{"id":223533,"date":"2010-02-12T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T17:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=223533"},"modified":"2019-11-06T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:34:46","slug":"international-meeting-in-support-of-israeli-palestinian-peace-the-urgency-of-addressing-the-permanent-status-issues-borders-jerusalem-settlements-refugees-water-qawra-malta-12-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/international-meeting-in-support-of-israeli-palestinian-peace-the-urgency-of-addressing-the-permanent-status-issues-borders-jerusalem-settlements-refugees-water-qawra-malta-12-1\/","title":{"rendered":"International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace “The urgency of addressing the permanent status issues \u2013 Borders, Jerusalem, settlements, refugees, water” Qawra, Malta, 12 – 13 February 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convened this Meeting to provide a forum for the exchange of views on the current state of the peace process and encourage a constructive dialogue among the stakeholders on how to create a political climate conducive to the resumption of the peace negotiations on permanent status issues. The Meeting, among other things, looked into the role of parliamentarians and inter-parliamentary organizations in supporting Israeli-Palestinian peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n

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Opening session<\/strong>
\nDr. Louis Galea, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta;
\nHon. Dr. Tonio Borg. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta, Representative of the Host Country;
\nMr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General;
\nHon. Mr. Rudy Salles, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM);
\nH.E. Mr. Pedro N\u00fa\u00f1ez Mosquera, Chairman of the Delegation of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People;
\nHon. Mr. Tayseer Quba\u2019a, Deputy Speaker, Palestinian National Council, Representative of Palestine;
\nHon. Mr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour, President of the Egyptian People\u2019s Assembly;
\nH.E. Mr. Cemil \u00c7i\u00e7ek, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State of Turkey.<\/p>\n

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Plenary I<\/strong>
\nDr. Samih Abid, Head of the Territorial and Border Committee, Palestine Liberation Organization;
\nH.E. Mr. Saviour Borg, Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations and Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People;
\nMr. Wolfgang Grieger, Secretary of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People;
\nMr. Peter Gubser, President, Retired, American Near East Refugee Aid;
\nMr. Michael Kingsley-Nyinah, Director of the Executive Office, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA);
\nMs. Helena Cobban, Researcher and Writer, Just World News<\/p>\n

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Plenary II<\/strong>
\nMr. Omar Al-Nahar, Director, Negotiations Co-ordination Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jordan;
\nHon. Ziyad Sabsabi, Deputy Chairman, Committee of Foreign Relations, the Council of Federation, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
\nHon. Mohamed Abou El-Enein, Member of the Egyptian People\u2019s Assembly, Roving Ambassador of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean; Mr. Sergio Piazzi, Secretary-General, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean;
\nH.E. Mr. Robert Rydberg, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden;
\nMr. Robert Dann, Chief, Regional Political Affairs, Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process<\/p>\n<\/div>

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