The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, which concluded hearings in Cairo on 27 April, began hearings in Geneva yesterday, 30 April. Appearing before it were Claude Pilloud and F. P. Payot of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Committee, on 1 May, heard the testimony of Gideon Weigert, a witness who came from Israel.
Mr. Gideon Weigert, who said he lives in Jerusalem and is an Israeli national and journalist, is seen making a statement before the Special Committee.

The General Assembly's Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population in the Occupied Territories held a press conference in Geneva today.
Seen here from left to right are: Mr. Hussein Nur-Elmi (Somalia); Mr Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe (Ceylon), Chairman of the Committee; and Borut Bohte (Yugoslavia).

Chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, Ambassador H.S. Amerasinghe (Sri-Lanka), today presented to Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim the Committee's report.
The three-nations Committee composed of Sri Lanka, Senegal and Yugoslavia was established in 1968 by General Assembly resolution 2443 (XXIII). The other two members of the Committee are Chief Justice Keba Mbaye, First President of Supreme Court of Senegal, and Borut Bohte, Professor in the Faculty of Law of Ljubljana University, Yugoslavia.
After presenting the Committee's report, Ambassador H. S. Amerasinghe (left), Permanent representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, discussing some points with Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.

Borut Bohte (Yugoslavia) left, Chairman of the Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices in Occupied Territories, presenting Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim with the report of the Committee before it is fowarded to the General Assembly.
Looking on, from left: B. J. Fernando (Sri Lanka) and Ousmane Goundiam (Senegal), members of the Committee; and Theodore C. Van Boven, Director of the Division of Human Rights.

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People commemorates the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Razali Ismail (Malaysia) (centre), President of the 51st Session of the General Assembly, addresses the meeting. On the left is Ambassador Nugroho Wisnumurti (Indonesia), President of the Security Coucncil and on the right is Ibra Ka (Senegal), Chairman of the Committee.