{"id":235983,"date":"2020-05-18T10:20:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=235983"},"modified":"2020-05-29T10:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:08:39","slug":"400th-committee-meeting-18-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/400th-committee-meeting-18-may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"400th Committee Meeting \u2013 18 May 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--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-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cIn conversation with H.E. Mr. Mohammed Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the State of Palestine\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/\">UN Palestinian Rights Committee<\/a> held a virtual interactive conversation with the Prime Minister of the State of the Palestine Mr. Mohammed Shtayyeh on <strong>18 May 2020 <\/strong>which was livestreamed on UN Web TV, the UN YouTube channel, Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee is deeply concerned about Israel\u2019s announced plans to annex large areas of the West Bank, as early as in July 2020. Speaking from Ramallah, the Prime Minister updated on the latest developments and outline the steps the Palestinian Government intends to take to counter annexation and salvage the two-State solution. He gave an update on the impact of COVID-19 on the Palestinian population; and on the kinds of international support Palestinians need to overcome the crisis. The event also addressed options for Member States to counter the threat of annexation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Shtayyeh was appointed Prime Minister in April 2019 and is a member of the Central Committee of Fatah. He held many leadership positions in Palestine, including as Dean of Birzeit University, and President of Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR). Mr. Shtayyeh was appointed twice as Minister of Public Works and Housing, in 2005 and 2008. He was a member of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid peace negotiations and the Washington peace talks.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style='display: block; position: relative; max-width: 800px; max-height: 400px'><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=6157587969001' allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-moz-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-o-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-moz-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-o-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-moz-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-o-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Statements:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Statement-Tunisia.pdf\"> Tunisia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.25 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.4;\">Resources<\/h1><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-3\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Curtain-raiser_18May2020.pdf\">Curtain raiser<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Prime-Minister-Shtayyeh-Bio.final_.pdf\">Prime Minister Mr. Shtayyeh Bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/palestinian-rights-committee-virtual-event-in-conversation-with-mohammed-shtayyeh-prime-minister-of-the-state-of-palestine-ceirpp-chairs-summary\/\">Chair summary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><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-235983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-committee-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235983","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=235983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235983"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=235983"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=235983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}