Rapports

Fifty-sixth General Assembly, GA/SHC/3671 Third Committee 47th Meeting (AM) Committee Approved 9 Other Drafts on Human Rights, Girl Child, Women, Refugees, Children, Migrants, Torture, Self-Determination Among the 10 draft resolutions taken up this morning by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), delegations approved…

Fifty-sixth General Assembly, GA/EF/2980 Second Committee 29th Meeting (AM) By Mutual Agreement, Says Israel, Issues Under Discussion Belong in Direct Bilateral Negotiations, Not in Second Committee The economic and social repercussions of Israeli occupation were discussed this morning by the Second Committee (Economic…

Use of term 'Palestine' by US President 'a step forward', Palestine observer tells Palestinian Rights Committee GA/PAL/875 Committee on Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People 260th Meeting (AM) The General Assembly, expressing its deep concern over the tragic events in Occupied East…

Introduction The headline for this report is the question I get every time I cross the Eretz checkpoint to go to Gaza. The Israeli soldiers find it absolutely crazy that someone would voluntarily enter the Gaza Strip.…

PAL/1897 AMMAN, 14 November (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has won the King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Prize for its 50 years of services to Palestine refugees and its…

Japan is contributing US $7.8 million for development activities of the UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People and an additional $6 million for emergency relief in the West Bank and Gaza. The support from Japan combines short-term assistance to…

MDE 15/102/2001 198/01 As international diplomatic activity intensifies over the crisis in Israel and the Occupied Territories, the number of victims continues to rise - with some 150 Palestinians killed in the past two months, the weekly toll of Palestinians killed…

(New York, November 8, 2001) Human Rights Watch today strongly condemned attacks on civilians by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization. In a letter to Dr. Ramadan Shallah, the group's leader, Human Rights Watch urged the organization to renounce the practice of…

Après la conclusion d'intenses négociations menées depuis le mois d'août 2001, la Suisse engage aujourd'hui une procédure formelle de consultation auprès des 189 Etats Parties aux Conventions de Genève. Cette consultation porte sur une Conférence concernant l'application du droit international…

Background In October, as the Intifada entered its second year, deaths and casualties continued to mount from acts of violence and retaliation, despite calls by the Palestinian leadership for a cessation of attacks against Israelis. Closures imposed upon the Palestinian populations…