Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 35 Question of Palestine, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

27 versions · 1996–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/82

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/82	Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat	618	95%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/23	Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat	639	84%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/21	Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat	544	96%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/12	Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat	549	98%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/21	Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat	545	98%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Conferences Exhibitions Information Dissemination Palestine Question Territories Occupied by Israel Training Programmes Websites

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Notes with appreciation the action taken by the Secretary-General in compliance with its resolution 70/13;

Considers that, by providing substantive support to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in the implementation of its mandate, the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continues to make a most useful and constructive contribution to raising international awareness of the question of Palestine and of the urgency of a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine in all its aspects on the basis of international law and United Nations resolutions and the efforts being exerted in this regard and to generating international support for the rights of the Palestinian people;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Division with the necessary resources and to ensure that it continues to effectively carry out its programme of work as detailed in relevant earlier resolutions, in consultation with the Committee and under its guidance;

Requests the Division, in particular, to continue to monitor developments relevant to the question of Palestine, to organize international meetings and activities in support of the Committee’s mandate with the participation of all sectors of the international community and to ensure, within existing resources, the continued participation of eminent persons and international renowned experts in these meetings and activities, to be invited on a par with the members of the Committee, to liaise and cooperate with civil society and parliamentarians, including through the Working Group of the Committee and its associated “UN Platform for Palestine”, to develop and expand the “Question of Palestine” website and the documents collection of the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine, to prepare and widely disseminate the publications listed in paragraph 79 of the report of the Committee,1 in the relevant official languages of the United Nations, and information materials on various aspects of the question of Palestine and to develop and enhance the annual training programme for staff of the Palestinian Government in contribution to Palestinian capacity-building efforts;

Also requests the Division, as part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November, to continue to organize, under the guidance of the Committee, an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights or a cultural event in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, and encourages Member States to continue to give the widest support and publicity to the observance of the Day of Solidarity;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the continued cooperation with the Division of the United Nations system entities with programme components addressing various aspects of the question of Palestine and the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;

Invites all Governments and organizations to extend their cooperation to the Division in the performance of its tasks.

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