International meeting in support of Israeli-Palestinian peace

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Friday, 12 February OPENING SESSION
9.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
11.30 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE
12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. PLENARY I
The state of the peace process
The current overall situation
Presentations by experts
Discussion
1.00 p.m. Lunch break
3.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Terms of reference for the permanent status issues – borders,
Jerusalem, settlements, refugees, water
Presentations by experts
Discussion
Saturday, 13 February PLENARY II
Breaking the status quo: Creating a political
climate conducive to the advancement of the peace process
9.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. International and regional approaches to promoting a
comprehensive, just and lasting solution of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict
Presentations by experts
Statements by Representatives of the Quartet
Discussion
11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Modalities for bridging gaps and building trust between the parties
Presentations by experts
Discussion
1.00 p.m. Lunch break
3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Role of parliamentarians and inter-parliamentary organizations
in supporting Israeli-Palestinian peace and stability in the region
Presentations by experts
Discussion
5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. CLOSING SESSION
PRESS CONFERENCE
PROVISIONAL LIST OF GUEST SPEAKERS
Hon. Mr. Azzam Al-Ahmad
Head of the Fatah Caucus
Palestinian Legislative Council
Ramallah
Mr. Geoffrey Aronson (settlements)
Director of Research and Publications,
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Washington D.C.
Hon. Mr. Mohamed Barakeh
Member of the Knesset
Secretary-General of Hadash Party
Tel Aviv
Mr. Yossi Beilin
President, Beilink – Business Foreign Affairs
Former Member of the Knesset
Tel Aviv
H.E. Mr. Saviour Borg
Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
The Hon. Dr. Tonio Borg
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta
Representative of the Host Country
H.E. Cemil Cicek
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister
Turkey
Ms. Helena Cobban (Jerusalem)
Executive Director
Council for the National Interest Foundation
Washington D.C.
Hon. Mr. Mohamed Abou El-Enein
Member of the Egyptian People’s Assembly
Roving Ambassador, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
Cairo
Mr. Sa’eb Erakat
Head of the Negotiations Affairs Department
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ramallah
Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco
Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General
Hon. Dr. Louis Galea
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta
Hon. Mr. Suleiman Ghneimat
Member of the Parliament of Jordan
Vice-President,
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
Amman
Mr. Peter Gubser (water)
President, Retired
ANERA - American Near East Refugee Aid
Maryland
Mrs Valérie Hoffenberg (To be confirmed)
Special representative for the Peace Process
France
H.E. Nasser Judeh
Foreign Minister
Jordan
H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Khraishi
Permanent Observer of Palestine, UN Office at Geneva
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palestinian Authority
Geneva
Mr. Michael Kingsley-Nyinah (refugees)
Director of the Executive Office
UNRWA
Amman
H.E. Alon Liel
Lecturer
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem
H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour
Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Pedro Núñez Mosquera
Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
Hon. Mr. Tayseer Quba’a
Deputy Speaker, Palestinian National Council
H.E. Ambassador Robert Rydberg
Head of Middle East and North Africa Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stockholm
Hon. Mr. Rudy Salles
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
Hon. Mr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour
President
Egyptian People’s Assembly
Cairo
Hon. Ms. Yuli Tamir
Member of the Knesset, Labour Party
Tel Aviv
Hon. Dr. George Vella
Member of the Parliament of Malta
Chairman of the ad hoc Committee on the Middle East
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
Valletta
Mr. Hesham Youssef
Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General
League of Arab States
Cairo