 ...the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace at the European Parliament premises in Brussels.
Title pretty much sez it all. |
The opening session will be held on Thursday, 30 August, at 10:00 a.m. in Conference Room PHS 03C050. Statements are expected to be made by Angela Kane, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations; Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice-President of the European Parliament; Paul Badji, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; Leila Shahid, General Delegate of Palestine to Belgium and the European Union and Representative of Palestine; | I did not know, but ought to have guessed, that "Palestine" has a representative at the European Parliament. I bet Ms. Shahid (of COURSE her name is Shahid) has more voting rights in Europe than my 'shadow representative' (for the District of Columbia) does in the US Congress |
and Pierre Galand, Chairman of the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP) and Representative of the International Coordinating Network for Palestine (ICNP). The opening session will be followed by a plenary session during which experts will make presentations followed by a discussion period. In two rounds of workshops, non-governmental organization representatives will discuss civil society actions, plans and concerns. The proceedings and conclusions of the workshops will be summarized in the second plenary session. The official languages of the Conference will be English and French. Documentation will be available, to the extent possible, in these languages.| The rest of the Agenda is at the link, every bit as tedious and demoralizing as you can imagine. |
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