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UN, OIC to hold int'l conference on Jerusalem
Seeking peace: Police escort a group of Jews out of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in an effort to prevent a potential clash at the site with Palestinians
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Seeking peace: Police escort a group of Jews out of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in an effort to prevent a potential clash at the site with Palestinians. International, Indonesian and Palestinian speakers will discuss the current situation in Jerusalem in a two-day international conference jointly held by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jakarta, set to begin on Monday. (AP/Mahmoud Illean) (CEIRPP) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jakarta, set to begin on Monday. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
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span class="inline inline-center">Seeking peace: Police escort a group of Jews out of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in an effort to prevent a potential clash at the site with Palestinians. International, Indonesian and Palestinian speakers will discuss the current situation in Jerusalem in a two-day international conference jointly held by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jakarta, set to begin on Monday. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), will hold a two-day international conference on Jerusalem, set to open on Monday in Jakarta.
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi is scheduled to give remarks in the opening ceremony of the conference, which will carry the theme of 'Addressing the present and shaping the future of Jerusalem', on Monday.
Resident coordinator of the UN in Indonesia and representative of the UN secretary-general, Douglas Broderick, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People vice chairman Desra Percaya, who is also permanent representative of Indonesia to the UN, the OIC's assistant secretary-general for Palestine affairs, Samir Bakr, assistant secretary-general for Palestine Affairs of the OIC, and Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riad Al-Malki will attend the conference. Other representatives of governments, intergovernmental organizations and the UN system also will be present.
On Tuesday, international, Indonesian and Palestinian speakers will discuss the current situation in Jerusalem, how to enhance international efforts for a halt to unilateral Israeli actions, and possible ways forward for Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Makarim Wibisono, UN Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, will be among the speakers.
On Wednesday, the CEIRPP will hold a UN Civil Society Forum themed "Civil society action in support of justice in Palestine and ending the occupation". The speakers from the UN, Palestine, Indonesia and regional civil society will inform participants about the key issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, such as borders, refugees, Jerusalem, water, settlements, the current situation on the ground including the humanitarian hardships and the human rights violations the Palestinian people are enduring. The forum will also provide civil society with a venue to plan further action in support of Palestinian rights. (ebf)
