  {"id":318171,"date":"2026-05-15T14:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=318171"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:39:04","slug":"428th-committee-meeting-nakba78-15may2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/428th-committee-meeting-nakba78-15may2026\/","title":{"rendered":"428th Committee Meeting: Commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Nakba \u2013 15 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--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-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>On\u00a015 May 2026, the\u00a0UN Palestinian Rights Committee convened an event marking the anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/about-the-nakba\/\">Nakba<\/a>\u00a0to continue drawing attention to this tragic historical event and the enduring plight of the Palestinian people, as requested by the General Assembly (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/division-for-palestinian-rights-of-the-secretariat-general-assembly-resolution-a-res-79-82\/\">Res 79\/82<\/a> of 3 December 2024).<\/p>\n<p>The event revisited the historical context of the Nakba and the events of 1948 and examine the ongoing manifestations of dispossession and displacement. It highlighted how these developments have been experienced by the Palestinian people and implemented on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-318213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27531%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%20531%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27531%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped-200x91.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped-400x182.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped-600x272.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped-800x363.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1170x530cropped.jpg 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper awb-gallery-wrapper-1 button-span-no\" style=\"--more-btn-alignment:center;\" data-limit=\"3\" data-page=\"1\"><div style=\"margin:-5px;--awb-bordersize:0px;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-3 fusion-columns-total-3 fusion-gallery-layout-masonry fusion-gallery-1\"><div class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none fusion-grid-sizer\"><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none fusion-element-grid\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><div style=\"padding-top:calc((100% + 10px) * 0.8 - 5px);background-position:;\" class=\"fusion-masonry-element-container lazyload\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" title=\"Image (17)\" aria-label=\"Image (17)\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-318209\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-17.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 437px, (min-width: 732px) 655px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none fusion-element-landscape fusion-element-portrait\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><div style=\"padding-top:calc((100% + 10px) * 0.8);background-position:;\" class=\"fusion-masonry-element-container lazyload\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1587\" alt=\"\" title=\"Image (13)\" aria-label=\"Image (13)\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-318212\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271587%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201920%201587%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271587%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412-200x165.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412-400x331.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412-600x496.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412-800x661.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412-1200x992.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-13-scaled-e1778873304412.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 640px) 1320px, \" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none fusion-element-grid\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><div style=\"padding-top:calc((100% + 10px) * 0.8 - 5px);background-position:;\" class=\"fusion-masonry-element-container lazyload\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" title=\"Image (15)\" aria-label=\"Image (15)\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-318211\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-15.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 437px, (min-width: 732px) 655px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Programme of the event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ceirpp-chair-statement-nakba78-15may2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> H.E. Mr. Coly Seck<\/strong>\u00a0Chair, UN Palestinian Rights Committee; Permanent Representative of Senegal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Statements by <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/pga-remarks-78nakba-15may26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock<\/strong>\u00a0President, Âé¶¹APP General Assembly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unasg-khiari-statement-78nakba-15may2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mr. Khaled Khiari, <\/strong>Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-president-mahmoud-abbas-nakba78\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Statement of the President of the State of Palestine, <\/strong>delivered by H.E. Minister Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Testimony of Ms. Wesam Hamada, <\/strong>Mother of Hind Rajab<\/p>\n<p><strong>Testimony from the family of Aws Al-Na\u2019san\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tribute to Walid Khalidi, the historian of Palestine and the Nakba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Statements by Member States<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLOSING<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Resources<\/p><\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/05\/1167519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meeting Coverage<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/pga-remarks-78nakba-15may26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Remarks by the President of the General Assembly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ceirpp-chair-statement-nakba78-15may2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Statement by the Chair of the Palestinian Rights Committee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unasg-khiari-statement-78nakba-15may2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Statement by the ASG <\/strong><strong>for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-president-mahmoud-abbas-nakba78\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Statement by the President of the State of Palestine<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1344],"tags":[],"country":[],"committee-meeting":[],"class_list":["post-318171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-committee-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318171"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318249,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318171\/revisions\/318249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318171"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=318171"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=318171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}