Having listened to the statement made by his royal highness Prince
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, crown prince of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, [
... ] calling for full Israeli withdrawal from all the Arab
territories occupied since June 1967, implementation of Security
Council Resolutions
242 and 338, 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 conƒPict will not achieve peace or provide
security for
the parties, the Council of Arab States:
1. Calls on Israel reconsider its policies and declare that a just
peace is its strategic option as well.
2. Further calls upon Israel to affirm:
Full withdrawal from all the territories occupied since 1967,
including the Syrian Golan Heights, to the June 4, 1967 lines, and
the
remaining occupied Lebanese territories.
Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem
to be agreed upon in accordance with UN Resolution 194.
The acceptance of the establishment of a sovereign independent
Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories occupied since
June
4,1967 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its
capital.
3. Consequently, the Arab countries will:
Consider the Arab-Israeli conƒPict ended, and enter into a
peace agreement with Israel, and provide security for all the
states of
the region.
Establish normal relations with Israel in the context of this
comprehensive peace.
4. Assures the rejection of all forms of Palestinian patriation
which conƒPict with the special circumstances of the Arab host
countries.
5. Calls upon the government of Israel and all Israelis to accept
this initiative to safeguard the prospects for peace and stop the
further
shedding of blood.
6. Invites the international community to support this
initiative.
7. Requests a special committee [...] to pursue the necessary
contacts to gain support for this initiative at all levels,
particularly from the UN,
the Security Council, the US, the Russian Federation, the Muslim
states and the EU.
