Mission to Occupied Palestinian Territory

The case of the Palestinian Territories, however, is different.

We call upon the Palestinian Authority to intensify its efforts to restore public order in the Palestinian territories.

V Environmental situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Human rights situation in OPT

(a) The withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967

b) The Educational situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Occupied Syrian Golan

The scholars urge the German government to

The focus of this report is confined to an analysis of the impact of conflict and occupation on Palestinian women in the OPT.

The route of the barrier in this area cuts deeply into occupied Palestinian territory.

But violence has continued in the occupied Palestinian territory, in Israel and in Lebanon.

The year 2006 will be critical for elections in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territory.

It is essential to improve the humanitarian, social and economic situation of the population in the Palestinian territories.

The erection of a separation wall in the very centre of the Palestinian territories was a flagrant violation of international law.

Children born in OPT to a parent who is a resident of East Jerusalem and a parent who is a resident of OPT are forbidden under this law to live in Jerusalem with their family.

Throughout OPT there were already 158 such outposts.

There would need to be agreement on the amount of territory reserved for the Palestinian state.

Israel should then complete its withdrawal by ending the occupation of all remaining Palestinian and Arab territories.

I would like first to touch upon the economic, fiscal and the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.

The United Nations faces numerous obstacles in carrying out its mandate in the OPT.

I visited the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) on official mission from 13 to 18 June 2004 to gather first hand information on how the occupation and conflict impacts on violence against women in the OPT.

The prevention of terror emanating from Palestinian areas is entirely the responsibility of the Palestinian Authority and its leadership, a responsibility that it has thus far has failed to fulfil.

That year, the Sursock family sold some of the village lands to the Palestine Land Development Company.

We join others in calling upon the Government of Israel to continue the withdrawal from all Palestinian territories.

(g) In connection with item 8 Mr. J. Dugard, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

Lastly, he, too, was concerned about the applicability of the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories.

My country has previously expressed its opposition to the construction of the separation barrier in the occupied Palestinian territories.

With the addition of the so called Ariel Loop , the wall would cut more than 20 kilometres deep into the Occupied Palestinian Territory, annexing Ariel and other smaller settlements to Israel, together with over 6,243 acres of Palestinian land.

In 2005, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, enlarging the administered Palestinian territories in that region.

Overall reconstruction needs in OPT were recently estimated at US 5 billion.3

(c) Apply fully the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention as they pertain to OPT

One such issue is the construction of a separation wall by the State of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Simultaneously, there is a pressing need for the economic reconstruction and rehabilitation of the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Government of Mr. Abbas must be helped in its efforts to create security and order in the Palestinian territories.

The continued confiscation of Palestinian lands by Israel has substantially undermined the agricultural sector's absorptive capacity.

Women in the OPT are killed or threatened with death for tarnishing family honour.

In some parts of the territory, Palestinians' needs for additional humanitarian assistance rose sharply as a consequence.

Civil society in the OPT, particularly women's organizations, are resilient and, despite the military incursions, demolitions, and restrictions on freedom of movement, life prevails in the OPT.

We hope that Israel, in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority and neighbouring countries, will take similar steps towards withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories and the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian State.

The Syrian and Lebanese tracks are of particular importance. There must be a complete and comprehensive withdrawal from all Arab lands, including Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories.

The only way out of the current economic and social crisis was to end the occupation of the Palestinian territory and the Syrian Golan.

The draft resolution entitled UNIDO activities in the Palestinian territories was adopted for recommendation to the plenary.

Ms. Dairiam welcomed the delegation's statement that it had not relinquished all its responsibilities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The news of the currently escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories was therefore highly regrettable and distressing.

It is with this realization that I use the mandate entrusted to me to assess the impact of conflict and occupation in the OPT.