QUDS AS ITS CAPITAL AND BY THE ISRAEL I WITHDRAWAL FROM SYRIAN GOLAN HEIGHTS TO THE JUNE 1967 PARALLEL AND FROM SHEBAA FARMS IN SOUTH LEBANON, THE COUNCIL NOTED. THE COUNCIL WELCOMED THE CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN THE PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS AS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR DIALOGUE AND RESUMPTION OF PEACE PROCESS. THE COUNCIL CONCLUDED THAT THE ABSENCE OF A JUST SOLUTION TO THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE AND THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THE REAL REASONS FOR AGGRAVATING DISPUTES IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN VARIOUS FORMS, CALLING ON THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO GIVE UTMOST PRIORITY TO REACH A JUST SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY. REVIEWING THE REGRETFUL DEVELOPMENTS OF EVENTS IN LEBANON, THE COUNCIL STRONGLY DENOUNCED THE RETURN TO SERIES OF VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IN LEBANON BY KILLING THE LEBANESE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY PIERRE GEMAYEL, EXPRESSING ITS CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE. --MORE
