NEW YORK, November 11, 2008 (WAFA)- The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRP) met Monday to consider the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and developments in the political process, and approved four draft resolutions, by consensus, on the question of Palestine.

The first, a draft resolution on the Committee itself, would have the General Assembly request that body to continue its efforts to promote the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination, and to continue to review the situation and report to the Assembly, the Security Council or the Secretary-General, as appropriate.

By the terms of a draft resolution on the Division for Palestinian Rights, the Assembly, would request the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Division with the necessary resources. The Assembly would also request the Secretary-General to ensure the continued cooperation of the Department of Public Information and other units of the Secretariat in enabling the Division to perform its tasks.

According to a draft resolution on the special information program on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, the Assembly, would request the Department to continue, with the necessary flexibility as might be required by developments, the program for the biennium 2009-2010.

The Committee finally approved a draft resolution on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, by which the Assembly, reaffirming the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, would reiterate its demand for the complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and call for the full implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions.

Further, the Assembly would call upon Israel, the occupying Power, to cease all of its measures that were aimed at altering the character, status and demographic composition of the Territory. It would demand that Israel, the occupying Power, immediately cease its construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.

The Assembly would call upon the parties to accelerate direct peace negotiations, and urge Member States to expedite the provision of economic, humanitarian and technical assistance to the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority. It would welcome, in that regard, the continuing efforts of the Quartet's Special Representative, Tony Blair, to strengthen Palestinian institutions, promote Palestinian economic development and mobilize international donor support.