Official: PLO committee agrees on steps for joining UN bodies
by alethoMa'an - 26/01/2014
BETHLEHEM
- A political committee of 12 members representing the Palestine
Liberation Organization's various factions convened in Ramallah and
agreed on recommendations to take the Palestinian plight to the UN and
its various bodies, a PLO official said on Saturday.
Hanna Amirah, a member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, told Ma'an on Saturday
that the committee recommended addressing the United Nations regardless
of whether the ongoing peace talks make any progress or not, although
he added that a date had not been set.
The
goal of these recommendations, he said, is to enhance the Palestinian
position. However, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and the
PLO Executive Committee need to approve them before they can be put
into effect.
The Palestinian Authority is currently trying to counter demands made by the United States and Israel, added Amirah.
He
asserted that the recent suggestions made by the US Secretary of State
John Kerry were completely unacceptable to the Palestinians.
He
highlighted that the proposals made related to Jerusalem, to Israeli
settlements, and to Palestinian refugees were unacceptable in particular
as well as the proposed Israeli military and civilian presence in the
Jordan Valley.
Earlier
this week, PLO official Wasil Abu Yousif, who is a member of the PLO’s
political committee, said the committee agreed on prerequisites the PA
needs to fulfill before signing international conventions and joining UN
agencies and different bodies.
It
is of great importance, he added, that the PA joins the International
Criminal Court because that will enable the PA to sue the Israeli
occupation over war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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