Summary
The grouping consisting of representatives of the United States of America, the European Union, the Russian Federation and the United Nations, which prepared the Roadmap text presented to the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority on 30 April 2003 (A Performance-Based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Quartet, transmitted 7 May 2003), PDF p.1).
Details
- Under the Roadmap, the Quartet will assist and facilitate implementation of the plan starting in Phase I, including direct discussions between the parties as required; will meet regularly at senior levels to evaluate the parties’ performance; and its representatives begin informal monitoring in Phase I and consult on a formal monitoring mechanism (PDF p.2, 4).
- Progress into Phase II and into Phase III is based on the consensus judgment of the Quartet, taking into account the performance or actions of both parties and, for Phase III, Quartet monitoring (PDF p.6-7). The Quartet convenes both of the plan’s international conferences, in consultation with the parties (PDF p.6-7), and its members promote international recognition of the Palestinian state, including possible UN membership, in Phase II (PDF p.7).
- The Roadmap’s destination is stated as welcomed by the EU, Russia and the UN in the 16 July and 17 September Quartet Ministerial statements (PDF p.2); the statements’ years are not given in the file.
- Resolution 1397 (2002) does not name the Quartet; it welcomes the diplomatic efforts of special envoys from the United States of America, the Russian Federation, the European Union and the United Nations Special Coordinator and others (Resolution 1397 (2002) (12 March 2002), PDF p.1).
- Resolution 1515 (2003) welcomes and encourages “the diplomatic efforts of the international Quartet and others”, endorses the Quartet Roadmap, and calls on the parties to fulfil their Roadmap obligations in cooperation with the Quartet (Resolution 1515 (2003) endorsing the Quartet Roadmap (19 November 2003), PDF p.1).
- In Falk’s account, as recorded on the Oslo Accords page, “the Oslo framework, the Roadmap, and the Quartet have provided the ground rules for diplomacy” for twenty years (Palestine: The Legitimacy of Hope, PDF p.52).
- The Peace to Prosperity Vision defines the Quartet principles, for any Hamas role in a Palestinian government, as “unambiguously and explicitly recognizing the State of Israel, committing to nonviolence, and accepting previous agreements and obligations between the parties, including the disarming of all terrorist groups” (Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People, PDF p.30).
Related pages
Quartet Roadmap, A Performance-Based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Quartet, transmitted 7 May 2003), UN Security Council Resolution 1515, Kofi Annan, Oslo Accords