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20-Feb-2024 Compilation of UN Resolutions and Decisions on Question of Palestine Adopted in 2023 – DPR publication (A/AC.183/L.2/Add.45) Absentee property, Armed conflict, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Development, Economic issues, Environmental issues, Fourth Geneva Convention, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Land, Legal issues, Natural resources, Occupation, Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Protection of civilians, Public information, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Self-determination, Settlements, Statehood-related, Water A/AC.183/L.2/Add.45
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Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Compilation UN Resolutions, Decision, General Assembly resolution, Resolution, Security Council resolution, Voting record

Country:

19-Dec-2023 Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources – GA Resolution (A/RES/78/170) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Energy, Environmental issues, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Natural resources, Occupation, Water A/RES/78/170
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

08-Dec-2023 Assistance to the Palestinian people – GA Resolution (A/RES/78/121) Assistance to the Palestinian people, Ceasefire, Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Convention: Rights of the Child, Covenant: Civil and Political Rights, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, West Bank A/RES/78/121
Sources:

General Assembly

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

07-Dec-2023 Israeli Practices Affecting the Human rights of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem – GA Resolution (A/RES/78/78) Children, Convention: Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Convention: Rights of the Child, Covenant: Civil and Political Rights, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, Hague Convention IV, House demolitions, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, International Court of Justice, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Middle East situation, Natural resources, Occupation, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Occupying Power, Protection of civilians, Quartet, Settlements, Two State solution, Universal Declaration of Human Rights A/RES/78/78
Sources:

General Assembly

Entity:

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

16-Oct-2023 UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issues findings on State of Palestine Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Education and culture, PLO/Palestine
Sources:

Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Entity:

Type

Press Release

Country:

08-Oct-2023 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Consideration of Initial report of the State of Palestine – Summary Record (E/C.12/2023/SR.35 and E/C.12/2023/SR.37) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights E/C.12/2023/SR.35
Sources:

Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Summary record

Country:

Palestine (State of)

05-Oct-2023 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – Consideration of Periodic Report of Palestine – Summary Record of the 37th meeting (E/C.12/2023/SR.37) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Education and culture, Human rights and international humanitarian law E/C.12/2023/SR.37
Sources:

Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Meeting record, Summary record

Country:

Palestine (State of)

01-May-2023 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -74th Session – Replies of the State of Palestine to the list of issues in relation to its initial report (E/C.12/PSE/RQ/1) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Education and culture, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Occupying Power, Wall, West Bank E/C.12/PSE/RQ/1
Sources:

Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report, Update

Country:

Palestine (State of)

04-Apr-2023 Human Rights Council Summary Record of the 57th Meeting: Agenda item 7: Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/52/SR.57) (Excerpts) Annexation, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Fourth Geneva Convention, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Self-determination, Settlements, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Statehood-related A/HRC/52/SR.57
Sources:

Human Rights Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Summary record, Voting record

Country:

China, Finland, Germany, Israel, Pakistan, Palestine (State of), Syria, United Kingdom, United States of America

04-Apr-2023 Right of Palestinian People to Self-determination – HRC 52nd Session – Resolution (A/HRC/RES/52/34) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Self-determination, Statehood-related A/HRC/RES/52/34
Sources:

Human Rights Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Resolution, Voting record

Country:

28-Mar-2023 Right of Palestinian People to Self-determination – HRC 52nd Session – Draft Resolution (A/HRC/52/L.32) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Self-determination, Statehood-related A/HRC/52/L.32
Sources:

Human Rights Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution

Country:

31-Dec-2022 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (December 2022 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Agriculture, Armed conflict, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Boundaries and demarcation lines, Casualties, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Development, Disabilities, Economic issues, Energy, Environmental issues, Expulsions and deportations, Fourth Geneva Convention, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Gender, Golan Heights, Health, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Natural resources, Occupation, Palestine question, Peace process, Prisoners and detainees, Protection, Security issues, Self-determination, Settlements, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Social issues, Statehood-related, Violence, Wall, Water, West Bank, Women
Sources:

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), European Union (EU), General Assembly, General Assembly Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial), General Assembly Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Security Council, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, UN Women, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

31-Dec-2022 Compilation of UN Resolutions and Decisions Adopted in 2022 – DPR publication (A/AC.183/L.2/Add.44) Absentee property, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Development, Economic issues, Energy, Environmental issues, Fourth Geneva Convention, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Land, Legal issues, Natural resources, Occupation, Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Protection, Public information, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Self-determination, Settlements, Solidarity day, Statehood-related, Water A/AC.183/L.2/Add.44
Sources:

Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial), General Assembly Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural), Human Rights Council, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, United Nations system

Type

Compilation UN Resolutions, Decision, General Assembly resolution, Resolution, Voting record

Country:

