  {"id":203329,"date":"2004-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203329"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:33:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:33:10","slug":"auto-insert-203329","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203329\/","title":{"rendered":"Annan hopeful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza sparks renewal of Road Map peace plan &#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 style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Annan hopeful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza sparks renewal of Road Map peace plan<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/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;\"><i>15 April 2004 <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;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 welcomes the possibility of an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip but hopes that such a step would spark the renewal of 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, his spokesperson said today. <\/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;\">Responding to questions at the daily press briefing in New York, spokesperson Marie Okabe said the Secretary-General &quot;continues to believe that such a withdrawal should be complete and represent the end of the Israeli occupation of Gaza.&quot; <\/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;\">Mr. Annan also &quot;reiterates his position that final status issues should be determined in negotiations between the parties based on relevant Security Council resolutions,&quot; she added. &quot;He strongly believes that they should refrain from taking any steps that would prejudice or pre-empt the outcome of such talks.&quot; <\/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 Road Map is a plan put forward by the so-called Quartet of the UN, European Union, Russian Federation and United States that calls for a series of parallel and reciprocal steps to be taken by Israel and 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;\">Meanwhile at a meeting in Geneva to discuss the effect of Israel&#39;s construction of a separation barrier in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Secretary-General sent a message which said that attempts by Israelis and Palestinians to achieve political goals or security through measures that injure the other are &quot;bound to fail.&quot; <\/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;Over the long term, the only real hope lies in realizing the vision, widely supported by the international community, of a region where two States &#8211; Israel and Palestine &#8211; live side by side in peace, within secure and recognized borders,&quot; said the Secretary-General&#39;s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/News\/Press\/docs\/2004\/sgsm9257.doc.htm\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>message<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, delivered on his behalf by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annan hopeful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza sparks renewal of Road Map peace plan&nbsp; 15 April 2004 &#8211; Âé¶¹APP Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomes the possibility of an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip but hopes that such a step would spark the renewal of the Road Map&nbsp;to peace, his spokesperson said today. 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