Draft Decision: Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution (A/80/L.1)

09 September 2025

Eightieth session

Item 35 of the provisional agenda*

Question of Palestine

France, Guinea, Indonesia, Ireland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and State of Palestine:** draft decision

Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution ES-10/24 of 18 September 2024, in which it decided to convene during the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly an international conference under the auspices of the Assembly for the implementation of the United Nations resolutions pertaining to the question of Palestine and the two-State solution for the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East,

Recalling also its resolution 79/81 of 3 December 2024, in which it adopted the modalities for the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, convened from 28 to 30 July in New York, and decided that it would adopt an action-oriented outcome document to urgently chart an irreversible pathway towards the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-State solution,

Recalling further the decision of the General Assembly, in its decision 79/573 B of 5 September 2025, to resume the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution:

(a)    Expresses its profound gratitude to France and Saudi Arabia for discharging their responsibilities as Co-Chairs of the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution and for elaborating, together with the Co-Chairs of the working groups, on the basis of consultations with Member States, the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution;[1]

(b)    Endorses the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution submitted by the Co-Chairs of the Conference and the Co-Chairs of the working groups to the Conference.

          *  A/80/150.

**  Any changes to the list of sponsors will be reflected in the official record of the meeting.

[1] A/CONF.243/2025/1, annex.

Related documents: 

• High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution
• New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State solution – UN High-Level International Conference [AR, EN, FR, ES, RU, CH] 
• Annex – New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution (A/CONF.243/2025/1/Add.1)