VIENNA, March23, 2010(WAFA)-  United Nations General Assembly said, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People at the United Nations Office at Vienna, on March 24 and 25, 2010.

Under the theme 'Building institutions and moving forward with establishing the State of Palestine', the goal of the Seminar is to raise the profile of and garner support for the Programme of the Palestinian Authority ' Palestine: Ending the occupation, establishing the State'.

The Seminar would also assess the current socio-economic situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; discuss the urgency of bringing relief and reconstruction to the Gaza Strip; consider approaches to advancing the Palestinian State-building agenda; and look into ways of mobilizing broad international assistance in support of the Palestinian economy and alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people.

The opening Statements will be made by: Austria's Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs, Johannes Kyrle, on behalf of the Host Government; Maxwell Gaylard, Deputy United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, on behalf of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York.

 Head of the Delegation of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People  Ali Al-Jarbawi, Minister for Planning and Administrative Development of the Palestinian Authority, as a Representative of Palestine. Mr. Al-Jarbawi will also deliver the keynote address, entitled 'The Programme of the Palestinian Authority ' Palestine: Ending the occupation, establishing the State''.