Reports

SG/SM/9668, PAL/2019 Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General welcomes the Palestinian Presidential election as a significant step in what is a historic democratic transition in the occupied Palestinian territory. He is especially pleased with…

SC/8285, PAL/2020 Following is today's press statement on the Palestinian elections by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina): The Security Council welcomes the presidential elections of the Palestinian Authority held yesterday, 9 January 2005. Members of the Security Council congratulate the Palestinian people…

Ref: 121/2005 Today, 9 January 2005, PCHR has published a report evaluating the election campaign for the Palestinian presidential election and related violations of the regulations prescribed by the electoral law concerning this campaign. The report examines the commitment of candidates…

Ramallah (dpa) - PLO Chairman Mahmud Abbas has won Sunday's Palestinian presidential elections, an exit poll released after voting ended showed. Abbas, 69, won 66.3 per cent of the vote, the poll by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey…

As Palestinians prepare to go to the polls on Sunday to choose a president, United Nations officials today unveiled some of the details of the technical and logistical assistance they are giving to ensure that the elections are free,…

During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delays & denial of access and…

Introduction On the 15th of November 2004, the acting President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mr. Rawhi Fattouh issued a presidential decree specifying the 9th of January 2005 as the date for holding presidential elections in order to choose…

Over 500 observers of the January 9th Palestinian elections will be deployed in cooperation with the Palestinian Central Elections Committee throughout Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom established a Foreign Ministry Task Force…

Israeli anti-personnel shells, which throw out thousands of metal darts in a deadly cloud that rips apart everything it encounters, killed seven children between the ages of ten and 17 in a strawberry field in northern Gaza yesterday. Dr.…

In a series of letters, sent today, to the High Commissioner for Human Rights and to the Government of Luxembourg, in their capacity of President of the European Union, PCHR has called for immediate intervention to stop the further…