Archives for 26 August 2013

26 August 2013 Terrorizing Raid Kills Civilians and Illegal Settlements Press On Pausing Peace Negotiations

Excellency,

It is with great sadness that I draw your attention to the terrorizing actions by the Israeli occupying forces being committed against the Palestinian civilian population, especially with regard to today’s killings of Palestinian civilians, in Qalandiya refugee camp. Additionally, it is with deep dismay that we have learned of the approval of more illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, the area constituting the State of Palestine. Israel, the occupying Power, has yet again, arrogantly and spitefully, taken unilateral actions jeopardizing the prospects for peace at this critical juncture in the negotiating process where the international community has witnessed once again Israel’s policy of occupation, death and destruction rather than upholding international law. [Read more…]

23 August 2013 Press Release – بيــان صحفـي

بعث السفير الدكتور رياض منصور، المراقب الدائم لدولة فلسطين لدى الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك، رسائل متطابقة الى السيد بان كي مون، الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة، والى السفيرة ماريا كريستينا بيرسيفال، المندوبة الدائمة للأرجنتين لدى الأمم المتحدة، رئيس مجلس الأمن لهذا الشهر، والى فوك يريمتش، رئيس الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة، ذكر فيها أنه على الرغم من الجهود المبذولة الرامية إلى إنقاذ الحل القائم على دولتين واحياء المفاوضات، فإن إسرائيل، السلطة القائمة بالاحتلال، تواصل أنشطتها الاستيطانية غير القانونية في جميع أنحاء الأرض الفلسطينية وتستمرفي أعمالها واجراءاتها  الاستفزازية وغير القانونية الأخرى التي تؤكد مجدداعلى رفضها لمسار السلام واصرارها على استمرارالاحتلال والسيطرة على الشعب الفلسطيني. [Read more…]

13 August 2013 Press Release – بيــان صحفـي

بعث السفير الدكتور رياض منصور، المراقب الدائم لدولة فلسطين لدى الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك، رسائل متطابقة إلى الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة ورئيس مجلس الأمن (الارجنتين) ورئيس الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة، ذكر فيها ان إسرائيل، السلطة القائمة بالاحتلال، تواصل أنشطتها الاستيطانية غير القانونية في الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة، بما فيها القدس الشرقية، مؤكدة مجددا للمجتمع الدولي رفضها لمسيرة السلام ورغبتها في الإبقاء على وضعها كسلطة قائمة بالإحتلال. وأضاف أن الأنشطة الاستيطانية مستمرة منذ توصل الطرفان إلى اتفاق لاستئناف المفاوضات بعد جهود واسعة النطاق من قبل المجتمع الدولي، وخاصة الولايات المتحدة، والتي تم الإعلان عنها في مدينة واشنطن يوم 30 يوليه 2013. [Read more…]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

UNRWA provides assistance, protection and advocacy for some 5 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the State of Palestine, pending a just solution to their plight in accordance with UN resolution 194 (III).

UNRWA’s human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, social safety-net, community support, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.

United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) – Area Programme for Palestinian children and women in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the State of Palestine

UNICEF has an Area Programme for Palestinian children and women in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the State of Palestine.

The Current programme for 2011-2013 was recently extended by the Executive Director of UNICEF for one year until 31 December 2014.

The area programme is managed by the UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Office, and each country office implements its component of the programme in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the State of Palestine. The programme is very extensive, with projects in many areas of child development,  including education, protection, health, nutrition, and water sanitation.

United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) – State of Palestine

UNFPA is committed to offering support to the State of Palestine within the framework of the UN system’s efforts and in coordination with the international donor community. For more than twenty years of its work in Palestine, UNFPA contributed to the development of reproductive health strategies, upgraded the provision of services, contributed to building information systems and helped build the capacity of Palestine’s State institutions and civil society. Its programming achieves a good balance between long-term development and short-term humanitarian needs.

UNDP Progamme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP)

United Nations Development Programme’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) derives its mandate from the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 33/147 of 20 December 1978. Called upon by United Nations Member States in that year, UNDP was requested “to improve the economic and social conditions of the Palestinian people by identifying their social and economic needs and by establishing concrete projects to that end”. UNDP/PAPP is a responsive development agency that works together with the Palestine’s State institutions and directly with the Palestinian people to fulfill their aspiration for sustainable human development based on self-determination, equality and freedom.

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)

In 1975, by its resolution 3376 the UN General Assembly established the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), and requested it to recommend a programme of implementation to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights to self-determination without external interference, national independence and sovereignty; and to return to their homes and property from which they had been displaced. The Committee’s recommendations were endorsed by the Assembly, to which the Committee reports annually. The Assembly established the Division for Palestinian Rights as its secretariat and, throughout the years, has gradually expanded the Committee’s mandate.