{"id":176415,"date":"1992-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1992-10-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=176415"},"modified":"2021-10-20T18:39:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T22:39:03","slug":"auto-insert-176415","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-176415\/","title":{"rendered":"CEIRPP meeting – Summary record"},"content":{"rendered":"
COMMITTEE ON THE EXERCISE OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS<\/p><\/div>\n
OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE<\/p><\/div>\n
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SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 190th MEETING<\/p><\/div>\n
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Held at Headquarters, New York,<\/p><\/div>\n
on Monday, 5 October 1992, at 10.30 a.m.<\/p><\/div>\n
Chairman<\/u>: Mr. CISSE (Senegal)<\/p><\/div>\n
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CONTENTS<\/p><\/div>\n
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Adoption of the agenda<\/p><\/div>\n
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Election of a Vice-Chairman of the Committee <\/p><\/div>\n
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Report on the Âé¶¹APP European Seminar on the Question of Palestine, <\/p><\/div>\n
Malta, 27-29 July 1992 <\/p><\/div>\n
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Report on the European NGO Symposium and International NGO Meeting on the Question of Palestine, Geneva, 24-28 August 1992 <\/p><\/div>\n
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Report on the Tenth Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries, Jakarta, 1-6 September 1992<\/p><\/div>\n
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Other matters<\/p><\/div>\n
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This record is subject to correction.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Corrections should be submitted in one of the working languages. They should be set forth in a memorandum and also incorporated in a copy of the record. They should be sent within one week of the date of this document<\/u> to the Chief, Official Records Editing Section, Office of Conference Services, room DC2-750, 2 Âé¶¹APP Plaza. <\/p><\/div>\n
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Any corrections to the record of this meeting and of other meetings will be issued in a corrigendum. <\/p><\/div>\n
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The meeting was called to order at 10.55 a.m<\/u>. <\/p><\/div>\n
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ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA<\/p><\/div>\n
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1. The agenda was adopted<\/u>.<\/p><\/div>\n
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ELECTION OF A VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE<\/p><\/div>\n
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2. The CHAIRMAN<\/u> said that Mr. Alarcón de Quesada, Permanent Representative<\/p><\/div>\n of Cuba to the Âé¶¹APP and Vice-Chairman of the Committee, had left New<\/p><\/div>\n York a few months earlier in order to take up the post of Minister for Foreign<\/p><\/div>\n Affairs of Cuba. Mr. Hidalgo Basulto, First Deputy Minister in the Ministry<\/p><\/div>\n of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, was the new Permanent Representative of Cuba to<\/p><\/div>\n the Âé¶¹APP, and he had expressed his readiness to serve as<\/p><\/div>\n Vice-Chairman of the Committee.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 3. Mr. Hidalgo Basulto (Cuba) was elected Vice-Chairman by acclamation<\/u>.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n REPORT ON THE UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE,<\/p><\/div>\n MALTA, 27-29 July 1992.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 4. The CHAIRMAN<\/u> said that the Seventh European Seminar on the Question of<\/p><\/div>\n Palestine had been held from 27 to 29 July in Malta. The Committee had been<\/p><\/div>\n represented by a delegation consisting of himself as Chairman of the Seminar<\/p><\/div>\n and head of delegation; Mr. Camilleri (Malta) as Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur<\/p><\/div>\n of the Seminar; Mr. Batiouk (Ukraine) as Vice-Chairman of the Seminar, and<\/p><\/div>\n Mr. Al-Kidwa (Permanent Observer of Palestine).<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 5. The formal opening session had been addressed by Mr. de Marco, Deputy<\/p><\/div>\n Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta; Mr. Abu Hejla,<\/p><\/div>\n Director-General of the Political Department of the Palestine Liberation<\/p><\/div>\n Organization, who had read out a message from Mr. Arafat, Chairman of the<\/p><\/div>\n Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization; and himself on<\/p><\/div>\n behalf of the Committee. The Secretary-General had been represented by<\/p><\/div>\n Mr. Giacomelli, Director-General of the Âé¶¹APP Office at Vienna, who<\/p><\/div>\n had read out an address by the Secretary-General at a plenary meeting of the<\/p><\/div>\n Seminar. The closing session had been addressed by Mr. Aquilina, Secretary of<\/p><\/div>\n the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the representative of Palestine, and himself,<\/p><\/div>\n on behalf of the Committee.