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ملحق رقم (2)
النص الرسمي بالإنجليزية
A Performance-based road map
to a permanent two-state solution to the israeli - palestinian
conflict
The
following is a performance-based and goal-driven roadmap, with clear
phases, timelines, target dates, and benchmarks aiming at progress
through reciprocal steps by the two parties in the political,
security, economic, humanitarian, and institution-building fields,
under the auspices of the Quartet. The destination is a final and
comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict by 2005,
as presented in President Bush's speech of 24 June, and welcomed by
the EU, Russia and the UN in the 16 July and 17 September Quartet
Ministerial statements.
A
two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will only be
achieved through an end to violence and terrorism, when the
Palestinian people have a leadership acting decisively against terror
and willing and able to build a practicing democracy based on
tolerance and liberty, and through Israel's readiness to do what is
necessary for a democratic Palestinian state to be established, and a
clear, unambiguous acceptance by both parties of the goal of a
negotiated settlement as described below. The Quartet will assist and
facilitate implementation of the plan, starting in Phase I, including
direct discussions between the parties as required. The plan
establishes a realistic timeline for implementation. However, as a
performance-based plan, progress will require and depend upon the good
faith efforts of the parties, and their compliance with each of the
obligations outlined below. Should the parties perform their
obligations rapidly, progress within and through the phases may come
sooner than indicated in the plan. Non-compliance with obligations
will impede progress.
A
settlement, negotiated between the parties, will result in the
emergence of an independent, democratic, and viable Palestinian state
living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its other
neighbors. The settlement will resolve the Israel-Palestinian
conflict, and end the occupation that began in 1967, based on the
foundations of the Madrid Conference, the principle of land for peace,
UNSCRs 242, 338 and 1397, agreements previously reached by the
parties, and the initiative of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah - endorsed
by the Beirut Arab League Summit - calling for acceptance of Israel as
a neighbor living in peace and security, in the context of a
comprehensive settlement. This initiative is a vital element of
international efforts to promote a comprehensive peace on all tracks,
including the Syrian-Israeli and Lebanese-Israeli tracks.
The
Quartet will meet regularly at senior levels to evaluate the parties'
performance on implementation of the plan. In each phase, the parties
are expected to perform their obligations in parallel, unless
otherwise indicated.
Phase I:
ending terror and violence, normalizing palestinian life,
and building palestinian institutions
present to may 2003
In
Phase I, the Palestinians immediately undertake an unconditional
cessation of violence according to the steps outlined below; such
action should be accompanied by supportive measures undertaken by
Israel. Palestinians and Israelis resume security cooperation based on
the Tenet work plan to end violence, terrorism, and incitement through
restructured and effective Palestinian security services. Palestinians
undertake comprehensive political reform in preparation for statehood,
including drafting a Palestinian constitution, and free, fair and open
elections upon the basis of those measures. Israel takes all necessary
steps to help normalize Palestinian life. Israel withdraws from
Palestinian areas occupied from September 28, 2000 and the two sides
restore the status quo that existed at that time, as security
performance and cooperation progress. Israel also freezes all
settlement activity, consistent with the Mitchell report.
At
the outset of Phase I:
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Palestinian
leadership issues unequivocal statement reiterating Israel's right
to exist in peace and security and calling for an immediate and
unconditional ceasefire to end armed activity and all acts of
violence against Israelis anywhere. All official Palestinian
institutions end incitement against Israel.
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Israeli
leadership issues unequivocal statement affirming its commitment to
the two-state vision of an independent, viable, sovereign
Palestinian, state living in peace and security alongside Israel, as
expressed by President Bush, and calling for an immediate end to
violence against Palestinians everywhere. All official Israeli
institutions end incitement against Palestinians.
security
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Palestinians
declare an unequivocal end to violence and terrorism and undertake
visible efforts on the ground to arrest, disrupt, and restrain
individuals and groups conducting and planning violent attacks on
Israelis anywhere.
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Rebuilt and
refocused Palestinian Authority security apparatus begins sustained,
targeted, and effective operations aimed at confronting all those
engaged in terror and dismantlement of terrorist capabilities and
infrastructure. This includes commencing confiscation of illegal
weapons and consolidation of security authority, free of association
with terror and corruption.
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GOI takes no
actions undermining trust, including deportations, attacks on
civilians; confiscation and/or demolition of Palestinian homes and
property, as a punitive measure or to facilitate Israeli
construction; destruction of Palestinian institutions and
infrastructure; and other measures specified in the Tenet Work Plan.
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Relying on
existing mechanisms and on-the-ground resources, Quartet
representatives begin informal monitoring and consult with the
parties on establishment of a formal monitoring mechanism and its
implementation.
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Implementation,
as previously agreed, of U.S. rebuilding, training and resumed
security cooperation plan in collaboration with outside oversight
board (U.S.-Egypt-Jordan). Quartet support for efforts to achieve a
lasting, comprehensive cease-fire.
*All
Palestinian security organizations are consolidated into three
services reporting to an empowered Interior Minister,
*Restructured/retrained Palestinian security forces and IDF
counterparts progressively resume security cooperation and other
undertakings in implementation of the Tenet work plan, including
regular senior-level meetings, with the participation of U.S. security
officials.
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Arab states cut
off public and private funding and all other forms of support for
groups supporting and engaging in violence and terror.
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All donors
providing budgetary support for the Palestinians channel these funds
through the Palestinian Ministry of Finance's Single Treasury
Account.
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As comprehensive
security performance moves forward, IDF withdraws progressively from
areas occupied since September 28,2000 and the two sides restore the
status quo that existed prior to September 28,2000. Palestinian
security forces redeploy to areas vacated by IDF.
palestinian institution-building
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Immediate action
on credible process to produce draft constitution for Palestinian
statehood. As rapidly as possible, constitutional committee
circulates draft Palestinian constitution, based on strong
parliamentary democracy and cabinet with empowered prime minister,
for public comment/debate. Constitutional committee proposes draft
document for submission after elections for approval by appropriate
Palestinian institutions.
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Appointment of
interim prime minister or cabinet with empowered executive
authority/decision-making body.
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GOI fully
facilitates travel of Palestinian officials for PLC and Cabinet
sessions, internationally supervised security retraining, electoral
and other reform activity, and other supportive measures related to
the reform efforts.
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Continued
appointment of Palestinian ministers empowered to undertake
fundamental reform. Completion of farther steps to achieve genuine
separation of powers, including any necessary Palestinian legal
reforms for this purpose.
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Establishment of
independent Palestinian election commission. PLC reviews and revises
election law.
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Palestinian
performance on judicial, administrative, and economic benchmarks, as
established by the International Task Force on Palestinian Reform.
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As early as
possible, and based upon the above measures and in the context of
open debate and transparent candidate selection/electoral campaign
based on a free, multi-party process, Palestinians hold free, open,
and fair elections.
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GOI facilitates
Task Force election assistance, registration of voters, movement of
candidates and voting officials. Support for NGOs involved in the
election process.
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GOI reopens
Palestinian Chamber of Commerce and other closed Palestinian
institutions in East Jerusalem based on a commitment that these
institutions operate strictly in accordance with prior agreements
between the parties.
humanitarian response
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Israel takes
measures to improve the humanitarian situation. Israel and
Palestinians implement in full all recommendations of the Bertini
report to improve humanitarian conditions, lifting curfews and
easing restrictions on movement of persons and goods, and allowing
full, safe, and unfettered access of international and humanitarian
personnel.
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AHLC reviews the
humanitarian situation and prospects for economic development in the
West Bank and Gaza and launches a major donor assistance effort,
including to the reform effort.
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GOI and PA
continue revenue clearance process and transfer of funds, including
arrears, in accordance with agreed, transparent monitoring
mechanism.
civil society
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Continued donor
support, including increased funding through PVOs/NGOs, for people
to people programs, private sector development and civil society
initiatives.
settlements
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GOI immediately
dismantles settlement outposts erected since March 2001.
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Consistent with
the Mitchell Report, GOI freezes all settlement activity (including
natural growth of settlements).
phase II: transition
june 2003-DECEMBER 2003
In
the second phase, efforts are focused on the option of creating an
independent Palestinian state with provisional borders and attributes
of sovereignty, based on the new constitution, as a way station to a
permanent status settlement. As has been noted, this goal can be
achieved when the Palestinian people have a leadership acting
decisively against terror, willing and able to build a practicing
democracy based on tolerance and liberty. With such a leadership,
reformed civil institutions and security structures, the Palestinians
will have the active support of the Quartet and the broader
international community in establishing an independent, viable, state.
