Reports

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Delegates, Fellow observers: I wish to express my gratitude to the Government of Switzerland for inviting my Office to participate in this important meeting. I commend the Government of Switzerland as the depositary of the Convention, for its efforts…

IP/01/1744 Brussels, 5 December 2001 - The European Commission is providing a further €7.5 million in emergency food aid for the victims of the ongoing crisis in the West Bank and Gaza. Since October 2000, conditions in the Palestinian Territories…

4 - 5 DECEMBER 2001, Geneva We, the undersigned Palestinian, Israeli, Regional and International NGOs, civil society groups and individuals state the following: 1. Appalled by Israel’s systematic and persistent ongoing violations of the Convention and the right…

"The international community must not turn its back on Palestinian children," Save the Children said today, as it called for the deployment of international human rights observers to monitor the plight of children living in the occupied Palestinian territories. Save…

Citing the security situation in the Gaza Strip in the wake of Israeli military action, the United Nations agency aiding Palestinian refugees said today it was taking a number of precautionary measures to allow it to continue its work. The…

HQ/G/05/2001 Mr. Peter Hansen, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, acting in his capacity as designated UN official with responsibility for security matters, has decided to temporarily relocate a small number of international UN…

2002 In CHF 20031 In CHF 1. Disaster Preparedness 112,360 112,360 2. Health and Care 2,451,873 1,735,066 3. Humanitarian Values 257,584 206,067 4. Organizational Development 623,492 498,794 5. Coordination & Management 300,397 240,317 Total 3,745,706 2,792,604 1 These are preliminary budget figures for 2003, and are subject to revision in the course of 2002. Introduction National Context The Palestinian…

By Wafa Amr RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian leadership declared a state of emergency on Sunday, and a senior security official said police had launched a sweep to arrest militants following a series of suicide attacks inside Israel. A…

An analysis of health and the health sector. Prepared for the Core Group on Health by Michaela V. Pfeifer, WHO Consultant & Peacepath Team Leader for the Palestinian territories Contents List of figures and tables List of acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction Executive summary Part 1:…

GA/9985 Fifty-sixth General Assembly Plenary , 70th Meeting (AM) 30th November 2001 Israeli Withdrawal from Occupied Lands Said to be Essential; Appeals Made for End to All Violence, Resumption of Negotiations After concluding its debate on the question of Palestine, the…