Reports

I. Mandate of the Committee 1. The mandate of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for 2010 is contained in General Assembly resolutions 64/16, 64/17 and 64/18. 2. In its resolution 64/16, entitled "Committee…

West Bank Military activities affecting civilians; 15 Palestinians injured by Israeli Forces This week, Israeli forces injured 15 Palestinians throughout the West Bank, compared to 21 injuries last week and slightly below the 2009 weekly average of 17 Palestinian injuries. Eight of…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad, and the European Union Representative, Mr. Christian Berger, today signed a €158.5 million Financing Agreement, including a €0.5 million contribution from Austria, in support to the Palestinian Authority's recurrent expenditures for 2010. These…

Executive Summary The protracted crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), which began with the onset of the Al Aqsa intifada in late-2000, has now raged for almost a decade. During this period, living levels of Palestinians across the West…

West Bank Military activities affecting civilians; 21 Palestinians injured by Israeli Forces This week, Israeli forces injured 21 Palestinians throughout the West Bank. This figure is slightly above the weekly average of 17 Palestinian injuries during 2009. Seven of this week's injuries,…

Latest Developments since Tuesday, 5 January 6 January: Clashes took place at Rafah Crossing between Egyptian forces and Palestinians protesting Egypt's refusal to allow the entry of an aid convoy into Gaza and the reported underground system to control access…

December Overview As the year of 2009 came to a close, large segments of the Palestinian civilian population in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), in particular those living in the Gaza Strip, in Area C of the West Bank and…

Executive Summary Between 1999 and 2008, external aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip increased by over 600% to 3.25 billion US Dollars per year. During the same time period, external aid to Palestinian Nongovernmental Organizations (PNGOs) increased by…

For the people of Gaza 11:30am on 27th December 2009 marks one year since the beginning of the invasion by the regions nuclear power Israel. During the weeks of the attack homes were destroyed and civil life came to…

Nearly a year after the devastating three-week military operation in the Gaza Strip that began on 27 December 2008, most of the 1.5 million people in the territory are still struggling to rebuild their lives and their economy. The stringent…