NGO Action News – 17 June 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
17 June 2016

Europe

• On 18 June, Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organizing a lecture in London on the subject “Palestine and the EU”. PSC’s interim Director Sara Apps will analyse the history and politics of the EU, focusing on its relationship with Palestine and Palestinian human rights.

• On 18 June, Association France Palestine Solidarité and Institut de Recherche et d’Études Mediterranée Moyen-Orient are promoting a Palestinian cultural evening with poetry, dance, music and calligraphy in Corbeil-Essonnes, France.

• On 21 June, Caabu and Zaytoun are organizing a briefing at the Arab British Centre in London with Mamoun Derra, a Palestinian farmer, to discuss the challenges facing Palestinian farmers under occupation in the Jordan Valley.

• On 30 June, Association France Palestine Solidarité and other NGOs are screening in Saint-Max, France, the film “This is My Land”, which addresses the critical role of education in building peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

• On 8 July, Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organizing a rally in London to demand that Israel ends its siege on Gaza and that the UK ends its arms trade with Israel.

United Nations

• On 29 and 30 June, the Palestinian Rights Committee will convene the United Nations International Conference in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). Livestream will be available here. To join the debate, tune in to the livestream and follow the conversation on social media, using #IsrPalpeace. You can tweet questions @UNISPAL and follow live on Facebook. To register, send an email before 26 June to dpr-meeting@un.org.