Adam Ostrow After your final status update

They also have a very negative impact on the prospects for a just, lasting and comprehensive solution to the conflict, as they affect core final status issues.

Local government reform programmes must not await final status negotiations.

It makes clear both that full UN membership remains to be determined and that final status issues like borders, refugees, Jerusalem, and security all remain to be negotiated.

Israel's actions should not prejudge final status issues or threaten longer term prospects for peace by making the creation of a viable and contiguous Palestinian State much more difficult.

Unfortunately, it appears that we will be considering texts that put the General Assembly in the position of attempting to prejudge and prejudice the settlement of final status issues.

Thereafter, the so called final status issues especially Jerusalem and the refugees will also need to be resolved in accordance with the road map and the relevant Security Council resolutions.

The principals reminded both parties of the need to avoid unilateral actions that might pre judge final status issues, and they urged the parties to implement their obligations under the road map.

Kosovo was left as a United Nations protectorate whose final status was uncertain.

So, we are not in any way intending to prejudge a final status.

Its final status would be determined at a later time by its stakeholders.

On final status issues, EU ministers on 18 July recalled that the Union will not recognize any change to the pre 1967 borders other than those arrived at by agreement between the parties.

The European Union is concerned by actions that could prejudge a final status agreement.

The parties must refrain from unilateral moves that might prejudge a final status agreement.

But interim resolution of water issues does not need to wait for final resolution of the major issues.

Two final, structural issues concern the overall way of dealing with issues pertaining to the VI.4 agenda.

Of course, to put on the table a comprehensive settlement plan that addresses all of the final status issues, with compromises that all sides could be persuaded and pressured to accept, would require statesmanship.

Discussion of Kosovo's final status will therefore be dependent on the outcome of the review.

Similar steps had to be taken in the West Bank, including the immediate implementation of the recent political understandings, the implementation of the road map and the immediate resumption of negotiations on final status issues.

The final section lists some issues that the Commission may wish to address.

In the view of the Committee, that decision would prejudice the outcome of final status negotiations.

There should not be any automaticity as to the start of talks on the final status.

Fortunately, existing taboos about what is acceptable in the final status talks have fallen on both sides.

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

His successor, Ehud Olmert, began negotiating a final status agreement with the Palestinian Authority s president, Mahmoud Abbas.

But the generals, who have the final say on military matters, are likely to preserve the status quo.

I also ask that the Secretary General not prejudge the resolution of the issue of Kosovo's final status.

When final status discussions begin, it is clear that an independent Kosovo is one option to be considered.

They represent fundamental issues which will be decisive for the future of Kosovo and its people, irrespective of issues of status.

Agreement must also be reached on how to move forward. The Sharm el Sheikh understandings must be implemented without delay. Commitments under the road map must be honoured and dialogue and negotiations on final status issues must be resumed immediately.

Failure to do so will obstruct the beginning of the process to determine the final status of the province.

All final review reports prepared by the expert review team, except for status reports, shall include the following elements

If construction was allowed to continue, it threatened to prejudge the outcome of the final status negotiations between the parties.

Of equal importance is the obligation to avoid taking measures that could prejudge the outcome of the final status negotiations.

We urge politicians and rival political parties in Kosovo to cooperate in consolidating progress towards unity and final status for Kosovo.

Israel must also strive to build trust by refraining from unilateral actions that may prejudge the outcome of final status negotiations.

Law and order are not just desirable but also necessary for Nagorno Karabakh, even if its final status is still undetermined.

Permanent status issues concerning borders, the West Bank, Jerusalem, and refugees must be dealt with bilaterally.

To maintain and improve the status of women, we must ensure that these issues are addressed.

A few such issues remained, but a less formal monitoring process looked likely to ensure their final resolution.

The Security Council must remain committed to resolution 1244 (1999) and to the standards before status policy, under which definitive progress in standards implementation is a precondition for the determination of final status.

There will be another roadmap to final two state status, with some timetable for Palestinian statehood, conditional on Hamas s renunciation of violence.

The onus lies with the people of Kosovo to make the necessary progress themselves to allow a final status process to start.

Moreover, it is particularly important to strengthen the status of human rights issues within the United Nations.

Although not all the problematic issues have yet been entirely overcome, the final outcomes, luckily, have been mostly positive.