New York City: The high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue and the implementation of the two-state solution, held in New York City under the joint chairmanship of Saudi Arabia and France, affirmed the agreement to take concrete, time-bound steps to peacefully resolve the Palestinian issue and implement the two-state solution.
According to Union of OIC News Agencies, the New York Declaration, issued at the conclusion of the international conference, emphasized the need for collective action to end the war in Gaza, ensure Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and hand it over to the Palestinian Authority "in accordance with the principle of one government, one law, one weapon." The declaration stressed that war, occupation, and forced displacement will not achieve peace or security, and that only a political solution can achieve that. It emphasized that ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and implementing the two-state solution is the only way to fulfill legitimate aspirations, in accordance with international law.
The declaration affirmed its commitment to mobilizing political and financial support for the Palestinian Authority to help it strengthen its institutional capacities, implement its reform program, and assume its responsibilities throughout the occupied Palestinian territories. It also called for the removal of restrictions on movement and access, the immediate release of withheld Palestinian tax revenues, and the establishment of a new framework for the transfer of clearance revenues that would lead to full Palestinian control over the tax system, as well as the full integration of Palestine into the international monetary and financial system and the guarantee of sustainable, long-term banking relations.
The declaration also called for preserving the legal and historical status quo at Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, and for a commitment to adopting restrictive measures against violent extremist settlers and entities and individuals who support illegal settlements, in accordance with international law. The New York Declaration affirmed that coexistence and normal relations between the peoples and countries of the region can only be achieved by ending the occupation and establishing a sovereign Palestinian state.
