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U.N. Security Council to Consider Palestine Resolution 'Soon'
[AnNahar] A draft resolution to revive talks on a final Israeli-Paleostinian settlement is expected be presented to the U.N. Security Council by the middle of the month, the Paleostinian envoy to the United Nations...an idea whose time has gone... said Monday. Paleostinian representative Riyad Mansour said the text being shepherded by La Belle France is expected to lay out a timeframe for negotiations on a final peace deal and possibly a second deadline for Paleostinian statehood. "The French are moving more and more, trying to bring all the European colleagues together, and I think that eventually they will succeed," Mansour told AFP. The French-led European initiative is expected to be discussed in Brussels on Tuesday when U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... holds talks with European ministers during a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... meeting. The position of the United States, which has repeatedly vetoed U.N. resolutions seen as pressuring Israel, will be crucial in deciding if the latest push at the United Nations stands a chance. The Paleostinians, backed by the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... , circulated a draft resolution at the end of September that called for ending the Israeli occupation by November 2016. The text however ran into opposition from the United States and other members of the council, opening the way for the Europeans to try to present an alternative draft. Mansour said he expected a new draft to be submitted to the council "soon, possibly in the middle of the month," with a vote to quickly follow. The new resolution would pave the way for an international conference to launch what is widely seen as a final bid for an Israeli-Paleostinian peace deal, with the involvement of all key international players. There has been growing international alarm over the spate of violent attacks in east Jerusalem and the stalled peace talks on settling Israel's borders and the fate of Paleostinian statehood. U.N. Secretary General  the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... has warned of a possible new flareup in violence after the devastating 50-day war in Gazoo over the summer. U.N. diplomats argue that the world can ill afford more violence in the Middle East at a time when Islamic holy warriors are waging war in Iraq and Syria. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-12-03 |
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