International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

29 November

International

Why this date

Anniversary of UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (1947) on the partition of Palestine.

About the day

Resolution 181 recommended dividing Palestine into Arab and Jewish states, with Jerusalem under international control. The day was established in 1977. Pakistan supports an independent Palestinian state on pre-1967 borders with al-Quds al-Sharif (Jerusalem) as its capital.

Observed by

United Nations