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Normally  all  the  flags  of  the  UN’s  193  Member  States  and  two  observer  States  –
               Palestine  and  Vatican  City  –  are  raised  each  weekday  morning,  and  in  alphabetical
               order, then lowered in the afternoon.

               The Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, Riyad Mansour who attended the
               simple ceremony in front of the Secretariat, said the gesture honoured the deceased
               UNRWA  staff  members  and  all  “Palestinian  martyrs”,  including  thousands  of  children
               killed in the “barbaric war”.

               He  stressed  the  need  for  an  immediate  humanitarian  ceasefire  in  Gaza,  along  with
               “hundreds of truckloads” of aid, medicine and water.

               “And we want to stop the crime against humanity of forced mass transfer…to allow the
               Palestinian people to stay in the Gaza Strip. It is our homeland,” he continued.

               “We don't want to live a second Nakba. We want to stay in our homeland and to rebuild
               the Gaza Strip.”

               Mr. Mansour also expressed hope for “a political horizon” to end the occupation “so that
               Palestinian people can live in freedom and dignity in our independent State, with Holy
               Jerusalem as the capital of our State.”

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               UN honours 101 staff killed in Gaza conflict

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               The AAFI Committee joined in this tribute with a moment of reflection at its

               November Committee meeting.

































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