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UNESCO Paris (2009), by toml1959 at Flickr Commons
Since the involvement of any UN agency with the Israeli government in organizing projects in occupied Jerusalem would amount to complicity in Israel's violations of international law and implicit, de facto recognition of Israel's claim of sovereignty over the occupied city, the BNC brought this urgent matter to the attention of the PLO and the Fatah International Relations Commission, both of which acted immediately to obtain clarifications from the UN.
After intense communication with ranking UN officials, UNESCO issued the following public statement and posted it on the Organization's website, distancing itself from the Israeli conference -- effectively exposing Israel's fabrication of such cooperation with UNESCO -- and reiterating UNESCO's long-standing position which regards East Jerusalem as an inseparable part of the occupied Palestinian territory.
Click here to read the entire article at the BDS homepage.
