  {"id":317735,"date":"2026-05-04T11:25:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=317735"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:44:05","slug":"committee-delegation-visits-paris-france-4-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee-delegation-visits-paris-france-4-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee Delegation Visits Paris, France, 4 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_5_6 5_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:83.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.304%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.304%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Palestinian Rights Committee delegation visited Paris, France on 4 May 2026. The Delegation consisted of Amb. Coly Seck (Chair, Permanent Representative of Senegal), Amb. Penda A. Naanda (Vice-Chair, Permanent Representative of Namibia), Min. Riyad Mansour (Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine), and Amb. Daylenis Moreno Guerra (Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba). Meetings were held at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting with the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Commission and France-Palestine Friendship Group (pictured below), the Committee delegation highlighted the role of parliamentary diplomacy in translating legal positions on the Question of Palestine into policy-relevant pressure tools, including at the EU level. It was also underscored that parliamentary scrutiny of arms exports, grounded in the Arms Trade Treaty and international humanitarian law, contributed to tighter French export authorizations and reinforced the principle that transfers should not proceed where there is a clear risk of serious violations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-large wp-image-317763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-1024x768.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Meeting-parliament-of-france-2026.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a meeting with counterparts from the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for the Middle East and North Africa &amp; Director for the United Nations (pictured below), the Committee delegation expressed appreciation for France\u2019s leadership on the Question of Palestine, particularly its co-chair role (with Saudi Arabia) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/high-level-conference-two-state-solution-july2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Conference on the Two-State Solution<\/a> and its decisive role in shaping and advancing the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-high-level-international-conference-new-york-declaration-29jul2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Declaration<\/a>&#8220;. 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