Summary
The Norwegian social scientist, described in the study as “twice the future United Nations envoy to the region”, who facilitated the “Oslo channel” between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1992, and who later served as United Nations Special Coordinator, summarizing on 13 February 2001 the social and economic impact of the Second Intifada’s increasingly violent conflict (Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), PDF p.39, 50).
Details
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The Oslo channel was facilitated in 1992 by Rød-Larsen, described as “twice the future United Nations envoy to the region”, primarily with PLO senior official Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), described as a future Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister (2003-2006), and Israeli academic Yair Hirschfeld, standing in for Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin (PDF p.50).
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As Special Coordinator, his 13 February 2001 summary (UNSCO press release) estimated the Palestinian economy had lost 240 million in labour income, a total loss of 8.6 million in losses (PDF p.39-40).
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Part V of the United Nations study records his two appointments in their sequence: appointed by the Secretary-General in June 1994 as United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories, to coordinate assistance and serve as focal point for the donor community after the Gaza-Jericho Agreement, and appointed on 21 September 1999 as Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority (Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), PDF p.55, 67-68).
Related pages
Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, Oslo Accords, Second Intifada