Embassy of the State of Palestine

Attached: Statement by H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization before the United Nations General Assembly 68th Session

The year 2012 witnessed substantial developments on the legitimacy, efficiency, and capacity of the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
These developments and achievements have been reaffirmed through numerous meetings with stakeholders who applauded the work of the Delegation and its accomplishments on the diplomatic and community levels.

Statement delivered, on behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas, by Dr. Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister of the State of Palestine, on the occasion of the Special Meeting of a Group of Supporters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 26 September 2013.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the need for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to build on recent progress and for the international community to assist them in forging a way forward in the peace process.

“We must do all we can to save the two-State solution. If we truly believe in that solution, we must also recognize that the window for achieving it is closing fast,” Mr. Ban said at the meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, which was chaired by Norway.

(Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to intensify their peace talks and to increase the U.S. role, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday in a rare comment on the negotiations.

"These mass demolitions raise serious concerns about the prohibition on forced evictions under international human rights law, and Israel’s obligations to respect, protect and fulfill the rights of Palestinians to adequate housing and freedom from arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy, family and home,” said Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

I want to thank President Abbas for this opportunity to speak to him once again. The last time that we had an extensive discussion was in Ramallah during my visit to both Israel and the West Bank. And at that time I said to both sides that I remain deeply committed, and the United States remains deeply committed to bringing about a just and lasting peace to a conflict that has been going on too long.

In response to the brutal attack on foreign diplomats in the Jordan Valley few days ago, Dr. Ashrawi sent the following letter to the involved countries.

Ambassador Mansour sent an identical letter to the Secretary-General, President of the Security Council and President of the General Assembly regarding the reality on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The Government of Palestine’s Report to be presented at the
Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting in New York on 25th September,2013.
Prepared by the Palestinian Ministry of Planning and Administrative Development