International Commission (Geneva Accord)

Summary

The commission the Geneva Accord establishes with “full and exclusive responsibility for implementing all aspects of this Agreement pertaining to refugees”, to which the Parties call upon the United Nations, the United States, UNRWA, the Arab host countries, the EU, Switzerland, Canada, Norway, Japan, the World Bank, the Russian Federation and others to belong (The Geneva Accord: A Model Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement (Draft Permanent Status Agreement, 1 December 2003), PDF p.17).

Governed by an Executive Board of member representatives as highest authority, with a Secretariat and Chair for day-to-day operations; its committees render binding decisions and refugees have a right of appeal (PDF p.17).
Its committees are Status-determination — UNRWA registration as rebuttable presumption of refugee status — Compensation, Host State Remuneration, Permanent Place of Residence, Refugeehood Fund and Rehabilitation and Development (PDF p.17-18).
The PPR Committee receives applications no later than two years after the Commission starts operating, determines each refugee’s Permanent Place of Residence taking account of preferences and family unity, and the PPR “shall be realized within 5 years of the start of the International Commission’s operations” (PDF p.18).
A Panel of Experts appointed through the Commission estimates the value of Palestinian property at displacement from UNCCP records, the records of the Custodian for Absentee Property and other records, submitting estimates within 6 months, as the basis for Israel’s lump-sum contribution to the International Fund (PDF p.16).
The Commission draws up the plan for phasing out UNRWA, which “should cease to exist five years after the start of the Commission’s operations” (PDF p.19).