All of that runs counter to Israel's obligations under the road map, which calls for a freeze in the building of settlements.

Our road map is attached to the report.

Both parties have clear obligations under that roadmap.

The road map for national and international action is very clear.

In the Roadmap, the need for greater coordination and coherence was recognized.

However, we have not seen any tangible progress towards the desired objective because the Quartet has left everything up to the occupying Power.

France fully supports the road map that you have drawn up for the next few months.

The Committee states that it has been encouraged by renewed efforts of the international community to revitalize the road map, to facilitate the dialogue between the parties and to implement their commitments under the road map.

Equally, all parties should fulfil their obligations under the road map.

The road map remains the framework for the achievement of a just and lasting peace.

Our country hopes that Israel and Palestine will continue their effort to implement the goals of the road map.

It is one of commitment to the vision and framework articulated in the road map, which was endorsed by the Council in resolution 1515 (2003), and of belief that both parties must implement the obligations elaborated in the road map.

The Palestinian Authority was committed to the implementation of the road map, which would facilitate the revival of the peace process and the resumption of final status negotiations based on the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.

A guide to drafting a national strategy road map has also been produced and translated into several languages.

As we are approaching the end of 2005 which is the target time frame for the establishment of the State of Palestine under the terms of the road map the international community must continue to put pressure on Israel to fully implement the road map.

The road map cannot be forgotten or indefinitely postponed.

The goals of the road map would not be met by considering only one of the parties.

Turkey wanted Iraq to be a stable, democratic and peaceful State and hoped to see two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in the Middle East within secure recognized borders.

The road map, supported by the Quartet, provides a solid basis for the continued work for peace.

We believe that the solution to the Palestinian issue lies in conducting political talks in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions and the principle of land for peace, and in building an independent Palestinian State based on the road map.

Only when the parties concerned genuinely start to build mutual trust and implement the road map for peace in the Middle East can the final goal of peaceful coexistence between two independent States be achieved.

Susceptible to procrastination and evasion by both sides, the road map was stillborn.

Standards implementation remains the road map for the short term but also for the long term.

Both parties should concentrate on fulfilling their respective obligations and commitments under the road map. They should also refrain from any and all unilateral actions that threaten to prejudge the

If that is to occur, the central task of the international community must be to achieve a real cessation of the colonizing of Palestinian territory, which is being pursued through the construction and expansion of settlements and the building of a wall on Palestinian land, including in and around East Jerusalem.

The essential point in this connection is that the withdrawal should be conducted undisturbed and should make it possible to open the way for the resumption of the road map's implementation.

Obviously, Olmert is thinking of fusing an agreement on the final status with the Road Map mechanism.

Such a conference is in fact listed in the road map as part of phase III in the talks.

We would also like to take advantage of this opportunity to thank all those who contributed to the elaboration of the road map.

The road map for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action (A 58 160, sect.

The seven points in the road map to democracy cited by the Government were as follows

Their continued detention runs counter to the spirit and objective of democratic transition and national reconciliation, as expressed in the road map.

Likewise, we believe that all settlement activities should cease and that settlement outposts should be dismantled in accordance with the road map.

It is important to reiterate that the road map remains the framework for the achievement of just and lasting peace.

In this regard, the opening of Rafah on 25 November marked an important step in building trust between the parties as we work to renew progress along the road map.

Indeed, as Israel has repeatedly stated, the initiative can pave the way to the implementation of the road map and lead the parties back to the road to a negotiated resolution of the conflict.

He has unequivocally endorsed the Quartet s Road Map.

The relevant confidence building measures are clearly laid out in the Sharm el Sheikh understandings and in phase one of the road map.

We believe that the Quartet's road map can lead the Israeli and Palestinian peoples to that goal.

That withdrawal, when it took place, must be viewed as the first step towards the implementation of Israel's obligations under the road map.

The road map defines two universal and essential facets of the national implementation process, particularly in developing countries and countries with economies in transition national capacity building and mainstreaming of ageing into the national development agenda.

The road map to which we have referred was drawn up by that delegation jointly, rather than by the AU mediation on its own.

In this connection, it is vital for both Israel and Palestine to establish and maintain close coordination within the context of the road map.

Such groups are being urged to join in the efforts of the Government to ensure the implementation of its political road map.

(j) Pursue its efforts in relation to the implementation of the road map, in particular the withdrawal of its military presence within OPT and the occupied Syrian Golan.