  {"id":196965,"date":"2003-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196965"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:18:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:18:57","slug":"auto-insert-196965","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196965\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen welcomes &#8216;Geneva Accord&#8217; on Mideast as consistent to road map to peace &#8211; UN news item"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"4px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>Geneva Accord on Middle East consistent with Road Map to peace &#8211; Annan<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>5 November <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>&#8211; <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Âé¶¹APP Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the &quot;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/81D0B109A7C334A285256DD400710271.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Geneva Accord<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&quot; drafted by prominent Israelis and Palestinians and giving detailed steps to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&quot;Such private initiatives, while not a substitute for official diplomatic negotiations between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, deserve praise and encouragement as courageous attempts to break the stalemate on both sides and to generate the popular support needed for peace in the Middle East,&quot; said a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/sg\/sgstats.asp?nid=610\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>statement<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;issued by a spokesman for Mr. Annan. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Accord was consistent and compatible with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/6129B9C832FE59AB85256D43004D87FA.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Road Map<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;to peace drawn up and supported by the diplomatic Quartet &#8211; the Âé¶¹APP, the United States, the European Union and the Russian Federation, it added. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&quot;It is now of paramount importance that the parties start implementing the Road Map provisions without delay,&quot; the statement said. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Geneva Accord, which urges cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians on many levels, was spearheaded by Oslo architect Yossi Beilin on the Israeli side and former minister Yasser Abed Rabbo for the Palestinians. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Last Tuesday Mr. Annan met retired Israeli Admiral Ami Ayalon and the president of Al-Quds University, Sari Nusseibeh, of the &quot;People&#39;s Voice Initiative,&quot; another unofficial Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">According to the People&#39;s Voice web site, some 104,000 Israelis and 60,000 Palestinians have signed up as supporters of the plan, which calls for a two-State solution, as well as an end to the Palestinian right of return to lands within the state of Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geneva Accord on Middle East consistent with Road Map to peace &#8211; 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