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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People celebrated in Geneva
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03/12/1996
03/12/1996
| Malta's Ambassador in Geneva, Dr. Michael Bartolo, represented the | Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, at the Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office the Palais des Nations, on 29 November 1996. |
| After the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, | Mr. Vladimir Petrovski read a statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Dr. Bartolo welcomed, on behalf of the Committee, all the distinguished guests present to this year's observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. He then referred briefly to the role of the Committee and the United Nations family in the efforts to bring peace, justice and stability to the Palestinian people and to the Middle East region as a whole. Dr. Bartolo mentioned the Committee's regret at the stalling of the peace process which had earlier raised hopes everywhere for a historic reconciliation between the Palestinians and Israel. |
| Ambassador Bartolo referred also to the situation in the region at | present and strongly urged the restoration of mutual confidence and the implementation of Security Council Resolutions, 242 of 1967, 338 of 1973 and 1073 of 1996. |
| He reiterated the Committee's continued commitment to make every | effort to promote the effective implementation of the agreement that have been reached between the parties: |
| "The Committee believes strongly that there is no peaceful | alternative to the process of reconciliation and negotiations bravely undertaken by the parties; it is the duty of the international community to support and nurture this process to see it to completion in the interest of all". |
| Finally Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, the Director General of the United | Nations in Geneva, announced that Messages for the Day were received from the Hon. Dr. Alfred Sant, Prime Minister of Malta and from Presidents Yeltsin of the Russian Federation, and Diouf of Senegal and from Prime Minister Erbakan of Turkey. The messages of the Heads of States or Government were distributed to all present. The Hon. Prime Minister's message is attached to this Press Release. |
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