  {"id":208041,"date":"2013-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=208041"},"modified":"2020-10-14T12:12:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T16:12:48","slug":"auto-insert-208041","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-208041\/","title":{"rendered":"UN International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace to be held in Beijing, 18-19 June &#8211; Background release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"center\" width=\"100%\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"17%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2782%27%20height%3D%2780%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2082%2080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2782%27%20height%3D%2780%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5d1467b283341c1e85257b8200554d57_image0.JPG\" width=\"82px\" height=\"80px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"center\" width=\"82%\">\n<div style=\"color: #418ecb; text-align: left; font-size: 21pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>General Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #418ecb; text-align: left; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>GA\/PAL\/1270<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"82%\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: #418ecb; text-align: left; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 80px;\"><strong>Department of Public Information \u2022 News and Media Division \u2022 New York<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/CEIRPPPRBEIJINGc_050613.pdf\">Chinese: \u4e2d\u6587<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\"><u>Background Release<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong><u>UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong><u>TO BE HELD IN BEIJING, 18-19 JUNE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong><u>Theme:\u00a0\u00a0Reviving Collective International Engagement towards Two-State Solution<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the Âé¶¹APP International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace in Beijing, China, at the Sofitel Wanda Hotel, on 18 and 19 June.\u00a0\u00a0The theme of the Meeting is \u201cReviving the collective international engagement towards a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">The Meeting will review the current situation on the ground, including the main obstacles to the realization of the two-State solution, such as continued Israeli settlement expansion and the latest international efforts to end such illegal practices.\u00a0\u00a0It will also examine the action by Âé¶¹APP organs in response to violations of international law, and explore current opportunities, particularly following the admission of Palestine as a non-member observer State in the Âé¶¹APP.\u00a0\u00a0Drawing attention to the urgency of achieving the two-State solution, the Meeting will finally look at possible ways for the international community to create conditions conducive to the resumption of meaningful negotiations between the parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">The opening session will begin on Tuesday, 18 June 2013, at 10 a.m. in Ballroom 3, on the 7<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\u00a0floor of the Hotel.\u00a0\u00a0Statements will be made by high-level representatives of the host country, of the Âé¶¹APP Secretary-General, and of the State of Palestine.\u00a0\u00a0The Chairman of the Committee and the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union will also address the session.\u00a0\u00a0The Meeting will continue in the afternoon with plenary sessions, during which experts will make presentations on specific issues.\u00a0\u00a0Each plenary will have a discussion period.\u00a0\u00a0The official languages of the Meeting will be Chinese and English.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">A press conference is scheduled for Tuesday, 18 June, at 12:30 p.m. in the main conference room.\u00a0\u00a0Registered media representatives will have the opportunity to also arrange for individual interviews with members of the Committee delegation and participating speakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">The documentary <i>Arafat<\/i>, dedicated to the legacy of the Palestinian leader, will be shown on Wednesday, 19 June, at 1:30 p.m. in the main conference room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">The Division for Palestinian Rights will regularly provide Meeting updates on its <\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/depts\/dpa\/qpal\/calendar.htm\">website<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">, <\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UN.palestinianrights\">Facebook<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\u00a0and <\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/unispal\">Twitter<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\u00a0via the hash tag #UNPalrights.\u00a0\u00a0Registration for the Meeting will be open until Friday, 14 June.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">The Chairman\u2019s summary as well as the full report of the Seminar proceedings will be issued, in due course, as a publication of the Division for Palestinian Rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">For further information, please contact the Meeting Secretariat at:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/mailto:dpr-meeting@un.org\">dpr-meeting@un.org<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>* *** *<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; 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