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PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON WORK PROGRAMME FOR MAY
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Outlining the Council’s programme of work for the month ahead, he said that on 11 May, it would hold a meeting on the Middle East, chaired by Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs and for which the Foreign Ministers of other Council members, as well as the Secretary-General, had been invited. The main objective was to give a new impetus to the peace process. The role of the Council would be discussed, as would measures to restart the peace process, normalize the situation in the region and implement Council decisions. A presidential statement was being prepared.
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Responding to questions, he said no meetings of the Middle East Quartet were expected on the occasion of the 11 May debate, adding that representatives of the Government of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the League of Arab States had not been invited. Some Foreign Ministers from Council member States would participate and ways to implement Council decisions would be discussed, including an affirmation of the need for a two-State solution. The Council was expecting information from the Secretary-General on the report of the Board of Inquiry on Gaza, and would decide what to do after receiving that information.
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Document Type: French text, Press Conference, Press briefing
Document Sources: Security Council, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Country: Russian Federation
Subject: Gaza Strip, Middle East situation, Peace process
Publication Date: 04/05/2009