Status of WTO negotiations on trade facilitation

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AND PERMANENT STATUS NEGOTIATIONS

The report on the status of current WTO negotiations highlighted the fact that these negotiations are Member driven.

Local government reform programmes must not await final status negotiations.

Negotiations were not enough the Israelis were creating facts on the ground and pre empting final status negotiations.

The report applies a similarly problematic standard to the subject of final status negotiations.

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

Areas of agreement had been identified, and Israel had hoped to hold negotiations on permanent status.

The attempts to lower the status of participation of our delegation in the negotiations are unacceptable to us.

Furthermore, Israel must refrain from taking any steps that would demographically alter the status of the city of Jerusalem or prejudice future negotiations pertaining to its final status.

Through its overt refusal to accept Asia s territorial status quo, China only highlights the futility of political negotiations.

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

The practical implications of this need to be discussed in the final status negotiations between Israel and the PLO.

It would be useful to clarify the legal obligations of the Government of Cyprus under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the status of negotiations between the Government and the United Nations.

The plebiscite would be non binding but would set the course of any future status negotiations with the administering Power.

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

In his inaugural address, Mr. Abbas had confirmed his readiness to restart final status negotiations with Israel.

Negotiations on the status of mission agreement for UNOMIG should be finalized and the format and presentation of results based budgeting improved.

46. Negotiations should be pursued on behalf of UNHCR with the host Government on the status of local staff in Viet Nam.

127. Negotiations should be pursued on behalf of UNHCR with the host Government on the status of local staff in Viet Nam.

46. Negotiations should be pursued on behalf of UNHCR with the host Government on the status of local staff in Viet Nam.

The Afghan government responded by suspending talks with the Taliban, as well as the status of forces negotiations with the US.

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

Speakers also underlined the importance of ensuring that the Israeli withdrawal was complete and that it not prejudge final status negotiations.

A final settlement on the political and administrative status of the city, however, will occur in negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis.

We are convinced that Jerusalem must remain undivided, but that its final status should be decided through negotiations.

Furthermore, there was a danger that continued construction of the wall might prejudge the outcome of the final status negotiations between the parties.

These are preconditions that will facilitate the success of the Gaza withdrawal and a meaningful resumption of the long overdue final status negotiations.

The Government of Israel is determined to defer final status negotiations for as long as possible to enable it to establish as many facts on the ground as possible before such negotiations begin.

(c) The status of the negotiations between the United Nations Postal Administration and postal authorities where the United Nations Postal Administration operates

This issue has been agreed by the parties to be one of the subjects that must be addressed in permanent status negotiations.

Moreover, the continued construction of the wall on Palestinian land threatens to prejudge the eventual outcome of the final status negotiations between the parties.

The Secretary General should endeavour to settle these problems in the context of his negotiations with host countries on the status of forces agreement.

The Declaration of Principles and the Gaza Jericho accord set a clear timetable for the beginning and conclusion of the negotiations towards permanent status.

While the results of the governance reforms had been positive, the current status of the negotiations on financing mechanisms gave rise to serious concern.

And there is no easy answer, because Hamas will gain status through negotiations while maintaining its position to destroy Israel.

Instead of addressing the issue in the manner of this resolution, the parties have agreed that Jerusalem will be addressed in the final status negotiations.

Nor had Israel, the occupying Power, renounced its positions on final status issues, such as the issue of Jerusalem, pending the results of the negotiations.

The Declaration of Principles signed by Israel and the PLO stipulates that the issue of settlements will be discussed in the context of final status negotiations.

26. The Hebron massacre also highlighted the question of settlements, consideration of which would be postponed, by agreement of the parties, until the final status negotiations.

However, the issues covered in the draft resolution should be dealt with within the framework of the permanent status negotiations of the Middle East peace process.

He has visited the region a number of times and chaired several rounds of negotiations between the Georgian and Abkhaz sides on the political status of Abkhazia.

Regrets also the lack of progress on the initiation of political status negotiations, and recalls, once again, that the purpose of these documents is to facilitate meaningful negotiations between the parties, under the leadership of the United Nations, on the status of Abkhazia within the State of Georgia, and is not an attempt to impose or dictate any specific solution to the parties

Regrets also the lack of progress on the initiation of political status negotiations, and recalls, once again, that the purpose of these documents is to facilitate meaningful negotiations between the parties, under the leadership of the United Nations, on the status of Abkhazia within the State of Georgia, and is not an attempt to impose or dictate any specific solution to the parties

On that basis, Israel must commit itself to refrain from effecting any demographic changes that would change the status of the city of Al Quds or affect in any way future negotiations on the final status of the holy city.