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UN abolish the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in 09?

Background: Will this Committee be abolished by the end of 2009?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_the_Exercise_of_the_Inalienable_Rights_of_the_Palestinian_People

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People was founded in 1975, by its resolution 3376 the UN General Assembly, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People is "a programme of implementation to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination without external interference, national independence and sovereignty; and to return to their homes and property." The committee reports to the Assembly annually.

As the mandate for the Committee expanded, the UN established the Division for Palestinian Rights as its secretariat. The Bureau consists of the Chairman of the Committee, two Vice-Chairmen and the Rapporteur.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Created Tue 30th Dec 2008 3:03pm PST by jmd2009

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  1 jmd2009
The suggestion to do this comes from point ii:
""(ii) successfully win a U.N. General Assembly vote to abolish the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and of the Division of Palestinian Rights. ""

from :
The Current State of UN Reform
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By Newt Gingrich
Posted: Monday, October 31, 2005
TESTIMONY
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Investigations (Washington)
Publication Date: October 31, 2005

The United States should continue to pursue a strong U.N. reform agenda and every American ambassador in the world should be assigned the task of lining up votes for U.N. reforms as a major goal of their diplomatic activities. Key first tests of a new emphasis on lining up votes will be whether the U.S. can (i) lead the General Assembly in creating a new Human Rights Council as a replacement for the current U.N. Human Rights Commission by the end of December 2005, and (ii) successfully win a U.N. General Assembly vote to abolish the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and of the Division of Palestinian Rights.

Source:
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.23396,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
posted 46 weeks ago

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