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 6. A total of six meetings had been held and 15 experts from Europe and the<\/p><\/div>\n United States, as well as Palestinians and Israelis, had presented papers at<\/p><\/div>\n two round tables: Round Table I: "International action to ensure the safety<\/p><\/div>\n and protection of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian<\/p><\/div>\n territory" and Round Table II: "Efforts to promote the implementation of<\/p><\/div>\n Âé¶¹APP resolutions on the Question of Palestine and the Situation in<\/p><\/div>\n the Middle East". Representatives of 10 Governments, Palestine, one United<\/p><\/div>\n Nations body, one Âé¶¹APP specialized agency, one intergovernmental<\/p><\/div>\n organization and nine non-governmental organizations had attended the<\/p><\/div>\n Seminar. For the first time the Commission of the European Communities had<\/p><\/div>\n assigned an expert to participate in the Seminar and make a statement on<\/p><\/div>\n humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 7. The documents containing the conclusions and recommendations of the<\/p><\/div>\n Seminar had been distributed to all members and observers of the Committee;<\/p><\/div>\n the report on the Seminar proceedings would be issued in due course as a<\/p><\/div>\n publication of the Division for Palestinian Rights. A brief account of the<\/p><\/div>\n Seminar had also been included in the monthly bulletin prepared by the<\/p><\/div>\n Division for Palestinian Rights. In addition, the conclusions and<\/p><\/div>\n recommendations would be annexed to the report of the Committee to the General<\/p><\/div>\n Assembly at its forty-seventh session.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 8. The Committee delegation had been pleased that the deliberations in the<\/p><\/div>\n Seminar had been marked by a sense of urgency and determination to work<\/p><\/div>\n together in order to develop concrete ideas for the future. It had felt that<\/p><\/div>\n the discussions were substantive and productive and covered a wide range of<\/p><\/div>\n topics, thereby contributing to a better understanding of the positions of the<\/p><\/div>\n parties to the conflict, and helping to identify important issues for further<\/p><\/div>\n discussion.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 9. If he heard no objection, he would take it that the Committee decided to<\/p><\/div>\n take note of the conclusions and recommendations of the Seminar.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 10. It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n REPORT ON THE EUROPEAN NGO SYMPOSIUM AND INTERNATIONAL NGO MEETING ON THE<\/p><\/div>\n QUESTION OF PALESTINE, GENEVA, 24-28 AUGUST 1992<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 11. The CHAIRMAN<\/u> said that the delegation of the Committee to the European<\/p><\/div>\n NGO Symposium and the International NGO Meeting, in addition to himself, had<\/p><\/div>\n consisted of Mr. Camilleri (Malta), Rapporteur of the Committee, Mr. Batiouk,<\/p><\/div>\n Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Âé¶¹APP, and Mr. Al-Kidwa,<\/p><\/div>\n Permanent Observer of Palestine. Mr. Ennaceur, Permanent Representative of<\/p><\/div>\n Tunisia to the Âé¶¹APP Office at Geneva, had also joined the delegation.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 12. The Sixth Âé¶¹APP European NGO Symposium had had the theme<\/p><\/div>\n "Working for Peace – European Coordination". It had been attended by<\/p><\/div>\n 99 non-governmental organizations (47 as participants and 52 as observers). <\/p><\/div>\n A number of representatives from Governments, Âé¶¹APP bodies and<\/p><\/div>\n international governmental organizations had also attended the Symposium as<\/p><\/div>\n observers. The formal opening session had been addressed by himself, on<\/p><\/div>\n behalf of the Committee, by the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United<\/p><\/div>\n Nations Office at Geneva and by the Chairman of the European Coordinating<\/p><\/div>\n Committee for NGOs on the Question of Palestine (ECCP).<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 13. Eight panelists and resource persons had made presentations at the<\/p><\/div>\n Symposium. The programme of the Symposium had included two plenary sessions<\/p><\/div>\n which had considered "The Responsibilities of European Governmental and<\/p><\/div>\n Non-governmental Bodies Towards the Palestinian People" and "Report by the<\/p><\/div>\n ECCP Members on their Committee's Activities During the Period August 1991 to<\/p><\/div>\n August 1992". Two workshops had discussed "Lobbying of Governments and<\/p><\/div>\n Parliamentarians" and "Raising of Public Awareness of the Palestine Issue by<\/p><\/div>\n European NGOs". The Symposium had also heard three reports on ongoing<\/p><\/div>\n projects by NGOs, namely "Olive Trees", "Palestinian Family Reunification" and<\/p><\/div>\n "Protection of Palestinian Children". The Symposium had adopted a<\/p><\/div>\n declaration, copies of which had been distributed by the Secretariat.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 14. It would be recalled that the two NGO meetings had been prepared in<\/p><\/div>\n consultation with the European Coordinating Committee and the International<\/p><\/div>\n Coordinating Committee of NGOs, respectively. The themes chosen and the<\/p><\/div>\n speakers invited had been decided upon in the light of current developments,<\/p><\/div>\n keeping in mind the needs and activities of the NGO community in the European<\/p><\/div>\n and other regions.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 15. The theme of the International NGO Meeting on the Question of Palestine<\/p><\/div>\n had been "Protection and Statehood". The meeting had been attended by<\/p><\/div>\n 255 non-governmental organizations (176 participants and 59 observers), as<\/p><\/div>\n well as representatives of 41 Governments, six Âé¶¹APP bodies and three<\/p><\/div>\n intergovernmental organizations.