ANNEX

 

Official and Unofficial Initiatives – Durable Solutions for Palestinian Refugees

(Note: This list is not comprehensive)


 

 

By Ingrid Jaradat Gassner and Terry Rempel

  


Decade

UN Resolution

‘Official’ Initiative

‘Unofficial’ Initiative

Pre-1950

UNGA 194(III)

Israeli Cabinet Transfer Plan (1948)

 

 

 

 

Schechtman Compulsory Transfer Plan (1948)

 

 

Lausanne Conference (1949)

General Refugee Congress (1949)

 

 

Israeli 100,000 Plan (1949)

Jaffa-Lydda Large Property and Orange Grove Growers (1949)

 

 

 

Refugee Congress in the Hebron Area (1949)

 

 

 

Lydda Displaced Committee (1949)

 

 

 

Haifa and Galilee Areas Refugee General Committee (1949)

 

 

 

Central Displaced Committee in the Nablus Area (1949)

 

 

 

Jericho Area Refugee Committee (1949)

1950s

 

Paris Conference (1950)

 

 

 

Libyan Resettlement Plan (1950-58)

Institute of Mediterranean Studies Plan (1958)

 

 

Blandford (UNRWA) Resettlement Plan (1951)

 

 

 

Iraq 2-Stage Return Plan (1954)

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia 3-Stage Return Plan (1955)

 

 

 

Iran Staged Return Plan (1955)

 

 

 

Israeli Gaza Strip Resettlement Plan (1956-57)

 

1960s

UNSC 237

UNCCP (Johnson) Plan (1962)

 

 

 

Galili Resettlement/Rehabilitation Plan (1960s)

 

 

UNSC 242

Israeli Cabinet Resettlement Discussions (1967)

Weitz Jordan Valley Resettlement Plan (1967)

 

 

Moshe Dayan Resettlement Plan (1967)

 

 

 

Johnson 5 Principles for Peace (1967)

 

 

 

Jordan-Israel Talks (1967)

 

 

 

 

Bruno Resettlement/Reintegration Plan (WBGS) (1968)

 

 

Jordan Peace Plan (1969)

Bar-Yosef Resettlement/Reintegration Plan (WBGS) (1969)

1970s

UNGA 3236

Peres Resettlement Economic Development Fund (1970)

Shamir Plan (1970s)

 

 

Israeli Compulsory Gaza Resettlement (1971)

 

 

 

 

Zakin Resettlement Plan (1972)

 

 

EEC (Shuman) Framework (1973)

 

 

 

PLO 10-Point Plan (1974)

 

 

 

Arab League Rabat Summit (1974)

 

 

 

Likud Population Exchange Plan (1975)

 

 

 

PLO 2-Stage Return Plan (1976)

 

 

 

United Nations (CEIRPP) Plan (1976)

 

 

 

Begin Autonomy Plan (1977)

 

 

 

Camp David Framework for Peace (1978)

 

 

 

West Bank National Conference Declaration (1978)

 

 

 

Gaza National Conference Declaration (1978)

 

 

 

Arab League Baghdad Summit (1978)

 

1980s

UNGA 36/146C

EEC Venice Declaration (1980)

 

 

 

Saudi Peace Plan (1981)

 

 

 

Arab League Fez Summit (1982)

 

 

 

United Nations Peace Conference (1983)

 

 

 

Ben-Porat Resettlement Plan (1983)

 

 

 

Palestinian-Jordanian Accords (1985)

 

 

 

PLO Declaration of Independence (2-State Initiative) (1988)

 

 

 

PLO-Jewish American (Stockholm) Initiative (1988)

 

 

 

Shamir 4-Point Plan (1989)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1989-92)

1990s

 

Washington Talks (1992-93)

 

 

 

Multilateral Working Group on Refugees (1992 -    )

 

 

 

Declaration of Principles (1993)

 

 

 

Gaza-Jericho Agreement (1994)

 

 

 

Jordan-Israeli Agreement (1994)

Stockholm Talks (1994-95)

 

 

Interim Agreement  (1995)

al-Fara’a Popular Refugee Conference (1995)

 

 

 

Deheishe Popular Refugee Conference (1996)

 

 

 

Gaza Popular Refugee Conference (1996)

 

 

 

Conference of the Internally Displaced (1996)

 

 

 

Harvard Project on Palestinian Refugees (1996)

 

 

 

Ottawa Process (1997 -    )

 

 

 

Arzt (Council on Foreign Relations) Plan (1997)

 

 

Council of Europe Resolution (1998)

 

 

 

 

Royal Institute of Int’l Affrs/Center Lebanese Studies Project (1999 -    )

2000 -

 

Camp David II (2000)

Palestine Right of Return Coalition (2000 -    )

 

 

 

British All-Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (2000)

 

 

 

Gush-Shalom Declaration of Principles (2001)

 

 

Taba Talks (2001)

Abu Sitta Return Plan (2001)

 

 

Arab League Beirut Summit (2002)

Zochrot [date]

 

 

Road Map (2003)

Geneva Accord (2003)

 

 

US ‘Sense of Congress’ Resolution (2003)

Temporary Protection Plan (2003)

 

 

European Parliament Resolution (2003)

 

 

 

Bush Initiative (2004)

Civitas (2004)


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