{"id":199293,"date":"2011-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=199293"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:45:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:45:34","slug":"auto-insert-199293","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-199293\/","title":{"rendered":"Departure of George Mitchell as US Envoy to the Middle East &#8211; EU High Representative Catherine Ashton statement &#8211; EU press release\/Non-UN document (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27413%27%20height%3D%27121%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20413%20121%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27413%27%20height%3D%27121%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/4be1390ad208a79e852578920066c7d2_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"121px\" width=\"413px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on the<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>departure of George Mitchell as US envoy to the Middle East<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made today the following statement:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>&quot;I have spoken to George Mitchell tonight and wished him every success as he moves on to new endeavours.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Over the last year and a half I have had the great good fortune to work closely with him to advance the cause of peace in the Middle East.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>I will always be grateful for his cooperation and his enormous knowledge and experience of fighting conflict, from which I have learnt so much.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>He is a remarkable man, a tireless champion of the search for peace and mutual understanding between peoples and communities.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>I pay tribute to his commitment to help Israelis and Palestinians achieve the goal of two states living side by side in peace and security.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>I am proud to have worked with George and privileged to be his friend.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>We all owe him a debt of gratitude. 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