Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is observed annually on or around 29 November, solemnly commemorating the adoption by the Assembly, on 29 November 1947, of resolution 181 (II), which provided for the partition of Palestine into two States. The observance is held at United Nations Headquarters, the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna and elsewhere. The event includes special meetings at which statements on the question of Palestine are made by high-level officials of the United Nations and intergovernmental organizations and representatives of civil society. The observance also includes cultural events. At other locations, various activities are organized on the occasion of Solidarity Day by governmental bodies and CSOs in cooperation with United Nations information centres around the world. It is also traditionally the day that the United Nations General Assembly undertakes its annual debate on the question of Palestine.

As customary, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Solidarity Day) will be marked by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in a Special Meeting where UN Members States express their solidarity with the Palestinian people, through messages by Heads of States and Government. Similar events are held at UNOG, UNON, UNOV and UNICs around the world.

This year, the Special Meeting will be held in person on 29 and 30  November from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (New York time) and will be livestreamed on UN WebTV.

The International Day of Solidarity provides an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the fact that the question of Palestine remains unresolved and that the Palestinian people are yet to attain their inalienable rights as defined by the General Assembly, namely, the right to self-determination, the right to national independence and sovereignty and the right to return.

The Special Meeting will be presided by the Chair of the Committee, Ambassador Cheikh Niang, who will deliver opening statement, followed by remarks by the President of the General Assembly, the President of the Security Council, and by the Secretary-General, delivered by his Chef de Cabinet. The Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine will deliver a statement on behalf of Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine. Mr. Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organization, will also share his remarks.

During the event, a video will be screened, which is part of a virtual exhibit titled “Portraits of Palestine,” to be launched online the same day and consisting of videos depicting individual Palestinians’ stories of resilience. The Permanent Observer for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Chair of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, as well as representatives of other intergovernmental organizations will deliver statements in the second part of the Meeting.

Back from the Brink: Bringing Communities Together to Abolish Nuclear Weapons   Thursday, December 1, 7 PM CT  Register Today We know all too well how real the threat of nuclear war is at this very moment. And how important it is for we the people to have a voice and to demand Washington decision makers make this the front burner priority it needs to be. At the Open House you’ll learn about Back from the Brink's 2022 accomplishments and our: Hub Model: Our national network of Back from the Brink organizing hubs is growing. Is there one near you? If not, we can help you start one! Organizational Partnerships: BftB is partnering with organizations around the US and we need your help to get more organizations, including those in your community, invested in the campaign and signed on as endorsers or Coalition Partners. Current Projects: We are working with a broad cross section of faith leaders and organizations and passing BftB resolutions in more cities, towns, and states. Upcoming Milestones: The 2nd anniversary of the entry-into-force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is coming up on January 22nd and we are brainstorming ways to celebrate and highlight this anniversary. Congressional Advocacy: We are pushing to get BftB/nuclear abolition resolutions introduced early in 2023 in both the U.S. House and Senate. Your members of Congress could be crucial. To encourage dialogue and community, this 75 minute Open House will include time for break-out sessions with different focuses depending on your interest and whether you are attending as an individual or a representative of an endorsing or interested organization. We’ll hear from local BftB activists who will highlight community success stories, as well as the challenges they have faced organizing locally. This is our moment. It’s go time for nuclear disarmament. Vladimir Putin’s nuclear saber rattling has been a stark reminder of what’s at stake and how perilous a moment we are in. It’s up to us to build the power needed and chart a new path forward.   REGISTER FOR BftB'S DEC 1 OPEN HOUSE

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Monthly Vigil in Appleton

Saturday, Dec 3, 11 AM- 12 PM

Houdini Plaza, West Lawrence St, Appleton, WI 

for info: [email protected]

International Human Rights Day

 “Voting Rights / Human Rights: How Election Results Affect Our Lives” 

Includes presentation of the 2022 Milwaukee ERC Equality Awards 

The Palm Garden at Turner Hall 1034 N. Vel Phillips Avenue – Milwaukee, WI 

Free & Open to the Public – Attend In-Person or Virtually 

Registration is required at:  shorturl.at/gEHIW  

Watch via livestream at:   facebook.com/ERCMKE 

Matt Rothschild is the executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, where he has worked for the last eight years. His latest book is “12 Ways to Save Democracy in Wisconsin,” published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Before coming to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, he worked at The Progressive magazine for 32 years as editor and publisher. 

Scott Thompson is a staff attorney at Law Forward, a nonpartisan, nonprofit impact litigation firm committed to protecting and advancing democracy and to restoring Wisconsin’s pragmatic progressive tradition.  At Law Forward, he currently leads litigation and public education concerning voting rights and ballot access. His most recent accomplishment includes Carey v. WEC, in which the court affirmed voters with disabilities’ right to ballot-return assistance, 

Patricia Ruiz-Cantu is the Community Outreach Manager for the City of Milwaukee.  She serves as an Election Commissioner for the City of Milwaukee. She is a Community Relations Innovation Expert with over 20 years of experience in the government administration industry, nonprofit Organizations, and civic engagement for a wide range of clients across the US and Mexico.  

Lady Tee Thompson is the principal of the international organization AgroBiz and the emerging Cashew Queens brand. Her calling is global advocacy for women’s self-sufficiency, African diaspora inclusion, youth & women's empowerment, agricultural skill transfer, investment matchmaking for minority business enterprises, and gender equality. She has been honored and has received many prestigious national, and international awards and acknowledgments for her body of work spanning across 30 years and 14 countries.  

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International Human Rights Day Event Partnership

Location to be announced, 4-7 pm on December 10.

We would like to invite you to join with the newly formed Milwaukee Anti-war Committee on commemorating December 10, a day recognized around the world as International Human Rights Day. We believe in order to do that the right way we need to unite many different local organizations that focus on a variety of issues.

The violation of human rights that people in this country suffer are often shared in the experiences of people in other places around the world. For example, Black people struggling here in the U.S. against injustices visited upon them at the hands of the police share a common cause with the Palestinian people who fight every day against the occupation of their homes and the murder of their children at the hands of Israeli Defense Forces who often instruct U.S. police in methods and tactics.

The human rights violations that are suffered by people in other countries that we don’t deal with in the United States are often a result of policies put in place by people who claim to represent our interests. For example, the harsh government repression of militant trade unionists in the Philippines is intricately linked to the support of that government and their military by U.S. politicians.

When we begin to recognize these general conditions, we can begin to trace the issues we face to their roots. We can see that so much of what ails people everywhere can be directly or indirectly attributed to a handful of unfathomably rich people, or to the pawns they employ to achieve their goals, like crooked politicians and militarized police forces. Understanding this allows us to identify that the package delivery car driver struggling with volume because their company won’t hire the appropriate number of workers here in Milwaukee has a lot more in common with the Venezuelan mother in Caracas who has to stretch what’s in the cabinet to feed her family because the U.S. sanctions have crippled the country’s ability to feed its people to the fullest.

To this end, we are inviting organizations from the movements against racist policing, for student rights on campus, for reproductive justice, for immigrants rights, for LGBTQ rights, for climate justice, for peace and against war, and for workers rights to join us. We hope this commemoration will become a tradition in the city of Milwaukee for many years to come that unites all these important movements as we move toward the common goal of creating a world where nations have a right to determine their own destinies and people are able to live full and meaningful lives, free of violence and oppression.

In solidarity,

Members of the Milwaukee Anti-War Committee

[email protected]

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Thousands of women protesting at the RAF Greenham Common air base in 1982. The demonstrations continued until 1991 when the final American Cruise missiles were removed. Photograph: PA

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