Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 423rd meeting.


This year marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic), the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.


This year marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic), the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The Nakba remains a deeply traumatic event in the Palestinian collective memory and continues to shape their struggle for justice and for their right to return to their homes.

The UN Palestinian Rights Committee will commemorate the anniversary at UNHQ, pursuant to GA resolution A/RES/79/82.

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