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The Geneva Initiative, also known as the Geneva Accord, is a draft Permanent Status Agreement to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, based on previous official negotiations, international resolutions, the Quartet Roadmap, the Clinton Parameters, and the Arab Peace Initiative.[1] The document was finished on 12 October 2003.[2][3]
The Accord was prepared in secret for over 2 years before the 50-page document was officially launched on 1 December 2003, at a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland.[4][5] Among its creators were formal negotiators and architects of previous rounds of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations,[1] including former Israeli minister and politician Yossi Beilin and former Palestinian Authority minister Yasser Abed Rabbo. Both noted that the Geneva accord did not obligate either of their respective governments, even though Abed Rabbo was a minister at the time of writing. The Initiative got broad international support, but was heavily criticised by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.[6]
In September 2009, a detailed expanded version of the plan was released.[7] The annexes serve as a supplement to the Geneva Accord, outlining the practical measures required for successful implementation of the two-state solution. They cover key issues including security, border crossings, the Implementation and Verification Group (IVG), roads, water management, environmental concerns, the economy, and the division of Jerusalem.[8]
On 25 January 2022, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) announced it would gradually withdraw its financial support for the Geneva Initiative, effectively ending it by 2023.[9]
- ^ a b Geneva Initiative, FAQ Archived 2013-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Geneva Accord – A Model Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, 12 October 2003,
- ^ Knesset RIC, Geneva Initiative – October 12, 2003
- ^ The Geneva Accord, Haaretz, December 2003 (the article apparently shows a wrong publication date)
- ^ Powell Meets With Framers of Symbolic Mideast Accord, Hauser, The New York Times, 5 December 2003
- ^ Haaretz, 12 October 2003, A welcome and legitimate initiative
- ^ Karin Laub, "Israelis, Palestinians present peace manual"[dead link]. Associated Press, 15 September 2009 (on https://web.archive.org/)
- ^ Geneva Initiative, "Annexes" Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Ramallah and Tel Aviv, 2009
- ^ "Middle East: the FDFA withdraws financial support for the Geneva Initiative". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 2022-01-27.