TS document reporting on a press conference held by the League of Arab States concerning several students at girls’ schools in the West Bank suffering the symptoms of poisoning. The document is marked ‘For information of United Nations Secretariat only.’

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Press release issued by the Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations entitled ‘14 years-old Palestinian Nasri Mohammed Asaad Kmeil shot in head as Israeli occupation troops open fire on Palestinian demonstrators in Kabatiyeh.’LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/1

Computer printout of six Reuters articles concerning a mystery illness affecting Palestinian schoolchildren in the West Bank. One of the articles is by Galina Vromen and one is by David Rogers, the authors of the others are not stated.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/2

Press release issued by the Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations entitled ‘New gassing attacks against Palestinian school children in West Bank.’LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/3

Press release issued by the Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations entitled ‘Palestinian national bodies hold emergency meeting about poisonous gas attacks against school children.’LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/4

Document S/15659 issued by the UN Security Council giving the TS text of a letter from Hasan Abdul Rahman, Deputy Permanent Observer of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, to the President of the United Nations Security Council concerning the poisoning of Palestinian schoolgirls in the West Bank with the TS text of a letter from Sbdullah Salah, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN, transmitting the first letter to the Security Council. The original letters were signed, this reproduction of the texts is not.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/5

TS document giving the ‘Press statement of His Excellency Mr Habib Chatty, Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, on the Anniversary of the Palestinian Day of the Land which coincides with 30th March’ x 2.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/6

Document S/15673 issued by the UN Security Council giving the TS text of a letter of 31 March 1983 from Riyadh Al-Qaysi, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations, to the President of the Security Council concerning the poisoning of Palestinian schoolgirls in the West Bank. The original letter was signed, this reproduction of the text is not.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/7

Document S/15674 issued by the UN Security Council giving the TS text of a letter from Yehuda Z. Blum, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, to the President of the Security Council concerning the allegations that Israel had poisoned Palestinian schoolgirls. The original letter was signed, this reproduction of the text is not.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/8

Photocopy of a letter from Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of the Palestinian Revolution, which seems to be addressed to the Secretary-General of the UN (this is not explicitly stated), concerning the poisoning of Palestinian school girls. The letter is not signed.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/9

TS document reporting on a press conference held by the League of Arab States concerning several students at girls’ schools in the West Bank suffering the symptoms of poisoning. The document is marked ‘For information of United Nations Secretariat only.’LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/10

Press release issued by the Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations entitled ‘Israeli poisoning of Palestinian schoolgirls escalates in the West Bank.’LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/11

TS document entitled ‘Developments Affecting Palestinian Rights: Summary of Items of Interest to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People Monitored from the press by the Division for Palestinian Rights’, which contains extracts from the press coverage of the suspected poisoning of Palestinian school children in the West Bank.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/12

Press release issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross Information Department concerning an assessment carried out by Dr Altherr of the sudden and mysterious hospitalisation of hundreds of people in the West Bank.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/13

Press release issued by the Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations entitled ‘New cases of poisoning in the Ramallah area of the West Bank.’LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/14

Press release issued by the Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations entitled ‘Palestinian Doctors Union in Occupied Jerusalem Accuse Israeli Authorities of Complacency in Mass Poisoning’ x 2.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/15

Photocopy of a TS final report entitled ‘Epidemic Acute Illness – West Bank,’ issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/16

Telex of an article entitled ‘Mideast-Report says West Bank illnesses psychological’ by Christopher Hanson.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/17

Report compiled by Dr Halfdan Mahler, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) concerning ‘a health emergency of an ill-defined nature on the West Bank, March-April 1983’ issued by the UN Security Council following an independent inquiry conducted by the WHO, which was requested by the Secretary-General x 2.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/18

TS document reporting on a press conference held by the PLO concerning the number of Palestinian forces in the Bekaa Valley and the medical situation in the West Bank. The document is marked ‘For information of United Nations Secretariat only.’LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/19

Document issued by the United Nations General Assembly and Economic and Social Council that provides the TS text of a letter of 19 March 1985 from Aryeh Levin, Chargé d’Affairs a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations, to the Secretary-General concerning a report entitled ‘Arab Women and Children under Israel’s Administration: A Paper in Rebuttal of Document A/CONF. 116/6’[attached as an annex]. The original letter was signed, this reprint of the text is not.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/20

Teleprinter message from Anthony Goodman to Andrej Gustincic suggesting that the poisoning of school girls in parts of the West Bank in March-April 1983 could be recalled in an article about Kosovo. His suggestion is taken up in the article, which forms the next item.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/21

Teleprinter message of a Reuters article sent through a communications network entitled ‘What caused Kosovo’s mystery illness? The riddle goes on,’ by Andrej Gustincic.LC/MS/ARG/1/2/11/22

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