A/RES/64/19
Affirming once again the right of all States in the region to live in peace within
secure and internationally recognized borders,
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Reaffirms the necessity of achieving a peaceful settlement of the question
of Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in all its aspects, and of
intensifying all efforts towards that end;
Also reaffirms its full support for the Middle East peace process, based
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on the relevant United Nations resolutions, the terms of reference of the Madrid
Conference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative
adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States at its fourteenth session6 and
the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict,4 and for the existing agreements between the Israeli and Palestinian sides,
stresses the necessity for the establishment of a comprehensive, just and lasting
peace in the Middle East, and welcomes in this regard the ongoing efforts of the
Quartet and of the League of Arab States;
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Encourages continued serious regional and international efforts to follow
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up and promote the Arab Peace Initiative, including by the Ministerial Committee
formed at the Riyadh summit in March 2007;
Urges the parties to undertake, with the support of the Quartet and the
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international community, immediate and concrete steps in follow-up to the
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Understanding reached at the international conference held in
Annapolis, United States of America, on 27 November 2007,5 including through the
resumption of active and serious bilateral negotiations;
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Encourages, in this regard, the convening of an international conference
in Moscow, as envisioned by the Security Council in resolution 1850 (2008), for the
advancement and acceleration of a resumed peace process;
Calls upon both parties to act on their previous agreements and
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obligations, in particular adherence to the road map, irrespective of reciprocity, in
order to create the conditions necessary for the resumption of negotiations in the
near term;
Calls upon the parties themselves, with the support of the Quartet and
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other interested parties, to exert all efforts necessary to halt the deterioration of the
situation and to reverse all unilateral and unlawful measures taken on the ground
since 28 September 2000;
Underscores the need for the parties to take confidence-building
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measures aimed at improving the situation on the ground, promoting stability and
fostering the peace process, including the need for the further release of prisoners;
Stresses the need for a speedy end to the reoccupation of Palestinian
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population centres, inter alia, by easing movement and access, including through the
removal of checkpoints and other obstructions to movement, and the need for
respect and preservation of the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;
10. Also stresses the need for an immediate and complete cessation of all acts
of violence, including military attacks, destruction and acts of terror;
11. Reiterates its demand for the full implementation of Security Council
resolution 1860 (2009);
12. Reiterates the need for the full implementation by both parties of the
Agreement on Movement and Access and of the Agreed Principles for the Rafah
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