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Peace Process
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Official Remarks
1999
12/21/99: Secretary Albright, Press Statement on the Site for Israeli-Syrian Negotiations
12/16/99: President Clinton, Statement on Israel-Syria Peace Talks, Washington, DC
12/16/99: Secretary Albright, Press Briefing on Israel-Syria Peace Talks, Washington, DC
12/15/99: Joe Lockhart, White House Press Briefing, Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks
12/15/99: White House Remarks: President Clinton, Prime Minister Barak, and Foreign Minister Shara, Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks
12/14/99: White House Briefing by Senior Officals, Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks
12/14/99: James Foley, Daily Press Briefing, Excerpt on Middle East Peace Process
12/12/99: Secretary Albright, Interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," Washington, DC
12/10/99: Secretary Albright, Interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" with Charles Gibson, Washington, DC
12/10/99: Secretary Albright, Interview on CBS's "The Early Show" with Bryant Gumbel, Washington, DC
12/10/99: Secretary Albright, Interview on CNN's "Early Edition" with Leon Harris, Washington, DC
12/10/99: Secretary Albright, Interview on NBC's "Today Show" with Katie Couric, Washington, DC
12/10/99: Ambassador Dennis Ross, Briefing on the Middle East Peace Process
12/09/99: Secretary Albright and Foreign Minister of Egypt Amre Moussa, Press Conference, Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt
12/09/99: Secretary Albright, Interview on Egyptian TV's "Good Morning Egypt," Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
12/08/99: President Clinton, Excerpts from press conference at the Department of State, Washington, DC (Israel-Syrian Peace Negotiations)
12/08/99: U.S. Contributes $80 Million to UNRWA for Palestinian Refugees
12/08/99: Secretary Albright and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, Press availability following their meeting, Ramallah, West Bank
12/08/99: Secretary Albright, Interview by CNN's Worldview, Jerusalem
12/08/99: Secretary Albright and Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Press briefing following breakfast meeting at Prime Minister's Residence, Jerusalem
12/08/99: Secretary Albright and Foreign Minister David Levy, Press Briefing following meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem
12/07/99: Secretary Albright, Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Damascus, Syria
12/07/99: James Rubin, Press Briefing Aboard Plane En Route to Damascus, Syria
12/07/99: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Conference Palace, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
12/06/99: James Rubin, Press Briefing Aboard Plane En Route to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
11/30/99: Ambassador A. Peter Burleigh, UN General Assembly, New York City, NY (The Middle East Peace Process: Situation in the Middle East)
11/30/99: Ambassador A. Peter Burleigh, UN General Assembly, New York City, NY (The Middle East Peace Process: Situation in the Middle East)
11/02/99: Remarks by President Clinton at Commemoration Ceremony in Honor of Yitzhak Rabin, Oslo, Norway
11/02/99: Remarks by President Clinton at Photo Opportunity With Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat, Oslo, Norway
11/02/99: Remarks by President Clinton After Trilateral Meeting With Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat, Oslo, Norway
11/02/99: Briefing on Trilateral Meeting With the President, Prime Minister Barak, and Chairman Arafat, Oslo, Norway
10/27/99: Dennis Ross, Special Middle East Coordinator, Stakeout After the Ceremony Inaugurating the Seeds of Peace Center for Coexistance, Jerusalem
09/24/99: Press Statement, Co-Sponsors' Summary "Partners in Peace", New York
09/24/99: Secretary Albright, Remarks at Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation, New York
08/16/99: Thomas Pickering, remarks at Seeds of Peace reception, Washington, DC
08/16/99: Secretary Albright, remarks to "Seeds of Peace" Group
09/23/99: President Clinton's Remarks in Photo Opportunity With Chairman Arafat
09/04/99: Joint press conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Al-Hoss, Beirut, Lebanon
09/04/99: Remarks at Arab-Israeli Peace Process Signing Ceremony, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt
09/04/99: Press conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara, Damascus, Syria
09/04/99: Press statement with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, Gaza City, Gaza
09/03/99: Statement by President Clinton Upon Signing Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
09/03/99: Press conference, Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy, Jerusalem
09/02/99: Press conference, Ras El Tin Palace, with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa, Alexandria, Egypt
08/27/99: Secretary Albright and Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO Abu Mazen, remarks after their meeting, Washington, DC
08/16/99: Thomas Pickering, remarks at Seeds of Peace reception, Washington, DC
08/16/99: Secretary Albright, remarks to Seeds of Peace Group
07/20/99: Secretary Albright, remarks on visit of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
07/19/99: President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Barak, joint statement on U.S.-Israel bilateral relations, the peace process, Israeli as well as regional security, economic and scientific development and cooperation, Washington
07/19/99: President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Barak, Press Conference, Presidential Hall
07/16/99: Secretary Albright and Israeli Prime Minister Barak, remarks during press availability at the home of Secretary Albright, Washington
07/15/99: President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Barak, Remarks at Press Availability, Rose Garden
07/14/99: C. David Welch, House International Relations Committee (Treatment of Israel in the United Nations)
06/29/99: Martin Indyk, briefing on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's Visit to Washington
06/20/99: G-8 Summit, Statement on Regional Issues
06/08/99: Assistant Secretary Indyk, House International Relations Committee (United States Policy Toward the Middle East)
05/17/99: Secretary Albright and King Abdullah of Jordan, press availability following their meeting, Washington
03/25/99: Martin Indyk, Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations (Wye Supplemental package)
03/15/99: Ambassador Barshefsky, Signature Ceremony For Israel-Jordan Qualifying Industrial Zone Designation, Washington
03/15/99: Ambassador Barshefsky, Signature Ceremony for U.S.-Jordan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, Washington
03/08/99: Stuart Eizenstat, Les Aspin Memorial Lecture, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington (Economic Security and the Middle East)
02/19/99: James Foley, press statement (Meeting of the U.S.-Palestinian Bilateral Committee)
02/09/99: Ambassador Burleigh, Statement, Explanation of vote on "Illegal Israeli Actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory", Tenth Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly

Summits/Talks
Shepherdstown Peace Talks: West Virgina (01/2000)
The Wye River Summit (10/98)

Related Sites
Department of State: International Information Programs
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
United Nations (Peace and Security)
UN Relief and Works Agency

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