Rapports

UN New York, 29 October 2001 Mr. Chairman, 1. Allow me first to congratulate you on your election as Chairman of this Committee. I look forward to our discussion at a time of great tension in the region where UNRWA…

GA/SPD/221 Fifty-sixth General Assembly Fourth Committee 13th Meeting (AM) Speakers Criticize Israeli Policies of Closure, Economic Blockade; Say Movement Restrictions Placed on Agency Violate International Law The tragic events of 11 September, the war against terrorism and the general sense of…

Geneva, 23 October Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: How to break the deadlock? The vicious circle of killings and violence continues in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. As retaliation for the recent assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Zevi, Israeli forces launched a…

Yesterday's assassination of an Israeli minister could ricochet into the US antiterror alliance. By Ben Lynfield - Special to the Christian Science Monitor JERUSALEM - The bullets that assassinated one of Israel's best known politicians, Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi, yesterday quickly…

Appeal Target: US $771,010 Geneva, 17 October 2001 Dear Colleagues, The continuing emergency situation in the Palestinian Territories/Israel is now over one year old. The situation is characterized by increasing violence, worsening economic conditions and a general deterioration of Palestinian society. As…

Press Office -Brussels, The EU Member States' Consuls General in Jerusalem and Heads of Mission in Tel Aviv regularly draw up reports on the human rights situation in the Occupied Territories ("EU Human Rights Watch"). Following is a…

The United Nations will continue to pursue peace in the Middle East, working with leaders from around the world with the aim of ending the violence and bringing the parties to the negotiating table, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today. "That…

Committee on Inalienable Rights Of the Palestinian People, GA/PAL/874 259th Meeting (PM) Committee on Palestinian Rights Adopts Report to General Assembly Important signals of support from around the world such as that of the United States for a Palestine State would help promote…

26 September - 10 October 2001 OVERVIEW The long-awaited resumption of the Israeli -Palestinian dialogue finally materialised on September 26, 2001 when Chairman Arafat and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met in Gaza and reiterated their commitment to the…

AI Index: MDE 21/022/2001 Two demonstrators were killed in Gaza and one critically injured by Palestinian police confronting hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the United States of America's bombing of Afghanistan. "This appears to have been a reckless and unlawful use of…