Summit of Peacemakers at Sharm Al-Sheikh – Co-Chairmen’s statement – Letter from Egypt and USA

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECURITY COUNCIL

Fifty-first session Fifty-first year

Item 33 of the preliminary list*

THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Letter dated 1 April 1996 from the Permanent Representatives of

Egypt and the United States of America to the United Nations   

addressed to the Secretary-General

We have the honour to enclose the text of the Co-Chairmen's statement of the Summit of Peacemakers adopted on 13 March 1996 at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. We ask that it be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly, under item 33 of the preliminary list, and of the Security Council.

(Signed)  Nabil A. ELARABY (Signed)  Madeleine K. ALBRIGHT   

     Ambassador Ambassador                      

     Permanent Representative of Permanent Representative of     

     the Arab Republic of Egypt the United States of America    

     to the United Nations to the United Nations           

* A/51/50.

96-08079 (E)

ANNEX

Co-Chairmen's Statement of the Summit of Peacemakers,

adopted on 13 March 1996 at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

The Summit of Peacemakers has just concluded.  This meeting took place at a time when the peace process is confronting serious threats.  The Summit had three fundamental objectives:  to enhance the peace process, to promote security and to combat terror.  Accordingly, the participants here today:

– Express their full support for the Middle East peace process and their determination that this process continue in order to accomplish a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region;

– Affirm their determination to promote security and stability and to prevent the enemies of peace from achieving their ultimate objective of destroying the real opportunity for peace in the Middle East;

– Re-emphasize their strong condemnation of all acts of terror in all its abhorrent forms, whatever its motivation, and whoever its perpetrator, including recent terrorist attacks in Israel, consider them alien to the moral and spiritual values shared by all the peoples of the region and reaffirm their intention to stand staunchly against all such acts, and to urge all Governments to join them in this condemnation and opposition.

To that end, we decided:

(a) To support the Israeli-Palestinian agreements, the continuation of the negotiating process and to politically and economically reinforce it, to enhance the security situation for both, with special attention to the current and pressing economic needs of the Palestinians;

(b) To support continuation of the negotiating process in order to achieve a comprehensive settlement;

(c) To work together to promote security and stability in the region by developing effective and practical means of cooperation and further assistance;

(d) To promote coordination of efforts to stop acts of terror on bilateral, regional and international levels; ensuring that instigators of such acts are brought to justice; supporting efforts by all parties to prevent their territories from being used for terrorist purposes; and preventing terrorist organizations from engaging in recruitment, supplying arms, or fund-raising;

(e) To exert maximum efforts to identify and determine the sources of financing for these groups and to cooperate in cutting them off, and by providing training, equipment and other forms of support to those taking steps against groups using violence and terror to undermine peace, security or stability;

(f) To form a working group, open to all Summit participants, to prepare recommendations on how best to implement the decisions contained in this statement, through ongoing work, and to report to the participants within 30 days.

        President Bill CLINTON President Hosni MUBARAK       

       United States of America  Arab Republic of Egypt        

             Co-Chairman       Co-Chairman             

APPENDIX

List of participants

(in the order in which they addressed the Summit)

Co-Chairmen:  Egypt and United States of America

1. Russian Federation

2. Israel

3. Palestine

4. Jordan

5. Morocco

6. Turkey

7. France

8. Secretary-General of the United Nations

9. Bahrain

10. Italy

11. Norway

12. Germany

13. Spain

14. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15. Ireland

16. Mauritania

17. Canada

18. Saudi Arabia

19. Kuwait

20. Yemen

21. Qatar

22. Oman

23. United Arab Emirates

24. Tunisia

25. Algeria

26. Japan

27. European Commission

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