Palestinian Rights Committee elects officers, approves work programme.Palestinian Rights Committee elects officers, approves work programme The Committee on the Exercise ofthe Inalienable Rights The term inalienable rights (or unalienable rights) refers to a theoretical set of human rights that are fundamental, are not awarded by human power, and cannot be surrendered. They are by definition, rights retained by the people. of the Palestinian People For other uses of "Palestinian", see Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian. Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, has elected officers and approved its programme of work for 1987 On 12 January, Massamba Sarre(Senegal) was unanimously re-elected Chairman for a seventh one-year term. Oscar Oramas-Oliva (Cuba) and George Agius (Malta) were re-elected Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur rap·por·teur n. One who is designated to give a report, as at a meeting. [Middle English raportour, judge, from Old French raporteur, from raporter, to bring back , respectively. The Committee's Working Group was re-established under the chairmanship of the Permanent Representative of Malta, George Agius. Secretary-General Javier Perez deCuellar told the opening session that understanding of and support for the rights of the Palestinian people were increasing throughout the world, "largely as a result of the Committee's tireless efforts'. These included organization of seminars, meetings with nongovernmental organizations Transnational organizations of private citizens that maintain a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Nongovernmental organizations may be professional associations, foundations, multinational businesses, or simply groups with a common interest in , and information activities, which the Committee had undertaken to increase international awareness of this question. The Observer from the PalestineLiberation Organization (PLO PLO abbr. Palestine Liberation Organization PLO Palestine Liberation Organization Noun 1. PLO ) read a message from Yassir Arafat, Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee, expressing gratitude to the Committee and the United Nations for the support provided to the Palestinian people in their struggle and reaffirmed the PLO's readiness to co-operate fully with the United Nations. On 12 February, the Committeeadopted its programme of work for 1987, emphasizing that priority should continue to be accorded to the convening of an international peace conference on the Middle East. Priority would be given to visits at the highest possible level to the capitals of Security Council permanent members to further the objective of setting up a preparatory committee within the framework of the Council for convening such a conference. The Committee also heard a reporton the North and Latin American regional and national journalists encounters on the question of Palestine, held in San Carlos de Bariloche San Carlos de Bariloche is a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, situated on the foothills of the Andes, surrounded by lakes (Nahuel Huapi, Gutiérrez Lake, Moreno Lake and Mascardi Lake) and mountains (Tronador, Cerro Catedral, Cerro López). , Argentina, (20-23 January), Lima, Peru, (28 January) and Caracas, Venezuela, (30 January). On 12 March, the Chairman of theCommittee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Massamba Sarre of Senegal in a letter to the Secretary-General, asked that everything possible be done to enable UNRWA UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and other humanitarian organizations to provide emergency relief to the Palestinian refugees  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. . Photo: Massamba Sarre of Senegal (left) was re-elected by acclamation on 12 January as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Laura Reanda, Committee Secretary, is to the right. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion