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The Arab Peace Initiative
March 27 2002
The Council of the League of Arab States at the Summit Level, at its 14th Ordinary Session,
_ Reaffirming the resolution taken in June 1996 at the Cairo
Extraordinary Arab Summit that a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle
East is the strategic option of the Arab Countries, to be achieved in
accordance with international legality, and which would require a comparable
commitment on the part of the Israeli Government.
_ Having listened to the statement made by His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in which his Highness presented his initiative, calling for full Israeli withdrawal from all the Arab territories occupied since June 1967, in implementation of Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, reaffirmed by the Madrid Conference of 1991 and the land for peace principle, and Israel's acceptance of an independent Palestinian state, with east Jerusalem as its capital, in return for the establishment of normal relations in the context of a comprehensive peace with Israel.
_ Emanating from the conviction of the Arab countries that a
military solution to the conflict will not achieve peace or provide security
for the parties, the council:
1. Requests Israel to reconsider its policies and declare
that a just peace is its strategic option as well.
2. Further calls upon Israel to affirm:
a. Full Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied
since 1967, including the Syrian Golan Heights to the lines of June 4, 1967 as
well as the remaining occupied Lebanese territories in the south of Lebanon.
b. Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian Refugee
problem to be agreed upon in accordance with U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194.
c. The acceptance of the establishment of a sovereign, independent
Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories occupied since the 4th of June
1967 in the West Bank and Gaza strip (news - web sites), with east Jerusalem as
its capital.
3. Consequently, the Arab countries affirm the following:
a. Consider the Arab-Israeli conflict ended, and enter into
a peace agreement with Israel, and provide security for all the states of the
region.
b. Establish normal relations with Israel in the context of
this comprehensive peace.
4. Assures the rejection of all forms of Palestinian
patriation which conflict with the special circumstances of the Arab host
countries.
5. Calls upon the government of Israel and all Israelis to
accept this initiative in order to safeguard the prospects for peace and stop
the further shedding of blood, enabling the Arab countries and Israel to live
in peace and good neighborliness and provide future generations with security, stability,
and prosperity.
6. Invites the international community and all countries and
Organizations to support this initiative.
7. Requests the chairman of the summit to form a special committee composed of some of its concerned member states and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States to pursue the necessary contacts to gain support for this initiative at all levels, particularly from the United Nations, the Security Council, the United States of America, the Russian Federation, the Muslim States and the European Union.
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