International parliamentary group on Palestine to be set up
Palestine-Regional, Politics, 6/16/2001

An International Parliamentary Group on Palestine with representatives from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Cuba is being set up to act as a pressure group to check violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, the Press Trust of India Reports.

The idea to establish the group was mooted at a meeting of Latin American and Caribbean countries organization held in Havana recently, said K M Khan, Chairman of the Asian Co-ordination Committee on Palestine attached to the UN Palestine Division.

Khan called on the UN Security Council to check the violence in the region. "We have suggested that a team of International observers under the UN umbrella be appointed to monitor the situation in occupied Arab area. Besides, a suggestion was made that the Security Council should take some strong action against Israel," Khan said.

He said Parliamentarians of India and Cuba had a meeting with the Chairman of the international affairs committee of Cuban parliament, Ramon Pesserro, President of the committee on International Relations.

"We have agreed to explore the idea of setting up an international Parliamentary Group on Palestine," Khan said, adding "We want the group to meet during Non-Aligned Movement Summit at Dacca scheduled in January-February next."

Noting that 300 Palestinians have died and a few hundred have been injured during the last seven months in the West Bank region, Khan said the UN Security Council has been made ineffective because of the attitude of the USA.

"All efforts should be made for creation of an independent state of Palestine in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution no. 242 and 338 which are mandatory," he said.

He said the UN Palestine Division has convened an international meeting on the question of Palestine at Madrid on June 17 and 18.

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