By Michelle Nichols
The United Nations (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia and France, on Tuesday, called out countries at the United Nations to support a statement that outlines “tangible, time -bound and irreversible steps” to implement a two -state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
The declaration of seven pages is the result of an international conference on the UN this week – organized by Saudi -Arabia and France – in the decades of conflict. The United States and Israel Boycot The event.
“We call on you to support this document before the end of the 79th session of the General Meeting by contacting the missions of Saudi Arabia and France in New York,” said Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud on the conference Tuesday. The 80th general meeting starts in September.
The first step in the statement is to put an end to the 22 -month war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“After ceases -the -Fires must be established a transition administrative committee immediately to operate in Gaza under the umbrella of the Palestinian authority,” it says. The Palestinian Authority is currently exerting a limited self -government on the West Bank under Israeli occupation.
The statement supports the use of a temporary international stabilization mission, imposed by the UN Security Council, and welcomes “the willingness that some Member States are expressed to contribute to troops.”
It evokes the leadership of Israel to “carry out a clear public dedication to the two-state solution, including a sovereign and viable Palestinian state,” to immediately put an end to violence and designation against Palestinians, and to stop all the settlements, Landgruffs and Annexation activities.
The statement undertakes to take restrictive measures against violent extremist settlers and those who support illegal settlements and take on specific measures “against entities and persons who act against the principle of the peaceful regulation of the issue of Palestine, through violence or terrorist deeds and in breach of international law.”
It also describes regional integration and independent Palestinian state as 'intertwined objectives'.
“Alleen door de oorlog in Gaza te beëindigen, alle gijzelaars vrij te geven, het beroep te beëindigen, geweld en terreur af te wijzen, een onafhankelijke, soevereine en democratische Palestijnse staat te realiseren, de bezetting van alle Arabische gebieden te beëindigen en te verstrekken van solide veiligheidsgaranties voor Israël en Palestina, kan de normale betrekkingen en coëraties en Coërations and co -features and co -features and co -features between the regions and the states are.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Edit by Daniel Wallis)
