The SI Middle East Committee met in Oslo on 2 November, hosted by the Norwegian Labour Party, DNA, whose leader, Thorbjørn Jagland, is Chair of the Committee, to discuss the latest developments and prospects for peace in the region.
The Committee debated current developments and agreed on the need to focus efforts on an end to the violence, to maintain the partnership for peace, to rebuild confidence between both the Israeli and the Palestinian populations, to implement the agreements reached in the peace process, to promote a climate of mutual respect and to move forward in addressing the questions essential to both sides.The meeting encouraged the immediate initiation of the work of the Committee of Enquiry, decided at the Sharm-El-Sheikh summit and supported the initiative to invite Prime Minister Barak and President Arafat to a meeting of the SI Presidium for discussions to promote understanding and agreement.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Chair of the Committee
Thorbjørn Jagland
(Norway, DNA)
Secretary General of the SI
Luis Ayala
BELGIUM
Socialist Party, PS
Simone Susskind
FINLAND
Finnish Social Democratic Party, SDP
Markku Haranne
FRANCE
Socialist Party, PS
Joseph Thomé
GREECE
Panhellenic Socialist Movement, PASOK
Perikles Nearchou
IRAN
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, PDKI
Ahmad Jahangiry
Mansour Vafa
ISRAEL
Israel Labour Party
Colette Avital
ITALY
Italian Democratic Socialists, SDI
Ugo Intini
MOROCCO
Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP
Mohamed Ait Kaddour
NORWAY
Norwegian Labour Party, DNA
Raymond Johansen
Haakon Blankenborg
John Hansen Bauer
Kathrine Raadim
TERRITORIES UNDER PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, PALESTINE
FATAH
Hani Al Hassan
Ilan Halevi
Nabil Saáde
Omar Kitmitto
SWEDEN
Swedish Social democratic Party, SAP
Conny Fredriksson
TUNISIA
Constitutional Democratic Assembly, RCD
Hatem Doujema
International Union of Socialist Youth, IUSY
Anniken Huitfeldt
SI Secretariat
Latifa Perry
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