UN Palestinian rights committee welcomes Road Map peace plan

A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights has welcomed the formal launching of the Road Map, the new Middle East peace initiative by the diplomatic Quartet - the UN, United States, Russian Federation and European Union - based on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

At a meeting yesterday, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, stressed the need for both sides to accept and fully comply with the Road Map, begin its implementation without delay, and continue to cooperate with members of the Quartet and other facilitators.

The plan, calling for a series of parallel steps by the Israelis and Palestinians over the next three years towards a realizing the vision of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security, was handed over to the parties last week.