On 29 November, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 181 on the partition of Palestine. Since 1977 this date, November 29th, has been observed by the United Nations, and by Member States, as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In December 1999 the General Assembly requested Member States to continue to give wide publicity to the Day.

The United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People promotes international support for the achievement by the Palestinian people of their rights, and for a peaceful settlement of the Palestine issue.