MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Special Committee on Israeli Practices to visit Jordan on annual mission
UN Special Committee on Israeli Practices to visit Jordan on annual mission
GENEVA (16 July 2018) – The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the human rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories will undertake its annual mission to the region from 17 to 20 July 2018.
The three members of the Committee* will travel to the Jordanian capital, Amman, to meet community representatives, non-governmental organizations, Palestinian government officials, and UN representatives to assess the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Syria’s occupied Golan Heights.
The Special Committee will issue an end of mission media statement, and later submit a full report** on its mission, and other activities, to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly.
The Committee’s members will not be holding consultations with the Israeli authorities, and will not be able to access the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as the Government of Israel maintains its practice of non-cooperation with the Committee.
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The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1968 to examine the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
The Special Committee is composed of three Member States: Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Senegal. This year the Member States are represented by H.E. Mr. Amrith Rohan Perera, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York (Chair of the Special Committee), H.E. Mr. Shahrul Ikram Yaakob, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations in New York, and H.E. Mr. Coly Seck, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations in Geneva.
(*) H.E. Mr. Amrith Rohan Perera is unable to attend the mission this year and will be represented by H.E. Mr. S.A. Rodrigo, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York; H.E. Mr. Shahrul Ikram Yaakob is unable to attend the mission this year, and will be represented by H.E. Mr. Amran Mohamed Zin, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations in Geneva.
For more information and media requests, please contact Katharine Marshall (+41 22 917 9695 / kmarshall@ohchr.org) or Sarah Jacquier Nobel (+41 22 917 9365 / sjacquiernobel@ohchr.org)
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