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Yasser Arafat, Executive Committee Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), addressed the International Conference on the question of Palestine this morning, following which general debate resumed on ways for the Palestinian people to achieve their inalienable rights. Seen in an informal meeting before Mr. Arafat's address this morning are, clockwise from extreme left,: Nabil Ramlawi (PLO), Permanent Observer to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG); Lucille Mair, Secretary-General, International Conference on the Question of Palestine (ICQP); Yasser Arafat; Mustapha Niasse (Senegal), President of ICQP; Erik Suy, Director-General, UNOG; (with backs to the camera) Massamba Sarre (Senegal), Chairman, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; and Alioune Sene (Senegal), Permanent Representative to UNOG. (Photo: United Nations Archive)

An international civil society movement for Palestine is needed today more than ever

By Kathy Bergen, Don Betz, Larry Ekin and Rev. Dr. Don Wagner October 27, 2024 6

Forty years ago an international coalition of over 1,200 organizations working for freedom in Palestine would meet yearly to share information and coordinate action. A similar effort is needed today more than ever.