Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron TIPH

 

TIPH is an international civilian observer mission. TIPH assists the parties in the normalisation of the situation in the city and reports on their efforts and the breaches of the agreements on Hebron and international law. TIPH reports to the Palestinian and Israeli authorities and to the six member countries.

 
 

TIPH Attends The Closing Ceremony of two Funded Projects

16 May, 2013, TIPH participated in a closing ceremony for two TIPH funded projects relating to environmental awareness for school children in H2, organized by Hebron France Association.
 

New TIPH Observers in Hebron

TIPH conducted a rotation of observers, , in the beginning of May. New members from the different TIPH member countries have replaced 16 members returning to their home countries after serving in TIPH between six and 18 months.
 

Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs visits TIPH

Hebron 03.05.2013: Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Didier Burkhalter, together with representatives of the Swiss Embassy and the Head of the Swiss representative office in Ramallah, visited TIPH in Hebron.
 

Palestinian Child day Celebration in Hebron

On April 9, 2013, TIPH Deputy Head of Mission, Sante De Pasquele and other TIPH members participated in The International Palestinian Day against Child labour, that was held in Hebron in the Tareq Ibn Ziyad Community Centre. The opening speech by Dr Raghad A. Dwaik, the City Councillor from the Municipality was followed by a speech from De Pasquele.
 

TIPH held ceremony in honour of two killed Observers

On 26 March 2013 TIPH held a commemoration ceremony in honour of two of its members who were shot dead eleven years ago. Catherine Berruex from Switzerland and Turgut Cengiz Toytunç from Turkey were killed on Bypass Road 35 just outside the city. Hüseyin Ozarslan from Turkey was injured.