71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Palestinian Children, Overcoming Tragedies with Hope, Dreams, Resilience, and Dignity.
Flag raising ceremony for rhe State of Palestine and the Holy See
SC Meeting on the situation in the Middle East
Security Council Meeting:The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
Security Council Stakeout:Abu Nadeem – He claims and says that his son was killed by Israeli bullets during a peaceful protest in the West Bank. He was introduced by Amb. Mansour of Palestine
Palestinian Children, Overcoming Tragedies with Hope, Dreams, Resilience, and Dignity.
Palestinian Representative Briefs Press
Security Council Meeting,The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
Secretary-General meeting with President of the State of Palestine.
Security Council meeting: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question
Special meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Opening Ceremony of the High-Level Event for the Signature of the Paris Agreement

Letters sent to Secretary-General, President of Security Council, & President of General Assembly

24 May 2017 – Plight of Palestinian Prisoners and Tensions in OPT

Excellency, Today regrettably marks the 38th day of the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike in peaceful, non-violent and collective protest of their inhumane treatment in Israeli captivity.  This hunger strike was also undertaken by more than 1,500 prisoners to draw urgent attention to the critical plight of the over 6,500 Palestinian prisoners and detainees being held […]

12 May 2017 – Israeli Violations Continue Apace in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem

Excellency, Tensions continue to escalate in the Occupied State of Palestine, including East Jerusalem, and the Palestinian civilian population continues to suffer due to the unrelenting, illegal and repressive practices being carried out by Israel, the occupying Power, against them, affecting every Palestinian man, woman and child. Throughout five decades of this illegal and brutal […]

9 May 2017 – Grave Situation of Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Excellency, We write to you today once again to express our grave and rising concerns regarding the plight of the thousands of Palestinian civilians, men, women, children and elected officials, imprisoned and detained by Israel, the occupying Power. We must specifically draw the international community’s urgent attention to the acute situation of more than 1,500 […]

Press Releases

7 June 2017 – Press Release: 50 Years of Israeli Occupation

  This week marks the 50th year of Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian and Arab lands in June 1967.  As we somberly mark this anniversary, we reflect with regret on the decades of the oppression and subjugation of the Palestinian people and the flagrant denial of their rights and the colonization of the Palestinian land, […]

5 January 2017 – Press Release

    Press release regarding the meeting between Ambassador Olof Skoog of the Kingdom of Sweden and President of the United Nations Security Council for January 2017 and Ambassador Riyad Mansour of the State of Palestine on the implementation on UNSCR 2334 This morning, Ambassador Mansour met with the President of the Security Council for […]

بيان صحفي

                                                                                                          11  اكتوبر 2016 بيان صحفي بعثة فلسطين تطالب المجتمع الدولي بتوفير الحماية للمدنيين الفلسطينيين في الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة           ألقت ريم منصور، المستشار القانوني بالبعثة المراقبة الدائمة لدولة فلسطين لدى الأمم المتحدة، كلمة أمام اللجنة القانونية (السادسة) التابعة للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة حول بند حالة البروتوكولين الإضافيين لإتفاقيات جنيف لعام 1949 والمتعلقة بحماية ضحايا […]

Statements

Statement by Ambassador Dr. Riyad Mansour before the United Nations Security Council, Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question, New York, 20 April 2017

Mme. President, At the outset, I congratulate you on your assumption of the Security Council Presidency, confident of the United States’ skilled guidance of the Council’s important work. I also express our appreciation to the United Kingdom for its leadership of the Council in the month of … [Read More...]

Statement by Ambassador Dr. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, before the United Nations Security Council, Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question, New York, 17 January 2017:

Mr. President, On behalf of the State of Palestine, I extend our warm congratulations to the friendly country of Sweden on its election to the Security Council and thank you for convening this important debate under Sweden’s presidency. We thank the United Nations Special Coordinator and … [Read More...]

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Dr. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, before the United Nations Security Council, Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question, 23 December 2016

Check against delivery Mr. President, I thank you for convening this important meeting and express the State of Palestine’s sincere appreciation for the principled efforts you’ve exerted in both your national capacity as well as in Spain’s capacity as President of the Security Council for this … [Read More...]