The Israel-Arab Reader by Walter Laqueur

Author:Walter Laqueur
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2010-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

Israel and Jordan: “The London Document” (April 11, 1987)

Invitation by the UN Secretary General:

The UN Secretary General will send invitations to the five permanent members of the Security Council and to the parties involved in the Israeli-Arab conflict to negotiate an agreement by peaceful means based on UN resolutions 242 and 338 with the purpose of attaining comprehensive peace in the region and security for the countries in the area, and granting the Palestinian people their legitimate rights.

Decisions of the international conference:

The participants in the conference agree that the purpose of the negotiations is to attain by peaceful means an agreement about all aspects of the Palestinian problem. The conference invites the sides to set up regional bilateral committees to negotiate bilateral issues.

Nature of the agreement between Jordan and Israel: Israel and Jordan agree that: 1. the international conference will not impose a solution and will not veto any agreement reached by the sides;

2. the negotiations will be conducted in bilateral committees in a direct manner;

3. the Palestinian issue will be discussed in a meeting of the Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli delegations;

4. the representatives of the Palestinians will be included in the Jordanian-Palestinian delegation;

5. participation in the conference will be based on acceptance of UN resolutions 242 and 338 by the sides and the renunciation of violence and terror;

6. each committee will conduct negotiations independently;

7. other issues will be resolved through mutual agreement between Jordan and Israel.

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