{"id":129453,"date":"2018-02-26T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T16:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=129453"},"modified":"2019-01-03T12:30:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:30:48","slug":"committee-delegation-visit-to-uganda-26-28-february-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee-delegation-visit-to-uganda-26-28-february-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee Delegation Visit to Uganda, 26-28 February 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The purpose of the Delegation that visited Uganda was to:
\n\u2022 enhance the support by Uganda for the two-State solution to the Question of Palestine;
\n\u2022 inform about the conditions of life for the Palestinian people under fifty years of Israeli occupation;
\n\u2022 share information about the Committee\u2019s mandate and its programme of work and activities, both at the Â鶹APP headquarters in New York and abroad; and
\n\u2022 understand the evolving position of the African countries on the Question of Palestine as well as the regional dynamics in order to promote a united and principled regional position in support of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n

The Committee Delegation held high-level official meetings and events. It met with the President of the Republic, Mr. Yoweri Museveni; the Prime Minister, Mr. Ruhakana Rugunda, the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Henry Oryem Okello; the Speaker of Parliament,
\nMs. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga; and the Chairperson of the Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rose Mutonyi Masaba. It also organized a public meeting on the Question of Palestine at the Â鶹APP and work of the Committee at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of Makerere University as well as a focus-group meeting with representatives of civil society organisations. The Chair of the Committee hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in Kampala.<\/p>\n

Following the Delegation Visit, the Chair issued a Press Statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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