The Palestinian People Do Have Rights (1978)

This film was produced at the request and under the guidance of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. It was in production during the Spring and Summer of 1978 (Release Date: September 1979). The film reviews the background of the question of Palestine. Then through interviews with Palestinians from all walks of life, it attempts to give an idea of what it is to be without a country, without an identity. It concludes with a summary of the main events of United Nations consideration of the issue. At the end, an addendum explains more specifically the role of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People: what it does in the hope to bring about a solution to the problem.

Produced by the United Nations at the request and under the guidance of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

To read more about the history of the Question of Palestine: https://www.un.org/unispal/history/

The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem is a study prepared by the United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights under the guidance of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, as proposed on 2 December 1977 by General Assembly resolution 32/40.[1]

Objectives
The UNGA resolution of 2 December 1977 required a body to be set up to:

(a) Prepare, under the guidance of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, studies and publications relating to:

(i) The inalienable rights of the Palestinian people;
(ii) Relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and other organs of the United Nations;
(iii) The activities of the Committee and other United Nations organs, in order to promote the attainment of those rights;
(b) Promote maximum publicity for such studies and publications through all appropriate means;

(c) Organize in consultation with the Committee, commencing in 1978, the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people

The committee subsequently proposed the following principles:

The study should place the problem in its historical perspective, emphasizing the national identity and rights of the Palestinian people. It should survey the course of the problem during the period of the League of Nations Mandate and show how it came before the United Nations. It should also cover the period of United Nations involvement in the problem.