(ii) Political transition

Initiatives of the Palestinian Authority

Mr. Younis Khatib, Palestinian Red Crescent Societies

The PA reform agenda

A statement was made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority.

We call upon the Palestinian Authority to intensify its efforts to restore public order in the Palestinian territories.

A significant and positive step forward in that context is Israel's reported approval of the deployment of hundreds of armed Palestinian police in all West Bank cities in order to strengthen the Palestinian Authority ahead of a transfer of further areas to Palestinian security control.

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Consequently, both the Palestinian Authority and Israel have homework to do the Palestinian Authority has to continue to exert control and authority, while Israel has to strengthen the hand of moderate forces and enable the Authority to impose itself successfully.

But it also reflects popular frustration with the Palestinian Authority.

Palestinian Authority President Abbas reiterated his commitment to working towards one authority, one gun a clear pledge to assert the Palestinian Authority's monopoly on the use of force.

Arafat is Chairman of the PLO executive Committee, President of the Palestinian National Authority, Commander in chief of the Palestinian forces, and head of the Fatah movement.

This Devolution Plan was completed in August 2001.

The United States, working with the Palestinian Authority and the international community, has focused substantial resources on strengthening the Palestinian Authority's institutions and providing assistance to ensure democratic elections.

The Palestinian Authority still faces a number of serious internal challenges, which have deepened partly as a result of the Palestinian Authority's efforts to institute comprehensive security reform.

It has been under the control of the Palestinian National Authority since 1995.

Democracy is a key ingredient of a strong and legitimate Palestinian Authority.

The meeting adopted a revised donor structure that strengthens the role of the Palestinian Authority.

The Palestinian Authority must also ensure the security of all its citizens.

The Palestinian Authority has achieved important results in its reform process.

Later releases of 2BSD contained ports of changes to the VAX based releases of BSD back to the PDP 11 architecture.

The Permanent Observer of Palestine read out a message from Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian Authority.

The Palestinian Authority likewise agreed not to abide by the boycott in 1995.

The Palestinian Authority needs all possible support to confront those challenges.

We should hope that the leaders of the Palestinian Authority will confront the threat of terrorism accordingly.

Accordingly, the Palestinian policymaker does not have any instruments for monetary,

The Palestinian Authority appreciated the assistance provided by the international community to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people and the pledges of assistance made at the London Meeting on supporting the Palestinian Authority.

OHCHR activities were carried out in partnership with the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights, non governmental organizations and the education sector.

As the report of the Secretary General points out, the Palestinian Authority must push ahead with efforts to reform the Palestinian security services.

A movement that is genuinely populist in origin poses a threat to their own position in the power structure.

The Committee welcomes the successful conclusion of the Palestinian elections, held on 9 January 2005, for the Presidency of the Palestinian Authority, and affirms its support for the new Palestinian leadership.

Further elections are scheduled in Iraq and the Palestinian Authority.

The will to act must come from the Palestinian Authority.

The European Union urges the Palestinian Authority to uphold all provisions of the electoral law.

The European Union urges the Palestinian Authority to uphold all provisions of the electoral law.

A stable and thriving Gaza is important in order to bolster the Palestinian Authority's legitimacy and reduce extremism.

The flow of money to the new Palestinian Authority was evident mostly in high rise buildings, which the PA built to deal with overcrowding.

Local efforts to demand a large share of power have shaped the devolution process at the national level in Scotland.11

Hamas, and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, continue to perpetrate attacks against Israeli civilians unimpeded and unchecked by the Palestinian Authority.

Implementation outpaced programmed objectives and the ASYCUDA team at PA Customs has become a central component of the PA readiness to assume sovereign responsibilities in Gaza and elsewhere in the occupied Palestinian territories over the coming period.

Accountability of local institutions to local people, and subsidiarity principles that guide the choice and sequencing of power transfers are important in the decentralization process.

The passing in November 2004 of the Palestinian Authority President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, represented a real challenge to the Palestinian people and institutions.

In May, I appointed a new Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Even the Palestinian Authority (PA) blames Hamas for the fighting.

Improving the economy, rather than violent confrontation, has been the PA s main concern.