Dear brothers and sisters,

Here you go with the official websites of both governmental and non-governmental organizations. These websites include a great deal of legal texts and also an extensive coverage of news and events both in Palestine and worldwide. There are both English and Arabic versions of these websites.

Best wishes,
Yousef ALHAJJAR
www.gaza-translator.com

International Organizations

1.
United Nations Organization :The main gate to internet resources of the United Nations System.
http://www.un.org/

2.
European Union : Very comprehensive site as all the EU documents related to the Union's policy in the OPT, Israel and concerning the israeli-arab conflict can be found under the section "external relations", more specifically under "Middle East Peace Process" Program."
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

3.
League of Arab States: Provides general information (in Arabic and English) about the Arab League, concerning its administrative structure, its Member States and its activities. Also containing overviews on Arab culture and historybut only three basic documents of the League can be retrieved from the website.
http://www.arableagueonline.org/arableague/index_en

4.
Organization of the Islamic Conference: Available in Arabic, English and French. The website contains documents issued by the various bodies of the OIC, as well as press releases and information on its structure and activities.
http://www.oic-oci.org/

5.
United Nations For Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA): The UNRWA mission is to provide education, health, and relief and social services to 3.8 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The site includes a comprehensive overview of UNRWA, programmes, publications and organization.
http://www.un.org/unrwa/


6.
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People The website gives an overview of the projects led by UNDP in Palestine in the following areas : Human Development; Governance and Public sector; Engineering, Environment, Water and Employement; Agriculture, Rural and Economic Development. Provides a range of useful websites links to United Nations Organizations, Palestinian Organizations and Arab/Palestinian-American Organizations.
http://www.papp.undp.org/

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International Non-Governmental Organizations

1.
Amnesty International: Provides Human Rights reports for 2000 on Israel and the Occupied Territories and on the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.amnesty.org/

2.
Human Rights Watch: Independent NGO promoting and protecting human rights, HRW proposes a very informative page on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including their reports and updates on the current situation.
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=mideast&c=isrlpa

3.
International Federation of Human Rights Hosts a special dossier on Palestine proposing press releases, communiques and reports.
http://www.fidh.org/magmoyen/palestin.htm

4.
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Provides information about the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
http://www.ifrc.org/


With all the best,
Yousef ALHAJJAR.