{"id":159,"date":"2016-04-26T14:53:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T14:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:24:18","slug":"committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.4;\">UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-alignleft\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:500px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:83.33%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0kOKnpVCRZk?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:74%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:30px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\">Background<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>In 1975, by its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-183010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resolution 3376<\/a>, the UN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/data-collection\/general-assembly\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General Assembly<\/a> established the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), and requested it to recommend a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/S12090.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programme of implementation<\/a> 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&#8217;s recommendations were endorsed by the General Assembly, to which the Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/reports-of-the-committee-on-the-exercise-of-the-inalienable-rights-of-the-palestinian-people\/\">reports <\/a>annually. The Assembly established the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/about-division-palestinian-rights\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Division for Palestinian Rights<\/a> as its secretariat and, throughout the years, has gradually expanded the Committee\u2019s mandate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7386\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7386\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-7386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/216.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27267%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20267%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27267%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/216-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/216-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/216.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UN Photo\/Ryan Brown<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Committee welcomed the 1991 Madrid peace conference, as well as the 1993 Declaration of Principles and subsequent agreements reached by Israel and the PLO. The Committee has strongly supported the objective, affirmed in Security Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-189913\/\">resolution 1397 (2002)<\/a>, of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side within secure and recognised borders. The Committee welcomed the Quartet&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/S2003529.pdf\">Road Map<\/a>, as well as the Arab Peace Initiative, and called on the parties to implement them. The Committee strives to heighten international awareness of all aspects of the question of Palestine and promote international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of each calendar year, the Committee elects its Bureau and adopts a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/programme-of-work\/\">Programme of Work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assisted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/about-division-palestinian-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Division for Palestinian Rights<\/a>, the Committee organizes international\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/events\/international-conferences\/\">meetings and conferences<\/a>, conducts an annual training programme at UN Headquarters and several other capacity-building activities, cooperates with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/civil-society\/\">civil society organizations<\/a>\u00a0worldwide, maintains publications and an information programme, and holds each year on or around 29 November, a special meeting in observance of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/events\/international-day-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people\/\">International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee reports to the General Assembly on the implementation of its mandate through its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/reports-of-the-committee-on-the-exercise-of-the-inalienable-rights-of-the-palestinian-people\/\">Annual Report<\/a>. On 30 November 2022, the General Assembly renewed the Committee\u2019s mandate &#8211; resolutions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ga-mandated-committee-on-the-exercise-of-the-inalienable-rights-of-the-palestinian-people-ga-resolution-a-res-77-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A\/RES\/77\/22<\/a>, as well as the mandate of the Special information programme (SIP) on the question of Palestine of the Department of Global Communications of the Secretariat &#8211; resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/special-information-programme-on-question-of-palestine-of-the-department-of-global-communications-of-the-un-secretariat-ga-resolution-a-res-77-24\/\">A\/RES\/77\/24<\/a>. On 3 December 2024, the General Assembly adopted the resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/division-for-palestinian-rights-of-the-secretariat-general-assembly-resolution-a-res-79-82\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A\/RES\/79\/82<\/a> renewing the mandate of the Division of Palestinian Rights. The mandates of the Committee, the Division and the SIP of Department of Global Communications will be reviewed only as necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Council, during its quarterly debate on the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian question, invites the Chair of the Committee to state the committee\u2019s position. The statements delivered by the Chair of the Committee before the Security Council, the General Assembly, as well as other statements by the Committee to date <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/chair-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/history-of-the-un-palestinian-rights-committee-1983study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about the history of the Committee.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:22%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-widget-area awb-widget-area-element fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--awb-title-size:13px;--awb-title-color:#333333;--awb-padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div id=\"wp_views-6\" class=\"widget widget_wp_views\">\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-5148-TCPID159\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-5148-TCPID159\" data-viewnumber=\"5148-TCPID159\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;5148&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;paged&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-views\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159?wpv_view_count=5148-TCPID159&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159?wpv_view_count=5148-TCPID159\">\n\n\t\n\t<!-- wpv-loop-start -->\n<div id=\"side-list\">\n\t<ul class=\"wpv-loop js-wpv-loop\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/membership\/\">Membership<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/bureau\/\">Bureau<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/mandate-and-objectives\/\">Mandate and Objectives<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/reports-and-programme-of-work\/\">Reports &amp; Programme of Work<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/chair-statements\/\">Chair Statements<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/ceirpp-newsletters\/\">CEIRPP Newsletters<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t<!-- wpv-loop-end -->\n\t\n\t\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309051,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/309051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}