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“The situation…in Palestine and Israel is a particularly difficult one. It is something that we are all struggling with today. Lots of initiatives are being discussed now. You noticed that not long ago, the Prime Minister of Spain, the President of France and the Prime Minister of Italy, I think, came up with an initiative suggesting an international conference. There are other suggestions being made to try and find a way out of this. I myself, when I came back from the region last summer after the Lebanese war, indicated that what happened in Lebanon was a wake-up call and that we need to move very quickly as an international community to try and stabilize the situation in Lebanon and move on to resolve their relations with Israel, [and] look at the comprehensive peace in Lebanon, in Syria, and with Palestine. I think in the coming months or years, you’re going to see a very active action on this. No one is satisfied with the status quo, nor should be.” - remark made in a press conference in Geneva on 21 November.  http://www.un.org/apps/sg/offthecuff.asp?nid=952 

Filed under: Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Quartet, UN Secretary-General