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Wolff

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first: 2006-12-12
most recent: 2010-07-06
sittings or episodes: 47
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“Calls for high-level debate and a greater role for the Security Council in encouraging peace efforts cannot sidestep the fundamental fact that the ultimate responsibility for progress towards peace rests with the parties and with their fulfilment of the parallel obligations they have agreed to undertake in accordance with the Road Map. Therefore, the role of the international community, including this body, must be to help create an environment that will enable the parties to come together to resolve their differences. We must ask ourselves whether that goal will be achieved through the sort of polarized, hortatory debate that has characterized recent Security Council and General Assembly discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
2006-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5584 (2006) · source
“But while we work closely with our Quartet partners and our friends in the region to create an environment that will facilitate progress towards the realization of this two-State vision, we must make certain that our parallel efforts here at the United Nations bolster, and do not inadvertently undermine, the pursuit of a lasting peace in the region. In this regard, the United States is disappointed that in recent weeks the Security Council and the General Assembly have indulged in debate over an excessive number of politicized and biased resolutions that do not contribute constructively, in our View, to that effort, nor have they enabled any progress towards the two-State solution in accordance with the Road Map.”
2006-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5584 (2006) · source
“I am committed to a Palestinian State that has territorial integrity and will live peacefully with the Jewish State of Israel. This is a Vision set forth in the Road Map, and helping the parties reach this goal is one of the great objectives of my presidency." (A/61/PV.10, pp. 10-11) To help make this goal a reality, President Bush has repeatedly stressed that the United States would pursue diplomatic efforts to engage moderate regional leaders, help the Palestinians strengthen and reform their security sector, and support the parties in their efforts to come together to resolve their differences. In part, to this end, the United States is the single largest donor to the Palestinian people, having provided $468 million in direct assistance in 2006.”
2006-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5584 (2006) · source
“There can be no denying that today's thematic debate focuses on a goal that we all share, namely, sustainable peace in the Middle East. The aspirations of the people of the region for a more secure and prosperous future have been left unfulfilled for too long. In this regard, the United States remains firmly committed to the vision of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security, as well as to the Road Map and the principles contained therein, as the Road Map is the only agreed international basis upon which to move forward towards that goal. As President Bush noted unequivocally before the General Assembly, "I am committed to two democratic States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.”
2006-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5584 (2006) · source