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<title>PLO Leader Arafat: Peace Deserves 'Utmost Efforts'</title>
<article>
<hdr>
Foreign Broadcast Information Service, September 14, 1993
PLO Leader Arafat: Peace Deserves 'Utmost Efforts'
</hdr>
<body>
<p> ["Text" of address by PLO Chairman Yasir 'Arafat at the
signing ceremony between Israel and the PLO at the White House
on 13 September, in Arabic with passage-by-passage translation
into English,--live]
</p>
<p> [Text] In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen: I would like to express our
tremendous appreciation to President Clinton and to his
administration for sponsoring this historic event that the
entire world has been waiting for.
</p>
<p> Mr. President: I am taking this opportunity to assure you
and to assure your great people that we share your values of
freedom, justice, and human rights--values for which my people
have been striving.
</p>
<p> My people are also hoping that this agreement, which we are
signing today, marks the beginning of the end of a chapter of
pain and suffering that has lasted throughout this century and
will usher in an age of peace, coexistence, and equal rights. We
are relying on your role, Mr. President, and on the role of all
the countries that believe that without peace in the Middle
East, peace in the world will not complete.
</p>
<p> Enforcing the agreement and moving toward the final
settlement after two years, implementing UN Resolutions 242 and
338 in all of their aspects, and resolving the issues of
Jerusalem, the settlements, the refugees, and the boundaries
will be a Palestinian and an Israeli responsibility. It is also
the responsibility of the international community in its
entirety to help the parties overcome the tremendous
difficulties that are still standing in the way of reaching a
final and comprehensive settlement.
</p>
<p> Now, as we stand on the threshold of this new historic era,
let me address the people of Israel and their leadership, with
whom we are meeting today for the first time. Let me assure them
that the difficult decision we reached together was one that
required great and exceptional courage. We will need more
courage and determination to continue the course of building
coexistence and peace between us. This is possible, and it will
happen with mutual determination and with the efforts that will
be made by all the parties on all the tracks to establish the
foundations of a just and comprehensive peace. Our people do not
believe that exercising the right to self-determination could
violate the rights of their neighbors or infringe on their
security. Rather, putting an end to their feeling of being
wronged and of having suffered a historic injustice is the
strongest guarantee to achieve coexistence and openness between
our two peoples and future generations.
</p>
<p> Our two peoples are awaiting this day with historic hope,
and they want to give peace, real peace, a real chance. Such a
shift will give us the opportunity to embark on the process of
the economic, social, and cultural growth and development. We
hope that international participation in that process will be as
extensive as it can be. This shift will also provide an
opportunity for all forms of cooperation on a broad scale and in
all fields.
</p>
<p> I thank you, Mr. President. We hope that our meeting will
be a new beginning for fruitful and effective relations between
the American and Palestinian peoples. I also thank the Russian
Federation and President Boris Yeltsin. Our thanks also go to
Secretary Christopher and Foreign Minister Kozyrev, and to the
Government of Norway and the foreign minister of Norway for the
positive role they played in bringing about this major
achievement. I extend greetings to all brother Arab leaders and
to all world leaders who contributed to this achievement.
</p>
<p> Ladies and Gentlemen: This battle for peace is the most
difficult battle of our lives. It deserves our utmost efforts
because the land of peace, the land of peace, yearns for a just
and comprehensive peace. Thank you.
</p>
<p>Mr. President, thank you, thank you, thank you. [last sentence
in English]
</p>
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</article>
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