Τακτικές συνεδριάσεις

The joint meeting of the Delegations for relations with Palestine and the Mashreq countries took place via remote on 3 September, 11h00-12h30.

The main point was an exchange of views with the UNRWA Field Directors on the situation in their respective countries:

· Ms Gwyn Lewis Director of UNRWA operations in the West Bank

· Mr Matthias Schmale, Director of UNRWA operations in Gaza

· Mr Claudio Cordone, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon

· Mr Mishra Prafulla, Deputy Director of UNRWA Affairs in Syria

· Ms Sallee Gregory, Deputy Director of UNRWA Affairs in Jordan

The delegation met on Monday 22 June in the European Parliament and in remote in order to hold an exchange of views on the EU response to the Israeli annexation plan with Mr Saeb Erekat, PLO Secretary General and former Chief Negotiator

The delegation for relations with Palestine meet "in camera", on 20 February 2020 in order to discuss the programme of the mission to West Bank and Gaza taking place on 24-28 February 2020.

Exchange of views on the European Court of Justice ruling that foodstuffs originating in territories occupied by the State of Israel must bear the indication of origin, with

× Martin Konecny, Director, European Middle East Project (EuMEP)

× Monika Hencsey, Head of Unit, DG TRADE

× Dora Szentpaly, DG SANTE

Exchange of views on the workign agenda of the Delegation

Exchange of views with UNRWA Commissioner General Christian Saunders

At its constituent meeting on 26th September 2019, the Delegation for relations with Palestine elected:

• Mr Manu PINEDA (GUE/NGL, Spain) as chair
• Ms Evin INCIR (S&D, SE) as 1 Vice-Chair
• Ms Margrete AUKEN (Greens/EFA, DE) as 2 Vice-Chair