Palestinian and other Arab territories

Palestinian territories Mr. Hannu Halinen Special Rapporteur

(a) Settlement activities in the Palestinian territories

V Environmental situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Israel has been occupying the Palestinian territories since 1967.

GC.11 Res.2 UNIDO ACTIVITIES IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

NATIONAL RESOURCES IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN AND OTHER ARAB TERRITORIES

Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

Continued illegal actions exacerbate the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Situation in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel

Palestinian territories Mr. H. Halinen (Finland) Open ended occupied since 1967

We call upon the Palestinian Authority to intensify its efforts to restore public order in the Palestinian territories.

The occupied Palestinian and Arab territories were the setting for dehumanizing practices.

In the occupied Palestinian territories, the real GDP fell below its 1986 level.

b) The Educational situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Occupied Syrian Golan

1996 6 Situation in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel

28. The expropriation of Palestinian owned land in the occupied territories has continued.

The Israeli settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is a flagrant violation of the right of the Palestinian people to self determination since it is a kind of occupation by Israel of these territories.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) 2.7 million Palestinians were living in the Palestinian territories, as of mid 1997.

8. Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories.

The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories has also been denied access by Israel to visit the occupied Palestinian territories.

57. As designated in the Oslo Accords, Palestinians living in area A of the occupied territories have Palestinian passports and Palestinian identity cards.

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Item 11. Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories

Thirdly, when the Palestinian side builds on the occupied territories it is building on its own territories, not on territories which it occupied by military force. Therein lies a huge difference between the two.

Lastly, he, too, was concerned about the applicability of the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories.

a) The Twinning of Palestinian Universities in the Occupied Territories with Universities in OIC Member States

to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,

60. Palestinian workers from the occupied territories need a permit to enter and work in Israel.

These Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories have impeded efforts and opportunities for achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peaceful solution to the Palestinian question.

Palestinian children continued to suffer from tragic humanitarian and security conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories which posed grave threats to their lives and future.

We are concerned about Israel's confiscation of more than 78 per cent of historical Palestinian territories and its refusal to withdraw from the remaining Palestinian territories, in particular East Jerusalem, where people are prevented from living and travel restrictions are imposed.

Israel should then complete its withdrawal by ending the occupation of all remaining Palestinian and Arab territories.

The draft resolution entitled UNIDO activities in the Palestinian territories was adopted for recommendation to the plenary.

Simultaneously, there is a pressing need for the economic reconstruction and rehabilitation of the occupied Palestinian territories.

These attacks were perpetrated by individuals who came from territories under the control of the Palestinian Authority.

(d) To organize and promote fact finding news missions for journalists to the area, including the territories under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority and the occupied territories

Such reforms will enable the Palestinian security institutions to fully discharge their national responsibilities, which include the management of the next legislative elections, the reconstruction of destroyed development sectors, the improvement of the painful humanitarian and social conditions in the Palestinian territories and the strengthening of its control over all Palestinian territories.

312. The representative of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights informed the Special Committee about the consequences of closure for the economy of the occupied Palestinian territories

We join others in calling upon the Government of Israel to continue the withdrawal from all Palestinian territories.

Kuwait is following the tragic situation of the Palestinian people and the occupied Arab territories with great concern.

There must be a complete and comprehensive withdrawal from all Arab lands, including Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories.

It is essential to improve the humanitarian, social and economic situation of the population in the Palestinian territories.

The news of the currently escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories was therefore highly regrettable and distressing.