14-Dec-2022 Permanent Sovereignty of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab Population in the Occupied Syrian Golan over their Natural Resources – GA Resolution (A/RES/77/187) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Energy, Environmental issues, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Natural resources, Occupation, Water A/RES/77/187
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

14-Dec-2022 GA – 77th Session – 53rd Plenary Meeting Verbatim Record – Reports of the Economic and Financial (Second Committee) (A/77/PV.53) (Excerpts) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Energy, Environmental issues, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Natural resources, Occupation, Water A/77/PV.53
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Meeting record, Verbatim Record, Voting record

Country:

06-Dec-2022 General Assembly Adopts Draft Resolution “Assistance to the Palestinian People” Without a Vote – Press Release (GA/12477) (Excerpts) Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Development, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

European Union (EU), General Assembly

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Chile, Czechia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Palestine (State of), Qatar

06-Dec-2022 Assistance to the Palestinian People – GA Resolution (A/RES/77/30) Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Development, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law A/RES/77/30
Sources:

General Assembly

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

30-Nov-2022 Assistance to the Palestinian People – GA Draft Resolution (A/77/L.34) Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Development, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law A/77/L.34
Sources:

General Assembly

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution

Country:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

30-Jun-2022 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (June 2022 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Education and culture, Environmental issues, Food, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Health, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, Media/Journalists, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Population, Prisoners and detainees, Public information, Racial discrimination, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Self-determination, Settlements, Shelter, Social issues, Violence, West Bank, Women
Sources:

Amnesty International, 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), Human Rights Council, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Security Council, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), World Bank

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

09-May-2022 Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (A/HRC/50/21) Access and movement, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Living conditions, Occupation, Racial discrimination, Settlements, Violence, Women A/HRC/50/21
Sources:

Human Rights Council, United Nations Independent International Commission on the oPt, including E. Jerusalem, and Israel

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

01-Apr-2022 Right of Palestinian People to Self-determination – HRC 49th Session – Resolution (A/HRC/RES/49/28) Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Self-determination, Statehood-related A/HRC/RES/49/28
Sources:

General Assembly, Human Rights Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Resolution

Country:

01-Apr-2022 Human Rights Council 58th Meeting – Summary Record (A/HRC/49/SR.58) (Excerpts) Annexation, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Fourth Geneva Convention, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Occupation, Self-determination, Settlements, Statehood-related A/HRC/49/SR.58
Sources:

Human Rights Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Meeting record, Summary record, Voting record

Country:

Brazil, France, Germany, Libya, Lithuania, Namibia, Pakistan, Syria, United Kingdom, United States of America

18-Feb-2022 OHCHR Report on Implementation of HRC Resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1 (A/HRC/49/83) (Advance Unedited Version) Access and movement, Covenant: Civil and Political Rights, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Occupation, Protection, Security issues, Settlements
Sources:

Human Rights Council, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

31-Dec-2021 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (December 2021 Monthly Bulletin) Absentee property, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Electoral issues, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Holy places, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Incidents, Jerusalem, Land, NGOs/Civil Society, Natural resources, Occupation, Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Protection, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Right of return, Security issues, Self-determination, Settlements, Situation in Lebanon, Statehood-related, Terrorism, Violence, West Bank
Sources:

Al-Haq, Amnesty International, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial), Human Rights Watch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Security Council, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Bulletin, Monthly Bulletin

Country:

Lebanon

31-Dec-2021 Compilation of UN Resolutions and Decisions Adopted in 2021 – DPR publication – A/AC.183/L.2/Add.43 Absentee property, Annexation, Armed conflict, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Holy places, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Jerusalem, Land, Living conditions, Natural resources, Occupation, Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Protection, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Right of return, Self-determination, Settlements, Statehood-related, Terrorism A/AC.183/L.2/Add.43
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Human Rights Council, Security Council, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Compilation UN Resolutions, Decision, General Assembly resolution, Resolution, Voting record

Country:

10-Dec-2021 Assistance to the Palestinian People – General Assembly draft resolution – Addendum (A/76/L.25/Add.1) Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law A/76/L.25/Add.1
Sources:

General Assembly

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Addendum, Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution

Country:

10-Dec-2021 Assistance to the Palestinian People – GA Resolution (A/RES/76/126) Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law A/RES/76/126
Sources:

General Assembly

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

10-Dec-2021 General Assembly Adopts Draft Resolution “Assistance to the Palestinian People” – Press Release (GA/12395) (Excerpts) Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

General Assembly, United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malaysia, Palestine (State of)

09-Dec-2021 GA 76th General Debate – Verbatim Record (A/AC.183/PV.49) (Excerpts) Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Land, Occupation, Palestine question, Protection, Refugees and displaced persons, Settlements A/76/PV.49
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

Verbatim Record, Voting record

Country:

03-Dec-2021 Assistance to the Palestinian People – GA Draft Resolution (A/76/L.25) Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law A/76/L.25
Sources:

General Assembly

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution

Country:

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