Summary
The international conference convened at Annapolis, Maryland, under the auspices of President George W. Bush, at which the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, represented by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Mahmoud Abbas, concluded the Joint Understanding on Negotiations of 27 November 2007 launching good faith bilateral negotiations for a peace treaty resolving all outstanding issues, with every effort to conclude an agreement before the end of 2008 (Annapolis Conference Joint Understanding on Negotiations (27 November 2007), PDF p.1).
Details
- The parties met with the support of the participants of the conference; the Understanding expresses profound appreciation to the President of the United States and his Administration, and to the participants, for their support for the bilateral peace process (PDF p.1-2).
- Its machinery is a steering committee led jointly by the head of each party’s delegation, first session on 12 December 2007, negotiations teams headed by one lead representative from each party, and bi-weekly meetings between Abbas and Olmert (PDF p.1).
- The Understanding commits both parties to immediately implement their respective Roadmap obligations, forms a United States-led American, Palestinian and Israeli implementation mechanism, and makes implementation of the future peace treaty subject, unless otherwise agreed, to implementation of the Roadmap as judged by the United States (PDF p.1-2).
Related pages
Annapolis Conference Joint Understanding on Negotiations (27 November 2007), Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud Abbas, George Bush, Quartet Roadmap, Two-state solution