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DESPITE ISRAELI REPRESSIVE MEASURES. WE HAVE REPEATEDLY DEPLORED THESE MEASURES AND ESPECIALLY THE CONTINUED ADMINISTRATIVE DE-
THE OCCUPIED TENTIONS AND DEPORTATIONS OF PALESTINIANS FROM TERRITORIES. SUCH ACTIONS CONSTITUTE A CLEAR
OF BREACH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND ARE LIKELY TO MAKE A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT HARDER TO FIND. AS THE TWELVE HAVE STATED IN THEIR DECLARATION OF FEBRUARY 8, 1988 TODAY'S STATUS QUO IN
IT IS OUR CONVICTION THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. THAT AN END TO THIS DEPLORABLE SITUATION CAN ONLY BE FOUND BY MEANS OF A COMPREHENSIVE JUST AND LASTING POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT.
THE TWELVES' VIEWS ON THE KEY ELEMENTS WHICH MUST MAKE UP A SOLUTION TO THIS CONFLICT ARE WELL KNOWN. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VENICE DECLARATION AND OTHER SUBSEQUENT DECLARATIONS, TWO PRINCIPLES ARE FUNDAMENTAL : THE RIGHT OF ALL STATES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING ISRAEL TO EXIST WITHIN SECURE FRONTIERS, AND THE RIGHT OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO SELF-DETERMINATION WITH ALL THAT THIS IMPLIES.
THESE PRINCIPLES CONTINUE TO BE THE BASIS OF THE POLICY OF THE TWELVE. FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY, WE HAVE ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS REAFFIRMED OUR SUPPORT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AS THE SUITABLE FRAMEWORK FOR THE INDISPENSABLE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES DIRECTLY CONCERNED.
AFTER SO MUCH SUFFERING, SO MUCH TRAGIC LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE, THE TIME HAS COME TO BREAK THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF REPRESSION AND HATRED. THERE
THERE CAN BE NO REAL SECURITY, NOR ANY REAL PEACE, FOR ANY OF THE PEOPLES IN THE REGION WITHOUT A JUST, GLOBAL AND LASTING SETTLEMENT. ALL PARTIES CONCERNED SHOULD RECOGNISE EACH OTHERS' RIGHTS.
WE THEREFORE ADDRESS
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FROM THIS FORUM
AN URGENT APPEAL TO
ΤΟ ALL THE PARTIES CONCERNED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY EFFORTS,
READY TO PLAY OUR ROLE ACHIEVE THIS AIM# FOR OUR PART, WE REMAIN FULLY IN THIS EFFORT.
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CA PERIOD WILL BE ADDED AND CHANGES WILL BE MADE IN THE LIGHT OF DEVELOPMENTS).
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IN LEBANON ALSO, AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS OF WAR AND SUFFERING,
IT IS VITAL THAT A POLITICAL SOLUTION BE FOUND.
THE PROPER
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