NEW YORK, Saturday, May 13, 2023 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas arrived today in New York where he is scheduled to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the mass ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in 1948, or the Nakba.
The President is expected to deliver a keynote speech at the United Nations headquarters on May 15 marking the Nakba Day, the tragic events of May 1948 when hundreds of thousands were expelled from their homes by invading Zionist militias.
The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) said earlier this year it will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba at the UN Headquarters in New York on May 15.
For the first time in the history of the UN, this anniversary will be commemorated pursuant to the mandate by the General Assembly (A/RES/77/23 of 30 November 2022).
The President is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Ziyad Abu Amr, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Al-Maliki, Chief Justice of Palestine Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Advisor to the President for Diplomatic Affairs Majdi Al-Khalidi, General Supervisor of Official Media Minister Ahmed Assaf, and the Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations Ambassador Riyad Mansour.
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