Third Committee
Summary record of the 47th meeting
Held at Headquarters, New York, on Thursday, 10 November 2016, at 3 p.m.
Chair: Mr. Mejia Vélez …………………………………………………….. (Columbia)
Contents
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Agenda item 67 Right of peoples to self-determination (continued)
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The meeting was called to order at 3.05 p.m.
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Agenda item 67: Right of peoples to self-determination (continued) (A/C.3/71/L.50)
Draft resolution A/C.3/71/L.50: The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
4. Mr. Moussa (Egypt), introducing the draft resolution , said that the draft resolution recalled the international human rights covenants, which were applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice regarding Israel’s unlawful wall being constructed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and its conclusion that the wall, along with other measures previously taken by the occupying Power, severely impeded the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.
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Document Type: Summary record
Document Sources: General Assembly, General Assembly Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural)
Subject: Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Occupation, Self-determination, Statehood-related
Publication Date: 10/11/2016
