{"id":175062,"date":"2019-02-15T17:36:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=175062"},"modified":"2021-10-27T17:11:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:11:41","slug":"394th-committee-meeting-15-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/394th-committee-meeting-15-february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"394th Committee meeting \u2013 15 February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div 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https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Picture-1-800x408.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Picture-1-1024x522.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Picture-1-1200x612.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Picture-1.png 1369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1369px) 100vw, 1369px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\">Overview<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>On 15 February, the <strong>Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People<\/strong> held its first meeting of 2019 to elect the Bureau and adopt the Programme of Work. The Secretary-General, accompanied by the Chef de Cabinet, presided over the election and delivered a statement. ASG Miroslav Jen\u010da represented DPPA.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, all the current members of the Bureau were re-elected by acclamation:<\/p>\n<p><u>Chair \u2013<\/u>\u00a0H.E. Mr. Cheikh Niang, Permanent Representative of Senegal;<\/p>\n<p><u>Vice-Chairs<\/u>: H.E. Ms. Ana Silvia Rodr\u00edguez Abascal, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of Cuba; H.E. Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia;<br \/>\nH.E. Mr. Neville Melvin Gertze, Permanent Representative of Namibia; H.E. Mr. Jaime Hermida Castillo, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua;<\/p>\n<p><u>Rapporteur<\/u>: H.E. Mr. Carmelo Inguanez, Permanent Representative of Malta (until 15 May 2019).<\/p>\n<p>Since the incoming Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ms. Adela Raz, would be taking up her post in New York in the coming days, her election as Vice-Chair was deferred to the next Committee meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The newly elected Chair and Vice-Chairs, along with Ecuador, Tunisia, Bangladesh, South Africa, Morocco and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), delivered statements in support of the Committee and called for a collective process leading to a two-State solution of the question of Palestine and just and lasting peace. Several Committee members also informed about bilateral and multilateral efforts to advance a peaceful solution.<\/p>\n<p>The draft Programme of Work of the Committee for 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019-CEIRPP-Draft-Programme-of-Work.pdf\">A\/AC.183\/2019\/L.2<\/a>)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>was adopted.<\/p>\n<p>A representative of Amnesty International <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Briefing-by-Amnesty-International-Notes.pdf\">briefed<\/a> (via video-conference from East-Jerusalem) on the organization\u2019s latest report on Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian Territory titled \u201cDestination: Occupation digital tourism and Israel\u2019s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Chair informed about upcoming activities of the Committee:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Annual \u201c<strong>Briefing session for delegates<\/strong>\u201d at UNHQ on the mandate and work of the Committee and the Division, 26 February at 3.00 p.m. in conference room 5;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chair\u2019s participation in the 46th <strong>meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation<\/strong> (OIC), 1-2 March in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Committee Delegation visit to the European Union and Belgium <\/strong>on 4-6 March;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Committee <strong>side event <\/strong>on <strong>7 March<\/strong> at UNHQ, on the margin of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), featuring <strong>the screening of a documentary film titled \u201cNaila and the Uprising\u201d <\/strong>on the role of Palestinian women during the first intifada, followed by a discussion with some of the protagonists and other panelists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Statement by<strong>\u00a0Mr. Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, <\/strong>Secretary-General of the United Nations (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/statement\/2019-02-15\/secretary-generals-remarks-committee-the-exercise-of-the-inalienable-rights-of-the-palestinian-people-delivered\">English<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Statement by\u00a0<strong>H.E. Mr. Cheikh Niang<\/strong>,\u00a0Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chair-statement-at-CEIRPP-meeting-2019-02-15.pdf\">French<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Briefing by <strong>Amnesty International <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Briefing-by-Amnesty-International-Notes.pdf\">English<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\">Video<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style='display: block; position: relative; max-width: 480px; max-height: 270px'><div style='padding-top: 56.25%;'><iframe style='width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;' src='\/\/www.un.org\/webcast\/1362235914001\/B1J3DDQJf_default\/index.html?videoId=6002699576001' allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:30.6666%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">Resources<\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul style=\"--awb-size:13px;--awb-iconcolor:#1e73be;--awb-line-height:22.1px;--awb-icon-width:22.1px;--awb-icon-height:22.1px;--awb-icon-margin:9.1px;--awb-content-margin:31.2px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1 fusion-checklist-default type-icons\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-info-circle fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/394th-Mtg-Agenda-final-E-2019-02-14.pdf\">Provisional agenda of the 394th meeting<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon awb-icon-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019-CEIRPP-Draft-Programme-of-Work.pdf\">Draft Programme of work for 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon awb-icon-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2019\/gapal1420.doc.htm\">Press release<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon awb-icon-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ceirpp-394th-meeting-summary-record\/\">Summary record<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1344],"tags":[],"country":[],"committee-meeting":[],"class_list":["post-175062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-committee-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175062"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=175062"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=175062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}