Egypt to host meeting on convening Geneva Convention

Egypt will host on June 14-15 the United Nations international meeting on the convening of the conference on measures to enforce the Fourth Geneva Convention in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem.

"The Palestinian Rights Committee is convening the Cairo Meeting to allow governments, intergovernmental organizations and international experts to discuss the various aspects of the Fourth Geneva Convention and its enforcement, as well as the possible outcome of the upcoming Geneva Conference," scheduled for July 15, a UN press release said.

It added that the three plenary sessions will be entitled, "Violations by Israel, the occupying Power, of the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem," "Enforcement of the Fourth Geneva Convention," and "The upcoming Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention on Measures to Enforce the Convention; Geneva, 15 July 1999 - Possible outcomes."

Participants in the meeting will include Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nabil Shaath and Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid. Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, will represent Secretary General Kofi Annan at the meetings. Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs Sayd El-Masri will also participate.