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 16. The opening session had been addressed by Mr. Blanca, Director-General of<\/p><\/div>\n the Âé¶¹APP Office at Geneva and Under-Secretary-General for Human<\/p><\/div>\n Rights, on behalf of the Secretary-General; by the Chairman of the<\/p><\/div>\n International Coordinating Committee for NGOs on the Question of Palestine<\/p><\/div>\n (ICCP); and by himself on behalf of the Committee. Addresses had been made by<\/p><\/div>\n Mr. Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation<\/p><\/div>\n Organization, and Mr. Tambo, National Chairman of the African National<\/p><\/div>\n Congress of South Africa.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 17. Twenty-eight panelists and resource persons had made presentations on the<\/p><\/div>\n panels and in the workshops. The programme had consisted of three panels<\/p><\/div>\n which dealt with "Protection", "Statehood" and "The NGO Process". Twelve<\/p><\/div>\n working groups and task forces had been established to consider specific<\/p><\/div>\n topics. A final declaration had been adopted, copies of which had been<\/p><\/div>\n distributed by the Secretariat.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 18. The delegation of the Committee was satisfied with the outcome of the two<\/p><\/div>\n meetings and had pledged the Committee's continued cooperation with the work<\/p><\/div>\n of the NGOs and their coordinating committees.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 19. If he heard no objection, he would take it that the Committee decided to<\/p><\/div>\n take note of the declarations adopted at the two events.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 20. It was so decided<\/u>.<\/p><\/div>\n REPORT ON THE TENTH SUMMIT CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT OF THE<\/p><\/div>\n NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES, JAKARTA, 1-6 SEPTEMBER 1992<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 21. The CHAIRMAN<\/u> said that the final document of the Tenth Summit Conference<\/p><\/div>\n of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries would be issued<\/p><\/div>\n as a working document of the General Assembly. The Summit Conference had been<\/p><\/div>\n preceded by a Ministerial Meeting from 28 to 30 August 1992. He had<\/p><\/div>\n represented the Committee as a guest of the Indonesian Government;<\/p><\/div>\n Mr. Al-Kidwa, the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the Âé¶¹APP, had<\/p><\/div>\n participated as a member of the delegation of Palestine, and Mr. Camilleri<\/p><\/div>\n (Malta) had attended as a member of the delegation of Malta.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 22. In his statement to the Ministerial Meeting he had stressed aspects that<\/p><\/div>\n were a source of hope in the current situation, while cautioning that prudence<\/p><\/div>\n was needed so as to avoid exaggerated optimism. He had reiterated the<\/p><\/div>\n Committee's view that, although all the Âé¶¹APP resolutions on the<\/p><\/div>\n subject were being taken into account in the ongoing negotiations, the direct<\/p><\/div>\n involvement of the Âé¶¹APP was essential. There had been a long debate<\/p><\/div>\n on the Palestinian question at the ministerial level and at the Summit. The<\/p><\/div>\n Committee of Six on Palestine had met concurrently with the Summit and had<\/p><\/div>\n submitted a report; the position of the non-aligned countries on the question<\/p><\/div>\n of Palestine had been broadly reflected in the final document of the<\/p><\/div>\n Conference. The Palestinian delegation, led by Mr. Arafat, had carried out<\/p><\/div>\n remarkable work and had greatly inspired the participants at the Conference.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n OTHER MATTERS<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 23. The CHAIRMAN<\/u> said that the Economic and Social Council, at its<\/p><\/div>\n substantive session of 1992 from 29 June to 31 July, had considered the item<\/p><\/div>\n entitled "Assistance to the Palestinian People" and had recommended to the<\/p><\/div>\n General Assembly the adoption of a draft resolution on the item which,<\/p><\/div>\n inter alia<\/u>, would recognize the need for convening a seminar on assistance to<\/p><\/div>\n the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory; in that regard,<\/p><\/div>\n the General Assembly would also suggest to the Committee on the Exercise of<\/p><\/div>\n the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People that it consider, in its<\/p><\/div>\n programme for 1992-1993, convening such a seminar. After the adoption of the<\/p><\/div>\n draft resolution by the General Assembly, the Committee, while considering its<\/p><\/div>\n programme of work for 1993, would obviously take that suggestion into<\/p><\/div>\n consideration.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 24. Mr. AL-KIDWA<\/u> (Observer for Palestine) stated that, according to the<\/p><\/div>\n Âé¶¹APP press release issued following the September press encounter<\/p><\/div>\n organized in Lisbon, Portugal, by the Department of Public Information in<\/p><\/div>\n connection with the Palestinian Programmes, the participants wished to hold<\/p><\/div>\n the next encounter in Jerusalem. The Secretary-General, however, should note<\/p><\/div>\n that to do so would contravene all Âé¶¹APP resolutions which regarded<\/p><\/div>\n as null and void any Israeli measure that changed the legal status of<\/p><\/div>\n Jerusalem. Moreover, the statement made in the concluding session by<\/p><\/div>\n Mr. Giacomelli, the representative of the Secretary-General, did not reflect<\/p><\/div>\n the overall view of the participants, in particular the Palestinians. His<\/p><\/div>\n delegation could not accept any attempts made to adopt positions which ran<\/p><\/div>\n counter to the basic positions held by the Âé¶¹APP.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 25. The computer-based information system to be provided to the Division for<\/p><\/div>\n