NGO Action News – 15 July 2016

This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the UN Secretariat provide the information “as is” without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.

NGO Action News
15 July 2016

• On 30 June, Palestinian Cultural Organization Malaysia (PCOM) organized the 6th Annual Grand Iftar with the Palestinian community in Malaysia. Contributions for Gaza reconstruction were collected and a briefing on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory was given.

• On 15 July, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign organised a talk with historian and Alternative Tourism Group coordinator Ayman Abu Alzulof who gave an account of the everyday life under occupation in Palestine and the importance of alternative tourism in Palestine. The Alternative Tourism Group is a Palestinian NGO based in Beit Sahour (near Bethlehem).

• From 13 to 17 July, Rozana Association for the Development of Architectural Heritage is holding its 8th Birzeit Heritage Week in Birzeit city in the West Bank. Birzeit Heritage Week is an annual week of activities and exhibits to display and promote the rich culture of Palestine.

• On 14 July, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights issued its weekly report on human rights violations committed in the occupied Palestinian territory between 30 June and 13 July 2016.

• Videos of the United Nations International Conference in support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace held in Geneva on 29 and 30 June have been published on YouTube. More than 30 civil society organizations participated and made statements.