Summary
The committee established by Article XXV of the Interim Agreement and by Annex VI, Article III of that Agreement to run the Israeli-Palestinian cooperation programs of Annex VI, composed of an equal number of members from each side and deciding by agreement (Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (28 September 1995), PDF p.18, 181).
Details
- Main Article XXV provides for a cooperation mechanism and a Standing Cooperation Committee in accordance with Annex VI, and Article XXVI places the head of the SCC among the heads forming the Monitoring and Steering Committee of the Joint Liaison Committee (PDF p.18-19).
- Annex VI, Article III: the SCC is composed of an equal number of members from each side, may be assisted by experts and technicians, adopts its rules of procedure, meets once a month (more frequently at either side’s request), reaches its decisions by agreement, and may set up working groups or bodies to implement Annex VI; it deals with the matters covered by the Annex and may decide to add new fields of cooperation (PDF p.181).
- Annex VI, Article III, paragraph 3 states that the SCC considers and decides on the methods and modalities for implementation of the fields of cooperation “as detailed in Article IX” (PDF p.181); Article IX of Annex VI is Drugs, and the cross-reference is recorded as printed on the source page under Open questions, not reconciled.
- Annex VI, Article X: the SCC determines the methods and modalities of cooperation, and the SCC, its subsidiary working groups and bodies, or official agencies asked to promote the cooperation, will develop joint action programs in the various fields within six months of the Agreement’s entry into force (PDF p.187).
- The Environmental Experts Committee established under the Agreement implements the environmental cooperation of Annex VI, Article V in coordination with the SCC (PDF p.183).
Related pages
Interim Agreement, Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (28 September 1995), Palestinian Council, Israel