2023
Human Rights Watch: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza
Human Rights Watch: the Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the Gaza Strip, which is a war crime. Israeli officials have made public statements expressing their aim to deprive civilians in Gaza of food, water, and fuel – statements reflected in Israeli forces’ military operations. The Israeli government should not attack objects necessary for the survival of the civilian population, lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, and restore electricity and water.
Identical Letter from the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations: Urgency of Humanitarian Ceasefire in Gaza
The Security Council's failure to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, due to the veto cast by the United States, has permitted the Israeli war machine to carry on with its slaughter of Palestinian civilians with total impunity. Once again, Israel interprets this shielding as a license to kill, committing more atrocities and horrors against Palestinian civilians at a scope and scale shocking humanity.
State of Palestine Statement before the UN Security Council: Ceasefire Vote
Statement of H.E. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, before the UN Security Council, 8 December 2023
Press Release: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
The General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific welcomes the overwhelming support for United Nations General Assembly humanitarian Resolution L.25 on “protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations”... It is regrettable and deeply disappointing that Australia decided not to vote with the moral majority, and instead chose to abstain.
World Children's Day 2023
World Children’s Day has come at a time when the lives, rights, homes, schools, and dreams of Palestinian children are being deliberately and systematically decimated by the illegal Israeli occupation regime.
CEIRPP Bureau welcomes the UN Security Council resolution 2712 and reiterates its calls for an immediate and durable ceasefire
Statement of the Bureau of the General Assembly's Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)
Identical Letter from the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations: Israel Attacks Hospitals in Gaza
Article 18 of the 4th Geneva Convention stipulates: “Civilian hospitals organized to give care to the wounded and sick, the infirm and maternity cases, may in no circumstances be the object of attack, but shall at all times be respected and protected by the parties to the conflict”. Yet, in the 48 hours since the Directors-General of World Health Organization (WHO) and Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) addressed the Security Council, warning of a health catastrophe in the besieged Gaza Strip and appealing for a ceasefire and protection of civilians and civilian objects, including healthcare sites, Israel has attacked more hospitals and killed more health workers, alongside other civilians.
Newsletter Special Edition: Urgent Need for Immediate Ceasefire and Humanitarian Assistance in Gaza
Updates and responses from the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand
Israel-Palestine crisis: ‘Enough is enough’ say humanitarians
With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have reiterated urgent appeals for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow more lifesaving aid into Gaza.
Statement: Australia fails to stand with moral majority
The General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific welcomes the overwhelming support for United Nations General Assembly humanitarian Resolution L.25 on “protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations”... It is regrettable and deeply disappointing that Australia decided not to vote with the moral majority, and instead chose to abstain.