The Council 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, 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 June 4, 1967 lines
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 UN General Assembly
Resolution 194;
c. 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 the Gaza Strip, 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.