Progress into Phase II will be based upon the consensus judgment of
the Quartet of whether conditions are appropriate to proceed, taking
into account performance of both parries. Furthering and sustaining
efforts to normalize Palestinian lives and build Palestinian
institutions, Phase II starts after Palestinian elections and ends
with possible creation of an independent Palestinian state with
provisional borders in 2003. Its primary goals are continued
comprehensive security performance and effective security cooperation,
continued normalization of Palestinian life and institution-building,
further building on and sustaining of the goals outlined in Phase I,
ratification of a democratic Palestinian constitution, formal
establishment of office of prime minister, consolidation of political
reform, and the creation of a Palestinian state with provisional
borders.
*international conference: Convened by the Quartet, in consultation
with the parties, immediately after the successful conclusion of
Palestinian elections, to support Palestinian economic recovery and
launch a process, leading to establishment of an independent
Palestinian state with provisional borders.
*Such a meeting would be inclusive, based on the goal of a
comprehensive Middle East peace (including between Israel and Syria,
and Israel and Lebanon), and based on the principles described in the
preamble to this document.
*Arab states restore pre-intifada links to Israel (trade offices,
etc.).
*Revival of multilateral engagement on issues including regional water
resources, environment, economic development, refugees, and arms
control issues.
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New constitution for democratic, independent Palestinian state is
finalized and approved by appropriate Palestinian institutions.
Further elections, if required, should follow approval of the new
constitution.
·
Empowered reform cabinet with office of prime minister formally
established, consistent with draft constitution.
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Continued comprehensive security performance, including effective
security cooperation on the bases laid out in Phase I.
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Creation of an independent Palestinian state with provisional borders
through a process of Israeli-Palestinian engagement, launched by the
international conference. As part of this process, implementation of
prior agreements, to enhance maximum territorial contiguity, including
further action on settlements in conjunction with establishment of a
Palestinian state with provisional borders.
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Enhanced international role in monitoring transition, with the active,
sustained, and operational support of the Quartet.
·
Quartet members promote international recognition of Palestinian
state, including possible UN membership.
phase III:
permanent status agreement
and end of the israeli-palestinian conflict
2004 - 2005
Progress into Phase III, based on consensus judgment of Quartet, and
taking into account actions of both parties and Quartet monitoring.
Phase III objectives are consolidation of reform and stabilization of
Palestinian institutions, sustained, effective Palestinian security
performance, and Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at a permanent
status agreement in 2005.
·
second international conference: Convened by Quartet, in consultation
with the parties, at beginning of 2004 to endorse agreement reached on
an independent Palestinian state with provisional borders and formally
to launch a process with the active, sustained, and operational
support of the Quartet, leading to a final, permanent status
resolution in 2005, including on borders, Jerusalem, refugees,
settlements; and, to support progress toward a comprehensive Middle
East settlement between Israel and Lebanon and Israel and Syria, to be
achieved as soon as possible.
·
Continued comprehensive, effective progress on the reform agenda laid
out by the Task Force in preparation for final status agreement.
·
Continued sustained and effective security performance, and sustained,
effective security cooperation on the bases laid out in Phase I.
·
International efforts to facilitate reform and stabilize Palestinian
institutions and the Palestinian economy, in preparation for final
status agreement.
·
Parties reach final and comprehensive permanent status agreement that
ends the Israel-Palestinian conflict in 2005, through a settlement
negotiated between the parties based on UNSCR 242, 338, and 1397, that
ends the occupation that began in 1967, and includes an agreed, just,
fair, and realistic solution to the refugee issue, and a negotiated
resolution on the status of Jerusalem that takes into account the
political and religious concerns of both sides, and protects the
religious interests of Jews, Christians, and Muslims worldwide, and
fulfills the vision of two states, Israel and sovereign, independent,
democratic and viable Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and
security.
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Arab state acceptance of full normal relations with Israel and
security for all the states of the region in the context of a
comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace.
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