The Meeting, convened under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, looked at obstacles and opportunities on the road to achieving peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and encouraged broad international action in this respect. It considered ways in which Governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society can be instrumental in helping the parties resume and strengthen the political dialogue and in promoting and applying the principles of international law to efforts aimed at resolving the conflict. From the regional perspective, the Meeting considered how Asian and Pacific States can make an effective contribution through their action in national and intergovernmental mechanisms.
OPENING SESSION
Message by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Pichet Wangtepanukhor, Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Thailand ()
H.E. Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People ()
H.E. Mr. Riad Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Palestinian Authority, Representative of Palestine
PLENARY I
Illegal construction of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land: the reality on the ground
H.E. Mr. Mahathir Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Putrajaya
Mr. Gideon Levy, Columnist, Ha’aretz, Tel Aviv
Mr. Ray Dolphin, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Barrier Specialist, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Jerusalem
Ms. Diana Buttu, Joint Fellow with the Middle East Initiative and Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Programme, Former Legal Advisor, PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah ()
H.E. Mr. Kamal Hossain, Jurist, Former Member of the Inquiry Commission, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Dhaka ()
PLENARY II
Settlement building as the main obstacle to the two-State solution
Mr. Iain Scobbie, Sir Joseph Hotung Research Professor in Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London ()
Ms. Hind Khoury, Former General Delegate of Palestine to France, Former Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, Palestinian Authority, Jerusalem ()
Mr. Li Guofu, Senior Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies, Beijing
Mr. Taro Kono, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan, Tokyo
Mr. Nidal Foqaha, Director-General, Palestinian Peace Coalition – Geneva Initiative, Ramallah ()
Mr. Gadi Baltiansky, Director-General, Geneva Initiative in Israel, Tel Aviv ()
PLENARY III
Support by Asia and the Pacific for a comprehensive, just?and lasting settlement of the question of Palestine
Mr. Walden Bello, Member of the House of Representatives, of the Republic of the Philippines, Manila ()
H.E. Mr. Abdelaziz Aboughosh, Ambassador of Palestine to Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei Darussalam, Kuala Lumpur ()
H.E. Mr. Hasan Kleib, Director-General for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia
Mr. Nick Ferriman, Vice-Chairperson, Palestine Solidarity Campaign Thailand, Bangkok ()