SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BUSH

ON PRESENTATION OF ‘ROAD MAP’ TO ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the statement by President Bush this morning that the Road Map of the Quartet will be presented to the Israelis and Palestinians once the Palestinian Prime Minister has been confirmed in office. Since December 2002, the Secretary-General has been pressing for the Road Map to be adopted and presented to the parties as soon as possible.
The Secretary-General urges that, once the Road Map has been presented, its implementation by the parties will be pursued with persistence and determination.

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Document symbol: SG/SM/8635|PAL/1939
Document Type: French text, Press Release, Secretary-General press release, Statement
Document Sources: Quartet, Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Country: United States of America
Subject: Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Quartet, Road Map
Publication Date: 14/03/2003