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In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II))

In resolution 60/37 of 1 December 2005, the Assembly requested the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights, as part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November, to continue to organize an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights or a cultural event in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the UN.

The resolution on the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People also encourages Member States to continue to give the widest support and publicity to the observance of the Day of Solidarity.

 

2023 Exhibit on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba 

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Palestine: A Land with a People 

29 November 2023 - 8 January 2024 

An exhibit entitled “Palestine – a Land with a People,” was inaugurated on 29 November 2023 and will remain on display at UNHQ in the Visitors’ Lobby in New York until 8 January 2024.  

The exhibit commemorates the Palestinian Nakba (meaning catastrophe), a deeply traumatic event, which took place during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. This exhibit showcases photographs, videos and art depicting different episodes in the Palestinian journey before, during, and after the Nakba, when more than half of the Palestinian people were expelled from, or fled their homes during violence and war from 1947 to 1949. It serves as a reminder that close to 6 million Palestinians remain refugees to this day, scattered throughout the region. Hundreds of thousands of these refugees have experienced an additional forced displacement while thousands were killed, during the 2023 Gaza war, amid a situation described by the UN Secretary-General as a “humanitarian catastrophe”. 

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The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Why Was it Established?

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The question of Palestine was brought before the United Nations shortly after the end of the Second World War. The origins of the Palestine problem as an international issue, however, lie in events occurring towards the end of the First World War. In 1947 the United Nations accepted the responsibility of finding a just solution for the Palestine issue, and still grapples with this task today.

 

 

 

 

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International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. The existence of international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool. We also mark other UN observances.