2020 Solidarity Day - Question of Palestine

Observance at the United Nations Headquarters in New York – 1 December 2020

Special Meeting at UN Headquarters in New York – 1 December 2020

H.E. Mr. Cheikh Niang, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations) (English, French)
H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkır, President of the General Assembly (English)
H.E. Mr. Xolisa Mabhongo, Speaking on behalf of the President of the Security Council (Deputy Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations)
Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (English)
H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, reading out a message from Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine (English)
H.E. Mr. Syed Mohamad Hasrin Aidid, Vice-Chair of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations) (English)
H.E. Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union, reading out a message from H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chair of the African Union Commission (English)
H.E. Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations, reading out a message from H.E. Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (Arabic)
H.E. Mr. Agshin Mehdiyev, Permanent Observer of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, reading out a message from H.E. Dr. Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (English)
H.E. Mr. Yashar T. Aliyev, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations, reading out a message on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (English)
Ms. Erica Williams, CSO Representative, Social Justice Activist with “Blacks for Palestine” (English)

Messages of Solidarity – 1 December 2020

Heads of State: Afghanistan (English), Algeria (Arabic), Brunei (English), China (Chinese), Egypt (Arabic), Indonesia (English), Iran (English), Jordan (Arabic), Lao People’s Democratic Republic (English), Lebanon (Arabic), Morocco (Arabic), Nicaragua (English, Spanish), Qatar (Arabic), Russia (Russian), Senegal (French), Sri Lanka (English), Tunisia (Arabic), Turkey (English), Venezuela (Spanish), Vietnam (English).

Heads of Government: India (English), Malaysia (English), Malta (English), Thailand (English).

Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Cuba (Spanish), Argentina (English, Spanish), Bahrain (Arabic), Ecuador (Spanish), Japan (English), Kazakhstan (English), Mexico (Spanish), Philippines (English), Saudi Arabia (Arabic), Syria (Arabic).

Governments: Brazil (English), Costa Rica (Spanish), Guyana (English), Namibia (English), South Africa (English).

Organizations: African Union (English), European Union (English), League of Arab States (Arabic), Non-Aligned Movement (English), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (English).