Democratic Palestine : 35 (ص 35)
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- Democratic Palestine : 35 (ص 35)
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European universities should be stop-
ped until] the Israelis reopen Palestinian
universities.
Discussion in a fifth workshop
centered on the role of the NGOs in the
socioeconomic development and health
care in the occupied Palestinian ter-
ritory. The efforts of this group were
prefaced by a conference on the same
topic in the preceding days. The
workshop emphasized that any support
projects should take into consideration
the greater degree of Palestinian self-
reliance which has grown with the in-
tifada, and be based on the existing
Palestinian national infrastructure.
Special mention was made of the
crucial role of women in the intifada,
and how this could be supported via
specific projects, whether cooperatives
or childcare. There was an appeal to
launch a campaign throughout Europe
to inform about the deterioration of.
socioeconomic conditions for the
Palestinians under occupation, aiming
to provide them with more protection
and to obtain the release of the intifada
prisoners first and foremost the
children.
INTERNATIONAL NGO
MEETING
The sixth UN international NGO
meeting was held immediately after the
Democratic Palestine, October 1989
European regional NGO symposium,
with the theme: Intifada - the continu-
ing struggle of the Palestinian people
for independence.
In the opening session a statement
was delivered by Alois Mock, Austrian
minister of foreign affairs, who called
for the immediate reopening of all
schools in the occupied West Bank and
Gaza Strip, and reiterated Austria’s
longstanding position of working for a
comprehensive, just and lasting set-
tlement through the convening of an
international conference on the Middle
East.
Ronald Spiers, UN undersecretary
general, delivered a message from the
UN secretary general, expressing grave
concern about Israel’s harsh measures
against the Palestinian population. He
«was particularly disturbed at the large
number of deaths and injuries, in-
cluding women and children, detention
of thousands of Palestinians, and
numerous deportations in violation of
Security Coucnil resolutions.».
The next statement was given by Ab-
sa Claude Diallo, chairman of the
Committee on the Exercise of the In-
alienable Rights of the Palestinian
People. He noted that 20% of the 700
plus Palestinians who have been killed
by the Israelis, are under the age of 16.
He condemned Israel’s «intolerable
)
practices» and called for «measures to
assure the protection of the Palestinian
people living under occupation,» and
for «continued efforts towards a
negotiated settlement.»
Don Betz, chairman of the interna-
tional coordinating committee of
NGOs on the question of Palestine,
said in his statement that the intifada
was the reason why the world knew and
cared more about the fate of Palesti-
nians than at any time in the past.
The last statement was a message
from PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat,
president of the State of Palestine, read
aloud by Daoud Barakat, Palestine’s
permanent observer to the UN Vienna.
President Arafat said that despite the
suffering and sacrifices of the Palesti-
nian people, the PNC had adopted a
peace initiative which indicates a ge-
nuine desire to achieve peace on the
basis of international legitimacy. He
accused the US administration of
adopting a double standard with
respect to the Palestinian question: «...
while it pursued the defense of human
rights everywhere, the United States
was defending the violation of national
and human rights of the Palestinian
people by the occupation authorities.»
Arafat added that the US continues to
pursue a policy which does not help
peace, by supporting the Shamir plan >
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