International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Special Meeting convened by the General Assembly of the United Nations

United Nations Office at Vienna, 29 November 2012

Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, delivers the Statement on behalf of the Network of NGOs on the Question of Palestine.

From left: Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization (Network of NGOs on the Question of Palestine); Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (Non-aligned Movement); Ambassador Khaled Abdelrahman Abdellatif Shamaa, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations (Islamic Cooperation Organization).

From left: Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the I.P.O.; Ambassador Khaled Abdelrahman Abdellatif Shamaa (Egypt); Ambassador Dr. Gerhard Jandl, Political Director, Ministry of European and International Affairs (Austria).

Text of Statement by Hans Köchler