Support voiced for peace conference on Middle East.

• Position: Eighth International non-governmental Organization Meeting on the Question of Palestine; fifth European Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine - Brief Article

Participants in two special UN meetings concerned with Palestinian rights have supported the convening of an international peace conference on the Middle East under UN auspices.

The meetings, both held in Vienna, were the eighth International Non-governmental Organization (NGO) Meeting on the Question of Palestine (28-30 August), and the fifth European Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine (26-27 August).

Participants included representatives of NGOs, Governments, organizations from Israel and the occupied territories, intergovernmental organizations, and UN specialized agencies and bodies.

Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, in a message to the International NGO Meeting, expressed concern over the...