Under the theme “Reviving the collective international engagement towards a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, the Meeting reviewed the current situation on the ground, including the main obstacles to the realization of the two-State solution, such as continued Israeli settlement expansion, and the latest international efforts to end such illegal practices. It examined action by United Nations organs in response to violations of international law, and explored current opportunities, particularly following the admission of Palestine in the United Nations as a non-Member Observer State. The Meeting also looked at possible ways for the international community to create conditions conducive to the resumption of meaningful negotiations between the parties. Invited were also all United Nations Members and Observers, intergovernmental organizations, United Nations system entities, parliamentarians, members of the academic community and representatives of civil society organizations.
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- H.E. Mr. Ma Zhaoxu, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China; Representative of the host country
- Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs; Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
- H.E. Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
- Mr. Bassam al-Salhi, Secretary-General, Palestinian People’s Party; Member, Palestinian Legislative Council; Representative of the State of Palestine
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs
PLENARY I
Creating favourable conditions for the resumption of negotiations?while countering the obstacles to the realization of the two-State solution
Mr. Bassam al-Salhi, Secretary-General, Palestinian People’s Party; Member, Palestinian Legislative Council
Mr. Richard Wright, Director, 蘑菇视频RWA Representative Office in New York )
Mr. Ahmad Tibi, Member of the Knesset (Arab Movement for Change), Jerusalem
Mr. Li Lianhe, Deputy Director-General, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China
Mr. Daniel Ben Simon, Former member of the Knesset (Labour), Tel Aviv
Mr. Qais Abdel-Karim Khader, Chairman, Committee for Social Affairs and Health, Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah
PLENARY II
United Nations and Palestine
Mr. Abdullah Abdullah, Head of the Political Committee, Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah
Ms. Christine Chanet, Chairperson, Human Rights Council Fact-finding Mission on Israeli Settlements, Member, Committee against Torture
H.E. Mr. Nawaf Salam, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, New York
Mr. La Yifan, Deputy Director-General, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations, New York
PLENARY III
Towards a resumption of meaningful negotiations: The role of the international community
H.E. Mr. Wu Sike, Ambassador, China’s Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue
H.E. Mr. Abdulaziz Aboughosh, Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Brunei Darussalam
Ms. Yifat Bitton, Associate Professor of Law, Sha’arei Mishpatim Law College, Hod HaSharon, Israel
Mr. Shlomo Molla, Former Member of Knesset (Kadima), Rishon Letzion, Israel
Mr. Nathan Stock, Assistant Director, Conflict Resolution Programme, The Carter Center, Atlanta
CLOSING SESSION
Mr. La Yifan Deputy, Director-General, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China, Representative of the host country
H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Representative of the State of Palestine
H.E. Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People