A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/29 11 February 1997 Fifty-first session Agenda item 33 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/51/L.40 and Add.1)] 51/29. The Middle East peace process The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 50/21 of 4 December 1995, Stressing that the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Middle East conflict will constitute a significant contribution to strengthening international peace and security, Recalling the convening of the Peace Conference on the Middle East at Madrid on 30 October 1991 on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and the subsequent bilateral negotiations as well as the meetings of the multilateral working groups, and noting with satisfaction the broad international support for the peace process, Noting the continuing positive participation of the United Nations as a full extraregional participant in the work of the multilateral working groups, Bearing in mind the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements1 signed by the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993 and the subsequent Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area2 signed by the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization at Cairo on 4 May 1994, 1 A/48/486-S/26560, annex. 2 A/49/180-S/1994/727, annex. 97-76759 /...