{"id":204391,"date":"2006-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=204391"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:45:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:45:53","slug":"auto-insert-204391","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-204391\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli and Palestinian women call on Quartet intervention to end conflict\/Appeal by Intl. Women’s Commission – UNIFEM press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\tIsraeli and Palestinian Women Call on Quartet to Intervene to End the Conflict<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tDate:<\/strong> 13 July 2006\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the International Women’s Commission for a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace (IWC) convened an emergency meeting in Athens, July 13, 2006. Following deliberations, the meeting issued the following appeal:<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tThe present crisis is escalating out of control in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (especially in Gaza), Israel and Lebanon, threatening the region as a whole.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tWe reject the use of force. We call for an immediate end to the fighting and a return to the political process.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tCivilians, mainly women and children, are paying the price daily for this vicious cycle of retaliation and counter-retaliation. This is a time of great danger. Political collapse will lead to total loss of control, anarchy and chaos. If no action is taken today, tomorrow will be too late.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tWe urgently request the Quartet to intervene immediately to stop the fighting.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tWe call upon the Quartet to dispatch high-level special envoys, including women, to mediate a truce and the exchange of prisoners, and to lead the parties back to political negotiations that address the root issues of the conflict.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tThis is the last chance for sanity. This is the last chance for a two-state solution.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tThe International Womens Commission for a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace (IWC) is an international body of Palestinian, Israeli, and International women established in 2005 under the auspices of UNIFEM  in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tFor more information contact:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n