A second UN seminar concerning “the inalienable rights of the Palestinians” will be held here Aug. 25-29, the Austrian News Agency APA, said Thursday. This European regional seminar was initiated by the UN General Assembly in December 1979. Issues to be discussed are basic rights of the Palestinians, legal questions of Palestine, the Israeli settlement policy in the occupied areas, human rights and Palestine, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Palestine and public opinion in the Western world.
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