SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES THAT FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCHELL REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS COULD HELP RESTART MIDDLE EAST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Following is the text of a statement issued yesterday, by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the report of the Sharm el-Sheik Fact-Finding Committee:
Having received the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee report, the Secretary-General wishes to congratulate Senator Mitchell and the Committee members for having produced a fair and balanced analysis of the causes of the present crisis.
The Secretary-General has written to President Bush to express his appreciation for the Committee's emphasis on the need for a halt to all settlement activity; to support the call for maximum effort to control violence in all its forms; and to stress the economic and social crisis facing the Palestinian people.
The Secretary-General believes that full implementation of the report's recommendations could, in conjunction with the Jordanian-Egyptian initiative, help build a bridge back to negotiations towards a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East on the basis of United Nations Security Council resolutions 242 and 338.
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Document Type: French text, Press Release, Secretary-General press release, Statement
Document Sources: Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Country: United States of America
Subject: Economic issues, Negotiations and agreements, Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Social issues
Publication Date: 14/05/2001