International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Date: 29 November
In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, in 1947, the Assembly had adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II)). On 3 December 2001, the Assembly noted the actions taken by Member States to observe the Day, and requested that they continue to give it the widest possible publicity (resolution 56/34).
Reaffirming that the United Nations had a permanent responsibility with respect to the question of Palestine until it was resolved in a satisfactory manner in accordance with international legitimacy, the Assembly, on 3 December 2001, authorized the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to continue to promote the exercise of these rights, to adjust its work programme in the light of developments and to emphasize the need to mobilize support and assistance for the Palestinian people (resolution 56/33).
On 3 December 2003, the General Assembly stressed the necessity for a commitment to the vision of the two-State solution, the principle of land for peace, and the implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002) and 1515 (2003). It also stressed the need for the withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967; and the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, primarily the right to self-determination and the right to their independent State (resolution 58/21).
