PLO official: UN resolutions affirm the Palestinian right of return
Headline: "Al-Agha: [UN] Resolution 194 guarantees the right of return, which will not be harmed or influenced by the establishment of the Palestinian state"
"Member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of its department for refugee affairs, Zakariya Al-Agha, emphasized that the right of return [of Palestinian refugees] would not be harmed or influenced in any way by the establishment of a Palestinian state, whether it arose on the basis of [UN] Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, or whether on the basis of the Partition Plan [Resolution] 181. He noted that Resolution 181 affirms the right of return… He said: 'No one has the right to demand of us not to appeal to the UN, or to threaten us with ceasing [their] assistance if we go ahead with the appeal."
"Member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of its department for refugee affairs, Zakariya Al-Agha, emphasized that the right of return [of Palestinian refugees] would not be harmed or influenced in any way by the establishment of a Palestinian state, whether it arose on the basis of [UN] Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, or whether on the basis of the Partition Plan [Resolution] 181. He noted that Resolution 181 affirms the right of return… He said: 'No one has the right to demand of us not to appeal to the UN, or to threaten us with ceasing [their] assistance if we go ahead with the appeal."