Meeting in Observance of the
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

convened by the General Assembly of the United Nations
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalianable Rights of the Palestinian People

United Nations Office at Vienna, 29 November 2024

"Our freedom is incomplete before the freedom of the Palestinians."  Ambassador Rapulane Sydney Molekane, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations (Vienna)

Vienna, 29 November 2024
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At a special meeting on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, chaired by Vasco M. Samupofu, Ambassador of the Republic of Namibia, representatives of UN Member States, of the League of Arab States and other international organizations delivered statements in support of a just settlement of the Palestine problem on the basis of a two-state solution. Special messages were delivered by Representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and of the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas. The Ambassar of Morocco delivered a letter from His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al Quds (Jerusalem) Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

After speeches by the diplomatic envoys, the President of the International Progress Organization, Dr. Hans Köchler, delivered a speech on behalf of civil society.

The meeting was jointly organized by the United Nations Office at Vienna and the United Nations Liaison Office for Peace and Security.

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Text of the speech of Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization 

German translation

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