NGO), ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Americans for Peace Now, Amnesty International, Association Belgo Palestininienne, Association France Palestine Solidarite, Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), B'Tselem, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Center for Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial), Human Rights Watch, Institute for Palestine Studies, Jerusalem Fund, Jewish Voice for Peace, Law For Palestine, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd., Peace Now, Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

NGO Action News - French

Country:

16-Nov-2023 Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories – Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) – (A/78/421) Golan Heights, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israeli settlements A/78/421
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

16-Nov-2023 NGO Action News – 16 November 2023 NGOs/Civil Society
Sources:

7amleh (NGO), ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Americans for Peace Now, Amnesty International, Association Belgo Palestininienne, Association France Palestine Solidarite, Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), B'Tselem, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Center for Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial), Human Rights Watch, Institute for Palestine Studies, Jerusalem Fund, Jewish Voice for Peace, Law For Palestine, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd., Peace Now, Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

NGO Action News

Country:

09-Nov-2023 NGO Action News – 9 novembre 2023 Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, NGOs/Civil Society
Sources:

7amleh (NGO), ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Agence Média Palestine, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Al-Shabaka, Amnesty International, Association France Palestine Solidarite, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, B'Tselem, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Churches for Middle East Peace, Columbia University Center for Palestine Studies, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Human Rights Watch, International Labour Organization (ILO), Jerusalem Fund, Jewish Voice for Peace, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Physicians for Human Rights, Secretary-General, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

NGO Action News - French

Country:

09-Nov-2023 Summary record of the 26th meeting – General Assembly’s Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) – (A/C.4/78/SR.26) Absentee property, Armed conflict, Israeli settlements, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA A/C.4/78/SR.26
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Summary record

Country:

09-Nov-2023 NGO Action News – 9 November 2023 NGOs/Civil Society
Sources:

7amleh (NGO), ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Agence Média Palestine, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Al-Shabaka, Amnesty International, Association France Palestine Solidarite, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, B'Tselem, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Churches for Middle East Peace, Columbia University Center for Palestine Studies, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Human Rights Watch, International Labour Organization (ILO), Jerusalem Fund, Jewish Voice for Peace, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Physicians for Human Rights, Secretary-General, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

NGO Action News

Country:

09-Nov-2023 Fourth Committee Approves Six Draft Resolutions, All by Recorded Vote, Addressing Middle East Situation and Palestinian Question – Press Release Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons GA/SPD/798
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

Type

Press Release

Country:

09-Nov-2023 Noticias de Acción de las ONG – 9 de noviembre 2023 Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, NGOs/Civil Society
Sources:

7amleh (NGO), ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Agence Média Palestine, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Al-Shabaka, Amnesty International, Association France Palestine Solidarite, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, B'Tselem, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Churches for Middle East Peace, Columbia University Center for Palestine Studies, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Human Rights Watch, International Labour Organization (ILO), Jerusalem Fund, Jewish Voice for Peace, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Physicians for Human Rights, Secretary-General, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

NGO Action News - Spanish

Country:

07-Nov-2023 Summary record of the 25th meeting (A/C.4/78/SR.25): Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) – debate on Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories Armed conflict, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestine question A/C.4/78/SR.25
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Summary record

Country:

06-Nov-2023 Summary record of the 24th meeting (A/C.4/78/SR.24): Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) – debate on Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories Armed conflict, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons A/C.4/78/SR.24
Sources:

General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Meeting record, Summary record

Country:

06-Nov-2023 Summary record of the 23rd meeting (A/C.4/78/SR.23): Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) – debate on United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Assistance, Gaza Strip, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA, West Bank A/C.4/78/SR.23
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Summary record

Country:

06-Nov-2023 UN GA Fourth Committee Debates Israeli Practices in the Occupied Territories – Delegates Voice Alarm at Rising Gaza Death Toll and West Bank Settler Violence Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incidents, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jerusalem, Occupation, Protection of civilians, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Two State solution, Water, West Bank, Women GA/SPD/796
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

03-Nov-2023 Summary record of the 22nd meeting (A/C.4/78/SR.22): Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) – debate on United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA, West Bank A/C.4/78/SR.22
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Summary record

Country:

25-Oct-2023 Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories to UNGA – (A/78/553) Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Health, Hebron, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Protection, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons, Settlements, Settler violence A/78/553
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Annual report, Report

Country:

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