Democratic Palestine : 36 (ص 29)
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- Democratic Palestine : 36 (ص 29)
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Since the onset of the Palestinian
intifada (December 9,1987), the
United Nations has adopted more
resolutions concerning the question of
Palestine than in any other two-year
period since April 1947, when the
question was first raised by Britain.
Within the first six months of the
intifada, three Security Council resolu-
tions were passed condemning the
brutal Israeli practices in the occupied
territories. The Zionist state has been
faced with more international criticism
of its human rights violations and total
disregard for international law, than in
any other period since its admission to
the UN on May 11, 1949.
Originally, the UN was viewed by
Palestinians as having a largely nega-
tive role, primarily due to the fact that
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it adopted the plan to partition Pales-
tine, whereafter the projected Palesti-
nian state never materialized. The
establishment of UNRWA (United
Nations Relief and Works Agency) in
1949, was seen as an attempt to passify
the Palestinian people via refugee aid,
without dealing with their national
identity. At the time of Israel’s admis-
sion to the UN, the power base of this
international organization was essen-
tially in the hands of the US and other
imperialist countries; this picture was
to change later.
The positions of the UN General
Assembly have changed over the
years, primarily due to the change in
its composition. Many former colonies
achieved independence and became
full member nations of the UN, thus
changing the balance of power. Com-
plementing this was the establishment
of the non-aligned movement in 1961,
which played a role in affecting the
character and stands of the UN. In this
context, the development of the Pales-
tinian liberation struggle enabled the
PLO to influence UN positions on the
Middle East.
In November 1974, the UN General
Assembly defined the inalienable
national rights of the Palestinian
people in resolution 3236, which have
been reaffirmed each year since then;
it also granted observer status to the
PLO. UN agencies also benefit the
Palestinian people. As of late 1983,
UNRWA was aiding 1.9 million Pales-
tinians, and employing a staff of
17,000, most of them Palestinians.
UNESCO has supported beneficial
programs for Palestinian children,
while it was in the framework of the
UN that the meetings of non-gov-
ernmental organizations on the Ques-
tion of Palestine, began.
44th session
The 44th session of the UN General
Assembly, which convened its essential
debates from September 26th until
October 12th, spent three weeks listen-
ing to speakers from approximately
154 nations, and reviewing the past
period’s events with the aim of arriving
at international consensus.
Many of the topics addressed in New
York were on the agenda only weeks
before at the ninth non-aligned, 102-
nation conference which began on Sep-
tember 4th. The topics on both events’
agendas were varied: The Middle East,
the environment, international debts,
the war on drugs, Namibia’s transition
to independence and so on. UN com-
mittees and subcommittees also con-
vened.
In light of the current changes on
the international level between the US
and the Soviet Union, the 159 dip-
lomats and officials making up the UN
General Assembly looked forward to
making progress on issues previously
left unresolved.
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