Participants of the meeting to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People observe a moment of silence, today at UN Headquarters. From left to right, first row: Nasser Al-Kidwa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority; Andrey I. Denisov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations and President of the Security Council; Jan Eliasson, President of the General Assembly; Paul Badji, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations; Secretary-General Kofi Annan; Mohd Radzi Abdul Rahman, Alternate

Permanent Representative to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations; and Kalomoh Tuliameni, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.