{"id":214062,"date":"1998-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=214062"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:43:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:43:38","slug":"auto-insert-214062","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-214062\/","title":{"rendered":"Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination &#8211; Third Cttee debate, introduction of draft resolution &#8211; Press release(e xcerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>ASSEMBLY WOULD REAFFIRM RIGHT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO SELF-DETERMINATION,<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>WITHOUT EXCLUDING STATE OPTION, BY THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The General Assembly would reaffirm the right of the Palestinian people to self- determination, without excluding the option of a state, by the terms of a draft resolution&nbsp;&nbsp;introduced in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning, as it continued its consideration of human rights questions and situations.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>By further terms of the draft, introduced by Egypt, the Assembly would express its hope that the Palestinian people would soon be exercising their right to self-determination in the current peace process, and urge all States and organizations to continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in their quest for self-determination.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; 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